Capitals vs. Canucks Prediction, Odds & Stats - January 21, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Washington Capitals 29-23-2-5	2	0	1	+7.5
Vancouver Canucks 18-33-4-2	2	2	0	-1400

Date	Result	Competition
02/05/26	Nashville Predators NAS ( 26-24-7 ) Washington Capitals WAS ( 29-23-2-5 ) 2 - 4	Central
02/04/26	Vancouver Canucks VAN ( 18-33-4-2 ) Vegas Golden Knights VEG ( 27-16-8-6 ) 2 - 5	Pacific
02/03/26	Washington Capitals WAS ( 29-23-2-5 ) Philadelphia Flyers PHI ( 25-20-8-3 ) 2 - 4	Metropolitan
02/02/26	Vancouver Canucks VAN ( 18-33-4-2 ) Utah Mammoth UTAH ( 30-23-4 ) 2 - 6	Pacific
02/02/26	NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 32-21-0-5 ) Washington Capitals WAS ( 29-23-2-5 ) 1 - 4	Metropolitan
01/31/26	Toronto Maple Leafs TOR ( 27-21-8-1 ) Vancouver Canucks VAN ( 18-33-4-2 ) 2 - 2	Atlantic
01/31/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 36-15-3-3 ) Washington Capitals WAS ( 29-23-2-5 ) 3 - 4	Metropolitan
01/29/26	Anaheim Ducks ANA ( 30-23-3 ) Vancouver Canucks VAN ( 18-33-4-2 ) 0 - 2	Pacific
01/29/26	Washington Capitals WAS ( 29-23-2-5 ) Detroit Red Wings DET ( 33-19-3-3 ) 3 - 3	Metropolitan
01/27/26	Washington Capitals WAS ( 29-23-2-5 ) Seattle Kraken SEA ( 27-20-5-4 ) 1 - 5	Metropolitan
01/27/26	San Jose Sharks SJ ( 27-24-3-1 ) Vancouver Canucks VAN ( 18-33-4-2 ) 5 - 2	Pacific
01/25/26	Pittsburgh Penguins PIT ( 29-15-5-7 ) Vancouver Canucks VAN ( 18-33-4-2 ) 3 - 2	Metropolitan

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
Washington Capitals Washington Capitals	24	20	5-4-1	1W	26-24	553	14-10-0-3	10-10-1-2	23-22-5
Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks	16	28	2-7-0-1	3L	21-28	-2045	4-14-2-1	12-14-2	26-18-5

date	home-away	ats	o/u	VAN:Shots	VAN:Goals	VAN:Assists	WAS:Shots	WAS:Goals	WAS:Assists
01/21/2026	VAN 4 - WAS 3	VAN	Over 6	25	4	6	32	3	6
10/19/2025	WAS 3 - VAN 4	VAN	Over 5.5	24	4	5	31	3	6
01/25/2025	VAN 2 - WAS 1	VAN	Under 5.5	33	1	2	25	2	4
01/08/2025	WAS 2 - VAN 1	WAS	Under 5.5	31	1	2	18	2	3
03/16/2024	VAN 1 - WAS 2	WAS	Under 6	24	2	4	22	1	2
02/11/2024	WAS 2 - VAN 3 (OT)	VAN	Under 6	29	3	3	33	2	4
11/29/2022	VAN 1 - WAS 5	WAS	Under 6.5	28	5	6	32	1	1
10/17/2022	WAS 6 - VAN 4	WAS	Over 6	30	4	8	30	6	11
03/11/2022	VAN 3 - WAS 4 (OT)	WAS	Over 6	34	4	6	26	3	6
01/16/2022	WAS 2 - VAN 4	VAN	Over 5.5	32	4	8	33	2	4
11/23/2019	WAS 1 - VAN 1	VAN	Under 6.5	33	1	2	33	1	1
10/25/2019	VAN 5 - WAS 5	WAS	Over 6	29	5	7	34	5	7
02/05/2019	WAS 3 - VAN 2	WAS	Under 6.5	32	2	2	31	3	6
10/22/2018	VAN 2 - WAS 5	WAS	Over 6	33	5	10	24	2	2
01/09/2018	WAS 3 - VAN 1	WAS	Under 5.5	38	1	2	36	3	5
10/26/2017	VAN 6 - WAS 2	VAN	Over 5.5	27	2	4	30	6	11

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
02/05/2026	WAS 4 - NAS 2	W	Over 0	29	2	4
02/03/2026	PHI 4 - WAS 2	L	Under 6	28	2	3
02/02/2026	WAS 4 - NYI 1	W	Under 6	29	1	0
01/31/2026	WAS 4 - CAR 3	W	Over 0	22	3	4
01/29/2026	DET 3 - WAS 3	W	Under 6	23	3	6
01/27/2026	SEA 5 - WAS 1	L	Under 6	20	1	2
01/24/2026	EDM 6 - WAS 5	L	Over 6.5	27	5	10
01/23/2026	CAL 1 - WAS 3	W	Under 6	38	3	6
01/21/2026	VAN 4 - WAS 3	L	Over 6	32	3	6
01/19/2026	COL 5 - WAS 2	L	Over 6	24	2	4

