(Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) stops the puck against the Vancouver Canucks during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The ...

A blowout loss to the Kings, including giving up three goals in the first ten minutes, left the Canucks once again out of a playoff spot.

Vancouver Canucks are nowhere near as exciting, promising or entertaining as the 2023-2024 rendition of the team. Not even just by the eye test, but the numbers compared to last season don’t even resemble the same team.

Emma Lingan and Michael Augello discuss the Mikko Rantanen deal, more NHL trade speculation, Connor Hellebuyck's record chase, Jacob Markstrom's injury and more.

Analysts say that the Vancouver Canucks' season could be on thin ice a few days after the team's president confirmed a rift between two of its best forwards.The Canucks, who are a point behind the Calgary Flames for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference,

TSN: The Vancouver Canucks management has had meetings with J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson, trying to mend the fences with the two, while talking trade for months. They haven’t been able to find a respectable trade according to Darren Dreger and they haven’t found any type of resolution.

Turcotte scores twice and adds an assist – all in the first 10 minutes – as the Kings thump Vancouver, 5-1. Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala and Warren Foegele also score.

The Pacific Division is fun this season. A new leader in the Pacific Division has emerged, as the Edmonton Oilers have a 32-15-3 record with 67 points.

Once he was ready to do it, we were ready to execute.” Thompson has been working his way toward this deal and the financial security and term it offers for a decade now, since his junior hockey days with the Grande Prairie Storm of the AJHL and the Brandon Wheat Kings of the WHL.

Kuemper is expected to start on the road against Florida on Wednesday, per Zach Dooley of LA Kings Insider.

The Washington Capitals finally played a game without recording a point in their last outing, but that doesn’t mean they’ll slow down anytime soon. Their final game of the West Coast road trip will be against the Calgary Flames before they head East to finish the trip against the Ottawa Senators.

Connor McDavid scored in his return from a three-game suspension as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the visiting Seattle Kraken 4-2 Monday night. Mattias Janmark, Corey Perry and Mattias Ekholm also tallied for the Oilers,