Glenn Gawdin scored the first two goals of his NHL career as the New York Rangers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Friday night in Vancouver. The 29-year-old center, a Richmond, B.C., native, was playing his second NHL game of the season and 15th overall after being recalled from the American Hockey League's Hartford Wolf Pack on Tuesday. He had spent the previous 2½ years largely in the AHL, and had been tied for the Wolf Pack lead in points with five goals and nine assists in 16 games at the time of his recall.

The Rangers scored four goals in the second period, including three in a span of 3:09. Oliver Bjorkstrand broke a 1-1 tie on the power play at 8:21 of the second. Gawdin then scored his first goal, a snap shot that made it 3-1 with about seven minutes left in the period, and added a second with 3:50 remaining for a 5-1 lead. Alexis Lafreniere also scored in the period, his 10th goal of the season, on a sequence set up by the top line of Mika Zibanejad and Gabe Perreault. Dylan Garand made 27 saves for New York.S1S2

Elias Pettersson opened the scoring for Vancouver with a tip with 7:47 left in the first period, and Perreault tied it 1-1 with 1:13 remaining in that period. Brock Boeser assisted on Pettersson's goal, a milestone 500th point of Boeser's NHL career. The win was the Rangers' first this season when allowing the first goal after going 0-7-1 in such games before Friday, and it sent them home with six of a possible eight points from a four-game road trip. They improved to 12-8-1 and have won five of their last six.S1S2

The loss was Vancouver's seventh straight, dropping the NHL-worst Canucks to 3-17-1. They have one regulation win since Oct. 3 and have lost 17 of their last 18. The Rangers are next scheduled to host Montreal on Monday night, while the Canucks play at Vegas on Sunday night.S1S2