Brock Boeser’s first-career hat trick leads Canucks over Penguins 4-2
VANCOUVER — As the media descended on Brock Boeser in the Vancouver Canucks locker-room following his first NHL hat trick, goalie Jacob Markstrom sat a few stalls away teasing the young winger.
The rookie had the puck on his stick in the dying seconds of Saturday’s 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins with a chance to score his fourth into a empty net.
Boeser instead passed to defenceman Christopher Tanev, who had his shot blocked to deny Markstrom an assist.
“He was chirping me a little bit,” the soft-spoken Minnesota native said with a smile. “He still would have got an assist if it had been a little cleaner pass.”