EDMONTON — None of their players want to win it, but the Vancouver Canucks are in a race to the Finnish.
Dropping like a meteor in the National Hockey League, the Canucks lost 2-0 Friday to the Edmonton Oilers to inch closer to bottom of the standings and the top of the draft order.
The win allowed the Oilers to close within a point of the Canucks. With the Buffalo Sabres also winning Friday and the Calgary Flames collecting a point, Vancouver is ahead of only four teams: the Oilers, Columbus Blue Jackets (two points behind Vancouver), Winnipeg Jets (three points) and Toronto Maple Leafs (seven).