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The red-hot Vancouver Canucks continued their push for a playoff spot Monday night with a 6-2 win over the Dallas Stars, closing to within four points of ...

The Vancouver Canucks took charge over the Dallas Stars on Monday night and now, against all odds, control their own playoff destiny.

- The Canucks kicked off the second period with a quick goal to extend the lead. - The 4-2 goal started with a great play by Garland at the blue line to hold the puck in the Stars’ zone. - That was the end of Oettinger’s night and Scott Wedgewood came in to replace him. - A quick third-period goal put the game to bed. Appropriately for someone named Dries, he put the Stars in the spin cycle (shoutout to @theonlystowie on Twitter) and sent a pass back to Pettersson against the grain. - I’m just going to do my best to ignore the other possibility: that the Canucks could set a new record for the most points by any team to miss the playoffs. - My favourite moment of the game came when the puck got stuck as Jason Dickinson battled with Jamie Benn and Miro Heiskanen in the corner. - Faksa had a golden opportunity to give the Stars the lead five minutes later, given an open net from a superb pass by Michael Raffl, but he somehow missed. He was unable to replicate that success in subsequent seasons and has spent the bulk of his time in the AHL since then. That gives the Canucks six-straight wins as they make a last, desperate push to make the playoffs. That means we’d go to the tiebreakers, the first of which is regulation wins. “It’s the team I grew up following and cheering for,” said Hammond of the Canucks a few years ago.

The Vancouver Canucks take on the Dallas Stars at Rogers Arena on this Easter Monday in a pivotal game for their playoff hopes.

Elias Pettersson scored twice and had an assist and the Vancouver Canucks stretched their win streak to six games with a 6-2 victory over the Dallas Stars ...

Elias Pettersson scores pair as Vancouver Canucks win sixth straight with 6-2 victory over Dallas Stars.

As the Vancouver Canucks picked up their sixth straight win on Monday, this time over a team they are chasing in the Dallas Stars, the team's hope for a ...

All that juggling didn't prevent the Vancouver Canucks from chalking up their sixth-straight victory with an impressive 6-2 triumph over the Dallas Stars to ...

With two weeks remaining in the 2021-22 regular season, the Vancouver Canucks are still improbably in the playoff hunt, while Quinn Hughes chases franchise ...

The Dallas Stars begin their final road trip of the season with a stop in Vancouver to face the Canucks on Monday night.

Many believe that the Vancouver Canucks have no chance of making the playoffs. The players think otherwise, as they beat the Dallas Stars by a score of 6-2.

VANCOUVER — Jason Dickinson knows he needs to have a short memory as his Vancouver Canucks continue their unlikely push for a playoff spot.

Tonight, the Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks faced off in a game that had plenty of playoff implications for both teams, which we broke down in our ...

Vancouver – C'était le 31 mars lorsque l'entraîneur des Canucks de Vancouver, Bruce Boudreaux, a réuni les joueurs autour du feu de camp dans le vestiaire ...

Brock Boeser et Jason Dickinson ont chacun récolté un but et deux mentions d'assistance pour les Canucks (38-28-10). Vasily Podkolzin et Conor Garland ont aussi ...

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… The work in what has happened all year and what has happened the whole year has put us in a spot where we don’t have the luxury to relax and play loose this time of the year. “We’ve been playing that way for a good chunk of time now because we’re desperate and that’s what desperate hockey is.” Carolina is gearing up for a playoff run, with the fourth-best record in the NHL this season at 49-20-8. Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin scored his 48th goal of the season in a 3-2 win at the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. At age 36, he tied Teemu Selanne (2006-07) for the most goals in a season by an NHL player age 36 or older. Gave him a little bit extra towards the end of the game and the D-zone, an extra half shift. A lot of help from those guys in the locker room.”

Firstly, the Vancouver Canucks beat the Dallas Stars in regulation, closing out a “must-win” game in decisive fashion. Secondly, the Vegas Golden Knights lost ...

