Canucks fend off Senators’ late surge with scrappy win

The Vancouver Canucks kicked off a six-game road trip by holding off the Ottawa Senators 4-3.

The Senators surged late with a pair of goals in the final three and a half minutes, but lost their fifth straight.

The Canucks (10-6-3) put in a solid road effort without leading scorer Quinn Hughes for most of the game.

Hughes was assessed a boarding major and game misconduct at 12:29 of the first period for a hit on Josh Norris that resulted in a facial injury.

Jake DeBrusk led the Canucks with two goals and an assist. Kiefer Sherwood had a goal and an assist, Teddy Blueger scored and Elias Pettersson had two assists. Kevin Lankinen stopped 26 of 29 shots in Vancouver’s net.

Ottawa’s Claude Giroux scored a power-play goal and Tim Stutzle notched his 100th career goal late in the third period. Brady Tkachuk tied the game early in the second period with a power-play goal.

Linus Ullmark made 17 saves in the loss. The Senators (8-11-1) fell to 0-4-1 in their last five home games.

Frustration set in for Senators’ captain Tkachuk in the third period. He took cross-checking, fighting and game misconduct penalties with just over six minutes remaining.

Takeaways

Senators: Fell to 1-10-1 when giving up the first goal.

Canucks: Special teams not so special going 1-for-6 on the power play and 1-for-3 on the penalty kill.

 Key moment

The Senators didn’t make the most of a five-minute power play in the first period when Hughes served a boarding major.

Key stat

Ottawa has lost five straight games to Vancouver giving up four or more goals each game.

 Up next

Senators: Ottawa hosts the Calgary Flames on Monday.

Canucks: Travel to Boston to meet the Bruins on Tuesday.