Washington Capitals vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Monday, October 22, 2018 · Rogers Arena
SNP · NBCSWA+
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–2 on Monday, October 22, 2018 at Rogers Arena. The Capitals outshot the Canucks 33–24.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. John Carlson, Troy Stecher, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Sven Baertschi and T.J. Oshie also scored.
Braden Holtby made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Anders Nilsson stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
John Carlson (5)Jakub Vrana (2), Lars Eller (4)1–002:20 WSH
2nd period
Troy Stecher (1)Unassisted1–107:30 VAN
Evgeny Kuznetsov (5)John Carlson (7), Alex Ovechkin (4)2–109:29 WSH · 
Alex Ovechkin (7)T.J. Oshie (4), Nicklas Backstrom (9)3–119:34 WSH
3rd period
Sven Baertschi (3)Brock Boeser (4), Bo Horvat (2)3–200:20 VAN · - Alex Ovechkin (8)John Carlson (8), Nicklas Backstrom (10)4–205:35 WSH ·
T.J. Oshie (5)Alex Ovechkin (5), Nicklas Backstrom (11)5–218:19 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHVAN
3324
47%53%
2/51/3
812
1921
510
56
56
Penalties
- 0:52 into the first period
Michal Kempny · roughing2 min - 0:52 into the first period
Antoine Roussel · roughing2 min - 3:55 into the first periodBrooks Orpik · tripping2 min
- 15:28 into the first periodBo Horvat · hooking2 min
- 3:22 into the second periodJohn Carlson · tripping2 min
- 8:47 into the second periodErik Gudbranson · cross checking2 min
- 19:45 into the second periodNicklas Backstrom · tripping2 min
- 1:52 into the third periodAlexander Edler · interference2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodTroy Stecher · tripping2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodSven Baertschi · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 7 | 17:36 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 19:38 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 26:06 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:04 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:56 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:35 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 23Dmitrij JaskinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:32 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:03 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:06 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:18 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:04 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 6Brock BoeserR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 47Sven BaertschiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 53Bo HorvatC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:07 |
| 51Troy StecherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:20 |
| 18Jake VirtanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:07 |
| 20Brandon SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 26Antoine RousselL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 60Markus GranlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:43 |
| 64Tyler MotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:51 |
| 77Nikolay GoldobinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:41 |
| 88Adam GaudetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 5Derrick PouliotD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 8Chris TanevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:00 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 22:54 |
| 27Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Anders NilssonG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |