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Vancouver Canucks at Washington Capitals

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Canucks score 3 in the first, snap Washington's 4-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory

Vancouver Canucks vs. Washington Capitals: Game Highlights

Washington had allowed only eight goals in its first five games before the Canucks put three past Charlie Lindgren in the first period. The Capitals contested the second tally in which Myers flipped the puck into the net with Lindgren on his stomach following a lengthy goalmouth scramble. But a Washington challenge was unsuccessful, giving Vancouver a power play, and Sherwood converted a rebound to make it 3-0.

Elias Petterson and Teddy Blueger also scored for the Canucks. Down 4-0, the Caps got goals from Ryan Leonard, Jakob Chychrun and John Carlson to pull within one.

Vancouver forward Brock Boeser missed the game for personal reasons.

Washington's Tom Wilson delivered a big hit on Vancouver's Filip Chytil in the first period. Chytil went slowly to the tunnel, but it was ruled a legal hit after a review.

In addition to Chytil, forward Jonathan Lekkerimaki also left the game early for the Canucks.

Myers' goal was the 100th of his career.

Alex Ovechkin remained two goals shy of 900.

Lindgren New York Rangers in his only other start this season, but Petterson scored 59 seconds into the game Sunday to end any bid for a repeat. After starting the second with a three-goal lead, Vancouver made it 4-0 when a puck bounced off Canucks forward Evander Kane's skate to Blueger, who was alone in front.

Leonard put a rebound past Thatcher Demko on the power play in the second to get Washington on the board. Chychrun scored during an extended push by the Capitals in the third, and Carlson's goal with 2:14 left made it 4-3. Chychrun had one last chance in close but couldn't convert.

Up next Canucks: At Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.

Capitals: Host Seattle on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

VAN leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 1st Period 0:59 Elias Pettersson Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: Conor Garland (4)
Goal 1st Period 17:11 Tyler Myers Goal (1) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal 1st Period 17:52 Kiefer Sherwood Goal (4) Snap Shot, assists: Conor Garland (5), Quinn Hughes (4)
Goal 2nd Period 4:54 Teddy Blueger Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Evander Kane (3), Tyler Myers (2)
Goal 2nd Period 13:42 Ryan Leonard Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Tom Wilson (5), Dylan Strome (5)
Goal 3rd Period 9:01 Jakob Chychrun Goal (2) Snap Shot, assists: Hendrix Lapierre (1), Rasmus Sandin (2)
Goal 3rd Period 17:46 John Carlson Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Dylan Strome (6), Tom Wilson (6)

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/van.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originVAN https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nhl/500/wsh.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originWSH
23 Blocked Shots 1
22 Hits 28
5 Takeaways 3
24 Shots 31
1 Power Play Goals 1
4 Power Play Opportunities 4
25.0 Power Play Percentage 25.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
23 Faceoffs Won 28
45.1 Faceoff Win Percent 54.9
17 Giveaways 19
5 Total Penalties 5
13 Penalty Minutes 13
Washington Capitals Washington Capitals Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Pierre-Luc Dubois, LW Injured Reserve Oct 20
Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Brock Boeser, RW Out Oct 21
Teddy Blueger, C Out Oct 20
Nils Hoglander, LW Injured Reserve Oct 20
Filip Chytil, C Injured Reserve Oct 20
Jonathan Lekkerimaki, RW Injured Reserve Oct 20

Game Information

Capital One Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 17,018 | Capacity:

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 2 0 12 5
Vancouver 0 2 8 4
Seattle 2 1 8 3
Anaheim 1 2 5 2
Edmonton 1 3 5 2
Los Angeles 2 3 4 1
San Jose 2 3 2 0
Calgary 0 6 2 1

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 0 1 10 5
New Jersey 0 1 8 4
Pittsburgh 0 2 8 4
Washington 0 2 8 4
Philadelphia 1 2 7 3
NY Rangers 1 4 7 3
Columbus 0 3 4 2
NY Islanders 0 3 4 2
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