Ovechkin scores twice, Capitals come back to beat Canucks

— Alex Ovechkin and Washington's best players got going just in time to put together their best period of the season and avoid what would have been the Capitals' worst four-game start in nearly a decade.
Oct 18, 2022, 03:39 am - AP
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Canucks1304
Capitals1146
1st PeriodVANWSH
0:56Alex Ovechkin (1) (Power Play)
Assists: Marcus Johansson (1), Dylan Strome (3)
01
19:52Elias Pettersson (2)
Assists: Quinn Hughes (2), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1)
11
2nd PeriodVANWSH
0:08Lars Eller (1)
Assists: Martin Fehervary (1)
12
8:03Bo Horvat (1)
Assists: Tanner Pearson (2), Brock Boeser (3)
22
8:14Curtis Lazar (1)
Assists: Andrei Kuzmenko (1), Elias Pettersson (1)
32
17:34J.T. Miller (2) (Power Play)
Assists: Quinn Hughes (3), Elias Pettersson (2)
42
3rd PeriodVANWSH
1:16Dylan Strome (1) (Power Play)
Assists: John Carlson (1), Marcus Johansson (2)
43
8:43John Carlson (1)
Assists: Alex Ovechkin (2), Evgeny Kuznetsov (2)
44
12:44Conor Sheary (3)
Assists: Alex Ovechkin (3), Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)
45
17:02Alex Ovechkin (2)
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (4), Nick Jensen (2)
46

Shot Chart

NHL Shot Chart
  • Dylan Strome won faceoff against Curtis Lazar in offensive zone
  • Goal scored by Alex Ovechkin assisted by Marcus Johansson and Dylan Strome (PPG)
  • Andrei Kuzmenko shot blocked by Nick Jensen
  • Riley Stillman shot blocked by Garnet Hathaway
  • Anthony Mantha credited with hit on Kyle Burroughs in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Marcus Johansson saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Vasily Podkolzin in defensive zone
  • Nic Dowd won faceoff against Bo Horvat in defensive zone
  • Garnet Hathaway credited with hit on Kyle Burroughs in offensive zone
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against Curtis Lazar in defensive zone
  • Erik Gustafsson credited with hit on Elias Pettersson in offensive zone
  • Elias Pettersson shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  • John Carlson credited with hit on Dakota Joshua in neutral zone
  • Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas in defensive zone
  • Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas in defensive zone
  • Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas in neutral zone
  • Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Erik Gustafsson saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against Elias Pettersson in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Dylan Strome won faceoff against Nils Aman in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin
  • Nic Dowd credited with hit on Tanner Pearson in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Conor Sheary saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Aliaksei Protas credited with hit on Kyle Burroughs in offensive zone
  • Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Curtis Lazar in defensive zone
  • Martin Fehervary credited with hit on Curtis Lazar in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Dylan Strome
  • Shot missed by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  • Lars Eller won faceoff against J.T. Miller in neutral zone
  • T.J. Oshie credited with hit on Curtis Lazar in offensive zone
  • Takeaway by T.J. Oshie in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Anthony Mantha
  • Shot on goal by Lars Eller saved by Thatcher Demko
  • J.T. Miller shot blocked by John Carlson
  • Nic Dowd credited with hit on Noah Juulsen in offensive zone
  • Conor Sheary won faceoff against J.T. Miller in defensive zone
  • Quinn Hughes shot blocked by Nic Dowd
  • Takeaway by Anthony Mantha in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Lars Eller saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Goal scored by Lars Eller assisted by Martin Fehervary
  • Lars Eller credited with hit on Kyle Burroughs in neutral zone
  • Nic Dowd credited with hit on Kyle Burroughs in offensive zone
  • Connor Brown credited with hit on Noah Juulsen in offensive zone
  • Takeaway by Dylan Strome in neutral zone
  • Takeaway by T.J. Oshie in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Nick Jensen saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Lars Eller won faceoff against Nils Aman in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Aliaksei Protas saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Dmitry Orlov credited with hit on Nils Aman in defensive zone
  • Nic Dowd won faceoff against J.T. Miller in defensive zone
  • Garnet Hathaway credited with hit on Vasily Podkolzin in neutral zone
  • Giveaway by Nic Dowd in neutral zone
