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Vancouver Canucks @ Washington Capitals

Canucks

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
L. Merilainen	2	4	1	0	3.33	.898
K. Lankinen	1	7	0	0	6.17	.812

Capitals

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
L. Thompson	5	3	0	0	2.78	.903
C. Lindgren	3	1	0	0	2.98	.887

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 2 December 2026

Washington, DC

VAN

WSH

Points

Elias PetterssonC #40

16PTS

12A

Alex TuchRW #89

12PTS

10G

Goals

Jonathan LekkerimakiRW #88

1PPG

24S

Alex TuchRW #89

10G

0PPG

33S

Assists

Elias PetterssonC #40

12A

2PPA

-1+/-

Dylan StromeC #17

2PPA

4+/-

Vancouver Canucks

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Filip Chytil C	IR	7 Nov
Akil Thomas C	IR-NR	9 Nov
Mackenzie MacEachern LW	IR-NR	7 Nov
Thatcher Demko G	IR	21 Dec

Washington Capitals

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Vincent Desharnais D	IR	5 Dec
Rasmus Sandin D	IR-LT	26 Dec
Patrick Thomas C	IR-NR	14 Nov

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
VAN	3.00	4.53	21.1	32.2	141	9	19.1	18	65.4	2	0
WSH	3.58	3.08	27.8	28.0	115	6	18.2	8	79.5	1	0

Canucks Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/10/26	@SJ	L3-2
28/10/26	@ANA	W6-5 OT
26/10/26	vsMIN	L4-2
23/10/26	vsDET	L5-2
21/10/26	vsCAR	L6-3

Capitals Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
30/10/26	@NSH	W4-3
28/10/26	vsPHI	W5-2
25/10/26	vsBUF	W4-3 OT
21/10/26	vsLA	L5-2
17/10/26	vsNJ	W4-2

Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/1

Canucks
Capitals

Game 1

2/12

Capitals
Canucks

Game 2

8/12

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Edmonton	9	2	2	20
Vegas	9	4	1	19
Seattle	8	4	1	17
San Jose	7	6	1	15
Anaheim	5	7	1	11
Calgary	5	7	0	10
Los Angeles	4	6	2	10
Vancouver	3	11	1	7

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	11	2	2	24
Washington	8	4	0	16
New Jersey	8	5	0	16
NY Islanders	7	4	2	16
NY Rangers	7	6	1	15
Pittsburgh	5	6	2	12
Columbus	5	6	0	10
Philadelphia	3	8	4	10

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Vancouver Canucks @ Washington Capitals

Scoring Leaders

Elias PetterssonC #40

Alex TuchRW #89

Jonathan LekkerimakiRW #88

Alex TuchRW #89

Elias PetterssonC #40

Dylan StromeC #17

Injury Report

Team Stats

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