The Vancouver Canucks started a six-game road trip with a 4-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Despite a late Senators push, Vancouver held on for the win. The Canucks played without leading scorer Quinn Hughes for most of the game after he received a major penalty for boarding. Jake DeBrusk led the Canucks with two goals and an assist.
OTTAWA — The Vancouver Canucks kicked off a six-game road trip by holding off the Ottawa Senators 4-3.
The Senators surged late with a pair of goals in the final three and a half minutes, but lost their fifth straight.Hughes was assessed a boarding major and game misconduct at 12:29 of the first period for a hit on Josh Norris that resulted in a facial injury. Jake DeBrusk led the Canucks with two goals and an assist. Kiefer Sherwood had a goal and an assist, Teddy Blueger scored and Elias Pettersson had two assists. Kevin Lankinen stopped 26 of 29 shots in Vancouver's net.
Ottawa's Claude Giroux scored a power-play goal and Tim Stutzle notched his 100th career goal late in the third period. Brady Tkachuk tied the game early in the second period with a power-play goal.Frustration set in for Senators' captain Tkachuk in the third period. He took cross-checking, fighting and game misconduct penalties with just over six minutes remaining.Canucks: Special teams not so special going 1-for-6 on the power play and 1-for-3 on the penalty kill.
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