And so, the focus in Vancouver really should be on that third Pacific Division seed. The answer is exactly as many losses as the Golden Knights take, and exactly one fewer than the Kings (so long as the Canucks stay ahead in the tiebreaker, too.) It really is that simple. If the Canucks can just match the record of the Kings between now and then, they’ll head into that matchup with a chance to move functionally ahead in the standings. The Nashville Predators and Dallas Stars hold down the two Wild Card spots in the Western Conference right now with identical 43-28-5 records, each good for 91 points. The Canucks and Kings meet in the second-to-last game of the regular season on April 28, 2022. That puts them four points ahead of the Canucks, with five games remaining and Vancouver holding a single game in hand. Los Angeles’ remaining games are a bit of a cake-walk; they play Anaheim twice, Chicago once, and Seattle once. Now, the Canucks hold the higher point percentage at .566 with a 38-28-10 record, compared to the Golden Knights’ .565 and 41-31-5 record. But staying ahead of Vegas is only part of the playoff puzzle. It won’t be a slam-dunk. The Canucks have six games remaining. There will, of course, be obstacles.

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Allvin then turned around and hired Bruce Boudreau as head coach of the Canucks. This is a surprisingly safe hire as Boudreau’s teams have a history of having great regular seasons and then choking in the playoffs. Vancouver, on the other hand, is the hottest team in the division right now, on a six game winning streak at the time of this writing and only a single point behind Vegas for fourth in the division. There’s only six games left for Vancouver – a possible 12 points up for grabs – so only time will tell if they get into the playoffs at the 11th hour or if their streak is too little too late for this season but provides them hope for next season.

The Vancouver Canucks have won six straight and are still in the playoff picture. Whether they make it or not, the push has been very fun to say the least.

The Canucks have this mentality of making people not count them out and they have been a team that has looked exciting, quick and energetic in recent games. Vasily Podkolzin is showing flashes of the player he can be and the Canucks are getting goals from guys who usually face a lot of criticism in Alex Chiasson and Jason Dickinson. After a dismal start to the season, Bruce Boudreau came in and made the Canucks fun to watch which included the seven-game “Boudreau bump” win streak. However, the Kings have an easy schedule as none of their remaining games have playoff-bound teams. However, as fellow writer Zaahid Lalani pointed out, they would have to most likely make the playoffs through the Pacific Division. The Stars and Nashville Predators are tied with 91 points for the wild card spots. There is still a chance to make the playoffs.

The Canucks sit five points behind the Stars in Western Conference standings, with Dallas holding the second wild-card spot.

The right-winger took the warm-up but was replaced in the lineup by Nic Petan…. Stars defenceman Esa Lindell also missed the game with a non-COVID illness…. Hintz picked his spot and fired a wrist shot into the top corner of the net at the 8:12 mark. The left-winger has points in six straight games, with three goals and five assists across the stretch. Boeser was playing his first game since April 3 after missing three in a row with an upper-body injury. Notes: Alex Chiasson was a late scratch for the Canucks with a non-COVID illness. Your goalie gives up a bad goal, try to bail him out.” “But a coach early on in my career told me not to fall in love with myself. So we’re just focused and want to keep going.” “You can’t take your foot off the gas. Vasily Podkolzin added a goal and an assist, Conor Garland scored and Oliver Ekman-Larsson tallied two assists. So I’ll enjoy it for now and then tomorrow, back to business, forget what happened tonight. “We’re just focused.

The Ottawa Senators dip back into Canada tonight as they visit the Vancouver Canucks. ...

In 13 games with Ottawa, the d-man is pointless while he averages 19:05 a night. Ottawa is 5-8-1 this season in game two of a back-to-back. However, the own the second worst penalty kill in the NHL at 73.6 per cent. Vancouver owns the eighth best man advantage in the league at 23.6 per cent. Vancouver is the ninth least penalized team in the NHL as they average just 7.9 penalty minutes per game while Ottawa ranks 26th with two more PIMs per game. The Sens still own the sixth best power play in the NHL in April at 26.7 per cent while their 3.50 goals per game are the ninth most.

The Vancouver Canucks will be looking to make it seven in a row, facing off against the Ottawa Senators in the second half of their back-to-back on Tuesday.

During that contest, Ottawa gave up five powerplay opportunities to the Kraken, while also being outshot by a wide margin of 29-14. Fortunately, the Senators are also in a very similar situation, coming off of a 4-2 loss at the hands of the Seattle Kraken on Monday night. After securing a convincing 6-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Monday night, the team will be looking to keep the momentum going just 24 hours later, facing off against Brady Tkachuk and the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night.

Incredibly, the team many assumed was not going to be able to play at the pace required to crawl back into a playoff spot from so far out now suddenly finds ...

