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At playoff time, NHL teams march to the beat of their goaltenders and count on them to save the day
DENVER (AP) — Colorado goaltender Alexandar Georgiev went home after a recent shaky outing and immediately watched film — the car-racing thriller “The Fast and the Furious.” Anything to keep his own mind from racing. It's playoff time, where teams march to the...
Canucks' late goal beats Coyotes 2-1, extends lead in Pacific Division
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Conor Garland scored the tiebreaking goal with 1:51 remaining and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Arizona Coyotes 2-1 on Wednesday night. Quinn Hughes scored on the power play midway through the second period and rookie Arturs Silvos had 22 saves as Vancouver...
Canucks beat Sabres 3-2 and move atop the Western Conference standings
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Elias Pettersson had two goals and an assist as the Vancouver Canucks moved atop the Western Conference standings with a 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. Conor Garland scored and Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller each had a pair of...
Nichushkin scores in OT and Colorado erases a 3-goal deficit for a 4-3 win over Vancouver
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin scored 30 seconds into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche erased a three-goal deficit for a 4-3 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night. Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon each had a goal and an assist for the...
First-place Canucks hand struggling Golden Knights 3-1 loss
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Quinn Hughes, Phillip Di Giuseppe and Conor Garland each scored as the Western Conference-leading Vancouver Canucks maintained their stranglehold on the Pacific Division while handing the struggling Vegas Golden Knights a 3-1 loss Thursday night. Canucks center...
J.T. Miller's overtime goal gives Vancouver a 2-1 victory over Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — J.T. Miller scored on a power play 1:36 into overtime, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Tuesday night. Miller scored from the right faceoff circle on a slap shot for his 31st of the season. Vancouver earned its second straight win and...
Doughty, Fiala each have a goal and 2 assists, Kings beat struggling Canucks 5-1
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Drew Doughty and Kevin Fiala each had a goal and two assists and the Los Angeles Kings snapped a two-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. Anze Kopitar and Trevor Moore both had a goal and an assist...
Erik Karlsson scores in overtime to give Penguins 4-3 win over Canucks
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Erik Karlsson scored the winning goal at 1:42 of overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to their third consecutive victory, 4-3 over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night. Rickard Rakell, with two goals, and Lars Eller added the others for...
Boeser scores 2 to lead Canucks to 3-2 overtime win over Bruins
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Brock Boeser scored his second goal of the game on a power play at 1:34 of overtime to rally the Vancouver Canucks to a 3-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday in a matchup of division leaders. Filip Hronek also scored for the Canucks, who came...
McCann, Eberle lead way as Kraken beat Canucks 5-2, extending Vancouver's skid to 4
SEATTLE (AP) — Jared McCann had a goal and three assists, Jordan Eberle added two goals and an assist and the Seattle Kraken beat NHL-leading Vancouver 5-2 on Thursday night, handing the Canucks their fourth straight loss. Vince Dunn and Justin Schultz also scored for the Kraken,...
