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Brock Boeser has it figured out away from Rogers Arena.

It’s been easier for the Vancouver Canucks sophomore right winger to acclimate to living on his own this NHL campaign — and avoid cooking, cleaning and laundry — than figuring out how to turn plenty of preseason shot attempts into regular-season goals.

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“I don’t cook, I don’t know how — other than snacks,” laughed the 21-year-old Boeser. “We get breakfast and lunch at the rink and we have to-go boxes, so I just bring the food home. And if it’s a night before a game, I just go out for dinner with the guys.”

So simple and so cost-efficient in Vancouver — home of the $100 lunch — but Boeser doesn’t have financial concerns. Now, if only scoring was that easy, because it has become a concern.

Boeser didn’t find the net in five exhibition outings and despite 10 shots and ample attempts — four shots and a dozen attempts Sept. 20 against the Los Angeles Kings at Rogers Arena — something was amiss with the velocity and accuracy of his feared release. Finding pace and precision after his season ended March 5 with a back injury could be why the Calder Trophy finalist kept referencing the search for “confidence” at training camp.