Quinn Hughes carried his team to a victory on Saturday night as the Vancouver Canucks took on the surging Washington Capitals, with the home team holding on to take the 2–1 win. Hughes scored twice for Vancouver,

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Washington Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren on Saturday delivered the most ridiculous save of the year. Lindgren’s Capitals were trailing the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 at Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Washington was getting set to pull Lindgren to have an extra attacker on the ice. Just as Lindgren was heading off the ice, he saw the puck get intercepted.

After embarrassing losses to the Buffalo Sabres and Edmonton Oilers, the Canucks looked steady and composed as they beat the NHL-leading Washington Capitals 2-1. It didn’t hurt that captain Quinn Hughes had another MVP-caliber game with two goals, the first of which was highlight-reel worthy.

Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals took a 2-1 regulation loss to the Vancouver Canucks Saturday night, continuing a concerning recent trend for the top dogs in the East.

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Their goaltending tandem has been one of the bests in the NHL all season. Whether it’s Lindgren or Logan Thompson, the Capitals have a guy that they trust in between the pipes. Thompson has been one of the best goalies in the entire NHL, boasting a 22-2-3 record with a .925 SV% and a 2.09 GAA. This game will be all about the goaltending.

Washington Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren on Saturday delivered the most ridiculous save of the year. Lindgren's Capitals were trailing the Vancouver

On Saturday night in Vancouver, the Canucks were somewhat soundly outplayed in the opening 20 minutes but managed to come out of the first period thanks to some misses at the goal mouth from Tom Wilson, Matt Roy and Lars Eller and thanks to one of the most absurd individual offensive efforts you’ll see all season from a blueliner.

As far as we know, Quinn Hughes still wants to be a Vancouver Canuck. And thank goodness for that because in the midst of this miserable season, the Canucks’ captain is putting together one of the great all-time seasons by a defenceman.

Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 goals shy of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s league record.Hughes has five goals and two assists in a five-game points streak.