In what Rick Tocchet called "a microcosm of our season," the Vancouver Canucks gave up a one-goal lead in the third period to the Buffalo Sabres.

After signing a series of cheap one-year deals with other clubs, Danton Heinen was finally rewarded with a two-year, $2.25 million AAV contract from the Canucks. Mediocre would be the best word to sum up Heinen’s tenure in Vancouver so far: He hasn’t hurt the team in any way, but he isn’t doing enough to move the needle either.

Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.

Still, Miller’s underlying numbers at 5-on-5 are quite strong. He leads all Canucks forwards in expected goals percentage, just ahead of Garland, as well as in on-ice goals for per 60 minutes, even if he’s not the one scoring the goals most of the time.

Tage Thompson, Jiri Kulich and JJ Peterka each found the back of the net, with Peterka’s late tally proving to be the game winner. It marked the Sabres’ third win this season when trailing after two periods, and their first since Nov. 23 at San Jose.

Zzzzzzzzzz Oh shoot, it’s a goal! Ah, yes, it came from Tage Thompson. After an icing call late in the first period, the Sabres won the draw in the Canucks’ end, and wasted little time in getting the puck into the right hands.

Winnipeg Jets' Neal Pionk (4) reaches for a bouncing puck in front of goaltender Connor Hellebuyck (37) as Vancouver Canucks' Pius Suter (24) looks for the rebound during the first period of their ...

It's been a rough season for the Vancouver Canucks. Here is a long list of everything that has gone wrong for the team.

The Canucks ended their six-game road trip with a thud as they were embarrassed by the Jets. Winnipeg dominated on the scoreboard and, from an analytics perspective, winning both the even-strength scoring chances battle (20-13) and the even-strength high-danger scoring chances count (12-5).

Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet spoke about the team's offensive struggles and low shot counts in recent games.

Breaking down 10 players whose stock is dropping and who have a decent chance of moving teams before the 2025-26 season.