Pavol Demitra News

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.

Pavol Demitra of the Vancouver Canucks limbers up during the pregame skate before the game against the St.

Two key things will have happened if things go well tonight for the Vancouver Canucks: the game will have been dull, and they'll have beaten the Detroit Red Wings .

All-star goalie Roberto Luongo suffered a fractured rib Oct. 24 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, but started two more games before leaving the Canucks' lineup.

THE SETUP: Fresh from three off-days, the Canucks get a chance to get back on the winning track in St.

Think he's intense off the ice? You don't want to meet Canucks forward Ryan Kesler in a bad mood on it.

St. PAUL, Minn. - Here we go again. The injury-ravaged Vancouver Canucks have interest in the often-injured Peter Forsberg.

The natives of Livonia, Mich., could end up going head-to-head much of the game.

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Vancouver Canucks are so banged up, they will take offence from anybody these days.

Vancouver defenceman Shane O'Brien, left, jousts with New York's pesty forward Sean Avery on Tuesday.

Ryan Kesler's in for a huge raise when his current contract with the Vancouver Canucks expires at the end of this season.

Matt Pettinger played 20 regular season games for Vancouver in 2007-08, but failed to make the Canucks the following training camp.

Andrew Raycroft turned aside 18 shots for his seventh career shutout as the Vancouver Canucks downed the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 Sunday night.

Craig Anderson and the Colorado Rockies shut out the Vancouver Canucks and Daniel Sedin the last time they played.

Mathieu Schneider is almost in and Pavol Demitra is out today, tomorrow and for an unspecified amount of time.

Andrew Raycroft is squarely on the spot tonight in the Canucks net, replacing the injured Roberto Luongo, as they face the high-scoring Los Angeles Kings.

Detroit's loss of Johan Franzen and the offseason departures of Marian Hossa and Jiri Hudler has left Detroit in the middle of the pack at 17th overall in the goal scoring department where they have been perennial top of league giants.

Roberto Luongo missed 24 games last season with a groin injury. Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo will miss at least the next two games after suffering a hairline fracture in one of his ribs.

Vancouver Canucks Ryan Johnson is carried off the ice in the second period against the Detroit Wings , after colliding into the boards.

Vancouver Canucks' Mikael Samuelsson and Henrik Sedin celebrate Sedin's goal against Edmonton on Sunday.