Rebuilding Canucks see early signs of growth: ‘We’ve got something good cooking here’
Four games into a new NHL season, the rebuilding Vancouver Canucks see signs of progress at 2-2-0.
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Four games into a new NHL season, the rebuilding Vancouver Canucks see signs of progress at 2-2-0.
Mitch Marner scored his first goal of the season and his Vegas Golden Knights downed the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 on Sunday.
Berkly Catton, Mackie Samoskevich and Bobby McMann scored within the first eight minutes of the game and the Seattle Kraken cruised to a 6-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Sunday night.
Cutter Gauthier scored two power-play goals and captain Mikael Granlund had a power-play goal 4:14 into overtime, sending the Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on Sunday night and their 11th consecutive win in home openers.
Goaltender Leevi Merilainen wants to make the most of the opportunity the Vancouver Canucks have given him. Vancouver claimed the 24-year-old from Oulu, Finland, off waivers from the Ottawa Senators late last month.
Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves and had an assist on Eeli Tolvanen’s empty-net goal with 1:15 remaining and the New York Rangers beat the Utah Mammoth 4-2 on Sunday night.
The Toronto Maple Leafs held an optional skate on Sunday morning, and as TSN's Mark Masters writes, the skate was attended by nine players who participated in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators as the unit seeks to find more cohesion and chemistry early on.
St. Louis Blues forward Alexey Toropchenko suffered a shoulder injury in their season opener on Friday against the Dallas Stars and will miss at least six weeks, according to The Athletic's Jeremy Rutherford.
Liam Ohgren celebrated his 100th NHL game by scoring one goal and assisting on defenceman Elias Pettersson’s winner as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Calgary Flames 4-1 Saturday night.
Igor Chernyshov scored his second goal of the game with 1:42 remaining in overtime and the San Jose Sharks beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 on Saturday night for their second straight win to open the season.
Jiri Kulich's go-ahead goal of the Chicago Blackhawks was his first in nearly a calendar year after he missed the final 70 games of last season dealing with a blood clot issue.
Nicolas Roy and Martin Necas scored 23 seconds apart in a four-goal second period, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 6-1 on Saturday night.
Kirill Kaprizov scored twice, Jesper Wallstedt made 26 saves, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Saturday night.
Ilya Sorokin made 36 saves for his 30th career shutout in a 6-0 win over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.
Tommy Novak scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 6-5 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
Sebastian Aho scored a pair of goals and assisted on Shayne Gostisbehere’s overtime winner as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Saturday night.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 19 saves, Charle-Edouard D’Astous and Conor Geekie scored in the first period and the Tampa Bay Lightning won their home opener with a 3-1 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night.
Nick Schmaltz had two goals and the Utah Mammoth scored three times on the power play to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Saturday night for its second straight victory to open the season.
Jiri Kulich scored with 6:40 left and the Sabres overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 in Buffalo’s home-opener on Saturday night.
Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist to give him nine points through three games as the Edmonton Oilers won their second game in a row, defeating the Seattle Kraken 3-1 on Saturday.
Stephen Halliday scored the winner in the third period and Linus Ullmark made 27 saves as the Ottawa Senators downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Saturday night.
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