Game Notes: Canucks vs. Capitals

CANUCKS VS CAPITALS

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Monumental Sports Network

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Canucks and Capitals this season: Oct. 19 (road, 4-3 W) and Jan. 21 (home).
• Vancouver is 46-48-9-5 all-time against Washington, including a 25-20-5-3 record at home
• The Canucks are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games against the Capitals (3-1-1 in their last five).
• Evander Kane leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Washington with 32 points (22-10-32) in 40 career games.
• In 11 career games against the Capitals, Elias Pettersson has 11 points (7-4-11).
• Brock Boeser has 10 points (2-8-10) in 14 career games against Washington.
• In 24 career games against the Capitals, Jake DeBrusk has nine points (3-6-9).
• Kevin Lankinen is 2-0-1 with a 1.63 goals-against average and a .940 save percentage in three career games against Washington
• Jiri Patera has yet to face the Capitals in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Zeev Buium ranks 3rd amongst rookie defencemen in assists (15) and fourth in points (19).
• Drew O’Connor ranks t-7th in the NHL in shorthanded goals this season (2).
• Evander Kane has nine points (5-4-9) in his last seven games against the Capitals.

LAST MEETING – OCT. 19/25: VAN 4 at WSH 3

Elias Pettersson opened the scoring 59 seconds into the opening frame…Conor Garland had the lone assist…Tyler Myers doubled the lead with just under three minutes remaining in the period…Kiefer Sherwood gave Vancouver a three goal lead with 2:08 left in the first…Garland and Quinn Hughes had the helpers…Teddy Blueger scored his first of the season at 4:54 of the second…Evander Kane and Myers had the assists…Ryan Leonard got Washington on the board with 6:18 left in the second…Jakob Chychrun made it a twogoal game just past the nine minute mark of the third…John Carlson brought Washington within one at 17:46…Garland had four shots…Sherwood had four hits…Marcus Pettersson blocked five shots…Thatcher Demko made 28 saves.

2025.26 TEAM RANKS

LAST GAME PLAYED – JAN. 19/26: VAN 3 vs NYI 4

Max Sasson opened the scoring 2:49 into the first…Linus Karlsson and Nils Höglander had the assists…Anthony Duclair tied the game just past the 10-minute mark of the first…Evander Kane re-established Vancouver’s lead with 5:12 left in the opening period…D Elias Pettersson and David Kämpf had the helpers…Duclair scored his second of the game on the power play with 5:26 left in the second…Ryan Pulock gave New York its first lead 1:24 later…Tony DeAngelo doubled the lead just past the halfway mark of the third…Drew O’Connor brought the Canucks within one with 1:51 remaining in regulation…Kämpf and Kane each had five shots…Kane had four hits…Marcus Pettersson blocked two shots…Kevin Lankinen made 29 saves.

LAST 5 – vs WASHINGTON

• Oct. 19/25: VAN 4 at WSH 3
• Jan. 25/25: VAN 2 vs WSH 1
• Jan. 8/25: VAN 1 at WSH 2 (OT)
• Mar. 16/24: VAN 1 vs WSH 2
• Feb. 11/24: VAN 3 at WSH 2 (OT)

ON THIS DATE

• The Canucks have played 26 times on January 21 in the franchise’s history, holding a record of 11-13-1-1.
  • This includes a 6-8-1-1 record at home.
  • Tonight will be Vancouver’s first-ever matchup against the Capitals on January 21.

“HEY EVERYONE, CZECH OUT FIL!”

• 19/26 vs NYI saw Filip Hronek appear in his 500th career game. His 266 points (43-223-266) rank as the third-most by a Czech defenceman through their first 500 career games, only trailing Marek Zidlicky (282) and Tomas Kaberle (269).

RARE COMPANY

• Appearing in his 600th career game on Jan. 17/26 vs EDM, Brock Boeser became the 16th player to play as many games with the Canucks.
  • Beoser also became only the 12th player to be drafted by Vancouver to play at least 600 career games with the franchise.