And, though Nashville and Dallas have major concerns in generating offence, both of those Central teams also have a leg up on the two wild-card spots. And that opportunity to bury a rival should give the Ducks something to play for. The rival Ducks will have a lot to say about it. Ever since, though, the Canucks are 30-13-8 and with a .667 points percentage that ranks tied with Boston for sixth in the league. • The Canucks are 8-2-2 since the trade deadline and have now won six games in a row. Early on, it looked like they could jump ahead of schedule and hang in the playoff race, but that has sagged badly in the second half -- since Jan. 1, Anaheim's .384 points percentage (13-23-7 record) is 27th in the league. After pulling out a 6-2 win over Dallas on Monday, the Canucks are back at it Tuesday hosting the Ottawa Senators, and those will be another huge two points they'll need to collect. After Sunday, both teams will have just three games remaining (they're currently tied in the first tiebreaker). Could the Lightning gain another couple of points on the Bruins this week? While the Canucks were always kind of/sort of hanging around this race, they have been chasing the whole time, most of it with less than a five per cent chance of making it. They'll still have to leap over Vegas, too, but after a stunning 3-2 loss to New Jersey on home ice Monday night, the Golden Knights are a story for a different reason in this race: they are not resuming control of their destiny after getting a couple more key players back from injury. He has a .912 save percentage on the season with a 13-5-4 record and a positive (2.96) goals saved above average (28th out of 69 goalies). There could have been a race for top spot in the Atlantic Division. The Maple Leafs, sitting second, are 8-1-1 in their past 10 but have actually lost ground to the leading Florida Panthers, who have won 10 in a row.

Riding a six-game win streak and fresh off a big victory over the Dallas Stars less than 24 hours ago, the Canucks will look to backup goaltender Jaroslav Halak ...

We talked about, always get the puck to the net and always have a guy on net, and, shows it right there.” Pettersson has ramped up his game when it matters for the Canucks this season. Elias Pettersson continued his excellent stretch of play in Monday’s critical 6–2 win over the Dallas Stars, picking up a pair of goals and adding an assist.

The Vancouver Canucks got a point tonight. The Ottawa Senators, and more precisely, Adam Gaudette, seriously hampered the Canucks' postseason chances with ...

From the moment the Senators turned over the puck, the Canucks held onto it and refused to give it up. Boeser made a move to the backhand and was stopped. After a costly turnover in the neutral zone by Brady Tkachuk, the Canucks got possession and went to work. This start to the third period was less than ideal for a Canucks team that knows they’re going to have to scratch and claw their way In terms of possession and dangerous-looking chances, the Canucks dominated on the power play and in the minutes that followed. Things went from bad to worse for the Canucks after Alex Formenton moved past the defence and got in alone on Demko before snapping a shot blocker-side on the Vancouver goaltender to make it 3-2 Senators. The Canucks were awarded their fourth power play of the game with just over two minutes remaining in the period, and after the Canucks’ power play failed to solve Gustavsson for the duration of the two minutes, J.T. Miller slammed his stick in frustration. Transaction:#Canucksrecalled Spencer Martin on an emergency basis from Abbotsford earlier this afternoon. Oliver Ekman-Larsson took a penalty late in the period, and the Canucks managed to kill it off to remain up by a couple going into period number two. Juho Lammikko was hauled down by Artem Zub and the Canucks were given another opportunity to strike on the power play. In the minutes that followed, the Senators made a pretty strong push to tie it up, but Jaroslav Halak was up to the challenge and looked sharp early on. The Canucks were given the first power play of the game when Gambrell hauled down Conor Garland, and had a golden opportunity to put their stamp on this game early on after going 0-2 Monday night against Dallas.

J.T. Miller, Brock Boeser et Travis Dermott ont répliqué pour les Canucks, qui ont vu leur gardien partant Jaroslav Halak quitter le match après la première ...

«C’était une bonne sensation, a dit Gaudette de son but gagnant, lui qui a été échangé à Chicago l’an dernier avant de passer à Ottawa au ballottage cette saison. Je suis content d’avoir contribué de cette manière. C’était une bonne fin à un bon match, je vais m’en rappeler, c’est certain. C’était son premier départ depuis son rappel en fin de semaine dernière. Gaudette, qui n'a pas joué en troisième période, a compté avec une feinte travaillée avec l’entraîneur des gardiens des Canucks Ian Clark du temps où il était à Vancouver, a-t-il indiqué. Il est arrivé hors l’aile pour déjouer Demko en revenant sur son coup droit pour atteindre la partie supérieure au-dessus de sa mitaine, imitant Drake Batherson qui avait compté à la fin du troisième tour du concours d’habiletés. Il l’avait utilisé d’ailleurs avec les Canucks l’an passé dans un match contre... Je pense que nous avons joué avec autant de désespoir qu’eux. On a traité ça comme un match de séries, c’était un environnement digne des séries alors que nous avons beaucoup de jeunes joueurs qui n’ont pas encore connu ça. Ils en ont eu un avant-goût ce soir.» «C’était un match important pour eux et nous n’avons pas joué beaucoup de matches du genre, à part peut-être contre Boston et Toronto récemment. On a vu que nos gars ont tiré de l’arrière tôt dans le match, mais ils n’ont pas abandonné. J’ai trouvé que nous avons été la meilleure équipe en première période même s’ils ont compté une couple de buts, dont un en avantage numérique. ‘Gus’ (Gustavsson) a vraiment bien joué ensuite et nous sommes revenus, c’était un bon effort», a analysé D.J. Smith après coup en visioconférence.

