By Andrew Chernoff
Dec 11, 2016
Vancouver (12-15-2=26 pts) played the 4th game of a 5 game road trip tonight at Verizon Center against Eastern conference rivals, Washington Capitals (17-7-3=37 pts).
The Canucks concluded their 7th of 16 back-to-back series with tonight’s visit to Washington. They are 4-9-1 in back-to-backs thus far this season, after tonight.
Vancouver went for their second win of the road trip, and 5th win of the season away from Rogers Arena, while the Capitals were trying for their 7th home win in their last 9 home games.
The Canucks lost their 3rd of four on the road trip, and both of their back-to-back games on the weekend, with little or no intensity or passion, and if it wasn’t for Jacob Markstrom the score could have been a lot worse.
The Capitals had a 1-0 lead after the first, the second period was scoreless, and early in the final period, Washington went up by two goals at 2-0, and the Canucks, even with five man advantages in the game, could not manage to score on Capitals goalie Braden Holtby, and lost 3-0.
Jacob Markstrom stopped 26 of 28 shots for Vancouver, who were outshot 29-20 in the game.
Canucks, continue to remain in 6th place in the Pacific division; 3 points in front of 7th place Arizona, who have two games in hand on Vancouver.
Game Summary
In the first, the Capitals open up the scoring on the power play, with Daniel Sedin in the penalty box. Alex Ovechkin scoring his 13 goal of the season, at 13:46, assisted by John Carlson (11) and Nicklas Backstrom (17), to make it 1-0 Washington.
After one:
- Alex Biega and Ben Hutton led Canucks in shots on net with 2 each
- Brandon Sutter, 6 for 8 on faceoffs; Canucks 7 takeaways
- Daniel Sedin 4 minutes in penalty minutes
The second period was scoreless, remaining 1-0 for the Capitals going into the final period.
After two:
- Canucks only had 3 shots in the middle frame, for a two period total of 12. Alex Biega and Ben Hutton had one shot each, for 3 each in the game to this point.
- Canucks were 20 for 40 in faceoffs after two, with only Brandon Sutter above 50 percent, 8 for 12.
- Vancouver had no shots registered on three man advantages in the second period; and none in four power plays after two periods.
In the third, Washington provided themselves with a two goal cushion, making it 2-0, at 5:06, when Justin Williams doubled the lead with his 5th goal of the season, assisted by Alex Ovechkin (8) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (11).
The Capitals would add an empty net goal, with Jacob Markstrom out of his net for a 6th attacker, to put the game out of reach at 3-0. Tom Wilson (2), at 19:08, assisted by Daniel Winnik (3) and Matt Niskanen (10).
In brief:
- Canucks behind 1-0 after one; behind 1-0 after two periods
- Vancouver out shoot by Washington 29-20
- Canucks penalty kill, 3 for 4
- 6 shots against; 0 shots for; 0 shorthanded goals for
- Vancouver power play, 0 for 5
- 1 shots for; 1 shots against; 0 shorthanded goals against
Next Game: Dec 13, 2016: Canucks at Carolina @4:00 p.m. PST
Canucks Post Game Stats
Regular Season Game 29, Road Game 15
Final Score 1 2 3 OT SO F
Vancouver 0 0 0 0
Washington 1 0 2 3
Records
Vancouver: 12-15-2 (Road: 4-10-1)
Washington: 17-7-3 (Home: 11-4-0)
Stats SF SA PP PK PIM CF CA SCF SCA HITS
Van 20 29 0-5 3-4 8 41(30) 58(41) 11(8) 25(20) 15
Wash 29 20 1-4 5-5 10 58(41) 41(30) 25(20) 11(8) 9
5v5 stats in parenthesis for CF & CA SCF=scoring chances for; SCA=scoring chances against.
Event summary:
- Vancouver had:
- 15-blocked shots; 5-giveaways; 13-takeaways
- 10-shot attempts blocked; 11-missed shots
Face-offs:
- Total: 34-65: 52 percent
- offensive zone: 15-23: 65%
- defensive zone: 08-19: 42%
- neutral zone: 11-23: 48%
- Even Strength (5v5): 24-45: 53%
- offensive zone: 07-13: 54%
- defensive zone: 06-13: 46%
- neutral zone: 11-19: 58%
Game Stats Reports: Game, Face-Offs, Shots, Event
Player Stats:
- Faceoffs-Total:
- Sutter, 14-23; H.Sedin, 7-18
- Horvat, 8-15; Gaunce, 0-0
- Chaput, 5-6; Granlund, 0-2
- Burrows, 0-1
- Faceoffs-Even Strength (5v5):
- Sutter, 10-17; H.Sedin, 5-14
- Horvat, 5-8; Gaunce, 0-0
- Chaput, 4-5; Granlund, 0-1
- Shots:
- Hutton, 3; Biega, 3
- Skille, 3
- Hits:
- Biega, 4
- Blocked Shots:
- Gudbranson, 5
- Giveaways:
- Stecher, 2
- Takeaways:
- Skille, 2; Burrows, 2
- Sutter, 2; Tryamkin, 2
- Shot Attempts Blocked:
- Stecher, 4; Hutton, 2
- Missed Shots:
- Biega, 2; Horvat, 2
Advanced Player Stats For Game:
- Defensemen (CorsiFor%):
- All Strengths:
- Sbisa: 27.59; Stecher: 69.23
- Hutton: 42.50; Gudbranson: 21.28
- Tryamkin: 43.48; Biega: 50.00
- 5 on 5:
- Sbisa: 44.44; Stecher: 64.71
- Hutton: 34.38; Gudbranson: 28.57
- Tryamkin: 50.00; Biega: 50.00
- All Strengths:
- Forwards (CorsiFor%):
- All Strengths:
- D.Sedin: 44.83; H.Sedin: 44.83; Hansen: 36.36
- Granlund: 51.85; Sutter: 40.91; Eriksson: 39.13
- Skille: 63.16; Horvat: 50.00; Burrows: 45.16
- Gaunce: 33.33; Chaput: 30.00; Megna: 30.00
- 5 on 5:
- D.Sedin: 30.00; H.Sedin: 30.00; Hansen: 62.86
- Granlund: 45.45; Sutter: 61.54; Eriksson: 65.00
- Skille: 63.16; Horvat: 61.11; Burrows: 55.56
- Gaunce: 33.33; Chaput: 30.00; Megna: 30.00
- All Strengths:
Note: Stats from naturalstattrick.com, hockeystats.ca, corsica.hockey and nhl
They Said It…
Coach Desjardins discusses the team’s inability to score on the power-play and overall performance in Washington. pic.twitter.com/qA1vKOMH9A
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) December 12, 2016
“We have to forget this and move forward. It’s hockey, it’s tight and we’re not earning enough bounces. It’s tough right now.” – Markstrom
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) December 12, 2016
“It’s frustrating. It’s a one-goal game for most of the night and we can’t get anything done.” – D. Sedin
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) December 12, 2016