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Vancouver Canucks at New Jersey Devils, 4 p.m. TV: TSN; Radio: TEAM 1040 AM THE SETUP: Two masked marvels going mano-a-mano for the Team Canada starter's job.

Suddenly, the Vancouver Canucks are road warriors. The Canucks won their third straight road game, and second in as many nights, as they skated to a convincing 3-0 National Hockey League decision on Thursday night over the Philadelphia Flyers.

Goalie Martin Brodeur reaches back in vain in an attempt to stop Vancouver's first goal by Alex Burrows Wednesday night.

Win at home, tie on the road. That was the recipe for success until the NHL made losing more palatable.

Tell me you couldn't see this one coming like an Olympic cost overrun. Injuries, like the fluids evacuated from Ryan Kesler, reached a critical mass Thursday for the Vancouver Canucks, who had just enough bodies but nowhere near enough energy early on in a 5-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks.

Swimming with sharks, the Vancouver Canucks handled the Great Whites on Sunday, but were bitten by the Hammerheads and Tigers in a 4-2 loss to the menacing San Jose Sharks.

San Jose managed to bounced back from its worst loss of the season. It will need the momentum against an opponent that has plenty.

Read up on the latest tidbits and trends as Hockey Night in Canadaa s play-by-play voice Jim Hughson takes you behind the scenes and into the game.

Ther is a custom plate secured to the skate of Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks as he returns to the ice after a lengthy foot injury to play against the Chicago Blackhawks in NHL action at GM Place.

Henrik Sedin set up Vancouver's first goal and scored the go-ahead goal 3:54 into the third period, leading the Canucks to a 4-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday night.

Vancouver Canucks Ryan Kesler battles Colorado Avalanche Wojtek Wolski in NHL action at GM Place, Friday night, November 20, 2009, in Vancouver, B.C. Photograph by: Steve Bosch, Reuters One game at a time.

Chicago Blackhawks goalie Antti Niemi blocks a shot from Vancouver Canucks Alex Burrows during the first period of NHL hockey in Vancouver, British Columbia November 22, 2009.

6 and was rock solid in recording his second shutout in just six starts this season.

If there was any reservations about the Hawks inserting Antti Niemi for the first time in weeks, it was quickly forgotten as he covered every inch of the net to perfection in a 30 save performance.

Vancouver's Steve Bernier is stymied by Chicago goalie Antti Niemi during the second period in Vancouver on Sunday.

Vancouver LW Daniel Sedin , the team's leading goal scorer the last three seasons, is expected to return Sunday against Chicago.

VANCOUVER a ' Pre-season favourites to compete for another Northwest Division title, the Vancouver Canucks woke up this morning in 11th place in the Western Conference.

Vancouver Canucks Henrik Sedin celebrates scoring a first period goal over the Colorado Avalanche with team mates Christian Ehrhoff and Ryan Kesler in their NHL hockey game in Denver November 14, 2009.

In the sixth game of a road trip on which most things have gone right, pretty much everything went wrong for the Blackhawks.

Vancouver needs more like this from Ryan Kesler, here beating Craig Anderson in the Canucks' 3-0 victory on Nov.