The Vancouver Canucks got some much-needed defence back from the injury reserve this past week. Defencemen Chris Tanev and Ben Hutton both returned to the lineup after their relatively short-lived stay on the injury shelves. But now with D Dan Hamhuis, RW Jake Virtanen and D Luca Sbisa all out in addition to C Brandon Sutter, the Canucks will look to grind out some points on yet another long road trip.
Over the next seven days, the Canucks will play the Chicago Blackhawks, the Minnesota Wild, and then on back-to-back nights face the Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings.