The Canucks struggled to keep pace with the Oilers for much of the night but their MVP goalie gave them a chance.

The Vancouver Canucks are only two games into the 2025-26 season but it appears goalie Thatcher Demko is back to his old self. Article content

He was almost the entire story for the Canucks on Saturday night in a 3-1 loss to the high-powered, high-flying Edmonton Oilers . Article content Article content

Without Demko, as everyone watching saw, it probably would have been a far more lopsided score. And that’s not even saying backup Kevin Lankinen is a slouch in goal — far from it. He might even have performed like Demko did — on his head — so the point here really is the Canucks had a tough night in their end.

And they struggled to generate much offence as well.

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