Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves to earn his fourth shutout of the season and the visiting Vancouver Canucks defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0 on Saturday night.
The Vancouver Canucks have a big decision to make in goal when it comes to Kevin Lankinen. The 29-year-old has had a phenomenal start to his Canucks career and, as of January 1, is eligible to sign an extension with the club.
When you’ve got a great game, you’re going to earn a good nickname. Kevin Lankinen doesn’t have a big book of NHL goaltending work to suggest he warrants a memorable moniker — certainly nothing like award-winning Dominik ‘The Dominator’ Hasek or Henrik ‘The King’ Lundqvist — but the quiet and confident Vancouver Canucks stopper does deserve a suitable label.
The Canucks' form continues to swing wildly from game to game and the Jets took advantage with a Kyle Connor hat trick in the first period.
Rick Dhaliwal: Todd Diamond, the agent for Vancouver Canucks pending UFA goaltender Kevin Lankinen: “I have had some conversations with Patrik Allvin but we don’t know the salary cap number, it’s common sense for us to wait.”
Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves for his fourth shutout of the season and the seventh of his career, Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0.
Heading into the 2024-25 season, the Vancouver Canucks had a complicated situation between the pipes. Vezina candidate goalie Thatcher Demko was still recoverin
Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday night.
Kevin Lankinen has been one of the few bright spots in what's been a tumultuous 2024-25 campaign so far in Vancouver.
A night after being shut out by the Carolina Hurricanes, the Vancouver Canucks responded in a big way as they shut out the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-0. Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes and Kiefer Sherwood lit the lamp for Vancouver,
After their most complete game of 2025, the Vancouver Canucks fell 6–1 to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night. Winnipeg’s goal scorers were Kyle Connor (3), Neal Pionk, Nino Niederreiter, and Mark Scheifele.
The Canucks have largely failed to build on their success of 2023-24. How do the defence and goaltending grade out at the halfway point?