Canucks score 4 straight in 2nd, hold off Penguins for 4th consecutive win

Canucks score 4 straight in 2nd, hold off Penguins for 4th consecutive win

Pettersson, Miller each has goal; Pittsburgh drops 5th straight

Penguins at Canucks | Recap

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks scored four straight goals in the second period, including three in a 1:05 span, and held off the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 4-3 win at Rogers Arena on Saturday.

Elias Pettersson scored his first goal of the season, and J.T. Miller also scored for Canucks (4-1-2), who have won four games in a row after starting the season 0-1-2. Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves.

Evgeni Malkin had a goal and two assists, and Anthony Beauvillier had a goal and assist for the Penguins (3-6-1), who were coming off a 4-0 loss at the Edmonton Oilers on Friday and have lost five in a row (0-4-1). Alex Nedeljkovic made 30 saves.

Beauvillier gave Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead at 7:48 of the first period by deflecting a Marcus Pettersson point shot past Lankinen’s blocker from the left hash mark.

Bryan Rust extended it to 2-0 at 1:56 of the second period after the Penguins killed a four-minute power play. Beauvillier’s shot off the rush was wide, but Rust collected the loose puck behind the net and wrapped it in on the backhand.

Pettersson cut it to 2-1 at 4:06 with a quick wrist shot over Nedeljkovic’s glove from the left face-off dot off Conor Garland’s pass from below the goal line.

Kiefer Sherwood tied it 2-2 at 4:49 on a 2-on-1 rush off a cross-ice pass from Teddy Blueger in the slot.

Miller put Vancouver ahead 3-2 at 5:11 on a rush down right wing. Nedeljkovic stopped his initial shot and tried to knock the rebound away with his stick, but it bounced in off Miller as he was tied up with Erik Karlsson driving to the net.

Arshdeep Bains pushed it to 4-2 at 9:58 on a rebound off the rush for his first NHL goal.

Malkin made it 4-3 at 13:22 of the third period on a breakaway.

Rust left the game favoring his right leg 3:34 into the third after going down awkwardly along the boards while battling for the puck with forward Nils Hoglander.