Game

Capitals at Canucks

Canucks 4, Capitals 3 · first star Brock Boeser (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Washington Capitals 3 at Vancouver Canucks 4

Capitals WSH

3 FINAL 4

Canucks VAN

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 · 10:00 PM ET · Rogers Arena, Vancouver

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	2	0	1	3	32
Canucks	2	2	0	4	25

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Canucks attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 5 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: WSH 32, VAN 25.

WSH in red VAN in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 32 shots on goal (3 goals, 20 missed, 14 blocked) attacking left; Canucks 25 shots on goal (4 goals, 14 missed, 15 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	VAN SOG	VAN G	VAN ATT
1st	11	2	22	10	2	21
2nd	12	0	19	11	2	22
3rd	9	1	25	4	0	11
Total	32	3	66	25	4	54

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	VAN SOG	VAN G
Even strength	27	1	21	4
Power play	3	2	4	0
Short-handed	2	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Capitals took 55.0% of the shot attempts, and 50.6% of the 85 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Canucks and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Capitals hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Capitals at Canucks
Period	VAN CF%	VAN FF%
1st	48.8	45.5
2nd	53.7	51.5
3rd	30.6	28.0
Game	45.0	42.9

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

08:25 Dylan Strome (12) PP Tom Wilson (21), John Carlson (30) · wrist 1–0
09:43 Justin Sourdif (10) PP Dylan Strome (27), Alex Ovechkin (23) · wrist 2–0
13:32 Brock Boeser (11) David Kampf (3) · wrist 2–1
18:22 Evander Kane (9) Jake DeBrusk (11) · wrist 2–2

2nd period

08:58 Drew O'Connor (12) David Kampf (4), Brock Boeser (13) · snap 2–3
11:43 Filip Hronek (4) Jake DeBrusk (12), Tom Willander (11) · tip-in 2–4

3rd period

16:37 Dylan Strome (13) Justin Sourdif (11), John Carlson (31) · wrist 3–4

Three stars

Brock Boeser VAN · R #6 · 1 G, 1 A
Kevin Lankinen VAN · G #32 · 0 GA, .906 SV%
Dylan Strome WSH · C #17 · 2 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	07:11	VAN	Max Sasson	holding	2	Hendrix Lapierre
1st	08:02	VAN	Marcus Pettersson	high sticking	2	Tom Wilson
1st	15:53	VAN	Linus Karlsson	holding	2	Ryan Leonard
2nd	03:33	WSH	John Carlson	cross checking	2	David Kampf
2nd	04:19	WSH	Connor McMichael	holding	2	Jake DeBrusk
2nd	11:02	VAN	Evander Kane	cross checking	2	Ryan Leonard
2nd	11:02	WSH	Ryan Leonard	holding	2	Evander Kane
2nd	15:12	WSH	Ryan Leonard	interference	2	Brock Boeser
3rd	07:03	VAN	Nils Hoglander	slashing	2	Matt Roy
3rd	07:03	WSH	Matt Roy	slashing	2	Nils Hoglander

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Dylan Strome #17	C	2	1	3	+1	3	0	0	0	75.0	21:17
Justin Sourdif #34	C	1	1	2	-1	3	1	0	0	57.1	18:02
John Carlson #74	D	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	2	0.0	26:45
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	23:13
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	20:20
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	20.0	06:43
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	60.0	14:08
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0.0	17:19
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	08:36
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100.0	12:03
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	-2	4	1	0	0	0.0	10:49
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	0.0	11:28
Ryan Leonard #9	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	0.0	12:40
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0.0	25:53
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0	0.0	12:56
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	2	0.0	19:58
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	-2	3	1	2	0	0.0	19:51
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0.0	11:02

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	L	25	21	4	.840	17/21	4/4	56:57

Vancouver Canucks

Canucks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Brock Boeser #6	R	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	0	50.0	16:20
David Kampf #64	C	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	33.3	15:04
Jake DeBrusk #74	L	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	0	0.0	18:20
Drew O'Connor #18	L	1	0	1	+2	4	2	0	0	0.0	12:51
Evander Kane #91	L	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	2	0.0	14:54
Filip Hronek #17	D	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	23:10
Tom Willander #5	D	0	1	1	+3	1	1	1	0	0.0	17:23
Elias Pettersson #40	C	0	0	0	+2	1	0	4	0	25.0	19:20
Linus Karlsson #94	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0.0	11:49
Max Sasson #63	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	06:56
Teddy Blueger #53	C	0	0	0	-1	3	4	0	0	44.4	18:24
Liam Ohgren #92	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	13:18
Nils Hoglander #21	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0.0	09:56
Conor Garland #8	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100.0	17:49
Elias Pettersson #25	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	14:32
Marcus Pettersson #29	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	0.0	23:54
Tyler Myers #57	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	22:21
Zeev Buium #24	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	14:44

Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Kevin Lankinen #32	W	32	29	3	.906	26/27	1/3	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.