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson shot blocked by John Carlson
  • Shot on goal by T.J. Oshie saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Shot missed by T.J. Oshie
  • Dmitry Orlov credited with hit on Curtis Lazar in neutral zone
  • Lars Eller credited with hit on Nils Aman in offensive zone
  • Takeaway by Conor Sheary in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Conor Sheary saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Giveaway by Marcus Johansson in offensive zone
  • Lars Eller won faceoff against Bo Horvat in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Martin Fehervary saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Shot on goal by T.J. Oshie saved by Thatcher Demko
  • T.J. Oshie credited with hit on Dakota Joshua in offensive zone
  • Aliaksei Protas credited with hit on Vasily Podkolzin in defensive zone
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against Bo Horvat in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Conor Sheary saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Shot on goal by Dmitry Orlov saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Shot on goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Dmitry Orlov credited with hit on Andrei Kuzmenko in defensive zone
  • Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Quinn Hughes in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Penalty to Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for High Sticking Kyle Burroughs
  • Bo Horvat shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  • Dylan Strome won faceoff against Nils Aman in defensive zone
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  • Nils Hoglander shot blocked by Dylan Strome
  • Shot on goal by John Carlson saved by Thatcher Demko
  • T.J. Oshie credited with hit on Kyle Burroughs in offensive zone
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against Nils Aman in offensive zone
  • Dmitry Orlov credited with hit on Dakota Joshua in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Giveaway by Conor Sheary in defensive zone
  • Nic Dowd credited with hit on Vasily Podkolzin in defensive zone
  • Lars Eller won faceoff against Elias Pettersson in neutral zone
  • Lars Eller credited with hit on Oliver Ekman-Larsson in offensive zone
  • Bo Horvat shot blocked by John Carlson
  • Nic Dowd credited with hit on Kyle Burroughs in offensive zone
  • Garnet Hathaway credited with hit on Kyle Burroughs in neutral zone
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against Bo Horvat in offensive zone
  • Dylan Strome won faceoff against Curtis Lazar in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Dylan Strome saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Goal scored by Dylan Strome assisted by John Carlson and Marcus Johansson (PPG)
  • Andrei Kuzmenko shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  • Shot missed by Lars Eller
  • Giveaway by Nick Jensen in defensive zone
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against Dakota Joshua in offensive zone
  • Penalty to Conor Sheary 2 minutes for Holding Dakota Joshua
  • Quinn Hughes shot blocked by Anthony Mantha
  • Shot on goal by Dylan Strome saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • T.J. Oshie credited with hit on Noah Juulsen in offensive zone
  • Lars Eller credited with hit on Riley Stillman in offensive zone
  • Nic Dowd credited with hit on Kyle Burroughs in offensive zone
  • Martin Fehervary credited with hit on J.T. Miller in defensive zone
  • Takeaway by Conor Sheary in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Goal scored by John Carlson assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Nic Dowd credited with hit on Nils Aman in offensive zone
  • Nic Dowd won faceoff against J.T. Miller in defensive zone
  • Luke Schenn shot blocked by John Carlson
  • Shot on goal by John Carlson saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Nick Jensen credited with hit on Oliver Ekman-Larsson in defensive zone
  • Nils Hoglander shot blocked by Dylan Strome
  • Takeaway by T.J. Oshie in defensive zone
  • Nic Dowd won faceoff against Bo Horvat in defensive zone
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov credited with hit on Brock Boeser in neutral zone
  • Goal scored by Conor Sheary assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Garnet Hathaway credited with hit on Oliver Ekman-Larsson in neutral zone
  • Nic Dowd won faceoff against Elias Pettersson in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Garnet Hathaway
  • Shot on goal by Aliaksei Protas saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Lars Eller won faceoff against Conor Garland in offensive zone
