If you can stop Quinn Hughes, you can stop the Vancouver Canucks. It's not quite that simple, of course, but there's no denying that Hughes is the engine that propels the Canucks. As much as Thatcher Demko's injury or Elias Pettersson's struggles affect the Canucks' chances in the playoffs, how Hughes performs is going to determine how far they'll go. The Nashville Predators seem well aware of this fact but they're taking an interesting approach to containing the Canucks' captain — one that was very effective in Game 2.
LAST GAME PLAYED – APR. 18/24: VAN 2 at WPG 4 Conor Garland opened scoring for the game with his 20th goal of the season at 5:22 in the first period…the goal went unassisted…Winnipeg scored two straight…Elias Lindholm scored a goal on the powerplay at 17:11 in the second period to tie the game…Quinn Hughes and Conor Garland were credited with the assists…The Jets answered back with two more goals…Ilya Mikheyev and Lindolm led the team in shots (3)…Tyler Myers and Nikita Zadorov led the team in hits (4). LAST 5 – vs NASHVILLE Dec. 19/23: VAN 5 at NSH 2 Oct. 31/23: VAN 5 vs NSH 2 Oct. 24/23: VAN 3 at NSH 2 Mar. 6/23: VAN 4 vs NSH 3 (SO) Feb. 21/23: VAN 4 at NSH 5 (SO) QUINNSANITY After recording
Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon, Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov, Edmonton's Connor McDavid and Toronto's Auston Matthews are all in the running to win the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP.
No | Player | P |
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88 | C | |
53 | C | |
6 | RW | |
82 | D | |
29 | G | |
35 | G | |
34 | LW | |
51 | D | |
8 | RW | |
21 | LW | |
17 | D | |
43 | D | |
81 | C | |
47 | D | |
18 | C | |
23 | C | |
65 | RW | |
9 | C | |
57 | D | |
40 | C | |
92 | RW | |
5 | D | |
31 | G | |
7 | D | |
24 | C | |
60 | G | |
91 | D |