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The Vancouver Canucks have had a rollercoaster of a regular season. It started back in the offseason with a blockbuster trade with the Arizona Coyotes, ...

There’s a saying out there, “kill two birds with one stone”, and that’s the idea for Vancouver’s final stretch of games. With big injury news to the Los Angeles Kings and the logjam of teams vying for a wildcard position, there’s not only a chance to sneak into said wildcard spot but potentially third in the Pacific Division. They’ve gone from comfortably second in the Pacific Division to third, and just three points up on the Golden Knights and six on Vancouver. If the Kings continue to slide in the standings, vying for third in the Pacific division may be more attainable than the final wild card position. Now, it’s unlikely Vancouver sweeps the rest of the season and goes 8-0, but going 6-2 puts them at 94 points. The Canucks have had to face this reality already, with Boeser out indefinitely after suffering an injury back on April 3rd. The Vancouver Canucks have had a rollercoaster of a regular season.

Sat Shah and Bik Nizzar breakdown the big Canucks 5-4 overtime win over the Vegas Golden Knights as the Canucks continue to push for a playoff spot. Hear from Canucks Head Coach Bruce Boudreau, Captain Bo Horvat, Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes.

The Canucks host the Vegas Golden Knights in another big game for the Canucks in their chase of a playoff spot. Plus Jesse Granger from The Athletic joins the show to discuss how Vegas manages their cap as they fight for their playoff lives leading up to a key game with the Canucks Tuesday night. Canucks host Vegas Tuesday night.

Facing the Vegas Golden Knights, the Vancouver Canucks picked up their fourth-straight win with 3 points from Elias Pettersson and an overtime winner by Quinn Hughes. The 2021-22 Vancouver Canucks are basically the villain from a slasher movie. Just when ...

That gave Hughesall the time in the worldto wait out Lehner and backhand the puck into the top of the net. That was the only thing I was thinking of, trying to have a good shift.” Jonathan Marchessault threw a puck towards the net and Horvat made the poor decision to try to knock it down with his stick in front of Demko, instead tipping it down like he was trying to score. - That save loomed large when Theodore drilled a one-timer past Demko in the final minute of regulation. Garland made a fantastic play below the goal line to shake free of two defenders and set up Pettersson for a point-blank chance, but Lehner turned him aside. One of those pucks, off the stick of Mattias Janmark, was going well wide when it hit Alec Martinez right in the breadbasket and went in the net. - In a season full of lousy starts, the Canucks jumped out to a great one in this game. - It was a remarkably efficient power play, with all five members of the first unit touching the puck in seven seconds to set up the shot. Thatcher Demko, however, was stupendous and time after time stymied the stars of the Golden Knights, including an outrageous stop on a backdoor chance for Jack Eichel. - I joked about the Canucks being like a slasher villain for the Golden Knights, but really it’s just Demko.He killed them in the playoff bubble, destroying their confidence, even when the Golden Knights managed to eliminate the Canucks. In this game, he was back for the sequel, making 41 saves on 45 shots. At least, that has to be the perspective of the Vegas Golden Knights, who are attempting to make a push for the playoffs right now. That was the Canucks’ third-straight loss and ninth loss in their last 12 games.

There were times in the third period Tuesday night when Vancouver Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau felt like a cartoon rabbit.

The Canucks captain ripped a snap shot, beating Lehner for his 31st goal of the season. "You can’t lose the special teams battle 2-0 and expect to win any game, so that’s probably the first place we got to clean up." He appeared poised to shoot in tight, but instead sent a no-look pass across the slot to Richardson, who tapped it in. "We know where we are in the standings and where we are," Hughes said. Vegas defenseman Zach Whitecloud pushed it over the goal line with his skate. Lehner made the stop, then fell backward with the puck falling between his legs. "Obviously proud of the way the guys battled back," Martinez said. There’s something that we need to tighten up, some things we need to work on but we just got to focus on next game." And we’re just thinking about the next one." Elias Pettersson had goal and a pair of assists for the Canucks in regulation. Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist. We’re still behind, we’ve still got to win games.