Adam Gaudette scored the shootout winner in the fifth round and the Ottawa Senators beat the Canucks 4-3 on Tuesday, snapping Vancouver's six-game win ...

Halak could be seen shaking his blocker hand after a skirmish in front of the crease in the final minutes of the opening frame. The Toronto Maple Leafs dealt the blueliner to Vancouver for a third-round draft pick at the trade deadline in March. It's the first time since 2010-11 that Vancouver has had more than one player reach the milestone. And in the last 10 minutes I thought we had all the chances.” I thought ‘OK, the third period’s going to be a tough period,'" he said. Defenceman Brad Hunt helped boost Vancouver's lead to 2-0 midway through the first. "It was a good game overall, played hard, matched their energy in a must-win for them and it was a good night." It was even better for us to pull off that win," he said. “It was really nice to get the two in. "That’s the kind of mentality we need. The loss leaves Vancouver four points behind the Stars, who hold the second Western Conference wild-card spot. And they’re not going to quit now.”

Adam Gaudette a réussi le but clé au cinquième tour de la fusillade, mardi, permettant aux Sénateurs d'Ottawa de gagner 4-3 aux dépens des Canucks de ...

Les Sénateurs l'emportent en tirs de barrage et privent les Canucks d'un précieux pointSénateurs d'Ottawa mercredi, 20 avr. Les Canucks se trouvent à quatre points des Stars, qui ont la deuxième place additionnelle en séries dans l'Ouest. Dallas a un match en mains. 2022. 01:29

The Canucks came in looking to extend a six-game win streak and better their fragile playoff hopes, but it was the Senators who took two points with a 4-3 ...

Halak could be seen shaking his blocker hand after a skirmish in front of the crease in the final minutes of the opening frame. The Toronto Maple Leafs dealt the blueliner to Vancouver for a third-round draft pick at the trade deadline in March. It's the first time since 2010-11 that Vancouver has had more than one player reach the milestone. And in the last 10 minutes I thought we had all the chances.” Defenceman Brad Hunt helped boost Vancouver's lead to 2-0 midway through the first. I thought ‘OK, the third period’s going to be a tough period,'" he said. "It was a good game overall, played hard, matched their energy in a must-win for them and it was a good night." The Ottawa Senators came back to beat the Canucks 4-3 on Tuesday to damage Vancouver’s fragile hopes of securing a playoff spot. It was even better for us to pull off that win," he said. “It was really nice to get the two in. "That’s the kind of mentality we need. The loss leaves Vancouver four points behind the Stars, who hold the second Western Conference wild-card spot.

L'attaquant des Sénateurs Adam Gaudette compte le but gagnant en tirs de barrage, déjouant le gardien des Canucks Thatcher Demko pour procurer un gain de 4-3 ...

«C’était une bonne sensation, a dit Gaudette de son but gagnant, lui qui a été échangé à Chicago l’an dernier avant de passer à Ottawa au ballottage cette saison. Je suis content d’avoir contribué de cette manière. C’était une bonne fin à un bon match, je vais m’en rappeler, c’est certain. C’était son premier départ depuis son rappel en fin de semaine dernière. Gaudette, qui n'a pas joué en troisième période, a compté avec une feinte travaillée avec l’entraîneur des gardiens des Canucks Ian Clark du temps où il était à Vancouver, a-t-il indiqué. Il est arrivé hors l’aile pour déjouer Demko en revenant sur son coup droit pour atteindre la partie supérieure au-dessus de sa mitaine, imitant Drake Batherson qui avait compté à la fin du troisième tour du concours d’habiletés. Il l’avait utilisé d’ailleurs avec les Canucks l’an passé dans un match contre... Je pense que nous avons joué avec autant de désespoir qu’eux. On a traité ça comme un match de séries, c’était un environnement digne des séries alors que nous avons beaucoup de jeunes joueurs qui n’ont pas encore connu ça. Ils en ont eu un avant-goût ce soir.» «C’était un match important pour eux et nous n’avons pas joué beaucoup de matches du genre, à part peut-être contre Boston et Toronto récemment. On a vu que nos gars ont tiré de l’arrière tôt dans le match, mais ils n’ont pas abandonné. J’ai trouvé que nous avons été la meilleure équipe en première période même s’ils ont compté une couple de buts, dont un en avantage numérique. ‘Gus’ (Gustavsson) a vraiment bien joué ensuite et nous sommes revenus, c’était un bon effort», a analysé D.J. Smith après coup en visioconférence.

