Canucks chase Rask with 4 early goals

Tuukka Rask's night ended much earlier than expected Saturday.

The Boston Bruins goaltender had an uncharacteristically lackluster opening period against the Vancouver Canucks, who scored four times in less than 17 minutes to seal Rask's fate for the evening.

Anton Khudobin replaced him to start the second frame, and Canucks forward Nic Dowd scored on him less than three minutes into the period to make it 5-0.

Rask made only five saves on nine shots in his 20 minutes of work.

Loui Eriksson, Daniel Sedin, Bo Horvat, and Sven Baertschi tallied for the Canucks in the first.

Rask had won nine of his last 10 games before Saturday's hiccup.