Vancouver Canucks vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, January 9, 2018 · Capital One Arena
SNP · NBCSWA
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Canucks outshot the Capitals 38-36.
Goals came from Daniel Sedin, John Carlson, Lars Eller and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Philipp Grubauer made 37 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jacob Markstrom stopped 33 of 36.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Daniel Sedin (10)Alexander Edler (10), Henrik Sedin (27)1–008:23 VAN · PPG
John Carlson (5)Alex Ovechkin (19), Nicklas Backstrom (27)1–115:13 WSH
Lars Eller (7)Madison Bowey (10)1–217:52 WSH
2nd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (13)Matt Niskanen (9), Dmitry Orlov (9)1–304:57 WSH
Team stats
VANWSH
38Shots on goal36
46%Faceoff %54%
1/3Power play0/2
9Penalty minutes21
21Hits24
10Blocked shots22
6Giveaways10
8Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 03:45
Troy Stecher · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 07:05
Devante Smith-Pelly · hooking2 min - 1st 07:57Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 06:56Markus Granlund · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:17Ben Hutton · fighting5 min
- 3rd 02:17Devante Smith-Pelly · instigator2 min
- 3rd 02:17Devante Smith-Pelly · fighting5 min
- 3rd 02:17Devante Smith-Pelly · instigator misconduct10 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 22Daniel SedinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:55 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 26:51 |
| 6Brock BoeserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 17Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 18Jake VirtanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:05 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:55 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:49 |
| 45Michael ChaputC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:15 |
| 47Sven BaertschiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 60Markus GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 77Nikolay GoldobinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:20 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 4Michael Del ZottoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:55 |
| 27Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:11 |
| 51Troy StecherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:51 |
| 55Alex BiegaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 16:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | L | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 57:08 |
| 31Anders NilssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:55 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:26 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:23 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:16 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 12:27 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 10:03 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17:49 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:37 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:38 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 38 | 37 | 1 | .974 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |