Conor Garland had two goals, and J.T. Miller and Pius Suter also scored to help the Vancouver Canucks beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2.
Dakota Joshua has missed the last 11 games with a lower-body injury.
The Vancouver Canucks are one of the NHL ’s most fascinating wild cards ahead of the 2025 trade deadline.
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.
The St. Louis Blues' playoff hopes dim as a 5-2 loss to Vancouver marks their third consecutive home defeat. Falling behind in the wild card race, the team faces a pivotal stretch of challenging games.
Early in the third, Teddy Blueger tried to get Perry to drop the gloves, and then not long after Mark Friedman gave him a shove — which somehow was ruled a misconduct. A fight with Blueger was right there. Hockey code called for it.
The Oilers prove their ability to win even without the best player in the game, as Leon Draisaital and Zach Hyman dominate with some help from Corey Perry.
In a highly anticipated NHL Pacific Division clash, the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 at Rogers Place on Thursday (Jan. 23). Zach Hyman scored twice for the Oilers, who charged out to a 3-0 lead after the first period and went ahead 5-0 in the middle frame.
Garland, of all people, jabbed at Calvin Pickard when the Oilers goalie had the puck covered midway through the second period, which ignited a scrum behind the net. Perry quickly got involved. He was about to grab Canucks centre Elias Pettersson until he saw defenceman Quinn Hughes, who’d come in off his point, without a dance partner.
Corey Perry showed his class in Edmonton Oilers' 6-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks. His gameplay frustrated the opposition, leading his side to win.
All five of those players are still on the Canucks’ roster, which is only missing Elias Lindholm, acquired on the eve of All-Star Weekend, of the six that went to the All-Star Game. And yet, the team they’re on now is unrecognizable.
After all the hostility at the end of Saturday game, all the talk about “response” and using all this emotion to their advantage, the Canucks barely made a peep on Thursday. Where has all the heart gone?