Fans not overly familiar with the Vancouver Canucks may be confused watching tonight's game versus the Washington Capitals.

Kiefer Sherwood left early during the second period with an assumed injury. His last shift ended with 11:38 left in the middle frame and he finished with two penalty minutes.

The Vancouver Canucks picked up a 2-1 victory over the league-leading Washington Capitals on Saturday night and it was a special night for defenceman Elias Pettersson, who made his NHL debut.

Barely clinging to life in the Western Conference wildcard race, the Vancouver Canucks (20-17-10) host the Washington Capitals (33-10-5) at Rogers Arena at 7 p.

On Nov. 17 at Rogers Arena, Stamkos struck for a pair of power-play goals to the high glove side on Lankinen in a 5-3 win. His 219 career man-advantage strikes vaulted him past Jaromir Jagr and Mike Gartner into 11th place overall.

The latest: Conor Garland is banged up and didn’t practise Sunday with a maintenance day. Noah Juulsen skated after missing five games with an undisclosed injury and is a lineup option.

Picked 80th overall in the 2022 NHL Draft, the same year as fellow Swedish Canucks prospect Jonathan Lekkerimäki, Pettersson spent three seasons with Örebro HK of the SHL before

On Friday, the Carolina Hurricanes made a blockbuster move, sending center Martin Nečas to the Colorado Avalanche. After details of the trade started leaking, a report from Rick Dhaliwal of "Donnie and Dhali" indicated that the Vancouver Canucks called the Hurricanes to see if a Nečas deal was possible.

In what Rick Tocchet called "a microcosm of our season," the Vancouver Canucks gave up a one-goal lead in the third period to the Buffalo Sabres.

The Vancouver Canucks' annual Dice & Gala features a silent auction to raise money for the Canucks For Kids Fund.

Rick Tocchet said Kiefer Sherwood, who was injured in Edmonton ... A day after making his NHL debut, rookie Elias Pettersson held down one of the spots in the top three pairs at practice, skating ...

Wanting to avoid another repeat of Saturday night’s melee madness, the referees called one of the softest roughing minors in the history of the NHL against Kiefer Sherwood, gifting the McDavid ...