Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\nVancouver Canucks News & Notes<\/p>\n
Vancouver opened against Edmonton on Sept. 29 and left with a 6-5 overtime win, with Paul Cotter scoring twice, including a shorthanded goal in the first period and the winner 1:59 into the extra period on a feed from Max Sasson. Jonathan Lekkerimaki and Elias Pettersson also scored in a four-goal third. Kevin Lankinen stopped 32 of 37 shots. The Canucks were outshot 28-23 and outhit 38-13, and blocked 21 shots while winning 40 percent of faceoffs<\/p>\n
The rematch in Vancouver two nights later produced a 9-7 final, with the Canucks scoring four times in the third period. Marco Rossi had two goals in the opening five minutes of the frame, Pettersson added a power-play marker and Jamie Oleksiak scored late. Vancouver finished with 28 hits and 27 giveaways. Elsewhere, Elliotte Friedman reported the Canucks are among the teams considering a trade for Flames forward Connor Zary. <\/p>\n
New York Rangers News & Notes<\/p>\n
The Rangers lost Igor Shesterkin for the remainder of the season to a lower-body injury suffered Friday against Washington, when the goaltender slid across to stop a shot and had to be helped off the ice without putting weight on his leg. New York entered that game 4-1-0 and atop the Metropolitan Division before falling 3-1. Backup Joonas Korpisalo is also sidelined, leaving Dylan Garand in line for the bulk of the work. Garand posted a 22-save shutout in his first start and allowed one goal on 12 shots in relief. <\/p>\n
The vacancy has drawn the Rangers into speculation about Connor Hellebuyck, who requested a trade from Winnipeg, did not report to training camp and was suspended by the Jets. Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman said during Saturday\u2019s Headlines segment that a move to New York is unlikely, citing the financial commitments involved alongside Shesterkin\u2019s contract and the club\u2019s other roster needs. Internally, the organization also has Callum Tung in the minors. Pending unrestricted free agents such as Samuel Montembeault and Jordan Binnington have been floated as lower-cost alternatives. <\/p>\n
Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Jake DeBrusk \u2013 Elias Pettersson \u2013 Jonathan Lekkerimaki<\/p>\n
Line 2: Paul Cotter \u2013 Marco Rossi \u2013 Linus Karlsson<\/p>\n
Line 3: Liam Ohgren \u2013 Drew O\u2019Connor \u2013 Brock Boeser<\/p>\n
Line 4: Arshdeep Bains \u2013 Max Sasson \u2013 Brendan Gallagher<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Zeev Buium \u2013 Filip Hronek<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Jamie Oleksiak \u2013 Tom Willander<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Elias Nils Pettersson \u2013 Luke Schenn<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Kevin Lankinen \u2013 Leevi Merilainen<\/p>\n
Vancouver Canucks Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Jake DeBrusk \u2013 Elias Pettersson \u2013 Brock Boeser \u2013 Filip Hronek \u2013 Marco Rossi<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Jonathan Lekkerimaki \u2013 Linus Karlsson \u2013 Liam Ohgren \u2013 Zeev Buium \u2013 Tom Willander<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Elias Pettersson \u2013 Drew O\u2019Connor \u2013 Jamie Oleksiak \u2013 Filip Hronek<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Paul Cotter \u2013 Brock Boeser \u2013 Elias Nils Pettersson \u2013 Tom Willander<\/p>\n
New York Rangers Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Gabriel Perreault \u2013 Mika Zibanejad \u2013 Pavel Dorofeyev<\/p>\n
Line 2: Tye Kartye \u2013 J.T. Miller \u2013 Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re<\/p>\n
Line 3: Will Cuylle \u2013 Noah Laba \u2013 Eeli Tolvanen<\/p>\n
Line 4: Oliver Bjorkstrand \u2013 Cole Beaudoin \u2013 Jaroslav Chmelar<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Vladislav Gavrikov \u2013 Adam Fox<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Marcus Pettersson \u2013 Sean Durzi<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Alberts Smits \u2013 Braden Schneider<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Dylan Garand \u2013 Callum Tung<\/p>\n
New York Rangers Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Alexis Lafreni\u00e8re \u2013 J.T. Miller \u2013 Pavel Dorofeyev \u2013 Mika Zibanejad \u2013 Adam Fox<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Oliver Bjorkstrand \u2013 Will Cuylle \u2013 Gabriel Perreault \u2013 Eeli Tolvanen \u2013 Sean Durzi<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Mika Zibanejad \u2013 Will Cuylle \u2013 Marcus Pettersson \u2013 Adam Fox<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: J.T. Miller \u2013 Tye Kartye \u2013 Vladislav Gavrikov \u2013 Sean Durzi<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
Jake DeBrusk \u2014 Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n
DeBrusk fired seven shots last time out, more than double any other Canuck in the lineup, and still came away with just one assist in 17:15. That kind of single-game volume without a goal makes him a sensible shots-on-goal play tonight, and the finish should follow if the looks keep coming.<\/p>\n
Pavel Dorofeyev \u2014 New York Rangers<\/p>\n
Dorofeyev led the Rangers\u2019 listed skaters with four shots last game while picking up an assist in 19:33, the heaviest forward workload outside J.T. Miller. With Vancouver\u2019s top pair struggling to tilt the ice, he\u2019s the Ranger most likely to turn that shot volume into a goal tonight.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n
Jack Thompson (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Sunday, October 11<\/p>\n
Akil Thomas (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Sunday, October 11<\/p>\n
Mackenzie MacEachern (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Sunday, October 25<\/p>\n
Thatcher Demko (G) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Hip, expected back Monday, December 21<\/p>\n
Filip Chytil (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Shoulder, expected back Thursday, October 29<\/p>\n
New York Rangers<\/p>\n
Igor Shesterkin (G) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Wednesday, September 15<\/p>\n
Joe Veleno (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Sunday, January 3<\/p>\n
Joonas Korpisalo (G) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Monday, November 9<\/p>\n
Aidan Thompson (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Sunday, October 11<\/p>\n
Adam Sykora (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Monday, January 25<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
Vancouver Canucks: visit the New York Islanders on Tuesday, October 13.<\/p>\n
New York Rangers: host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday, October 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brad Penner \u2013 Imagn Images The Vancouver Canucks visit the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":929129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[319076,49,94938,48,135974,13057,5239,106792,68987,43813,18014,24495,159005,168051,319077,37412,14929,230722,751,448,168422,150182,147700,55,452],"class_list":["post-929128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-ca","tag-callum-tung","tag-canada","tag-dylan-garand","tag-elias-pettersson","tag-hockey","tag-igor-shesterkin","tag-injury-report","tag-jake-debrusk","tag-jamie-oleksiak","tag-jonathan-lekkerimaki","tag-joonas-korpisalo","tag-kevin-lankinen","tag-line-combinations","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-marco-rossi","tag-max-sasson","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-paul-cotter","tag-pavel-dorofeyev","tag-vancouver","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929128","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=929128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/929128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/929129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=929128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=929128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=929128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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