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Sven Baertschi is starting to get his groove back for the Vancouver Canucks. The Swiss forward scored with 2:35 left in regulation Tuesday night to cap a combined five-goal outburst in the third period, lifting the Canucks to a 5-4 win over the Minnesota Wild. Baertschi, who had a goal and two assists in his last outing before missing consecutive road games with a foot injury, tipped a point shot from Troy Stecher to cap the scoring on a night Vancouver fall behind 2-0 and also blow a 4-2 lead. Continue to Article

November 30, 2016 2:51:am EST

The Arizona Coyotes haven't been to the playoffs in four straight seasons and their prospects of ending that streak don't appear promising as points appear hard to come by. A safe bet is that they circle every date on the schedule against the Edmonton Oilers. Arizona (7-10-2) is 14th -- and last -- in the Western Conference with 16 points, and its defense was lit up for 39 goals while going 2-6-2 on the road. Continue to Article

November 27, 2016 12:16:am EST

The Vancouver Canucks are playing the second of a back-to-back but it might be the Colorado Avalanche that are at a disadvantage. The Canucks fell to the Stars, 2-1, in Dallas on Friday night and now face a Colorado team that is dealing with injuries. When the puck drops Saturday night the Avalanche will be without No. 1 goaltender Semyon Varlamov, who is out with an upper-body injury. Continue to Article

November 26, 2016 3:22:am EST

The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenseman Ben Hutton to a two-year, $5.6 million extension. The 23-year-old is in his second NHL season with Vancouver and has two goals and two assists in 20 games in 2016-17. Selected 147th overall at the 2012 draft, Hutton was one of the lone bright spots for the Canucks in his rookie season, seemingly coming out of nowhere to make the club out of training camp. Continue to Article

November 24, 2016 3:38:pm EST

Speaking of cranky old men pining for better days, I’m thankful that the NHL has mostly left classic hockey clips on YouTube alone. The NHL gets trashed a lot for ignoring what its fans want, and rightly so, but we should give them credit for not screwing this one up. Continue to Article

November 24, 2016 8:30:am EST