  • Giveaway by Lars Eller in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Dmitry Orlov saved by Thatcher Demko
  • Takeaway by Nick Jensen in defensive zone
  • Goal scored by Alex Ovechkin assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nick Jensen
  • Dylan Strome won faceoff against Nils Aman in neutral zone
  • Nic Dowd credited with hit on J.T. Miller in defensive zone
  • Connor Brown shot blocked by Tanner Pearson
  • Bo Horvat won faceoff against Dylan Strome in defensive zone
  • Penalty to Brock Boeser 2 minutes for High Sticking John Carlson
  • Shot missed by Andrei Kuzmenko
  • Shot on goal by Oliver Ekman-Larsson saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Nils Aman won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in offensive zone
  • J.T. Miller won faceoff against Lars Eller in neutral zone
  • Luke Schenn credited with hit on Marcus Johansson in offensive zone
  • Vasily Podkolzin credited with hit on Martin Fehervary in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Quinn Hughes saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Bo Horvat won faceoff against Dylan Strome in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Bo Horvat saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Bo Horvat credited with hit on Nick Jensen in offensive zone
  • Riley Stillman credited with hit on Garnet Hathaway in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Andrei Kuzmenko saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Shot on goal by Luke Schenn saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Erik Gustafsson shot blocked by Elias Pettersson
  • Noah Juulsen credited with hit on Connor Brown in defensive zone
  • John Carlson shot blocked by Noah Juulsen
  • Dakota Joshua credited with hit on John Carlson in offensive zone
  • Kyle Burroughs credited with hit on Marcus Johansson in offensive zone
  • Giveaway by Luke Schenn in offensive zone
  • Dakota Joshua credited with hit on Martin Fehervary in defensive zone
  • Takeaway by Dakota Joshua in offensive zone
  • Giveaway by Dakota Joshua in neutral zone
  • Bo Horvat won faceoff against Nic Dowd in neutral zone
  • Giveaway by Bo Horvat in neutral zone
  • J.T. Miller won faceoff against Lars Eller in defensive zone
  • Takeaway by Bo Horvat in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Noah Juulsen saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Tanner Pearson credited with hit on Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Brock Boeser
  • Takeaway by Andrei Kuzmenko in neutral zone
  • Giveaway by Elias Pettersson in offensive zone
  • Nick Jensen shot blocked by Noah Juulsen
  • Shot missed by Conor Garland
  • Takeaway by Noah Juulsen in neutral zone
  • Curtis Lazar credited with hit on Garnet Hathaway in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Curtis Lazar
  • Bo Horvat won faceoff against Dylan Strome in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Quinn Hughes
  • J.T. Miller won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • J.T. Miller won faceoff against Dylan Strome in neutral zone
  • J.T. Miller credited with hit on Connor Brown in defensive zone
  • Elias Pettersson won faceoff against Marcus Johansson in offensive zone
  • Bo Horvat won faceoff against Lars Eller in defensive zone
  • Goal scored by Elias Pettersson assisted by Quinn Hughes and Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  • Nils Aman won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Bo Horvat saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Bo Horvat won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  • Shot on goal by Andrei Kuzmenko saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Giveaway by Quinn Hughes in offensive zone
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson credited with hit on Lars Eller in defensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Kyle Burroughs saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Giveaway by Vasily Podkolzin in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Kyle Burroughs saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Noah Juulsen credited with hit on Aliaksei Protas in neutral zone
  • Dakota Joshua credited with hit on Nick Jensen in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Quinn Hughes saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Dakota Joshua credited with hit on Lars Eller in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Nils Hoglander saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Shot on goal by Quinn Hughes saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Bo Horvat won faceoff against Conor Sheary in offensive zone
  • Bo Horvat credited with hit on Conor Sheary in defensive zone
  • Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Oliver Ekman-Larsson
  • Shot on goal by Tanner Pearson saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Goal scored by Bo Horvat assisted by Tanner Pearson and Brock Boeser
  • Luke Schenn credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin in defensive zone
  • Goal scored by Curtis Lazar assisted by Andrei Kuzmenko and Elias Pettersson
  • Shot on goal by Vasily Podkolzin saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Shot on goal by Vasily Podkolzin saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Takeaway by Noah Juulsen in defensive zone
  • Curtis Lazar credited with hit on Marcus Johansson in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Elias Pettersson
  • Shot on goal by Kyle Burroughs saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Shot on goal by Oliver Ekman-Larsson saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • J.T. Miller credited with hit on John Carlson in offensive zone
  • Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Kyle Burroughs
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov shot blocked by Riley Stillman
  • Dmitry Orlov shot blocked by Quinn Hughes
  • Riley Stillman credited with hit on Connor Brown in defensive zone
  • Riley Stillman credited with hit on Lars Eller in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Luke Schenn saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Luke Schenn credited with hit on Aliaksei Protas in neutral zone
  • Luke Schenn credited with hit on Conor Sheary in defensive zone
  • Bo Horvat won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Elias Pettersson saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Goal scored by J.T. Miller assisted by Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson (PPG)
  • Shot on goal by Kyle Burroughs saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Brock Boeser
  • Shot on goal by Tanner Pearson saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • J.T. Miller won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Bo Horvat won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Kyle Burroughs
  • Kyle Burroughs credited with hit on Conor Sheary in defensive zone
  • Penalty to Bo Horvat 2 minutes for Cross Checking Evgeny Kuznetsov
  • Connor Brown shot blocked by Luke Schenn
  • Noah Juulsen credited with hit on Connor Brown in neutral zone
  • Curtis Lazar credited with hit on Dmitry Orlov in defensive zone
  • Marcus Johansson shot blocked by Noah Juulsen
  • Nils Hoglander credited with hit on Trevor van Riemsdyk in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Dakota Joshua
  • Penalty to Dakota Joshua 2 minutes for Interference Erik Gustafsson
  • Bo Horvat won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
  • J.T. Miller won faceoff against Dylan Strome in defensive zone
  • Giveaway by J.T. Miller in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Elias Pettersson saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Erik Gustafsson shot blocked by Kyle Burroughs
  • Vasily Podkolzin credited with hit on John Carlson in offensive zone
  • Lars Eller shot blocked by Riley Stillman
  • Kyle Burroughs credited with hit on Nic Dowd in defensive zone
  • Elias Pettersson won faceoff against Dylan Strome in defensive zone
  • Takeaway by Luke Schenn in offensive zone
  • Shot on goal by Vasily Podkolzin saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Elias Pettersson won faceoff against Dylan Strome in offensive zone
  • Shot missed by Elias Pettersson
  • Shot missed by Andrei Kuzmenko
  • Nils Aman credited with hit on Nick Jensen in offensive zone
  • Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Quinn Hughes
  • Shot missed by Tanner Pearson
  • Giveaway by Vasily Podkolzin in defensive zone
  • Elias Pettersson won faceoff against Nic Dowd in neutral zone
  • Shot on goal by Oliver Ekman-Larsson saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Curtis Lazar credited with hit on T.J. Oshie in offensive zone
  • Kyle Burroughs credited with hit on Nic Dowd in defensive zone
  • Dakota Joshua credited with hit on T.J. Oshie in offensive zone
  • Luke Schenn credited with hit on Marcus Johansson in defensive zone
  • Elias Pettersson won faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov in defensive zone
  • Penalty to Vancouver Canucks 2 minutes for Delay Game - Unsucc chlg (served by Vasily Podkolzin)
  • Takeaway by Quinn Hughes in defensive zone
  • Shot missed by Elias Pettersson
  • Shot missed by J.T. Miller
  • Shot on goal by Andrei Kuzmenko saved by Darcy Kuemper
  • Garnet Hathaway shot blocked by Elias Pettersson
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