{"id":277054,"date":"2025-11-11T20:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/277054\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:34:09","slug":"canucks-thatcher-demko-set-to-return-against-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/277054\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks&#8217; Thatcher Demko set to return against Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"sn-player-post-link\" data-player=\"4b2e0ce3-a2fd-4a0a-8001-21f599d3d41c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/hockey\/nhl\/players\/thatcher-demko\/4b2e0ce3-a2fd-4a0a-8001-21f599d3d41c\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Thatcher Demko<\/a> will start against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, head coach Adam Foote confirmed after morning skate, where the goalie was a full participant.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old last played on Nov. 3, a 5-4 overtime win against the Nashville Predators, before missing time for undisclosed reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Demko is 5-4-0 this season with a .912 save percentage and a 2.57 goals-against average.<\/p>\n<p>The six-foot-four, 192-pound goalkeeper missed much of last season after suffering a knee injury in Game 1 of Vancouver\u2019s first-round playoff series against the Nashville Predators in the 2023-24 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of that season, he was named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, awarded annually to the NHL\u2019s best goalie, after going 35-14-2 with a .918 save percentage and a 2.45 goals-against average.<\/p>\n<p>Demko did not play again until Dec. 10, 2024, and struggled to stay healthy through much of last season. He played just 23 games, and posted a 10-8-3 record with a .889 save percentage, a 2.90 goals-against average and one shutout.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to sign a three-year, $25.5 million extension on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop for Canucks-Jets is set for 7 p.m. PT \/ 10 p.m. ET on Sportsnet+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thatcher Demko will start against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday, head coach Adam Foote confirmed after morning skate,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-277054","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}