by Kevin Woodley / NHL.com Independent Correspondent

VANCOUVER — Bruce Boudreau won his first game as the coach of the Vancouver Canucks, 4-0 against the Los Angeles Kings at Rogers Arena on Monday.

Thatcher Demko made 31 saves, and Brock Boeser ended a 13-game goal drought and had an assist for the Canucks (9-15-2), who were playing their first game since Boudreau was hired to replace Travis Green on Sunday. 

Vancouver also fired general manager Jim Benning, assistant general manager John Weisbrod and assistant coach Nolan Baumgartner. Stan Smyl was promoted to interim general manager and Scott Walker hired as an assistant coach.

The Canucks have won three of four games after going 1-8-1 the previous 10.

Cal Petersen made 26 saves for the Kings (10-10-4), who were playing for a second straight night after a 5-1 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. Los Angeles is 2-5-3 in its past 10 games following a seven-game win streak.

Boeser put the Canucks ahead 1-0 on the power play at 3:17 of the second period with his first goal since Nov. 7, a one-timer from inside the right face-off dot that deflected in off the skate of Kings defenseman Drew Doughty. 

Demko made two tough in-tight saves off Viktor Arvidsson before Conor Garland made it 2-0 at 5:43. Vasily Podkolzin‘s shot went wide, pulling Petersen outside of position, allowing Garland to tuck the puck in.

Elias Pettersson, who had an assist, shot wide on a penalty shot at 16:43 but Juho Lammikko, who was a healthy scratch the previous five games, scored his first goal of the season at 6:59 of the third period to make it 3-0. He came close in the second period to scoring, hitting the post.

J.T. Miller made it 4-0 with a power-play one-timer from Boeser at 12:48.

It was the first shutout of the season for Demko, and the second of his career.