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Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports He might not win the Calder Trophy, but that doesn’t mean Vancouver Canucks rookie Nils Höglander hasn’t had an incredible rookie season. In fact, it might be even better than you think. Vancouver has been spoiled in four straight seasons with impressive rookies who have burst onto the scene. Of the four, Höglander’s emergence is notable because he’s the only player of that group who wasn’t a first-round pick. Höglander has posted a respectable nine goals and 19 points in 40 games thus far, but a closer look reveals that the 20-year-old’s value goe...

Connor McDavid has a 17-and-oh record since March 15. The NHL scoring leader has earned 17 assists in his past 15 games, every one of them a first assist. Seventeen primary assists. Zero secondary assists. Not a single “cheesy apple” amongst them. A league-leading 38 of McDavid’s league-leading 52 helpers this season have been first assists. This corner has long argued that the only thing more misguided than assists equalling goals in the scoring race is second assists equalling goals in the scoring race. McDavid has 77 points this season, 13 more than runner-up Leon Draisaitl’s 64. W...

"It's just a testament to who we have in the locker room," defenceman Quinn Hughes said Tuesday after Vancouver doubled up Toronto 6-3. "I'm just really proud of the guys right now and hopefully we can keep stringing it together. We're not satisfied yet and (Toronto has) a really good team so to beat them twice is pretty good." The Canucks (18-18-3) mounted third-period comebacks in both wins over the Leafs. Tuesday saw Toronto's captain John Tavares score in both the first and second period, and Vancouver go down 3-2 early in the third thanks to a short-handed goal from Adam Brooks.

By Syndicated Content Apr 21, 2021 4:48 AM Tanner Pearson scored the tiebreaking and game-clinching goals less than four minutes apart in the third period Tuesday night as the host Vancouver Canucks dumped the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3. Pearson put Vancouver (18-18-3, 39 points) ahead 4-3 at 9:48 with a man-advantage tally. Pearson doubled the lead at 13:36 when he swiped the puck from Alexander Kerfoot and beat goalie David Rittich from a sharp angle in the left faceoff circle, recording his eighth goal of the season. Brandon Sutter scored into an empty net at 19:24 for his second goal...

Need a save, Dave: Leafs lose to Canucks Share this story Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images Things were going well for the Toronto Maple Leafs as they carried a lead midway through the game. John Tavares had scored two goals, both directly created by some William Nylander brilliance. They were producing at even strength. Adam Brooks scored a shorthanded goal from Mitch Marner. Heck, even the power play got a goal! But unfortunately, in the second half of the game, goalie David Rittich let in three brutal back-breaking goals to Hughes, Hoglander, and Pearson, eventually leading to a ...