Advancing to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1994 , the Canucks opened the fourth round against the Boston Bruins with a 1 – 0 win in Game 1 . Winger Raffi Torres scored the winning goal with 18.5 seconds remaining . The following game , the Canucks won 3 – 2 in overtime with Burrows scoring the winner 11 seconds into the extra frame , making it the second fastest overtime goal in Stanley Cup Finals history . As the series shifted from Rogers Arena to TD Garden for Games 3 and 4 , Boston tied the series with 8 – 1 and 4 – 0 victories . Game 3 marked the highest score by one team in a Finals game since the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Florida Panthers in 1996 . During the contest , the Bruins lost first-line forward Nathan Horton for the remainder of the series when he suffered a serious concussion from a controversial hit by Canucks defenceman Aaron Rome , who received a four-game suspension as a result . Returning to Vancouver for Game 5 , the Canucks won 1 – 0 with a goal from late-season acquisition Maxim Lapierre in the third period . With an opportunity to win the Stanley Cup in Boston , Vancouver lost Game 6 by a 5 – 2 score . The Bruins ' first four goals occurred in a span of four minutes and 14 seconds during the first period , setting a Finals record for the fastest four goals scored by a team ( surpassing the previous mark of five minutes and 29 seconds set by the Montreal Canadiens in 1956 ) . Hosting Game 7 , the Canucks were shut-out 4 – 0 as Boston won their first Stanley Cup in 39 years , setting off riots and looting in downtown Vancouver , repeating the events of 17 years earlier
riots and looting
2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot
Vancouver Canucks