There were just over six minutes left in the third period, the Canucks were down two goals against the Montreal Canadiens.



Vancouver was on the power-play and a battle for the puck drew all four Montreal penalty killers along the corner boards. Henrik Sedin kicked the puck a couple of feet to brother Daniel, who turned and swiped a pass around Max Pacioretty’s skate and into the slot.



A 20-year-old Brock Boeser, who had 17 goals in 31 games to that point, collected the puck — wide open and staring down the consensus best goalie in the league, Carey Price. Price set his stance outside the blue paint, daring the young rookie to shoot.



And then Boeser went bar down, over Price’s glove hand.



That play defined Boeser’s dominance as a goal scorer …



“And it doesn’t feel like I’ve had that much time and space since,” Boeser said, finishing my sentence for me.



“They know...