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
02/04/2026	VEG 5 - VAN 2	L	Over 0	31	5	9
02/02/2026	UTAH 6 - VAN 2	L	Over 6	20	6	11
01/31/2026	VAN 2 - TOR 2	W	Over 0	30	2	4
01/29/2026	VAN 2 - ANA 0	W	Under 7	26	2	2
01/27/2026	VAN 2 - SJ 5	L	Over 6	25	2	4
01/25/2026	VAN 2 - PIT 3	L	Under 6.5	32	2	4
01/23/2026	VAN 4 - NJ 5	L	Over 6	25	4	6
01/21/2026	VAN 4 - WAS 3	W	Over 6	25	4	6
01/19/2026	VAN 3 - NYI 4	L	Over 6	32	3	5
01/17/2026	VAN 0 - EDM 6	L	Under 6	31	0	0

Washington Capitals WAS Vancouver Canucks VAN

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
3.2	5	Goals Per Game	11	2.5
2.9	5	Goals Against Per Game	12	3.6
29.2	7	Shots Per Game	21	26.9
28.3	15	Shots Against Per Game	21	29.9
10.9	14	Shooting %	22	9.5
10.3	7	Opponent Shooting %	19	12.2
0.85	12	Shot Differential Per Game	26	-3.04
10.9	14	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	22	9.5
.900	2	Save %	4	.880
.890	3	Opponent Save %	5	.910
9.5	9	Penalty Minutes Per Game	16	8.2
0.49	20	Power Play Goals Per Game	16	0.56
0.68	18	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	25	0.88
16.4	23	Power Play %	20	18.2
78.9	17	Penalty Kill %	28	70.6
1.81	20	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	4	2.15

offence

Washington Capitals WAS

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.19	16
Shots	29.15	7
Power Play (%)	16	26
Faceoff (%)	50	19
Penalty Mins	560	7

Vancouver Canucks VAN

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.54	30
Shots	26.89	23
Power Play (%)	18	25
Faceoff (%)	49	20
Penalty Mins	469	19

defence

Washington Capitals WAS

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.19	16
Shots	29.15	7
Power Play (%)	16	26
Faceoff (%)	50	19
Penalty Mins	560	7

Vancouver Canucks VAN

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.54	30
Shots	26.89	23
Power Play (%)	18	25
Faceoff (%)	49	20
Penalty Mins	469	19

Washington Capitals WAS

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Sonny Milano (LW)	Ques Feb 25	Personal - 05 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Connor McMichael (C)	Out indefinitely	Undisclosed - 31 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Charlie Lindgren (G)	Out Indefinitely	Lower Body - 30 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Logan Thompson (G)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 29 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Matt Roy (D)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 28 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Rasmus Sandin (D)	Ques Thurs	Lower Body - 25 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jakob Chychrun (D)	Ques Sat	Undisclosed - 24 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jakob Chychrun (D)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 12 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Justin Sourdif (RW)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 12 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tom Wilson (RW)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 04 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Vancouver Canucks VAN

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Conor Garland (RW)	Ques wed	Illness - 03 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Filip Chytil (C)	Ques Feb 25th	Undisclosed - 03 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Filip Hronek (D)	Ques Sat	Illness - 30 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nils Hoglander (LW)	Late Feb	Lower Body - 28 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Brock Boeser (RW)	Out indefinitely	Head - 26 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Zeev Buium (D)	Out indefinitely	Undisclosed - 26 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tom Willander (D)	Ques Tue	Illness - 25 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Kiefer Sherwood (LW)	Out indefinitely	Undisclosed - 12 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Thatcher Demko (G)	out for season	Lower Body - 11 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Marco Rossi (C)	Out Indefinitely	Lower Body - 01 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Washington Capitals WAS

Over is 5-1 in Capitals last 6 Wednesday games.

Capitals are 4-1 in their last 5 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Under is 3-0-1 in Capitals last 4 vs. a team with a losing record.

Under is 4-1-1 in Capitals last 6 games as a favorite.

Capitals are 13-39 in their last 52 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Vancouver Canucks VAN

Over is 38-18-5 in Canucks last 61 Wednesday games.

Under is 3-0-1 in Canucks last 4 vs. a team with a losing record.

Over is 5-2 in Canucks last 7 games as a favorite.

