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Ryan Kesler, with his three assists, is currently the highest scoring American-born player in the NHL with 16 points... Since being hooked in Anaheim last Friday, Canuck goalie Andrew Raycroft has stopped 40 of 41 shots.

The Canucks managed another win Tuesday, but one dogged by a question that has been asked far too often: At what cost? This time, it could be Henrik Sedin.

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.

It happened after a lopsided loss in Anaheim on Friday night, and again after the New York Rangers tied Tuesday night's game on a controversial power play 6:24 into the third period.

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

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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Jannik Hansen literally fought for a Vancouver Canucks roster spot, but a rare preseason fight forced the Danish winger to the sidelines and left him wondering what may have been with forwards Kyle Wellwood , Daniel Sedin , Rick Rypien and Pavol Demitra out of the lineup.

Scary stuff. No, not Halloween, the Vancouver Canucks on Friday night. The Canucks dressed up as a NHL team at the Honda Center, but didna t fool anyone.

Both injured Daniel Sedin and Sami Salo have reason to cheer as their recuperation is progressing quickly.

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.

It seems like a misprint. The Detroit Red Wings sitting 12th in the Western Conference? Certainly it's early in the season but these are still the Detroit Red Wings, perennial Stanley Cup contenders and constant producers of 100-point campaigns.

Rick Rypien, seen here winding up to hit Edmonton Oiler Zack Stortini on Oct. 19, will be back in fighting form in the Canucks lineup against the L.A. Kings Thursday night.

Aaron Rome gets a positional change on Thursday in Los Angeles, moving up to forward on the Canucks' fourth line to face the Kings.

Vancouver Canucks all-star goalie Roberto Luongo has a hairline fracture to a rib and won't play again until at least next week.

The Vancouver press roused itself and posted a slate of previews framing tonight's match-up from the Detroit Red Wings and Vancouver Canucks , starting with an assertion from the Vancouver Sun's Elliott Pap that the Canucks will not take the Red Wings lightly, despite the fact that the Canucks' 3-game winning streak is on the line against a team ...

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The Detroit Red Wings face off against the Vancouver Canucks tonight looking to reestablish secondary scoring against a team whose 6-and-5 record includes a three-game winning streak, with the Canucks having won their last game against the Edmonton Oilers by a 2-0 tally .

Rick Rypien is on the ice at UBC, but he won't be hitting the ice at GM Place Saturday.

Add another forward to the Canucks infirmary: Kyle Wellwood has a broken big toe on his right foot and will be off the blades until he can squeeze his swollen digit back into a skate boot.