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Lightning cruise to home-opening win vs. Canucks
Brayden Point scored the eventual game-winner and added an assist, leading the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 4-1 home-opening victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.,Anthony Cirelli and Brandon Hagel each added a goal and an assist, and Nikita Kucherov also scored for the Lightning, who have...
After Milton postponed home opener, Lightning face winless Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks open a four-game road trip at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night in search of their first win of the season.,The Canucks dropped back-to-back games on home ice last week to start the season. Vancouver squandered a 4-1 lead and fell 6-5 in overtime against the Calgary Flam...
Flyers capture opener in shootout against Canucks
Morgan Frost scored the decisive goal in the fifth round of a shootout as the visiting Philadelphia Flyers won their season opener, beating the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Friday.,Tyson Foerster and Cam York scored in regulation for the Flyers, who are beginning the season with a four-game western road...
Youth-laden Flyers open season as Canucks aim to rebound
The Philadelphia Flyers kick off the new season with a road swing through western Canada that begins on Friday in Vancouver, where they will face a Canucks team hoping to prove its dramatic 26-point improvement last season was no fluke., ,The rebuilding Flyers are trying to return to the playoffs fo...
Flames rally from down 3 to top Canucks in OT
Connor Zary scored at 1:33 of overtime for the visiting Calgary Flames, who rallied from a pair of three-goal deficits to win 6-5 against the Vancouver Canucks in the season opener for both teams on Wednesday night.,Zary weaved through the slot before sliding the puck past goalie Arturs Silovs for t...
Canucks face Flames, hoping reinforcements lead to more success
The Vancouver Canucks hope to build off their recent success when they open the season against the visiting Calgary Flames on Wednesday night.,The Canucks won the Pacific Division last season and, outside of the COVID-shortened 2019-20 campaign, reached the postseason for the first time since 2015 a...
Forward Nils Hoglander signs 3-year contract with Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks signed left wing Nils Hoglander to a three-year, $9 million contract Sunday.,Hoglander, 23, scored a career-high 24 goals and added 12 assists in 80 games last season. ,The new deal will begin in the 2025-26 season because Hoglander has one season remaining on a two-year, $2.2 ...
Five critical questions as puck drops on new NHL season
The 2024-25 NHL season is underway and ahead of us is a wild ride until the Stanley Cup is claimed.,Between now and then, there will be all kinds of thrills, surprises and disappointments. As the campaign begins, here are five questions we'll be tracking.,--Can the Edmonton Oilers take the final ste...
Canucks send D Tucker Poolman, pick to Avs for D Erik Brannstrom
The Vancouver Canucks acquired defenseman Erik Brannstrom from the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday, sending defenseman Tucker Poolman and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft in exchange.,Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin said his team will retain 20 percent of the salary of Poolman, who is sc...
NHL season-preview capsules: Pacific Division
ANAHEIM DUCKS,Head coach: Greg Cronin (second season),Last season: 27-50-5, 59 points, seventh place in Pacific Division,This season: After bottoming out in 2021-22, the Ducks will continue to climb out of the throes of a rebuild, albeit likely with baby steps. Last season was a disaster in part due...
Canucks F Dakota Joshua reveals he had cancerous tumor removed
Vancouver Canucks forward Dakota Joshua announced Tuesday that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer this summer and underwent surgery to remove a tumor.,Joshua, 28, said he is continuing to recover from surgery but intends on playing in the 2024-25 season.,"This summer, I felt a lump on one of my...
Canucks signing F Jake DeBrusk to 7-year, $38.5M deal
The Vancouver Canucks and forward Jake DeBrusk agreed to a seven-year contract worth $38.5 million amid a slew of signings. ,Prior to free agency, the winger spent his entire seven-year career with the Boston Bruins. ,"Jake will be a great addition to our top six and gives us another offensive optio...
Canucks GM: Nikita Zadorov to become free agent
Defenseman Nikita Zadorov will test the free agent market and sign with a different team, Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin told reporters on Friday.,Zadorov will become an unrestricted free agent on Monday. Allvin said the 29-year-old wants more money than the team feels he's worth.,"...
Canucks re-sign F Dakota Joshua to 4-year, $13M deal
Vancouver Canucks forward Dakota Joshua agreed to terms on a four-year, $13 million contract on Thursday.,Joshua, 28, recorded career-high totals in goals (18), assists (14) and points (32) to go along with a plus-19 rating in 63 games last season.,"Dakota had a strong season for us and took some bi...
Canucks agree to two-year extension with F Teddy Blueger
The Vancouver Canucks agreed to a two-year, $3.6 million extension with forward Teddy Blueger, the team announced Wednesday.,Blueger matched his career high of 28 points (six goals, 22 assists) last season in his first campaign with Vancouver. He signed with the Canucks as a free agent prior to the ...
Canucks D Filip Hronek inks 8-year extension
Vancouver Canucks defenseman Filip Hronek signed an eight-year, $58 million contract with the team.,Hronek, 26, was due to become a restricted free agent at the end of June.,Hronek recorded career-high totals in assists (43), points (48) and rating (plus-33) in 81 games last season. The Canucks acqu...
Vancouver's Rick Tocchet named NHL Coach of the Year
First-time finalist Rick Tocchet of the Vancouver Canucks won the Jack Adams Award on Wednesday as the NHL's 2023-24 coach of the year.,The trophy honors the head coach who has "contributed the most to his team's success," voted on by members of the NHL Broadcasters' Association.,Tocchet, in his fir...
Oilers hold off Canucks in Game 7 to win West semifinal series
Ryan Nugent Hopkins collected one goal and one assist as the visiting Edmonton Oilers rode a three-goal second period to a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday to win Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal series.,Cody Ceci and Zach Hyman also scored for the Oilers, while Evan Bouc...
WCSF Game 7: Oilers-Canucks Preview, Props, Prediction
The Vancouver Canucks play host to Game 7 of the Western Conference semifinals on Monday night, two days after failing to close out the Oilers in a 5-1 loss in Edmonton.,THE ODDS,The Oilers are consensus 1.5-goal favorites despite being on the road. The action has been almost even at BetMGM, where E...
Report: Canucks star Brock Boeser (blood clotting) likely out vs. Oilers
Vancouver Canucks winger Brock Boeser is experiencing blood-clotting issues and is likely to miss Game 7 of the club's second-round series against the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Monday night, according to Sportsnet.,Boeser missed practice Sunday and it isn't clear when he will return to the team.,S...