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<\/p>\nBrady Tkachuk added an empty-net goal with a minute and 20 seconds left on the game clock, extending his point streak to seven games (three goals, four assists).<\/p>\n
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Kevin Lankinen made 22 saves for Vancouver, which opened an eight-game homestand. <\/p>\n
Ottawa now has points in seven straight games (5-0-2), and 11 of its last 12 outings (9-1-2). <\/p>\n
TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n
Canucks: Kept pace with the Senators, but struggled to create quality scoring chances. \u2026 Came in with the league\u2019s worst penalty kill (70.3 per cent) but withstood all four infractions. \u2026 Forward Curtis Douglas made his Canucks debut after Vancouver claimed him off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday. <\/p>\n
Senators: Reimer improved to 4-3-1 on the season and earned his first shutout since April 8, 2025, when he was a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 37-year-old goalie signed with Ottawa as a free agent on Jan. 12. \u2026 Were without defenceman Jake Sanderson, who left Saturday\u2019s 7-4 win over the Seattle Kraken with an upper-body injury. Head coach Travis Green said earlier on Monday that the 23-year-old is \u201cweek to week.\u201d<\/p>\n
KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n
Vancouver centre Teddy Blueger slipped a pass to Max Sasson in the slot, and Sasson glided in, blasting a shot off from the top of the cease only to see Reimer take it off the shoulder and glove it down to keep the Canucks off the board 6:24 into the second period. <\/p>\n
KEY STAT<\/p>\n
Senators centre Tim Stutzle assisted on Tkachuk\u2019s goal, stretching his point streak to 13 games with eight goals and nine assists.<\/p>\n
UP NEXT<\/p>\n
Senators: Visit the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Canucks: Host the Nashville Predators on Thursday.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 9, 2026.<\/p>\n
Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brady Tkachuk added an empty-net goal with a minute and 20 seconds left on the game clock, extending…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-526377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}