Jake DeBrusk had two goals and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Saturday night.Kiefer Sherwood had a goal and an assist for Vancouver in the opener of a six-game trip.

The Senators made a late push to tie the game but fell short as they lost to the Vancouver Canucks by a score of 4-3.

The Ottawa Senators are beginning to fall into familiar and unsettling ground, and it won’t get any easier when they host the Vancouver Canucks on Hockey Night in Canada. The Canucks have won four consecutive games against the Senators,

The undermanned Vancouver Canucks lost a hotly contested game against the New York Rangers last time out, and they'll to rebound against an Ottawa Senators team still trying to find its way. My Canucks vs. Senators predictions see the red-hot Elias Pettersson building on his recent success and finding the back of the net once again.

While the main story will be that the Canucks won without their Norris-winning defenceman playing the majority of the game, there should be some eyebrows raised with the way this game was officiated.

Already without J.T Miller, the Canucks didn't miss a beat after losing their top defenceman to a first period ejection.