It was an eventful night for the Swedes of the Vancouver Canucks, as the team managed a 3–1 win against the Nashville Predators. Nils Höglander, Linus Karlsson, and Pius Suter contributed to the 3–1 score.
The Vancouver Canucks are one of the NHL ’s most fascinating wild cards ahead of the 2025 trade deadline.
Quinn Hughes took the NHL lead in defencemen scoring and the Vancouver Canucks got a streak going against the Nashville Predators.
The surging Canucks have now passed the Calgary Flames by total points to claim the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. On the back of this small win streak, the Canucks are back in the thick of the playoff race with the fading Los Angeles Kings in their sights for third spot in the Pacific Division.
The Canucks are hoping that they’ve left that behind.
The Vancouver Canucks and St. Louis Blues squared off on Monday night in a Western Conference battle between two teams desperate to make the playoffs. The Blues entered this game only two points behind the Canucks in the standings and Vancouver began the game three points behind the Calgary Flames for the final wild card spot in the West.
The Canucks opened the scoring early in this one, and surprise surprise, it was Quinn Hughes getting the party started. Hughes moved in on an odd-man rush and slid the puck to Conor Garland, who buried the puck past Jordan Binnington.
Vancouver held onto their lead to tally their first win in a week.
J.T. Miller came very close to being held out of the Vancouver Canucks’ game against the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. That’s according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, who reported live on Hockey Day in Canada that the Canucks came very close to trading Miller.
The Canucks held on to defeat the Oilers 3-2 on Saturday, ending Edmonton's their four-game win streak after Draisaitl scored twice & McDavid was assessed a match penalty late in regulation
The Canucks picked up the game’s first power play after some decent pressure on Nashville, as Steven Stamkos was called for holding. Perhaps lost in the shuffle is how good the Canucks’ power play was in their 5-2 win over the St.
The Vancouver Canucks are currently ranked 23rd in the NHL in goals for, with an average of 2.79 goals per game. Compare this to last season, the Canucks ranked 6th in the league with 3.40 goals for per game.