The Vancouver Canucks playoff hopes took a big blow as they lost 4-3 via the shootout to the visiting Ottawa Senators ending a six game winning streak.

This result was as disappointing as The Godfather Part III. Leaving the rink with one point instead of two is a very tough pill to swallow. This was a must-win game and it was a missed opportunity to make the playoff race tighter. The Canucks ended up with one point instead of two and that is a big blow to their playoff hopes.

After playing only what the most generous would call hockey in Seattle the night before, the Senators visited the Canucks looking to show a little life.

To continue the theme of the second, we went 5 minutes without a whistle after that, and then 9:08 without a whistle to end the game. Brady Tkachuk had a glorious chance to win it at the buzzer, but his tip from point-blank somehow caught the outside edge of the post. Then Nikita Zaitsev made a great play, spotting a streaking Formenton and making the long pass to put him on a partial break. I hate to rag on Zaitsev, but he made a play on the PK that was quintessential Zaitsev. With the Sens rushing up shorthanded but without a clear chance, they passed the puck back to Zaitsev to kill some time. He passed it up to Connor Brown, who again sent it back to Zaitsev. Zaitsev then couldn’t decide whether to pass it or dump it, so he held onto it until two forecheckers got right in his face, and forced a turnover, allowing the Vancouver powerplay to get set up. The Sens would carry a bunch of the play thereafter, with Tim Stützle and Drake Batherson standing out in particular, but it was the Canucks who struck second. He took a slapshot deliberately wide, planning for it to bounce in front, where Parker Kelly made a fantastic shot. What did happen late in the first was Halak got injured on a net-front scramble, shaking his blocker hand like it had been pinned under his goalie stick or something. From there, the period was mostly Canucks. First, Zub took a penalty with 14:17 left in the period, which ended up being the last faceoff until the 6:33 mark. After playing only what the most generous would call hockey in Seattle the night before, the Senators visited the Canucks looking to show a little life. Zach Senyshyn took an awkward high-sticking penalty, and the Sens technically killed off the penalty, but Brock Boeser scored four seconds after it expired, before Senyshyn could even re-enter the zone. The Canucks had also played the night before, though they performed a 6-2 drubbing of the Stars, showing that they were still fighting for an unlikely playoff spot.

VANCOUVER — The Ottawa Senators knew what a win would mean for the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday — and the visitors were eager to play spoiler.

Halak could be seen shaking his blocker hand after a skirmish in front of the crease in the final minutes of the opening frame. The Toronto Maple Leafs dealt the blueliner to Vancouver for a third-round draft pick at the trade deadline in March. It's the first time since 2010-11 that Vancouver has had more than one player reach the milestone. And in the last 10 minutes I thought we had all the chances.” I thought ‘OK, the third period’s going to be a tough period,'" he said. Defenceman Brad Hunt helped boost Vancouver's lead to 2-0 midway through the first. "It was a good game overall, played hard, matched their energy in a must-win for them and it was a good night." It was even better for us to pull off that win," he said. “It was really nice to get the two in. "That’s the kind of mentality we need. The loss leaves Vancouver four points behind the Stars, who hold the second Western Conference wild-card spot. And they’re not going to quit now.”

Bruce Boudreau said his team had one Mulligan left to play. The Vancouver Canucks just didn't expect to have to use it on the shortest par-three they had ...

