Saturday, 7 p.m., Rogers Arena TV: Hockey Night In Canada. Radio: Sportsnet 650 The buzz: What’s the bigger story here: The Putin-loving Alex Ovechkin’s chase of Trump-loving Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record,

The Canucks opened the scoring early in this one, and surprise surprise, it was Quinn Hughes getting the party started. Hughes moved in on an odd-man rush and slid the puck to Conor Garland, who buried the puck past Jordan Binnington.

(Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Vancouver Canucks’ Quinn Hughes (43) celebrates after his goal against the Edmonton Oilers with teammates Elias Pettersson (40), J.T. Miller (9 ... as Canucks’ Carson Soucy (7) watches during the second ...

It was an eventful night for the Swedes of the Vancouver Canucks, as the team managed a 3–1 win against the Nashville Predators. Nils Höglander, Linus Karlsson, and Pius Suter contributed to the 3–1 score.

The Canucks' best player on Saturday night may not even be part of the team on Sunday. All the conjecture made J.T. Miller's performance against the Oilers even more impressive and poignant.

The Canucks are hoping that they’ve left that behind.

All five of those players are still on the Canucks’ roster, which is only missing Elias Lindholm, acquired on the eve of All-Star Weekend, of the six that went to the All-Star Game. And yet, the team they’re on now is unrecognizable.

J.T. Miller finished with the lowest 5-on-5 ice time for the Vancouver Canucks in their 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings.

The fallout from the Vancouver Canucks' failed trade of J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers continues to yield information, with Sporstnet's Elliotte Friedman revealing new details about the ongoing saga.

Miller’s days as a member of the Canucks could be numbered. What does he bring, where could he land and what does Vancouver need?

With just more than five weeks until the 2025 NHL Trade Deadline on March 7, we’re delivering at least one deadline-focused story every day at Daily Faceoff.

Quinn Hughes took the NHL lead in defencemen scoring and the Vancouver Canucks got a streak going against the Nashville Predators.