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The Vancouver Canucks expect to have goalie Roberto Luongo back in the crease sometime during their five-game road trip, which starts Thursday night in Minnesota.

The Peter Forsberg sweepstakes -- assuming the contest isn't a hoax -- got a little smaller Friday with news that Russian champions Ak Bars Kazan has no interest in the Swedish free agent.

Given the ridiculous number of injuries they've been dealt in the first month of the new National Hockey League season, the Vancouver Canucks have every reason to pat themselves on the back for reaching the 15-game mark with more wins than losses .

Vancouver Canucks at Minnesota Wild, 5 p.m. PDT, Xcel Energy Center The setup: The Canucks, winners of two straight, begin a tough five-game road trip in Minnesota and have to fly out after the game to Dallas, where they play the Stars on Friday.

Canucks goalie Andrew Raycroft makes a glove save on a shot by Martin Havlat during a game Thursday.

The Minnesota Wild seem to be turning things around after a rough start to their 2009-10 season.

The Vancouver Canucks won 4-1 over the New York Rangers on Tuesday, taking their third of four starts without superstar goaltender Roberto Luongo .

During a recent Canuck game, one of the officials skated over to the Vancouver bench and suggested to coach Alain Vigneault that he needed to persuade a couple of his players to tone down their verbal taunting of the opposition.

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Mason Raymond and Ryan Kesler each had a goal and an assist, and Andrew Raycroft made 18 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks over the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Sunday night.

Twenty-nine saves in regulation, two in overtime and two more in the shootout. Great debut as a Nuck starter.

The good news on the Vancouver Canucks health front didn't last long Sunday. The return of centre Kyle Wellwood from a broken toe reduced the number of injured forwards to five, but it was back up to six when rookie winger Michael Grabner didn't take the pre-game skate against the Colorado Avalanche because of an "undisclosed injury." Grabner, who ...

Vancouver Canuck Ryan Johnson is carried off the ice by trainers after crashing into the boards head first.

In their 64-year history, the Vancouver Canucks have never won the Stanley Cup. It is hard to believe that a city so passionate about hockey has only acquired the Stanley Cup once.

Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick stretches during a timeout as a woman dressed in a Halloween costume cleans the ice during the first period of their NHL hockey game against the Vancouver Canucks in Los Angeles, October 29, 2009.

The early struggles of the perennially contending Detroit Red Wings have largely been attributed to the departure of Marian Hossa, a slow start by Pavel Datsyuk and an injury to Johan Franzen.

After spending his first month with Vancouver as Roberto Luongo's cleanup man, Andrew Raycroft was grateful to get his pads dirty in a defence-dominated win for the Canucks.

The good news for the Minnesota Wild is that they've already knocked off about 20 percent of their road schedule.

The Canucks are trying something new tonight in an attempt to contain the LA Kings' big line of Anze Kopitar, Ryan Smyth and Wayne Simmonds.

Vancouver Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo will reportedly miss the remainder of this week due to a hairline rib fracture.