The Vancouver Canucks started their six-game road trip with a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators. Despite losing leading scorer Quinn Hughes early in the game due to a boarding penalty, the Canucks held on for the victory. Jake DeBrusk led Vancouver with two goals and an assist, while Kiefer Sherwood, Teddy Blueger, and Elias Pettersson also contributed offensively.
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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