Goaltending played a huge role in the Canucks’ series win over the Nashville Predators. But in true Canucks fashion, it didn’t go the way anybody expected.
Seeing the Vancouver Canucks in Round Two of the Stanley Cup Playoffs is an unexpected delight for their fans. For fans of the Edmonton Oilers, their team’s presence is the bare minimum.
Incredibly, the Vancouver Canucks advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Under most circumstances, a bonus trip to Music City would be a good thing. Under most circumstances, an opportunity to watch more Vancouver Canucks hockey would be a great thing.
The latest update on Canucks goaltender Casey DeSmith’s injury indicates it to be a minor groin strain, bringing him closer to a full recovery, as reported by Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff.
Considering how things have been going, it's not a surprise the Canucks don't know who their goalie will be on Tuesday in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series with the Predators.
How are the Canucks up 3-1 in this series? They have used three goalies — each has won a game — and have a combined 32 shots on goal in the last two games ... both wins. Their 4-3 overtime victory over the Predators on Sunday was at least as improbable and probably more so.
The Vancouver Canucks are having to dig deep into their goaltending depth for their first-round series against the Nashville Predators.
The Vancouver Canucks find themselves in a goaltending pickle as they gear up for Game 4 of their opening-round Stanley Cup Playoff series against the Nashville Predators.
Just one week into the postseason, the Canucks are down to their third-string goalie.
The Vancouver Canucks are without the injured Thatcher Demko. He won his team’s first game and has been unavailable ever since. The result? In games #2 and #3 of the series against Nashville, former Canadian Casey DeSmith was on duty.
NASHVILLE – It’s playoff time and you have to be willing to take a hit to make a play. That’s how Casey DeSmith described getting run over by Nasvhille behemoth Michael McCarron midway through the first period of Friday’s 2-1 victory in Game 3 of this opening round series with the Predators.
A collision behind the Vancouver net in Game 3 has resulted in the DoPS handing out supplemental discipline to Michael McCarron. The incident occurred midway through the first period when Casey DeSmith was behind the net trying to clear the puck out of harm’s way when he received a hit from McCarron, who came in with a burst of speed.
Hitting the opposing goalie when he is out of the crease is a no-no.
Casey DeSmith has been a backup goaltender for the Pittsburgh Penguins for most of his career, but he took center stage on Friday night. DeSmith made 30 saves for his first career playoff win.
Casey DeSmith made 29 saves for his first career playoff win as the visiting Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Friday night. Vancouver grabbed a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference first-round playoff series.
Goaltending controversies are nothing new in the Vancouver hockey market. Goaltending crises? Those are a little rarer, and it’s the latter that we have on our hand early on in Round One of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
With the Vancouver Canucks and Nashville Predators tied one game each in their Western Conference first-round playoff series, the biggest issue is the absence of Vancouver's No.
The Vancouver Canucks dropped game 2 to the Nashville Predators 4-1 and while a lot of blame has been pointed to Elias Pettersson and Casey DeSmith, the blame runs much deeper for the Canucks.
On Tuesday night (Dec. 19) in Nashville, Vancouver Canucks goaltender Casey DeSmith was on his game yet again. In the Canucks convincing 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators, DeSmith stopped 26 of 28 shots and led his team to another victory.
The Montreal Canadiens have acquired forward Tanner Pearson from the Vancouver Canucks. Pearson, 31, currently makes $3.25 million per season, and is in the last year of a three-year contract.
The Colorado Avalanche find themselves in need of goaltending depth given that the current injury-recovery timeline for Pavel Francouz may well stretch into the regular season
The Canadiens are facing a roster crunch between the pipes after they picked up goaltender Casey DeSmith from Pittsburgh as part of their facilitation of the Erik Karlsson trade last month.
After successfully trading former alternate captain Jeff Petry to the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens’ General Manager Kent Hughes is now focusing on moving goaltender Casey DeSmith, whom the Canadiens acquired as part of the trade between the Pittsburgh Penguins and San Jose Sharks.
Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes made good on his word, trading former alternate captain Jeff Petry to the Detroit Red Wings, in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick and defenceman Gustav Lindstrom.
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Casey DeSmith made 15 saves to lead Team USA to a 3-0 victory over Czechia at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland Thursday in the quarterfinals of the world championship tournament.
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