WASHINGTON -- Tyler Myers had a goal and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks held off the Washington Capitals for a 4-3 win at Capital One Arena on Sunday.
Elias Pettersson scored his first goal of the season, and Thatcher Demko made 29 saves for the Canucks (4-2-0), who have won the first three of a five-game road trip. Conor Garland had two assists.
Vancouver played short two forwards after the first period due to undisclosed injuries to Filip Chytil and Jonathan Lekkerimaki. It entered the game without forward Brock Boeser, who was unavailable for personal reasons.
Ryan Leonard, Jakob Chychrun and John Carlson scored, and Tom Wilson and Dylan Strome each had two assists for the Capitals (4-2-0), who had won four in a row. Charlie Lindgren made 20 saves.
Alex Ovechkin did not sco