MOVIN’ ON UP

• Scoring his 75th career power play goal on Jan. 15/26 at CBJ, Brock Boeser broke a tie with Stan Smyl for the sixth-most power play goals in franchise history.
• With his third period goal on Jan. 13/26 at OTT, Elias Pettersson passed Thomas Gradin for sole possession of 10th on the Canucks all-time goals list (198).
  • Upon reaching the Top 10 in goals for the Canucks, Elias Pettersson became the sixth player in franchise history to Top 10 in goals, assists, and points, joining Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Markus Naslund, Trevor Linden, and Stan Smyl.
• Suiting up for his 598th career game on Jan. 13/26 at OTT, Brock Boeser passed Kevin Bieksa for 16th on the Canucks all-time games played list.

JAKE THE SNAKE

• Scoring Vancouver’s first goal on Jan. 8/26 at DET, Jake DeBrusk now has 11 power play goals this season, tied for the third-most in the NHL.
  • Amongst players with at least 10 goals this season, DeBrusk has the highest percentage of goals coming with the man advantage (91.7%).
  • DeBrusk’s 25 power play goals since the start of the 2024.25 season rank fourth in the NHL over that span.

OLYMPICS COME RINGING

• On January 13, 2026, Canucks prospect Anri Ravinskis was named as an injury replacement for Team Latvia and will be heading to the 2026 Winter Olympics.
• January 6, 2026, saw Filip Hronek and David Kämpf both be named to Team Czechia for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
• On January 2, 2026, Elias Pettersson (Sweden) and Kevin Lankinen (Finland) were named to their respective country’s Olympic rosters, the first such nomination for each player. They join Teddy Blueger (Latvia) and Lukas Reichel (Germany) as members of the Canucks organization named to 2026 Olympic rosters.

THE FINNISHER

• Stopping all seven shooters in the shootout on Dec. 20/25 at BOS, Kevin Lankinen improved his career record in the shootout to 9-4, stopping 45 of 51 shots (.882 save percentage), the highest shootout save percentage (minimum 40 shots against) in NHL history.
  • Lankinen has now stopped 48 of 54 shootout shots (.889 save percentage), improving his record to 10-4 in shootouts as a result of Vancouver’s 3-2 SOW on December 29, 2025.

MARCO GOALO

• Scoring his first goal as a Canuck on Dec. 27/25 vs SJS, Marco Rossi registered the 50th goal of his career. He joins former Canucks Thomas Vanek and Michael Grabner, as well as Michael Raffl, as the only Austrian players in NHL history to hit the mark.

DOC’S ON THE CASE

• Scoring his second shorthanded goal of the season on Dec. 27/25 vs SJS, Drew O’Connor is now tied for the fifth-most shorthanded goals in the league this season (now t-7th as of Jan. 13/26).
  • Since the start of the 2024.25 season, amongst players with two minutes or less of shorthanded time on ice per game, O’Connor ranks t-8th in shorthanded goals (3).

EP500

• Having played in his 500th career game on Dec. 27/25 vs SJS, Elias Pettersson became the 29th player to play 500 games with the Canucks franchise.
  • Pettersson’s 479 points (193-286-479) in those 500 games are the most by a Canucks player in their first 500 career games with the franchise.

WELCOME TO THE DEMSHOW

• Stopping 23 of 24 shots on Dec. 19/25 at NYI, Thatcher Demko set a new career-long shutout streak (150:53), the 10th longest in Canucks franchise history.

FIL THE THRILL

• With his first of two assists on Dec. 19/25 at NYI, Filip Hronek became the sixth-fastest Canucks defenceman to 100 points with the franchise (180 GP), trailing Paul Reinhart (113 GP), Quinn Hughes (133 GP), Dale Tallon (146 GP), Kevin McCarthy (164 GP), and Jocelyn Guevremont (165 GP).

HERE COMES THE BUIUM

• With a goal and an assist on Dec. 14/25 at NJD, Zeev Buium became the first defenceman in franchise history to record multiple points in the first period of his Canucks debut, and the third to record multiple points in his Canucks debut overall.
  • With an assist on Jake DeBrusk’s goal 61 seconds into the game, Buium became the fastest player to record a point in his Canucks debut since Todd Bertuzzi on Feb. 7/98.
  • Recording the game-winning-goal on Dec. 14/25 at NJD, Buium became the fourth defenceman to score the game-winner in his Canucks debut, and the first overall since Brock Boeser on Mar. 25/17 at MIN.