Up next for the Canucks will be a much-anticipated matchup at home against the Chicago Blackhawks. The game will be a special one as Connor Bedard will be playing his first career NHL game at Rogers Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 pm PT on Saturday.

The Vancouver Canucks home struggles continued on Thursday night as they fell 5-2 to the New York Islanders. Vancouver's offence came from Jonathan Lekkerimäki, who scored his first NHL goal as well as Tyler Myers,

That sucked. The Vancouver Canucks stunk up the ice against the New York Islanders, dropping a 5-2 game in tepid fashion. That’s being generous with the adjectives too, because Vancouver was doing cardio training for the first two periods of the game.