Boeser scores in 4th round of shootout to lift Canucks to 3-2 win over Blackhawks

CHICAGO (AP) — Brock Boeser scored in the fourth round of the shootout and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Friday night.

Jake DeBrusk and Max Sasson scored in regulation as the Canucks got their second straight win after trailing 2-0 after the first period. Kevin Lankinen, who began his career with the Blackhawks, finished with 31 saves against his former team.

Ryan Donato and Tyler Bertuzzi scored for the Blackhawks, who had won two straight. Spencer Knight had 30 saves.

After the first seven skaters of the shootout failed to score, Boeser ended it as he skated in on Knight and snapped it past the goalie on the glove side.

Vancouver outshot Chicago 11-7 in a scoreless third period.

Trailing 2-0 after one period, DeBrusk — celebrating his 29th birthday — pulled the Canucks within one with a power-play goal at 6:49 of the second. DeBrusk had several whacks at the puck in front and sent an attempt off Knight’s blocker and in for his first of the season.

Sasson tied it with 6:18 remaining in the middle period as he scored on a tap-in from the left side of the crease off a pass from Filip Hronek.

Donato got the Blackhawks on the scoreboard first with a power-play goal as he tapped in a pass from Andre Burakovsky at the right doorstep with 7:19 remaining in the first period.

Bertuzzi doubled Chicago's lead with 46 seconds to go in the first as he scored on the rebound of Sam Rinzel's shot into the top left corner past a Lankinen, who had lost his stick 10 seconds earlier.

Canucks forward Teddy Blueger made his season debut after recovering from a suspected knee injury during the preseason.

Canucks: At Washington on Sunday for the third of a five-game trip.

Blackhawks: Host Anaheim on Sunday to finish a two-game homestand.

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Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) handles the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Vancouver Canucks, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago Blackhawks center Ryan Donato (8) celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Vancouver Canucks center Max Sasson (63) handles the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Chicago Blackhawks Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Kevin Lankinen makes a save against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Vancouver Canucks left wing Jake Debrusk (74) celebrates his goal against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 24-year-old man was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of an elderly Thai man whose 2021 killing in San Francisco helped spark a national movement against anti-Asian American violence.

A jury did not find Antoine Watson guilty of murder when it returned a verdict Thursday for the January 2021 attack on 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee. Jurors found Watson guilty on the lesser charges of involuntary manslaughter and assault.

The office of San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins declined to comment, saying that the jury was still empaneled. Jurors will return Jan. 26 to hear arguments on aggravating factors and sentencing will be scheduled once that is completed, the office said in an email.

Vicha Ratanapakdee was out for his usual morning walk in the quiet neighborhood he lived in with his wife, daughter and her family when Watson charged at him and knocked him to the ground. The encounter was captured on a neighbor's security camera. Ratanapakdee died two days later, never regaining consciousness.

His family says he was attacked because of his race, but hate crime charges were not filed and the argument was not raised in trial. Prosecutors have said hate crimes are difficult to prove absent statements by the suspect.

Watson testified on the stand that he was in a haze of confusion and anger at the time of the unprovoked attack, according to KRON-TV. He said he lashed out and didn't know that Ratanapakdee was Asian or elderly.

San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju, whose office defended Watson, extended his sympathies to the victim's family and said the defendant is “fully remorseful for his mistake.”

“While this death was a terrible tragedy and has garnered a lot of press attention, the importance of our legal system is that it gives us a chance to look at the facts in a balanced way,” he said in a statement.

Hundreds of people in five other U.S. cities joined in commemorating the anniversary of Ratanapakdee's death in 2022, all of them seeking justice for Asian Americans who have been harassed, assaulted, and even killed in alarming numbers since the start of the pandemic.

Asians in America have long been subject to prejudice and discrimination, but the attacks escalated sharply after the coronavirus first appeared in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. More than 10,000 hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders were reported to the Stop AAPI Hate coalition from March 2020 through September 2021.

The incidents involved shunning, racist taunting and physical assaults.

FILE - Flowers are left with pictures of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee during a rally attended by hundreds of people on Jan. 30, 2022, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Janie Har, File)

FILE - Monthanus Ratanapakdee holds a photo of her father, 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee, and stands in front of the San Francisco apartment building where he was attacked last year and later died of his injuries, on Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)