The Canucks -- entering the final contest of a three-game road trip -- have made more noise off the ice than on it in recent weeks. President of hockey operations Jim Rutherford admitted the two star players are butting heads, creating turmoil and fueling trade rumors.

The United States, Canada, Finland and Sweden will play in the Feb. 12-20 4 Nations Face-Off. Here are the rosters and captains.

Utah Hockey Club announced this week that a public contest to name the team has been narrowed down to the final three options including keeping the generic Utah Hockey Club name, Utah Mammoth and Utah Wasatch.

A generation ago, it felt like the best hope a short guy had of thriving in the NHL was in the crease. Today, the dynamic has largely flipped. Ryan Dixon takes a look at each team’s undersized players in this week’s Power Rankings.

Tommy Novak scored Nashville’s lone goal as the Predators fell to the Vancouver Canucks by a 3-1 final on Wednesday night at Bridgestone Arena. The result sees the Preds finish the season series against Vancouver with a 2-1-0 record.

Welcome back to NHL Notebook — the series here at CanucksArmy where we deliver you news and notes from around the National Hockey League — oftentimes through a Vancouver Canucks-tinted lens!

The Pacific Division is fun this season. A new leader in the Pacific Division has emerged, as the Edmonton Oilers have a 32-15-3 record with 67 points.

The Ottawa Senators will be without center Nick Cousins for the next six-to-eight weeks due to a knee injury, reports Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch. Garrioch adds that Cousins will also seek a second medical opinion on the injury and its anticipated recovery timeline.

Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko made 31 saves to earn his fourth win of the season. Quinn Hughes led the Canucks with two assists, his third multi-point game in a row. Nils Hoglander, Linus Karlsson, and Pius Suter scored for the Canucks, who have now won three straight.

Garrett has two years remaining on a five-year, $120 million extension he signed in 2020. Mike Vrabel joined the Patriots as head coach in a throwback to the Bill Belichick era. But his tenure won't involve Belichick's son, Brian.

Roman Josi has points in nine of his last 13 games (2g-8a) against Vancouver. He also has 19 points (2g-17a) in his last 22 games vs. the Canucks and posted a six-game point streak (7a) against Vancouver from Jan. 10, 2017-Dec. 13, 2018.

The Columbus Blue Jackets visit the Vegas Golden Knights after the Blue Jackets beat the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in overtime.