After the game, Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau made a hilarious remark in explaining how the topsy-turvy contest made him feel.

That said, the Canucks can keep it going this Thursday at home when they welcome the going-nowhere Arizona Coyotes. Defenseman Quinn Hughes saved the day for the Canucks, as he struck in OT to extend his team’s win streak to four games. After the game, Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau made a hilarious remark in explaining how the topsy-turvy contest made him feel.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP)There were times in the third period Tuesday night when Vancouver Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau felt like a cartoon ...

In many ways, Tuesday's win represented the kind of game we thought we'd see more often from the Canucks this season.

Canucks’ playoff chances hanging on by a thread, Horvat gave the Canucks early life. Sure, they don’t have the backend talent or sufficient depth to control the game against an all-in team like Vegas. Well, one thing we’ve learned from the bubble is that Horvat is clutch.

There were times in the third period Tuesday when Vancouver Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau felt like a cartoon rabbit. His team came into the final frame ...

The Canucks captain ripped a snapshot, beating Lehner for his 31st goal of the season. Vancouver took a two-goal cushion 79 seconds earlier when Garland sprang Pettersson for a breakaway and the star forward fired a laser on net. I think we’re gonna have to be better than that down the stretch in order to get where we want to go,” he said. “Our second period was great but our third period, when you’re playing a good team, you can’t sit back,” the coach said. “We know where we are in the standings and where we are,” Hughes said. “Obviously proud of the way the guys battled back,” Martinez said. The result moved Vancouver within three points of Vegas, with both teams grasping for a playoff spot. “And usually that lesson costs you and it didn’t cost us tonight. “Well, we’ll take the point. “We feel pretty good now, we’ve won four in a row. We’re still behind, we’ve still got to win games. The defenceman picked up the rebound from Conor Garland’s shot in front of the Vegas net and waited patiently for goalie Robin Lehner to drop flat to the ice before putting a shot up and over his pad into the wide-open net.

With the Vancouver Canucks in the middle of a dogfight for a spot in the postseason, their current four-game win streak couldn't have come at a better time.

I think they're enjoying not only the challenge but the chase and the fact that we're still pushing, we're still in it." "It's hard to be in it with the way we started." But it's exciting, we wanted to be in (the playoff race)," Hughes said. The Canucks have been a different team with head coach Bruce Boudreau at the helm. "I hope they're enjoying it," Boudreau said. Just thinking of the next one."

VANCOUVER — Quinn Hughes a marqué 51 secondes après le début de la prolongation et les Canucks de Vancouver ont gardé leurs minces espoirs de se qualifier ...

Vasily Podkolzin et Brad Richardson ont aussi touché la cible pour les locaux, qui ont remporté leurs quatre dernières parties. Shea Theodore a marqué deux buts en troisième période, Alec Martinez a obtenu un but et une aide et Michael Amadio a également fait vibrer les cordages pour les Golden Knights (40-30-4). Elias Pettersson a marqué un but et a obtenu deux aides pour les Canucks (36-28-10) alors que le capitaine Bo Horvat a récolté un but et une aide.

VANCOUVER — Quinn Hughes a marqué 51 secondes après le début de la prolongation et les Canucks de Vancouver ont gardé leurs minces espoirs de se qualifier ...

Vasily Podkolzin et Brad Richardson ont aussi touché la cible pour les locaux, qui ont remporté leurs quatre dernières parties. Shea Theodore a marqué deux buts en troisième période, Alec Martinez a obtenu un but et une aide et Michael Amadio a également fait vibrer les cordages pour les Golden Knights (40-30-4). Elias Pettersson a marqué un but et a obtenu deux aides pour les Canucks (36-28-10) alors que le capitaine Bo Horvat a récolté un but et une aide.

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I think they're enjoying not only the challenge but the chase and the fact that we're still pushing, we're still in it." "It's hard to be in it with the way we started." But it's exciting, we wanted to be in (the playoff race)," Hughes said. The Canucks have been a different team with head coach Bruce Boudreau at the helm. "I hope they're enjoying it," Boudreau said. Just thinking of the next one."

