Pius Suter scored twice in the third period, and Brock Boeser had a goal and an assist as the Vancouver Canucks came back from a two-goal deficit to win 5-2 against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday.
Kiefer Sherwood and Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Canucks, who are on a 5-1-1 streak. Vancouver goalie Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves, and Quinn Hughes picked up two assists.
Mathieu Olivier and Damon Severson scored for the Blue Jackets, who have lost three straight games. Columbus goalie Elvis Merzlikins stopped 12 shots.
With the game tied at 2-2, Suter gave the Canucks their first lead of the game at 2:17 of the third period when he scored from the slot.
DeBrusk, continuing his strong play, scored a power-play goal midway through the third period, deflecting a shot from the point for his 12th goal of the season and his sixth goal in the last four games.
Suter completed the scoring with an empty-net goal at 18:55, his 11th of the season.
The Blue Jackets took a 2-0 lead after a strong first period. Olivier opened the scoring at 7:10 with his eighth goal of the season, and Severson increased the lead with 7:42 left in the period, scoring his sixth goal of the year.
The Canucks were outshot 17-2 in the first period but turned the game around in the second period.
Boeser got Vancouver on the board at 3:52 of the second period with a one-timer from just outside the right faceoff circle for his seventh goal of the season.
Sherwood tied the game at 2-2 with one minute left in the second period, taking advantage of a mistake by Merzlikins, who misfired on a clearing attempt, leading to Sherwood’s seventh goal of the season and setting up the comeback.
Canucks’ starting goalie Thatcher Demko, who has been out since last season with a knee injury, returned to the team on Friday as a backup.
Columbus defenseman Ivan Provorov left the game early in the second period after being tripped by Elias Pettersson and crashing into the boards.
