Canucks seek surge in January, beginning with Islanders game

The Vancouver Canucks head into 2023 and a Tuesday home game against the New York Islanders with plenty of work to do if they hope to make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2019-20 season.

The Canucks fell eight points behind third-place Calgary in the Pacific Division with a3-2 road loss to the Flames on New Year's Eve and are now seven points out of the final Western Conference wild-card spot. The m