Canucks score 4 unanswered goals to down Senators for season-best 4th straight victory

Andrei Kuzmenko scored twice as the Vancouver Canucks extended their win streak with a 5-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

J.T. Miller and Nils Aman each recorded a goal and an assist for the Canucks (28-32-5), while Sheldon Dries also found the back of the net and Dakota Joshua notched a pair of helpers.

The Senators (33-28-4) struggled to get a puck past Vancouver goalie Thatcher Demko until midway through the third period, when Claude Giroux and Nick Holden scored two minutes and five seconds apart. Tim Stutzle assisted on both goals.

The result stretched Vancouver's win streak to a season-high four games.

Both sides saw ample special teams play as the Canucks went 1-for-6 on the power play and the Sens went 0-for-3.

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With Sogaard out, Kuzmenko scored into the empty net during Vancouver's final man advantage of the night with 14.8 seconds left on the clock.

Holden's blast through traffic 15:44 into the third period sailed over Demko's glove to make the score 4-2.

Ottawa finally got a puck past Demko 13:39 into the final frame when Thomas Chabot's shot hit Aman in front of the Vancouver net and deflected to Giroux. The veteran forward quickly popped it in backdoor to make it 4-1 with his 28th goal of the season.

Giroux has seven goals and 10 assists in his last 12 games.

The Canucks picked up the rebound and streaked up the ice.

Joshua left a drop pass for Dries and the depth forward sent a rocket flying past Sogaard from the high slot to give Vancouver a 4-0 lead with his 10th goal of the season 6:50 into the third.

The home side went up 3-0 midway through the second after Joshua crashed the Sens' net. The puck was knocked off his stick in the