Vancouver Canucks snap seven-game losing streak with a win in Chicago

Alexander Edler scored twice, Jacob Markstrom made 39 saves and the Vancouver Canucks stopped a seven-game slide by defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 on Thursday night.

Henrik Sedin and Bo Horvat each had a goal and an assist as Vancouver won for the first time since Brock Boeser was sidelined by a back injury, likely ending his impressive rookie season.

The Canucks had scored just eight goals since Boeser got hurt late in regulation of a 4-3 overtime victory against the New York Islanders on Mar. 5.

Chicago closed out a three-game homestand with its fifth consecutive loss.

Jean-Francois Berube was pulled in the second period after allowing four goals on 18 shots, and Anton Forsberg finished with eight saves.

The Blackhawks played without captain Jonathan Toews, who is out with an upper-body injury and will be re-evaluated next week.

Toews got hurt during Tuesday night’s 5-1 loss to Colorado, which officially eliminated Chicago from playoff contention.

Nick Schmaltz and Matthew Highmore scored for Chicago, which has lost seven of eight overall.

The Blackhawks have allowed at least five goals in each of their last five games.

Schmaltz picked up his 21st of the season when he got a piece of Brent Seabrook’s big slap shot from the right circle at 8:02 of the first, tying it at 1.

The Canucks took over from there.

Vancouver next plays the Blues in St. Louis on Friday night.