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Pettersson scores twice as Canucks win in Chicago on Pride night

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Elias Pettersson scored twice, Phillip Di Giuseppe scored, Brock Boeser got an empty-netter, and the Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago 4-2 on Sunday night.

The Chicago organization celebrated Pride night, honouring the city's gay community, without the rainbow-coloured Pride night warm-up jerseys nor coloured stick tape used in previous seasons.

On Thursday, the team announced they wouldn't wear them, citing an anti-gay Kremlin law signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in December that could imperil Russian athletes when they return home.

Pettersson scored his 34th and 35th goals of the season in the third period. His first, a deep-angle shot from the right side, broke the tie at 12:06.

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