New Jersey Devils' Cody Glass (12) scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen (32) as Elias Pettersson (25) watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Friday, January 23, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

VANCOUVER — The New Jersey Devils extended their Western Canada winning streak to three games with a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Friday at Rogers Arena.

Cody Glass scored twice while Lenni Hameenaho, Nico Hischier and Connor Brown had the other goals for the Devils (27-22-2).

Linus Karlsson, Teddy Blueger, Zeev Buium and Brock Boeser replied for the Canucks (17-29-5).

Markstrom made 21 saves for New Jersey to improve 14-11-1. Vancouver's Kevin Lankinen stopped 19 shots to fall to 7-15-4.

New Jersey went 2-for-3 on the power play. The Canucks were 0-for-2 with the man advantage and have now gone four games without a power-play goal.

The Devils took an early lead when Hameenaho scored his first NHL goal with a goalmouth tap-in at 1:41 of the first.

In the second, Hischier and Glass built a 3-0 lead with goals 40 seconds apart. Six minutes later, Karlsson got the Canucks on the board with his 11th of the year.

Then with Conor Garland serving a double-minor for high-sticking Hischier, Blueger scored shorthanded before Brown replied with his 10th of the year.

With 1:48 left in the second, Buium pulled the puck out of a goal-mouth crowd and found the net to bring the deficit to 4-3.

In the third, Glass added his second of the night. Boeser scored his 12th of the season with 1:12 remaining and Lankinen pulled for the extra attacker.

Takeaways

Canucks: After missing 43 games with a lower-body injury, Blueger’s second goal of the year was his first since Oct. 19. Buium’s goal was his second as a Canuck. The first one also came against New Jersey on Dec. 14.

Devils: Hameenaho logged his first goal and first assist in his third NHL game. The 21-year-old right-winger was recalled from the AHL Utica Comets on Jan. 17.

Key moment

Brown’s second-period power-play goal helped snuff out the momentum that the Canucks had sparked with Blueger’s short-handed score.

Key stat

The Devils are 18-0-0 this season when leading after two periods.

Up next

Canucks: Host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday.

Devils: Conclude their Western road swing in Seattle on Sunday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 23, 2026.

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