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Stunning comeback: Caps beat Canucks 6-5

By Chris Cerullo

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October 26, 2019 12:49 am

The Washington Capitals wanted to quickly put their late collapse against the Oilers in the rear view and had an opportunity on Friday night to do so against the Vancouver Canucks. Also go Nats!

Evgeny Kuznetsov was the benefactor of some Canucks scrambling to kick things off. Brock Boeser grabbed the goal back soon after and Tim Schaller slotted another home shorthanded. Elias Pettersson sniped one home to give Vancouver a two goal lead, Schaller got his second out of mid air, and Virtanen made it five for the Nucks.

Kuznetsov put away a buzzer beater, Lars Eller got his own shortie to bring the Caps even closer, and Michal Kempny blasted two home soon after to tie things up.

Shootout bullets!

  • Boeser did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
  • Oshie put the biscuit in the basket.
  • Pettersson put the biscuit in the basket.
  • Kuznetsov did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
  • Pearson did NOT put the biscuit in the basket.
  • Backstrom put the biscuit in the basket for the winner.

Caps beat Canucks 6-5!

  • Caps were the better team at five-on-five in the first, but that didn’t make it any less boring. Canucks got a shortie and the good guys couldn’t find any success on the power play afterwards.
  • Ian called Evgeny Kuznetsov scoring a hat trick tonight before the game. Kuzy almost got there, scoring the first two Capitals goals.
  • Stay in the fight folks and hopefully the Nats finish said fight.

  • The second period wasn’t great to say the least. The Canucks added to their lead and the Caps seemed tired. Ilya Samsonov was a busy boy.
  • The Nats refused to hit with runners in scoring position and that makes me want to break things.
  • Michal Kempny needs to stop taking so many penalties, but he also scored two clutch goals in the third so he is forgiven.
  • Garnet Hathaway has had the worst facial hockey luck that I think I have ever seen. The poor dude had the bloody nose plugs in again tonight due to a high stick.

  • Caps came out like caged animals in the third. The boys were all over the place and reaped the rewards on the scoreboard. What. A. Comeback.
  • I’m going to Hershey to watch the Bears play tomorrow and frantically check my phone for baseball updates every four seconds. Someone please help me.
  • What an insane overtime pace. Holy fun game out of nowhere. Nicklas Backstrom scores his 11th career game-winning shootout goal to end it.

Next up for the Caps is the final game of this road stretch, Tuesday night in Toronto. Almost home.

Full RMNB Coverage of Caps at Canucks

Headline photo: NBC Sports Washington

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