Pietrangelo has racked up six points and 21 shots in his last eight outings. For the season, the veteran defenseman has 41 points, 205 shots on net, 150 blocked ...

VANCOUVER — Quinn Hughes a marqué 51 secondes après le début de la prolongation et les Canucks de Vancouver ont gardé leurs minces espoirs de se qualifier ...

Vasily Podkolzin et Brad Richardson ont aussi touché la cible pour les locaux, qui ont remporté leurs quatre dernières parties. Shea Theodore a marqué deux buts en troisième période, Alec Martinez a obtenu un but et une aide et Michael Amadio a également fait vibrer les cordages pour les Golden Knights (40-30-4). Elias Pettersson a marqué un but et a obtenu deux aides pour les Canucks (36-28-10) alors que le capitaine Bo Horvat a récolté un but et une aide.

Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson probably put it best. ADVERTISEMENT. Their four-game winning streak is certainly fun and has offered a reason for ...

It’s hard to be in it with the way we started. We wanted to be in it. “I mean, it’s pretty clear what we’ve got to do,” Pettersson offered after the Canucks bested the Vegas Golden Knights for the second time in a week. I think they’re enjoying not only the challenge but the chase and the fact that we’re still pushing and we’re still in it. Belief’s the word, I would say. We’ve still got to win games.” More importantly, Vancouver trails the third-place Los Angeles Kings by six points with a game at hand. It’s still…I don’t want to say stretch, but we’ve got a lot of games we need to win. That number has climbed to 5.7% after a four-game winning streak, including Tuesday’s 5-4 overtime win against Vegas. “We’ve still got to win, of course. I think we didn’t gain a point on anybody today; everybody seemed to want to win for now. “I hope they’re enjoying it,” Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau told media postgame.

Tuesday April 12 - Vancouver Canucks 5, Vegas Golden Knights 4 (OT) Thursday April 14 - Vancouver Canucks vs. Arizona Coyotes - 7 p.m. PT

Karel Vejmelka has made the last two starts for Arizona after the Canucks lit up Harri Sateri in his Coyotes debut last week, but that hasn't improved matters. After that hot stretch in early March, where they won six out of seven games, injuries have now caught up to Arizona in a big way. He finished with seven goals and 19 points in 68 KHL games with SKA St. Petersburg. As for Podkolzin, coach Boudreau and a number of the players have been piling praise onto the young Russian's shoulders over the last few days. The Coyotes traded for the rights to NCAA forwards Jack McBain and Nathan Smith at last month's deadline, and both centres made their pro debuts against the Devils on Tuesday. Arizona management is hoping that the pair will be important core pieces for the club to build around, going forward. The goal was Horvat's 31st of the year — and 14th in his last 17 games. He's two goals away from tying his career high (28) and seven points away from his career high in that category (66). Tuesday was also a big night for Elias Pettersson, who led the Canucks with three points. They've got Vegas now with 35.3% odds, and the Canucks at 5.7%, based on a final total of 91 points. So the Canucks wake up Wednesday morning still six points out of both third place in the Pacific and the second wild-card spot, and seven points out of Wild Card 1. He gave up four on Tuesday but once again, it was a 45-shot night. Vegas is also on the outside looking in — three points ahead of Vancouver and three behind Dallas and L.A.

Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone is returning to action Tuesday against the Vancouver Canucks, after being out since Feb. 8 with a back injury.

Jesse Granger After dealing with several injuries to key players in 2021-22, the Golden Knights are starting to get healthy. Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone returned to action Tuesday in Vegas' 5-4 loss against the Vancouver Canucks after being out since Feb. 8 with a back injury.

VANCOUVER — Quinn Hughes a marqué 51 secondes après le début de la prolongation et les Canucks de Vancouver ont gardé leurs minces espoirs de se qualifier ...

