Vancouver Canucks vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, January 16, 2022 · Capital One Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 32–33

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Game summary

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Sunday, January 16, 2022 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Canucks 33-32.

Elias Pettersson scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Bo Horvat, Tom Wilson and J.T. Miller also scored.

Thatcher Demko made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Ilya Samsonov stopped 28 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VAN	0	3	1	4	32
WSH	1	0	1	2	33

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (26)Justin Schultz (5), Evgeny Kuznetsov (25)0–110:31 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Elias Pettersson (7)Bo Horvat (10), Quinn Hughes (27)1–100:33 VAN · PPG
Elias Pettersson (8)Oliver Ekman-Larsson (5), Nils Hoglander (6)2–104:48 VAN
Bo Horvat (13)J.T. Miller (26), Quinn Hughes (28)3–118:50 VAN · PPG

3rd period

Tom Wilson (11)Evgeny Kuznetsov (26), Nicklas Backstrom (5)3–206:22 WSH · PPG
J.T. Miller (12)Brock Boeser (9), Tanner Pearson (10)4–219:02 VAN · EN

Team stats

VANWSH

32Shots on goal33

59%Faceoff %41%

2/4Power play2/2

8Penalty minutes12

27Hits25

16Blocked shots20

6Giveaways6

5Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 08:53Tyler Motte · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 19:51Nic Dowd · interference2 min
2nd 02:36Matt Irwin · roughing2 min
2nd 02:36Matt Irwin · roughing2 min
2nd 02:36Kyle Burroughs · roughing2 min
2nd 02:36Kyle Burroughs · roughing2 min
2nd 18:17Garnet Hathaway · roughing2 min
3rd 05:55Tanner Pearson · interference2 min
3rd 06:53Garnet Hathaway · elbowing2 min
3rd 15:14Bench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters

9J.T. MillerC	1	1	2	+1	4	2	0	0	45	20:22
40Elias PetterssonC	2	0	2	+1	4	0	0	0	–	18:20
53Bo HorvatC	1	1	2	+1	2	2	2	0	56	20:31
43Quinn HughesD	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	–	24:58
6Brock BoeserR	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	20:18
21Nils HoglanderL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	14:26
70Tanner PearsonL	0	1	1	+1	2	3	1	2	–	16:32
23Oliver Ekman-LarssonD	0	1	1	+2	3	0	1	0	–	24:07
15Matthew HighmoreC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	15:04
18Jason DickinsonC	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	25	09:51
39Alex ChiassonR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	08:10
64Tyler MotteC	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	–	15:32
91Juho LammikkoL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	91	15:09
92Vasily PodkolzinR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:28
2Luke SchennD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	13:45
5Tucker PoolmanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	19:06
44Kyle BurroughsD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	–	08:48
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	+1	4	2	2	0	–	25:28

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Spencer MartinG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Thatcher DemkoG	W	33	31	2	.939	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	27	21:07
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	-1	7	0	2	0	–	21:45
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	50	18:58
43Tom WilsonR	1	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	–	21:08
2Justin SchultzD	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	–	23:13
10Daniel SprongR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	09:30
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	71	14:23
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	-2	1	5	0	4	–	14:12
24Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:15
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2	33	17:40
49Brett LeasonR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	07:12
59Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:37
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	15:50
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	18:59
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	–	21:44
42Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	-1	3	4	2	0	–	21:20
52Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	–	11:51
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	18:43

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG	L	31	28	3	.903	58:18
41Vitek VanecekG		0	0	0	–	00:00