Quinn Hughes carried his team to a victory on Saturday night as the Vancouver Canucks took on the surging Washington Capitals, with the home team holding on to take the 2–1 win. Hughes scored twice for Vancouver,
Several streaks, including a run of 12 games with a point, come to an end as the Capitals are stymied by some crafty work in goal in 2-1 loss to Canucks.
Lindgren is expected to start on the road against Vancouver on Saturday, Bailey Johnson of The Washington Post reports. Lindgren will make his second straight start after earning a 22-save shutout over Seattle on Thursday.
Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 goals shy of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s league record.
Their goaltending tandem has been one of the bests in the NHL all season. Whether it’s Lindgren or Logan Thompson, the Capitals have a guy that they trust in between the pipes. Thompson has been one of the best goalies in the entire NHL, boasting a 22-2-3 record with a .925 SV% and a 2.09 GAA. This game will be all about the goaltending.
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Vancouver Canucks are nowhere near as exciting, promising or entertaining as the 2023-2024 rendition of the team. Not even just by the eye test, but the numbers compared to last season don’t even resemble the same team.
Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat the league-leading Washington Capitals 2-1 on Saturday.
Washington’s mostly western road swing continues when the Capitals play the middle match of their five-game journey on Saturday night in Vancouver. Heading into Saturday’s game with the Canucks, the Caps carry a six-game winning streak and a 12-game point streak (9-0-3).
On Saturday night in Vancouver, the Canucks were somewhat soundly outplayed in the opening 20 minutes but managed to come out of the first period thanks to some misses at the goal mouth from Tom Wilson, Matt Roy and Lars Eller and thanks to one of the most absurd individual offensive efforts you’ll see all season from a blueliner.
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