Vasily Podkolzin et Brad Richardson ont aussi touché la cible pour les locaux, qui ont remporté leurs quatre dernières parties. Shea Theodore a marqué deux buts en troisième période, Alec Martinez a obtenu un but et une aide et Michael Amadio a également fait vibrer les cordages pour les Golden Knights (40-30-4). Elias Pettersson a marqué un but et a obtenu deux aides pour les Canucks (36-28-10) alors que le capitaine Bo Horvat a récolté un but et une aide.

With 55 points in 68 games, Hughes, 22, is within striking range of two single-season franchise marks for points and assists by a defenceman.

Boudreau believes there’s untapped goal potential in Hughes, especially with the way today’s game is played. And he needs seven assists to pass a record 55 established in the 1976-77 season by Dennis Kearns. He’s within striking range of two long-standing franchise marks for points and assists by a defenceman in a single season. “The best first pass, and it’s always on the tape,” Boudreau said Wednesday. “His evasiveness is real good and the smoothness in which he gets away from players I find amazing. But he’s never seen anything quite like the nimble, elusive and pinpoint-passing Hughes. Article content

Six points out of both paths to the playoffs with just eight games remaining, the Vancouver Canucks are a longshot to make the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Article content “It was a great lesson to be learned, quite frankly,” Boudreau said. Shea Theodore had tied the score for Vegas with just 41.4 seconds left in regulation. Not many think Vancouver can catch the third-place Los Angeles Kings in the Pacific Division or the Dallas Stars for the final Western Conference wild-card spot (and Vegas a point ahead of them, too), but the Canucks are still alive. Article content Article content

Canucks Next Game: Vancouver looks to extend streak vs. cellar-dwelling Coyotes ... Coyotes leading scorer Clayton Keller needs ...

Article content • Losing moral compass: Clayton Keller had 17 points (7-10) in 14 games last month before his season came to a crashing halt. Article content He had three points (1-2) Tuesday in a vital 5-4 overtime win over the Golden Knights — including his 26th goal — and has 16 points (8-8) in the last 10 games. Article content Article content

With eight games to play, the Vancouver Canucks' playoff chances are on a knife's edge.

They face Seattle, Arizona and Anaheim in three of their final four games on the season. A loss in regulation for the Kings would drop their playoff chances by more than 10 percentage points and boost Vegas’s by about seven percentage points. The young Kings may have only seven games left and play Wednesday night vs. They have 85 points. The first game of this gruelling sprint to the finish is vs. Article content They improved and by March had an outside chance at the playoffs, but like the current Canucks had no margin for error. Article content But with the wild-card format in place since 2014, this season in the Western Conference it’s now a wild jumble of possibilities. Every year, teams that won just 25 of 80 games would play in the playoffs, sometimes making for lopsided first-round series. Article content Article content

In 1987, Doug Lidster set the single-season franchise record for points by a Canucks defenceman when he had 12 goals and 51 assists in 80 games. No one has ...

“He continues to take steps in the right direction here,” Schenn said. There's no reason to think we can't do that next year and just go the whole year like that. Given the chance by Boudreau to kill penalties, Hughes has logged 79:13 of shorthanded TOI and the Canucks have been outscored only 6-4 by opposing power plays over the equivalent of four full periods. “Before I had COVID. . . that whole month of January and into February, I thought I was playing the best hockey I've played in the NHL. I scored in overtime last night, but I didn't love my game. “His evasiveness, just the smoothness with which he gets away with from players, I always find amazing,” Boudreau said. I think in the past, it has probably been a little more sheltered minutes. But we've got eight games to go here and at this point, it's just about the wins. “At this point, it's all about winning, honestly,” Hughes told Sportsnet on Wednesday. “Everyone says that but, like, to be able to be in the playoffs, that would be the funnest thing ever. “What is it, 52 years for the Canucks (in the NHL)? To do that would be pretty cool, but I haven't really thought about it too much. I'll have the opportunity to do it. There's nothing worse than being on a losing team in the NHL, I think. But those decades still produced some shining moments, and spawned another chase that has been going on in Vancouver since then.