Dubois scores twice, lifts Capitals past Canucks in OT

Aliaksei Protas carried the puck into the Vancouver zone, circled across the again of the web and handed to Dubois, who skated down the slot and beat Kevin Lankinen.

“That was simply all ‘Professional,’” Dubois stated. “I simply needed to come down and rating. Lars [Eller] gave me a very good look earlier than and I missed that one. It was a very nice play by Professional.”

Logan Thompson made 30 saves for the Capitals (27-10-4), who prolonged their level streak to 5 video games (3-0-2) and their residence level streak to 9 (7-0-2).

“I feel it’s been our MO all 12 months, simply discovering a means,” Thompson stated. “It’s not going to be simple each night time and we haven’t had our greatest of video games these final couple, however we’re getting factors and in the long run that’s going to go a good distance.”

Washington ahead Alex Ovechkin was held off the rating sheet and stays 23 objectives shy of passing Wayne Gretzky (894) for essentially the most in NHL historical past.

Conor Garland scored for the Canucks (18-12-10), who’re 1-2-3 of their previous six video games. Lankinen made 16 saves.

“We performed fairly detailed, tonight, I believed,” Garland stated. “Clearly, they’ve a terrific goalie. We had an ideal goalie as effectively. Good battle by them. Simply, what was it, 40 seconds left? Robust to present that one up and cling him out to dry there, however it’s what it’s.”

The Capitals took a 1-0 lead with 33 seconds remaining within the first interval. Dubois knocked down the rebound of Matt Roy’s shot on the left of the crease and lifted a backhand over Lankinen’s left pad from in entrance.

Thompson made 5 saves in 21 seconds starting at 17:28 of the second interval to protect the lead.

Garland tied it 1-1 on the ability play with 37 seconds left within the interval, one-timing a rebound from the appropriate facet of the web.

“We spent a pair days actually evaluating our workforce just a little bit and the way we need to play, and I believed all people type of purchased into how we now have to play with our workforce proper now, the id,” Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet stated. “So, I believed there was quite a lot of guys doing quite a lot of good issues.”

Vancouver outshot Washington 21-5 within the second.

“Thought the primary interval was actually good, appreciated quite a lot of what we did,” Capitals coach Spencer Carbery stated. “Second interval we acquired away from it. Acquired just a little bit sloppy with some pucks and fed their transition. So we acquired again on our heels. We get out of it 1-1.”

NOTES: Dubois has six factors (two objectives, 4 assists) in a five-game level streak. … Thompson prolonged his residence level streak to seven video games (6-0-1), the longest run by a Capitals goaltender since Ilya Samsonov in 2021-22 (additionally 6-0-1). … Roy performed 20:59 and had an help within the defenseman’s four-hundredth NHL recreation. … Vancouver ahead Quinn Hughes (help) has 11 factors (one objective, 10 assists) in his previous seven video games. … Canucks ahead Elias Pettersson, a game-time resolution, missed a sixth straight recreation due to an upper-body damage.