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The Capitals continued their road trip on Saturday night, facing the Canucks in Vancouver. The game looked every part the mismatch one might have thought at the start of the season – the visitors, very good through 40 and defended the lead adequately in the final 20, with the Canucks never really threatening the Caps, despite a close scoreline for most of the game.
Here’s Saturday night’s Plus/Minus:
And now, this…
Tom Wilson scores his first goal of the season. What a ridiculously good backhanded pass by @Kuzya92 pic.twitter.com/o5QBILuPDz
— Ian Oland (@ianoland) October 30, 2016
Ten more notes on the game:
There’s not a whole lot to say after games like this. It wasn’t as close as the long-time 3-2 scoreline might imply. Even though none of the Caps really brought their ‘A+’ game, everyone brought at least a ‘B’ or so (where ‘C’ is an average game for that player), and if you can do that on a regular basis, you’ll win a lot of games in convincing fashion.
Game highlights: