Oilers star Connor McDavid and Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers both were hit with three-game suspensions for cross-checking incidents.

Four-point games consume those on the outside of NHL playoff positioning. That urgency usually starts in March, not in late January. It speaks to the Vancouver Canucks and their level of desperation to turn a sour first half of this adversity and injury plagued season into a sweet push for a post-season berth.

The Edmonton Oilers will play the next three games without superstar captain Connor McDavid after the NHL suspended him for cross-checking Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland on Saturday.

The final moments of the Edmonton Oilers’ highly-contested and heated game against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday have sparked debate. With both Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers likely facing suspensions,

Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid and Vancouver Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers will have disciplinary hearings with the NHL—and are facing

After a chaotic ending to the Canucks vs. Oilers game on Saturday night in Vancouver, the NHL Player Safety Department held hearings today regarding the match penalties assessed for cross-checking to the heads of Tyler Myers and Connor McDavid.

Both players are facing potential suspensions after drawing match penalties during the chaotic closing seconds of Saturday's game in Vancouver.

Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid and Vancouver Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers have both been ... check to the head of Canucks forward Conor Garland. Myers hit Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard ...

Oilers captain Connor McDavid and Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers received match ... McDavid cross-checked Canucks right winger Conor Garland, while Myers struck Oilers D-man Evan Bouchard.

Edmonton captain Connor McDavid and Toronto defenseman Tyler Myers will have disciplinary ... for cross-checking Vancouver's Conor Garland, while Myers was penalized for cross-checking Edmonton's ...

The Canucks hadn't won back-to-back games since Dec. 1, but looked more like their old selves against the Blues.