“It was pretty unrealistic to think you're going to win 13 games in a row to get in the playoffs,” Miller said. We had a lot of chances there at the end that easily could have went (in). A lot of chances in the second where we could have kind of broke the game open. But goaltending was still a hot topic after the game. Winners of six straight, the Canucks badly needed to extend their streak to seven but squandered a 2-0 lead, one point and an opportunity. “It's all mental,” he said. We've got to run the table.” He was happy to have played, but we were planning on going with Halak the whole time.” “We would have liked to have two points, no doubt. We were going to be allowed one Mulligan somewhere along the road. We were thinking that it might be on the road trip. But, I mean, we've just got to move on here. VANCOUVER — Bruce Boudreau said his team had one Mulligan left to play.

Adam Gaudette scored the shootout winner in the fifth round and the visiting Ottawa Senators beat the Canucks 4-3 on Tuesday, snapping Vancouver's six-game ...

Halak could be seen shaking his blocker hand after a skirmish in front of the crease in the final minutes of the opening frame. And in the last 10 minutes I thought we had all the chances." The Toronto Maple Leafs dealt the blueliner to Vancouver for a third-round draft pick at the trade deadline in March. I thought `OK, the third period's going to be a tough period,"' he said. Defenceman Brad Hunt helped boost Vancouver's lead to 2-0 midway through the first. It was even better for us to pull off that win," he said. "It was really nice to get the two in. "That's the kind of mentality we need. And they're not going to quit now." The loss leaves Vancouver four points behind the Stars, who hold the second Western Conference wild-card spot. "It was a good game overall, played hard, matched their energy in a must-win for them and it was a good night." "That felt good.

Adam Gaudette scored the shootout winner in the fifth round and the visiting Ottawa Senators beat the Canucks 4-3 on Tuesday, snapping Vancouver's six-game ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs dealt the blueliner to Vancouver for a third-round draft pick at the trade deadline in March. Halak could be seen shaking his blocker hand after a skirmish in front of the crease in the final minutes of the opening frame. It’s the first time since 2010-11 that Vancouver has had more than one player reach the milestone. Defenceman Brad Hunt helped boost Vancouver’s lead to 2-0 midway through the first. The loss does damage to Vancouver’s fragile hopes of a securing a playoff spot. Demko, who backstopped the Canucks to a 6-2 win over the Dallas Stars on Monday, made 15 saves in relief.

Avant les affrontements de mardi soir dans la Ligue nationale, les Canucks étaient à cinq points des Predators de Nashville et des Stars de Dallas, qui occupent ...

Si nous gagnons ce soir [mardi], il nous restera six matchs et tout ce que nous avons à faire est de les gagner les six. Nous voulons réussir, mais nous savons que nous sommes les négligés. Nous avons joué avec cœur et on verra où cela nous mènera.» La formation de la Colombie-Britannique se donne des raisons d’être optimiste, puisqu’elle a remporté ses six derniers matchs.

The Ottawa Senators ended the Vancouver Canucks' six-game winning streak with a 4-3 shootout victory at Rogers Arena on Tuesday.

… Vancouver forward Conor Garland had his six-game point streak end (eight points; three goals, five assists). … It was the 1,000th win in Senators history. "It was really nice to get the two [goals]," Formenton said. "The first goal wasn't a good goal, he's peaking the wrong way, and then you want him to maybe have the second one, and then he just shuts the door. … Miller has 20 points (six goals, 14 assists) in the past 14 games. That team plays really hard, pushed us all the way to the end." … Canucks forward Alex Chiasson missed a second straight game after being a late scratch with a non-COVID illness Monday. … Hughes has 61 points to become the third defenseman in Canucks history to top 60 (Doug Lidster, 63, 1986-87; Dennis Kearns, 60, 1976-77), and he tied Kearns for the most assists by a Canucks defenseman with 55. Boudreau said Halak likely won't travel with the team for a two-game road trip that starts against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. Jaroslav Halak saved all 14 shots in the first period before leaving with an upper-body injury. "I worked on that move a lot when I was here. We've played a lot of hockey. "We still have to win," Vancouver coach Bruce Boudreau said. "We just played with way more emotion," Ottawa coach D.J. Smith said.

The Vancouver Canucks face off against the Senators at Rogers Arena. Brendan Batchelor and corey Hirsch have the call, while Satiar Shah and Dan Riccio ...

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The Vancouver Canucks gave Jaroslav Halak a rare start Tuesday to give Thatcher Demko some rest on the second night of a back-to-back, but that strategy ...

In 16 starts entering Tuesday, Halak had a .899 save percentage and a 4-7-2 record. He will likely back up Demko until Halak is fit to return to game action. After the game, a 4-3 shootout loss, head coach Bruce Boudreau said Halak has an upper-body injury and would not be travelling with the team on it's upcoming road trip.