Vancouver Canucks vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, January 14, 2016 · Verizon Center

VancouverCanucksAway

1–4

Final

SOG 30–40

WashingtonCapitalsHome

SN360 · CSN-DC

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Canucks 40-30.

Evgeny Kuznetsov scored twice. Karl Alzner, Tom Wilson and Radim Vrbata also scored.

Braden Holtby made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 36 of 39.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VAN	0	0	1	1	30
WSH	0	2	2	4	40

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (14)Dmitry Orlov (12)0–106:12 WSH
Karl Alzner (3)Andre Burakovsky (9), Justin Williams (15)0–212:03 WSH

3rd period

Tom Wilson (4)Evgeny Kuznetsov (26), Andre Burakovsky (10)0–301:37 WSH
Radim Vrbata (11)Bo Horvat (11), Henrik Sedin (28)1–311:09 VAN · PPG
Evgeny Kuznetsov (15)Unassisted1–419:58 WSH · EN

Team stats

VANWSH

30Shots on goal40

37%Faceoff %63%

1/3Power play0/2

6Penalty minutes8

8Hits20

19Blocked shots16

9Giveaways16

8Takeaways5

Penalties

2nd 03:59Alexander Edler · tripping2 min
2nd 08:20Linden Vey · high sticking2 min
2nd 08:31Nicklas Backstrom · interference2 min
2nd 08:31Alexander Edler · embellishment2 min
2nd 16:15Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
3rd 09:10Marcus Johansson · holding2 min
3rd 09:55Brooks Laich · high sticking2 min

Season series

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters

17Radim VrbataR	1	0	1	-2	4	1	0	0	–	15:40
33Henrik SedinC	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	31	18:21
53Bo HorvatC	0	1	1	-2	4	0	0	0	38	17:20
7Linden VeyR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	27	15:30
9Brandon PrustL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	14:32
14Alexandre BurrowsL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	14:18
15Derek DorsettR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	15:12
18Jake VirtanenR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	11:35
22Daniel SedinL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	17:55
24Adam CracknellR	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	67	13:42
26Emerson EtemR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	11:51
47Sven BaertschiL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	15:24
6Yannick WeberD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	17:06
8Chris TanevD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	20:10
23Alexander EdlerD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	4	–	24:50
27Ben HuttonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	4	0	–	18:37
44Matt BartkowskiD	0	0	0	-4	0	1	2	0	–	18:50
55Alex BiegaD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	5	0	–	17:02

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
25Jacob MarkstromG		0	0	0	–	00:00
30Ryan MillerG	L	39	36	3	.923	58:05

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

92Evgeny KuznetsovC	2	1	3	+4	6	0	0	0	67	18:33
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	2	2	+3	1	2	1	0	–	14:04
14Justin WilliamsR	0	1	1	+3	5	0	2	0	–	18:26
43Tom WilsonR	1	0	1	+1	6	3	0	0	–	14:33
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	18:10
27Karl AlznerD	1	0	1	+3	3	1	3	0	–	24:58
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	–	20:16
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	67	18:20
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	2	–	09:02
23Zach SillC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	17	10:14
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	100	14:37
49Stanislav GalievR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:00
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100	20:10
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	73	13:40
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+2	2	5	2	0	–	28:27
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	14:39
55Aaron NessD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	12:04
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	17:50

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	30	29	1	.967	59:58