Hughes scores twice, Canucks ends Capitals’ victory series of 6 games

Kevin Lankin made 32 rescues, and Filip Hronek had two assists for Canucks (21-17-10), which ended a two-game losing series with their second win in the past six games (2-4-0) and third in over 11 (3-6-2).

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored in the third period, and Charlie Lindgren made 23 rescues for Capitals (33-11-5), which lost in the regulation for the first time in 2025. Washington was on a 12-match poetry (9-0) -3 -3 ) Since last regulatory loss on December 29.

Hughes brought Canucks ahead with 1-0 at. 12:23 in the first period, less than a minute after Lars or hit the post of a backyard tap-in and then missed two chances to put the bouncing puck into an empty target. Hughes took a pass from Nils Hoglander in the right corner to the left point and cut back in the middle, around Brandon Duhaime into the castle and backhand a shot from the right hashmark back the other way and over the glove on a screened Lindgren.

Hughes made it 2-0 at 1:24 of the second period, skating backwards over the blue line from left to right before sending a wrist shot through the traffic and over Lindgren’s blocking. He has seven points (five goals, two assists) over the point of a five-games point.

Dubois brought Capitals to 2-1 at 12:31 pm in the third period and knocked in a loose puck after Aliaksei Protas knocked a rebound away from the lankin as he tried to cover it against his pillow with his glove at the edge of the fold .

Phil di Giuseppe made it almost 3-1 in an empty goal with 1:17 back in the third period, but Lindgren stopped at the top of the left circle and stormed back against his net before making a diving glove with his head first to keep capital within one.