🐋 Away Canucks 16-25-12 before this game

3–1

Final

🦅 Home Capitals 24-25-2 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
VAN	0	0	0	3
WSH	0	0	0	1

Canucks at Capitals

Canucks beat Capitals 3–1 at Capital One Arena on March 17, 1990.

🗓 Sat, Mar 17, 1990 · 18:30 CST 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 1989-90 🔁 Canucks lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐋 VAN

Jyrki Lumme

2 A

1 shots · +1

2nd star 🐋 VAN

Jim Sandlak

1 G

4 shots · +2

3rd star 🐋 VAN

Trevor Linden

1 G

4 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐋VAN WSH🦅

31 Shots on goal 29

1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4

26 Penalty minutes 22

VAN shooting 9.7% (3/31) WSH shooting 3.4% (1/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐋Canucks

Kirk McLean

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🦅Capitals

Mike Liut

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 58:42 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canucks

Canucks — tied after 1st: 16-25-12 (30% win rate, 53 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 24-25-2 (47% win rate, 51 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canucks

Canucks — tied after 2nd: 16-25-12 (30% win rate, 53 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 24-25-2 (47% win rate, 51 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Canucks lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

4–3 (OT) · Capitals won

Mar 6, 1988

🐋VAN @ 🦅WSH

2–7 · Capitals won

❓ VAN vs WSH, answered

Who won Canucks vs Capitals on March 17, 1990?

Canucks won 3–1.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Capitals?

The final score was Canucks 3, Capitals 1.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Kirk McLean made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Mike Liut made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Canucks vs Capitals season series?

Canucks lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐋Canucks

Previous game · Mar 15

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 13

Also on March 17, 1990

Canucks season page Capitals season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule