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Ottawa Senators vs Vancouver Canucks Wrap - Vancouver Wins 5-2

Vancouver earned a 5-2 victory over Ottawa behind a 2-goal performance from Andrei Kuzmenko on Saturday at Rogers Arena.

The Canucks were a +108 underdog in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.

Vancouver got goals from Andrei Kuzmenko(2), J.T. Miller, Sheldon Dries, and Nils Aman in the victory. Kuzmenko opened the scoring at 15:05 of the first period.

Thatcher Demko stopped 18 of 20 Ottawa shots in the victory.

Claude Giroux, and Nick Holden scored for the Senators, finding the net behind Thatcher Demko.

Mads Sogaard stopped 25 of 29 shots for the Senators, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Vancouver scored 1 times on 6 chances on the power play, while Ottawa went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.

Vancouver outshot Ottawa 30-20 in the game.

Next game, Vancouver takes its act home to face Dallas looking for another win. For Ottawa, they head on the road to face Calgary.