The Canucks made an impressive second-period push, but it wasn't enough as the Capitals found a way to win 2-1 in overtime.

The Washington Capitals got off to the start they wanted against the Vancouver Canucks; it was the rest of the night didn’t go as planned. But thanks to Pierre-Luc Dubois, D.C. managed two points. Dubois struck twice and Logan Thompson stood on his head to help Washington escape with a 2-1 victory.

Over the past week and a half, Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin and director of player personnel Scott Young took in a series of World Junior games in Ottawa, watched Vancouver’s AHL affiliate in Laval and were in attendance together to witness the Canucks’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday.

It’s been a little while since things have been stirring quite a bit in Vancouver. There seems to be a fair amount of tension between J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson, the two big names in town’s offense,

The Vancouver Canucks have assigned defenceman Filip Hronek to the Abbotsford Canucks for a conditioning stint. Hronek was injured on November 27 versus the Pittsburgh Penguins and underwent a lower-body procedure at the beginning of December.