The Vancouver Canucks wrap up their three-game homestand with a battle against their expansion cousin Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. It was a big win on Hockey Night in Canada for the Canucks as the
Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin says he’s open to making a trade — as long as the deal makes sense for the team.
The Vancouver Canucks aren’t in peril, but their precarious position commands attention. It’s the type of challenge that captain Quinn Hughes embraces. He has 16 points (5-11) in his last 12 games and is three points shy of leading all defencemen in scoring.
The five-foot-10 blue-liner won the Norris Trophy for the NHL's best defenseman in 2023-24, and with half of this season in the books, he's making another case for himself. Throughout all of the turmoil that the Vancouver Canucks have endured, Hughes' numbers have remained consistent.
The Vancouver Canucks were on their game from puck drop against the Edmonton Oilers, taking a 3-2 win on Hockey Night in Canada. Head Coach Rick Tocchet liked the energy his team had to start the game,
Hughes is up to the 50-point mark (12 goals, 38 assists), and he's earned 20 of those points on the power play. He's added 123 shots on net, 41 blocked shots and a plus-13 rating. A 20-goal campaign is still a plausible outcome as Hughes continues to be the cream of the crop among NHL blueliners.
Elias Pettersson skated with Brock Boeser and Jake DeBrusk, and was more frequently self-matched with Quinn Hughes against the top end of the Toronto lineup. Frankly, Pettersson’s deployment patterns on Saturday more closely matched how the Canucks have utilized J.T. Miller for much of this season.
Quinn Hughes scored twice on the power play and J.T. Miller added a pair of assists as the host Vancouver Canucks held on to beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Saturday to end a two-game losing streak.
Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Stuart Skinner made 24 saves for the Oilers (29-14-3), who lost for the first time in five games and second in the past 10 (8-2-0).
Quinn Hughes scored twice and the struggling Vancouver Canucks edged the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday. Danton Heinen added a goal and J.T. Miller contributed two assists for the Canucks (20-15-10), who came into the game with losses in six of their last seven contests.
The National Hockey League has suspended Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tyler Myers three games for the cross-check he delivered to Edmonton Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard’s face in the dying moments of the Canucks’ win over Edmonton on Saturday night.