Hughes is making a strong case to win his second straight award given to the best defenseman in the NHL. He leads the Canucks into Enterprise Center to face the St. Louis Blues on Monday (7:30 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, Prime) off a two-goal performance in a 2-1 win against the Washington Capitals at Rogers Arena on Saturday.

Canucks star defenseman Quinn Hughes dropped a rather bold claim about his level of play before facing the Blues.

In a large scrum during the second period of Thursday night's game, Oilers forward Corey Perry grabbed Hughes and threw him down to the ice. There was little reaction or pushback from the Canucks as their captain was being roughed up.

Defenseman Quinn Hughes is doing his best to keep the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference playoff chase.

On Saturday night in Vancouver, the Canucks were somewhat soundly outplayed in the opening 20 minutes but managed to come out of the first period thanks to some misses at the goal mouth from Tom Wilson, Matt Roy and Lars Eller and thanks to one of the most absurd individual offensive efforts you’ll see all season from a blueliner.

The Canucks hadn't won back-to-back games since Dec. 1, but looked more like their old selves against the Blues.

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The Utah Hockey Club have narrowed their search for an official team name to three options: The Utah Hockey Club, The Utah Mammoth or the Utah Wasatch. The club will give fans an exciting opportunity to participate in a vote for all those attending the following four home games (between January 29 – February 4) on one of those three names.

The Canucks got a strong performance from Demko and the first NHL goal from Karlsson to beat the Predators 3-1 on Wednesday night.

Analysts say that the Vancouver Canucks' season could be on thin ice a few days after the team's president confirmed a rift between two of its best forwards.