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| Canucks try to solve road problems in LA |
NHL Hockey |
10/30/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks will try to solve their road woes tonight, as they visit the Los Angeles Kings and the Staples Center. Vancouver went 2-4-0 on a recent six-game road trip, dropping the final three games of that swing. The Canucks then split a pair of home games and now hit the road for two straight. The Canucks, though, are averaging just 2.67 goals per game as the road team and have a power-play percentage of just 8.3 as the visitor. In Tuesday's home test against Boston, Tim Thomas st |
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| Thomas shuts the door as Bruins blank Canucks |
NHL Hockey |
10/29/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - Tim Thomas stopped all 31 shots he faced for his second consecutive shutout and the Boston Bruins downed the Vancouver Canucks, 1-0, at GM Place. Thomas, who notched the ninth shutout of his career, also blanked the Edmonton Oilers by an identical 1-0 margin on Monday. Michael Ryder scored the only goal of the game for Boston, which now has three consecutive one-goal victories and will return home for a three-game homestand that begins on Friday against the Dallas Stars. Roberto |
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| Canucks C Rypien out indefinitely |
NHL Hockey |
10/28/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - Vancouver Canucks center Rick Rypien will be out indefinitely and needs to undergo surgery for a sports hernia. Rypien was out last week because of a viral infection. "He came back [from the road trip] and wasn't feeling well," said head coach Alain Vigneault. "Was tested, nothing came up so he started to work out on his own and started to skate on his own and felt a little twinge in his ab so he went this morning to get evaluated by a specialist. We found a sports hernia tear o |
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| Canucks use big third period to beat Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
10/26/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - Mason Raymond and Jannik Hansen each scored twice as the Vancouver Canucks scored three unanswered goals in the third period to come away with a 6-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. Kyle Wellwood wound up with the game-winning goal and Roberto Luongo stopped 25-of-28 shots for Vancouver, which was coming off a 2-4 road trip. "As much as the power play score today, the PK (penalty kill) cleaned up too so that's kind of good," said Hansen. "And of course when you get two goals of |
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| Canucks, Oilers meet in Northwest Division clash in Vancouver |
NHL Hockey |
10/25/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A pair of Northwest Division rivals will try to get back on the winning track tonight, as the Vancouver Canucks welcome the Edmonton Oilers to General Motors Place. The Oilers began the season with a 4-0 record, but have since lost back-to- back games in regulation. Vancouver is on a three-game losing streak and has dropped four of its last five outings (1-4-0). Chicago dealt the Oilers their first loss of the year, posting a 3-0 decision in the Windy City on Wednesday. The following night, E |
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| Rangers, Blue Jackets clash in Columbus |
NHL Hockey |
10/24/2008 |
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| ngers are 2-0-1 as the visiting team this season with their lone road loss coming in a 5-4 overtime defeat in Detroit last Saturday. Columbus, meanwhile, has won two of its last three outings and is coming off Tuesday's 4-2 home decision against the Vancouver Canucks. Derek Dorsett scored the eventual winning goal in the second period, and Pascal Leclaire made 23 saves to lead the Blue Jackets. Jason Chimera, Kristian Huselius and Rick Nash also scored for the Blue Jackets, who bounced back from a 6-3 loss at Na |
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| Canucks' Demitra has rib injury |
NHL Hockey |
10/23/2008 |
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| Vancouver, BC (MySportsbook) - Vancouver Canucks forward Pavol Demitra will be out possibly for up to a month with a rib injury, the team announced on Thursday. Demitra, who the team signed in the offseason as a free agent out of Minnesota, has a fractured cartilage in his eighth rib and will be gone for three to four weeks. In six games this season, the 33-year-old has two goals and one assist. |
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| Lightning nab Pettinger off waivers |
NHL Hockey |
10/21/2008 |
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| Tampa, FL (MySportsbook) - The Tampa Bay Lightning claimed forward Matt Pettinger off waivers from the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. Pettinger had been with the Canucks' AHL club in Manitoba this season, but posted four goals and six points in 20 games with Vancouver last season after coming over from Washington in a late February trade. The Edmonton native, who will turn 28 on Wednesday, has collected 56 goals and 105 points in 354 games over seven NHL seasons with the Capitals and Canucks. |
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| Canucks complete lengthy road trip in Columbus |
NHL Hockey |
10/21/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Vancouver Canucks will try to end a six-game road trip with a win when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight at Nationwide Arena. The Canucks began the season with a 6-0 home victory over the Calgary Flames, but have played away from British Columbia ever since. Vancouver is 2-3-0 so far on the trek and has dropped its last two tilts. The latest setback came Sunday night in the Windy City, as Patrick Sharp tallied two goals and added an assist to lead the Chicago Blackhawks to a 4- |
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| Sharp stars as Blackhawks top Canucks |
NHL Hockey |
10/19/2008 |
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| Chicago, IL (MySportsbook) - Patrick Sharp tallied two goals and added an assist, as the Chicago Blackhawks won for the first time under new head coach Joel Quenneville, earning a 4-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Patrick Kane scored once and added two helpers for the Blackhawks, whose previous head coach, Denis Savard, was fired on Thursday. Quenneville had been the coach of St. Louis and Colorado and was a scout for Chicago before being named head coach, but the Blackhawks lost in a shootout at St. Lo |
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