Elias Pettersson skated with Brock Boeser and Jake DeBrusk, and was more frequently self-matched with Quinn Hughes against the top end of the Toronto lineup. Frankly, Pettersson’s deployment patterns on Saturday more closely matched how the Canucks have utilized J.T. Miller for much of this season.

If there’s one thing that’s consistent about this team, it’s that they’re wildly inconsistent. The Vancouver Canucks managed to shutout the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena, taking a game that was nearly postponed thanks to a snowstorm by a 3-0 scoreline.

The 2025 Vancouver Canucks ’ Dice & Ice takes place on January 19, and a variety of prizes are currently up for auction. Included in these packages and bundles are gift baskets personally curated by some Canucks players. From “Boeser’s Pizza Night” to an impressive vacation put together by Jake DeBrusk, here are some of the highlights.

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.

Thank goodness I didn’t pay $179 to go to this game. The Vancouver Canucks outdid themselves in all the worst ways last night, losing in embarrassing 5-1 fashion to the Los Angeles Kings at home.

Pettersson lacks no-trade protection this season, but his $11.6-million annual average value for the next seven years, in some ways, makes him harder to move than Miller with his $8-million cap hit. Still, Pettersson’s name has previously surfaced in recent media trade chatter.

Malkin may not be directing as many pucks on net compared to previous campaigns, but he's still at 33 points in 42 games — including 10 on the power play — and skating his usual elevated minutes. And yet,

This game started with an unfortunate pass from JT Miller up the wall to Filip Hronek in the LA end that allowed Adrian Kempe and Alex Turcotte to move in on a 2-on-1 that ended with Turcotte getting a chance off that Thatcher Demko had no chance of stopping.

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The Canucks are 31st in shots per game (25.2), 22nd in goals per outing (2.88) and have slipped to 13th on the power play (21.2 per cent). They are easier to defend because the level of hesitation, lack of shot selection and finish in the offensive zone is alarming.

It’s the middle of January, and the Vancouver Canucks have seven wins on home ice. Nothing else the team does between now and the end of the schedule will matter unless the club gets its act together at Rogers Arena.

The Vancouver Canucks wrapped up their five-game road trip by laying an egg against the Winnipeg Jets. Vancouver’s gauntlet saw them play the surging Montreal Canadiens, three division leaders, and an impressive foe in the Carolina Hurricanes.