Brock Boeser scored the winner late in the third period, and Drew O'Connor had a goal and an assist as the Vancouver Canucks rallied to beat the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Saturday night.

Boeser shattered a 3-3 deadlock by knocking a pass out of the air then shooting the puck off the left arm of goalie Elvis Merzlikins at 14:15 as the teams traded goals in the roller-coaster third period.

Jake DeBrusk and Conor Garland also scored for the Canucks, who have alternated between a win and a loss for seven straight games. Kevin Lankinen made 29 saves for Vancouver.

Kirill Marchenko had two goals and an assist, and Dmitri Voronkov finished with a goal and two assists for the Blue Jackets, who lost their third consecutive game. Merzlikins stopped 21 of 25 shots.

DeBrusk opened the

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