WASHINGTON -- The Vancouver Canucks knew they were facing a tall order against the Washington Capitals on Sunday.

There were plenty of excuses playing far from home in what was essentially their third game in 3 1/2 days with a 12:30 p.m. ET start against the Capitals, who had won four in row.

Having to do so without forward Brock Boeser , who was away from the team for personal reasons, and losing forwards Filip Chytil and Jonathan Lekkerimaki to unspecified injuries in the first period didn’t make it any easier.

The Canucks dug down and found a way, though, jumping out to a four-goal lead before hanging on for a 4-3 victory at Capital One Arena .

“We had a really good start and as the game went on, we lost a couple of guys, so we were trying to keep it together,” Canucks coac

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