Washington Capitals @ Vancouver Canucks

4-2-2, 1-1-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	1	2	2	5
Canucks VAN	0	1	1	2

Vancouver CanucksCanucksVAN

5-4-0, 2-1-0 Home

Ovechkin has 2 goals, 2 assists as Caps beat Canucks 5-2

Alex Ovechkin had two goals and two assists to lift the Washington Capitals over the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 on Monday night.

Oct 23, 2018, 05:50 pm - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	1	2	2	5
	Canucks	0	1	1	2

1st Period			WSH	VAN
2:20		John Carlson (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jakub Vrana (2), Lars Eller (4)	1	0

2nd Period		WSH	VAN
7:30	Troy Stecher (1) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	1	1
9:29	Evgeny Kuznetsov (5) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: John Carlson (7), Alex Ovechkin (4)	2	1
19:34	Alex Ovechkin (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: T.J. Oshie (4), Nicklas Backstrom (9)	3	1

3rd Period		WSH	VAN
0:20	Sven Baertschi (3) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Brock Boeser (4), Bo Horvat (2)	3	2
5:35	Alex Ovechkin (8) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: John Carlson (8), Nicklas Backstrom (10)	4	2
18:19	T.J. Oshie (5) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (5), Nicklas Backstrom (11)	5	2

CAPITALS

CANUCKS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Capitals
5
Canucks
2

Game 1

23/10

Canucks
2
Capitals
3

Game 2

6/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vegas	39	26	17	95
Edmonton	41	30	11	93
Anaheim	43	33	6	92
Los Angeles	35	27	20	90
San Jose	39	35	8	86
Seattle	34	37	11	79
Calgary	34	39	9	77
Vancouver	25	49	8	58

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Washington Capitals @ Vancouver Canucks

Alex OvechkinLW - WSH

John CarlsonD - WSH

Nicklas BackstromC - WSH

Ovechkin has 2 goals, 2 assists as Caps beat Canucks 5-2

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