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Andrei Svechnikov also scored for the Hurricanes ... The 36-year-old center scored three goals in the first 40 games of the season. Thatcher Demko made 18 saves for the Canucks, who have lost ...

Demko will protect the home net versus Edmonton on Saturday. Demko is coming off a 16-save effort in a 5-1 loss to the Kings on Thursday. He has a 2-3-3 record with a 3.39 GAA and an .872 save ...

Svechnikov posted an assist, three shots on goal and three hits in Friday's 3-2 win over the Golden Knights. Svechnikov got on the scoresheet for the seventh time in nine games. He has three goals ...

The Vancouver Canucks rely heavily on goalie Thatcher Demko to win games. And in this 2021 story, Demko's ability to be a workhorse NHL netminder was put in the spotlight. The Vancouver Canucks ...

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Defensively, the Blackhawks are allowing 157 total goals (3.4 per game) to rank 29th in NHL action. The team has the 31st-ranked goal differential in the league at -38. The Blackhawks have not ...

so it was only a matter of time before the rookie got a bigger shot to prove himself. Now he will alongside Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov.

Meanwhile, Thatcher Demko wasn't as sharp, making 16 saves on 21 shots. Demko has missed most of the season recovering from the injury that kept him out of all but one postseason game last spring ...

Kings goalie Darcy Kuemper stopped 20 shots. Thatcher Demko made 16 saves for the Canucks. Vancouver has lost six of seven and fallen out of the Western Conference’s second wild-card spot.

Thatcher Demko definitely needed to be better than he was in this one. The Canucks’ number one goalie is fighting it a bit these days. -Nils Höglander had some solid jump in this game.

Goaltenders Thatcher Demko and Kevin Lankinen were on the ice, and rookie Jonathan Lekkerimäki was the only skater to suit up. Demko will get his second straight start in goal and Rick Tocchet ...