A lot of people just lost their hats here in Seattle. McCann's hat trick goal gets washed out by a penalty before the goal, which took a long review to figure out

Lines for the Caps here in Seattle, without Sandin and Roy (both lower body, day to day) McMichael-Strome-Leonard Protas-Sourdif-Wilson Ovechkin-Dowd-Frank Duhaime-Lapierre-Beauvillier Chychrun-Carlson Fehervary-TvR Chisholm-McIlrath Thompson

My favorite part of hockey is when a guy is trying desperately to prove that they're bleeding. Rubbing at their face and holding out their hand like "Look! See! Blood!"

Sandin didn't take a shift, stood at the end of the bench looking like he was trying to stretch out and shake it off. Has gone back down the tunnel at the first TV timeout

This is now one of the weirdest 2-2 hockey games I've ever seen

Sandin was slow to come back from the room but just emerged from the tunnel and took his spot on the bench.

Rasmus Sandin did not return for the start of the second after blocking a shot at the end of the first and leaving the ice in obvious pain

This is the weirdest possible 1-1 hockey game I've maybe ever seen

2-1 Capitals. Aliaksei Protas caps off a great sequence with his linemates, and the Caps finally get the go-ahead goal after dominating since the second period started

Jakob Chychrun just tried a lacrosse goal

Hendrix Lapierre has ended his nearly two-year long goalless streak. The way his teammates just celebrated with him on the ice? That was special to see

This the first time in 15 games that the Canucks have scored more than 3 goals. Last time was a 5-4 shootout win vs. the Bruins on Dec 20.

The Canucks beat the Caps to end their 11-game losing streak. This, on paper, was the most winnable game of the trip for the Caps and they still couldn’t get it done. Their losing streak stands at four

4-2 Canucks. Filip Hronek on a two-on-one. Lot of game left, but the Caps are nowhere to be found right now. In danger of losing, maybe even getting blown out by, the worst team in the NHL

And now the Caps will be down 5v3, with 1:14 left on Carlson's penalty. Connor McMichael heading off for holding

John Carlson did NOT like that penalty call. Yelled so loud I could hear him from the press box, which is *way* up there here in Vancouver

Deflects in off Matt Roy's skate. Unlucky play, but also was coming by how the Canucks had come to life

2-2. Caps have majorly let off the gas since their early two goals, and the Canucks get it tied. Ugly

2-1. Brock Boeser after David Kampf beat Rasmus Sandin on the puck in the corner

2-0 Capitals. The hometown kid Justin Sourdif with a power play goal on what was left of Marcus Pettersson's high sticking call. A start to this one that the Caps desperately needed

1-0 Capitals. Dylan Strome scores at the net front on a five-on-three

Lines for the Caps here in Vancouver: McMichael-Strome-Leonard Protas-Sourdif-Wilson Ovechkin-Dowd-Frank Duhaime-Lapierre-Beauvillier Chychrun-Carlson Fehervary-Roy Sandin-TvR Thompson

It certainly appears Tom Wilson could return to the Capitals' lineup tonight. Our @baileyannej.bsky.social has more from Vancouver:

Artturi Lehkonen makes it 4-2, for real this time. The Avs are just so good

The Caps got the challenge right. No goal. 3-2 with 8:55 left. Game back on, if they can get a spark from that

Caps are challenging for goaltender interference. Martin Necas knocked Lindgren's stick out of his hand before he pushed across to try to make the save, but is that enough?

4-2 Colorado. Cale Makar with a ridiculous shot, and that will probably do it for the Caps' hopes here

Four seconds left in the second period, offensive zone draw for the Caps, and Spencer Carbery looked to signal to Charlie Lindgren that he wanted to pull him to go six-on-five. He then changed his mind

Avs scored to make it 3-1, and Ethen Frank got it back to 3-2 just a few seconds later. Caps aren't going away in this one

2-1 Avalanche. Caps were doing a pretty good job on the long kill from Jakob Chychrun's double minor, and then Nathan MacKinnon did what he does

1-1. Jakob Chychrun from distance on the power play, his third goal in the last two games and his 18th of the season

1-0 Avalanche. Cale Makar shakes Ryan Leonard at the blue line, and his shot gets tipped in by Parker Kelly

Lines for the Capitals here in Colorado: Protas-Strome-Beauvillier McMichael-Sourdif-Leonard Ovechkin-Dowd-Frank Duhaime-Lapierre-Miroshnichenko Chychrun-Carlson Fehervary-Roy Sandin-Chisholm Lindgren

Spencer Carbery wouldn’t confirm any of the Caps’ lineup changes today in Colorado. Looks like Charlie Lindgren will start in goal and Justin Sourdif has been activated from IR, so certainly seems like he’ll play

Justin Sourdif (upper body) is on the ice for the morning skate in a regular jersey; he will not play tonight, Spencer Carbery said yesterday.

Justin Sourdif (upper body) is on the ice ahead of the Caps' practice this morning in a non-contact jersey

Ryan Leonard scores to cut the Sharks' lead to 3-2. Nice bounceback for him after a really difficult game Tuesday

Gary Bettman on the status of the hockey arena in Milan: "The building’s still under construction, and it’s new ice. But we expect that everything that has to be done will be done in time for the Olympics. ... We hope that everything that was promised to us will be fulfilled."

1-0 Capitals. Dylan Strome with a backhander on the power play

I asked Bettman if the NHL is thinking about the post-Alex Ovechkin era. "I hope that’s not something that’s in the immediate future. It’s Alex’s decision and we’ll respect it. But you’re suggesting by that question that this might be his last year. I would hope that it’s not."

Gary Bettman has watched Heated Rivalry, he just said in a small media session here at the Caps game. “Binged it all in one night,” he reported

The Ethen Frank Game. Two goals to tie this one at 2-2 with 1:54 left

Lines for the Caps vs. Montreal, without Jakob Chychrun (illness): Beauvillier-Strome-Ovechkin Protas-McMichael-Leonard Milano-Lapierre-Frank Duhaime-Dowd-Leason Fehervary-Carlson Sandin-Roy TvR-McIlrath Thompson

Jakob Chychrun will be a game-time decision tonight for the Caps, Spencer Carbery said. Justin Sourdif and Tom Wilson won’t play. Logan Thompson starts in goal against Montreal

Justin Sourdif (upper body) is not on the ice this morning for the Caps. He left the game Sunday after being hit in the face with a puck in the second period

Tom Wilson (lower body) remains in the blue non contact jersey this morning, so doesn’t look like he’ll play tonight. Jakob Chychrun is on the ice after missing Sunday’s game with an illness.

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Ethen Frank gets the Caps within a goal on the power play. 3-2 with 10:57 left to play

Roman Josi makes it 3-1 on the 5v3. Disastrous start to the third for the Caps

The Caps benefitted from a 5v3 after a delay of game penalty earlier, and now they have to kill one — again, for the second game in a row. John Carlson sends the puck over the glass 52 seconds into Hendrix Lapierre's penalty