The struggling Vancouver Canucks aren’t going to get any sympathy from the visiting Washington Capitals when the groups meet on Wednesday evening.
Whereas the Canucks have misplaced 11 straight video games (0-9-2) and sit on the backside of the NHL standings, the Capitals have misplaced three straight and are 2-5-0 of their previous seven video games.
Washington opened a season-long six-game highway journey with a 5-2 loss on the league-leading Colorado Avalanche on Monday.
Ethen Frank had a objective and an help and Jakob Chychrun scored for Washington. Charlie Lindgren made 39 saves for the Capitals, who trailed 3-2 coming into the third interval, however have been unable to get the equalizer.
“Will get away from us late within the recreation there,” Capitals coach Spencer Carbery mentioned. “We simply did not do sufficient to make a closing push there within the third interval to attempt to generate somewhat bit extra to get ourselves over the hump and have a couple of higher seems to get that recreation at 3-3.”
The Capitals have scored precisely two objectives in 4 of their previous 5 video games — all losses.
Chychrun scored his 18th objective of the season and has 4 factors (three objectives, one help) in three video games since lacking two video games due to an sickness.
Frank pulled Washington inside 3-2 when he scored his eleventh objective of the season.
“We knew how good of a staff they have been going to be and knew what sort of recreation we would have liked to carry,” Frank mentioned. “I believe if we will type of get these psychological errors out of our recreation, put a full 60 minutes collectively, we might be laborious to cease.”
Vancouver, enjoying the second recreation of a season-long eight-game homestand, misplaced 4-3 to the New York Islanders Monday evening.
Drew O’Connor pulled Vancouver inside 4-3 throughout 6-on-5 play with 1:51 remaining, however the Canucks couldn’t tie it. Evander Kane and Max Sasson additionally scored, and Kevin Lankinen made 28 saves.
The Canucks had a 2-1 second-period lead however couldn’t maintain it and trailed 3-2 after two.
“We get off our recreation, we get pissed off, we overcomplicate it, slam the gate, issues like that. It is one thing we have got to get out of our tradition,” Canucks coach Adam Foote mentioned. “It simply will get us off our recreation barely, off our recreation plan for just a bit bit too lengthy, and permits different groups to get just a bit little bit of vitality and are available again within the recreation.”
Vancouver is 4-14-3 at residence.
The Canucks traded Kiefer Sherwood to the San Jose Sharks on Monday for a second-round decide within the 2026 draft, a second-round decide in 2027 and defenseman Cole Clayton, who was despatched to AHL affiliate Abbotsford. Sherwood led Vancouver with 17 objectives.
“Given the place issues at the moment stand and the path of our rebuild, we felt it was essential to make a transfer like this as we proceed to construct our pipeline,” Canucks normal supervisor Patrik Allvin mentioned.
Goalie Logan Thompson will get the beginning for Washington. He’s 3-2 with a 3.35 goals-against common and an .889 save proportion in six profession video games versus Vancouver. Lankinen is 2-0-1 with a 1.63 GAA and a .940 save proportion in three video games in opposition to the Capitals.
Vancouver scored three first-period objectives and held on for a 4-3 win at Washington on Oct. 19.
–Subject Degree Media
