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Recap - Canucks Defeat Ottawa 5-1

Vancouver got a pair of goals from Tyler Motte as the Canucks skated to a 5-1 victory over Ottawa on Wednesday at Rogers Arena.

Vancouver was favored by -157 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Vancouver got goals from Tyler Motte(2), J.T. Miller(2), and Elias Pettersson in the victory. Motte opened the scoring at 2:06 of the first period.

Thatcher Demko stopped 42 of 43 Ottawa shots in the victory.

Ottawa got a goal from Josh Norris in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Ottawa got a 30-stop effort from Marcus Hogberg in the loss.

Vancouver scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Ottawa went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

Vancouver lost the shots on goal battle to Ottawa by a margin of 43-35.