Canucks are 0-4 in their last 4 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 4-1 in Canucks last 5 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	37-14	37-17	22-28-4
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	36-15	20-35	28-22-5
Montreal Canadiens MON	32-17	30-23	21-22-10
Detroit Red Wings DET	33-19	23-32	30-22-3
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	29-15	35-19	26-21-7
Buffalo Sabres BUF	32-19	36-20	32-23-1
Boston Bruins BOS	32-20	36-20	32-23-1
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	32-21	22-33	27-25-3
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	29-20	30-23	21-22-10
Washington Capitals WAS	29-23	30-27	26-24-7
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	27-21	26-29	24-29-2
Ottawa Senators OTT	28-22	35-19	26-21-7
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	25-20	37-18	25-28-2
Florida Panthers FLA	29-25	30-26	31-22-3
New Jersey Devils NJ	28-27	19-36	21-32-2
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	22-29	26-29	24-29-2

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	37-9	27-26	23-23-7
Minnesota Wild MIN	34-14	30-26	31-22-3
Dallas Stars DAL	34-14	22-33	27-25-3
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	27-16	22-34	30-19-7
Utah Mammoth UTAH	30-23	30-27	26-24-7
Edmonton Oilers EDM	28-22	22-34	30-19-7
Seattle Kraken SEA	27-20	37-17	22-28-4
Anaheim Ducks ANA	30-23	28-28	31-21-4
Los Angeles Kings LA	23-19	19-35	23-30-1
Nashville Predators NAS	26-24	19-36	21-32-2
San Jose Sharks SJ	27-24	35-18	25-21-7
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	22-26	37-18	25-28-2
Winnipeg Jets WIN	22-26	27-26	23-23-7
Calgary Flames CAL	23-27	28-28	31-21-4
St. Louis Blues STL	20-28	35-18	25-21-7
Vancouver Canucks VAN	18-33	25-30	30-20-5

Washington Capitals

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Vancouver Canucks

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

9.4

16.0

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Washington Capitals WAS ( 29-23-2-5 )	W L W W W
Vancouver Canucks VAN ( 18-33-4-2 )	L L W L L

02/25/26

7:00 pm ET

Philadelphia Flyers PHI ( 25-20-8-3 )

Washington Capitals WAS ( 29-23-2-5 )

vs
Matchup

02/25/26

10:00 pm ET

Winnipeg Jets WIN ( 22-26-6-2 )

Vancouver Canucks VAN ( 18-33-4-2 )

vs
Matchup

Tom Wilson Right Wing Vancouver	49	Points	34	Elias Pettersson Center Washington
Jakob Chychrun Defense Vancouver	23	+ / -	3	Teddy Blueger Center Washington
Jakob Chychrun Defense Vancouver	182	Shots	156	Jake DeBrusk Left Wing Washington
Tom Wilson Right Wing Vancouver	78	Penalty Mins	76	Evander Kane Left Wing Washington
Logan Thompson Goaltender Vancouver	19	Wins	8	Thatcher Demko Goaltender Washington
Thatcher Demko Goaltender Washington	2.9	GAA	2.3	Clay Stevenson Goaltender Vancouver

nhl Standings Complete WAS Standings

Tampa Bay Lightning TB
Montreal Canadiens MON
Detroit Red Wings DET
Buffalo Sabres BUF
Boston Bruins BOS
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR
Ottawa Senators OTT
Florida Panthers FLA
Carolina Hurricanes CAR
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT
NY Islanders Islanders NYI
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB
Washington Capitals WAS
Philadelphia Flyers PHI
New Jersey Devils NJ
NY Rangers Rangers NYR

Game Preview

Washington Capitals vs. Vancouver Canucks Prediction, NHL Odds

The struggling Vancouver Canucks appear to be open for business ahead of this year's NHL trade deadline.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	37-14	37-17	22-28-4
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	36-15	20-35	28-22-5
Montreal Canadiens MON	32-17	30-23	21-22-10
Detroit Red Wings DET	33-19	23-32	30-22-3
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	29-15	35-19	26-21-7
Buffalo Sabres BUF	32-19	36-20	32-23-1
Boston Bruins BOS	32-20	36-20	32-23-1
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	32-21	22-33	27-25-3
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	29-20	30-23	21-22-10
Washington Capitals WAS	29-23	30-27	26-24-7
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	27-21	26-29	24-29-2
Ottawa Senators OTT	28-22	35-19	26-21-7
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	25-20	37-18	25-28-2
Florida Panthers FLA	29-25	30-26	31-22-3
New Jersey Devils NJ	28-27	19-36	21-32-2
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	22-29	26-29	24-29-2

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	37-9	27-26	23-23-7
Minnesota Wild MIN	34-14	30-26	31-22-3
Dallas Stars DAL	34-14	22-33	27-25-3
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	27-16	22-34	30-19-7
Utah Mammoth UTAH	30-23	30-27	26-24-7
Edmonton Oilers EDM	28-22	22-34	30-19-7
Seattle Kraken SEA	27-20	37-17	22-28-4
Anaheim Ducks ANA	30-23	28-28	31-21-4
Los Angeles Kings LA	23-19	19-35	23-30-1
Nashville Predators NAS	26-24	19-36	21-32-2
San Jose Sharks SJ	27-24	35-18	25-21-7
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	22-26	37-18	25-28-2
Winnipeg Jets WIN	22-26	27-26	23-23-7
Calgary Flames CAL	23-27	28-28	31-21-4
St. Louis Blues STL	20-28	35-18	25-21-7
Vancouver Canucks VAN	18-33	25-30	30-20-5