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.

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 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.

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 ...

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.

I checked in on the crowded field of Eastern Conference wild card hopefuls to see where each team stood. The Columbus Blue Jackets and Ottawa Senators have played well enough in the interim, and I’m still bullish about their chances.

For Tyler Myers, it was far from a three-game vaycay. When the towering Vancouver Canucks defenceman received a three-game suspension for his match penalty high stick on Edmonton Oilers blueliner Evan Bouchard on Jan.

Not since the players were toddlers have so many people delighted in their ability to count to two, but the Canucks earned their sound, 5-2 road win Monday against the St. Louis Blues after Saturday’s stout 2-1 victory against the National Hockey League-leading Washington Capitals.

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.

Sherwood (undisclosed) didn't participate in the morning skate and is a game-time decision for Saturday's tilt against Washington. Sherwood left Thursday's 6-2 loss to Edmonton due to the injury ...