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Kuzmenko sets Canucks mark in 7-2 win over Sharks

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Andrei Kuzmenko scored his 35th goal, a Canucks franchise record for a first-year player, to lead Vancouver to a 7-2 rout of the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. The Russian forward, who also had an assist, topped the 34 goals scored by Pavel Bure

Mar 24

Demko, Canucks finish strong to hand Kings 3-2 shootout loss

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elias Pettersson had a power-play goal, Thatcher Demko made 38 saves and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in a shootout Saturday night. Brock Boeser also scored in regulation for the Canucks, who have won six of seven. J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes

Mar 19

Canucks beat West-leading Stars 5-2 for 5th straight win

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Guillaume Brisebois scored his first NHL goal and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Western Conference-leading Dallas Stars 5-2 on Tuesday night for their season-high fifth straight victory. Brisebois scored at 4:09 of the third to make it 4-2. "I'm really happy about it, but I'm

Mar 15

NHL trade deadline tracker: Klingberg to Wild, Greenway to Sabres, Vrana to Blues

All of the major moves were tracked and analyzed before the 3 p.m. ET deadline on Friday, March 3.

Mar 03

Kuzmenko's overtime goal gives Canucks 5-4 win over Stars

DALLAS (AP) — Andrei Kuzmenko scored 48 seconds into overtime and Vancouver goaltender Thatcher Demko won his first game in almost three months as the Canucks beat the Dallas Stars 5-4 on Monday night. The winning goal was reviewed for being offside after Anthony Beauvillier backed into the offensive zone

Feb 28

Bruins goaltender Linus Ullmark scores into empty net

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Goaltender Linus Ullmark scored into an empty net in the final minute and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Saturday might for their sixth straight victory. Ullmark made a save and fired a high wrist shot the length of the ice

Feb 26

Kane incoming? Rangers trade Kravtsov, waive Leschyshyn

WASHINGTON (AP) — On the way out of the arena late in the third period of the New York Rangers' latest loss, Vitali Kravtsov ran into Washington Capitals forward Aliaksi Protas and told him he was heading to Vancouver. Patrick Kane could soon be going from Chicago to New York

Feb 25

Kraken partner with Muckleshoot Indian Tribe for jersey ad

The NHL's Seattle Kraken have partnered with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe to put the tribe's logo on their jerseys and help increase Indigenous youth participation in the area. The team announced the agreement Wednesday at a news conference in Seattle. The Kraken will be the first team in the four

Feb 22

Islanders acquire Bo Horvat in trade with Canucks

The New York Islanders have acquired center Bo Horvat from the Vancouver Canucks in the first blockbuster of NHL trade deadline season. The teams announced the deal Monday. The Islanders sent forward Anthony Beauvillier, top prospect Aatu Raty and a top-12 protected first-round pick in the 2023 draft to the

Jan 30

Pettersson scores twice, Canucks beat Blue Jackets 5-2

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Elias Pettersson scored twice, Bo Horvat had a career-high four assists and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Friday night for their second victory in three games under Rick Tocchet. Tocchet took over as coach after Bruce Boudreau was fired Sunday.

Jan 28

Canucks reveal their dysfunction with Bruce Boudreau firing debacle

Much like life itself, hockey is a game of ebbs and flows. Some weeks you’re the butcher, some weeks you’re the slab of meat on the table. Every week, we’ll examine one NHL team that falls into each category. And because we live in a “What have you done for

Jan 23

Canucks fire coach Boudreau, hire Tocchet as replacement

Bruce Boudreau has been fired as coach of the Vancouver Canucks, who are again on track to miss the playoffs with another underachieving season. The team announced the change Sunday, less than a week since president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford said "major surgery" was needed to fix the Canucks,

Jan 22

Canucks' Boudreau emotional amid rumors of imminent firing

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Vancouver Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau became emotional on Friday when asked about rumors that he may soon be fired. "I'd be a fool not to say that I don't know what's going on," Boudreau said as tears welled in his eyes. "But ... you come

Jan 20

Stamkos scores 499th goal, Lightning beat Canucks 5-4

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored his 499th goal on a 5-on-3 power play in the third period to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 on Thursday night. On the verge of becoming the 47th NHL player to reach 500 goals, Stamkos beat Collin Delia

Jan 13

Connor Bedard proves he’s the real deal as NHL's consensus No. 1 pick

Welcome to Blackburn’s Big Board, a weekly check-in on the hockey things that I currently care about. It’ll go a variety of ways, including teams that are earning my attention, players of note, storylines generating buzz and any other hockey topics that my weird brain finds compelling.

Jan 11