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Thompson will draw back into San Jose's lineup on Saturday vs. Ottawa.
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Joseph left Saturday's game vs. Boston with an upper-body injury and will not return.
Ohgren has been reassigned to Iowa (AHL).
Joseph is a healthy scratch for Thursday's game on Flyers.
Joseph will take a seat on Thursday in favour of Ryan Graves. Joseph has zero goals and three assists this season in 46 games split between the Blues and Penguins.
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Thompson will be a healthy scratch on Thursday in Montreal.
Timothy Liljegren (illness) will return to the lineup after a one-game absence, sending Thompson to the press box as a healthy scratch. The 22-year-old Thompson is averaging 16:11 time-on-ice and has five points (2G / 3A) in 20 games this season.
Bains is a healthy scratch for Wednesday's game in Los Angeles.
Bains will sit to make way for the return of Quinn Hughes (lower-body) as Vancouver opts to dress seven defencemen. Bains has one goal and zero assists in 12 games this season.
Goalie Start
Lankinen will start in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The Canucks have lost two straight and will turn to Lankinen between the pipes on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Kings. Lankinen was solid in his most recent outing, saving 32 of 34 shots (.941 SV%), but did not receive ample goal support, losing 3-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights. The 29-year-old netminder has a 2.52 GAA and .907 SV% in 35 games this season (19-9-7). The Canucks enter Wednesday's contest as +150 road underdogs against a Kings squad with points in six straight (5-0-1).
Goalie Start
Lankinen was the first goalie off the ice at Vancouver's morning skate.
The Canucks have lost two straight and will likely turn to Lankinen between the pipes on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Kings. Lankinen was solid in his most recent outing, saving 32 of 34 shots (.941 SV%), but did not receive ample goal support, losing 3-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights. The 29-year-old netminder has a 2.52 GAA and .907 SV% in 35 games this season (19-9-7). The Canucks enter Wednesday's contest as +150 road underdogs against a Kings squad with points in six straight (5-0-1).
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Aman will be scratched Sunday in Utah.
Bains will draw back into the Canucks lineup on Sunday.
Mancini will make his Canucks debut on Sunday.
Demko (lower-body) has been placed on IR and is still considered out week-to-week.
Mancini has been recalled from Abbotsford (AHL).
Pettersson (undisclosed) is warming up and expected to play vs. Vegas after being a game-time decision.
Goalie Start
Lankinen will start on Saturday in Vegas.
Goalie Start
Lankinen was the first goalie off the ice at Vancouver's morning skate.
Pettersson (undisclosed) will be a game-time decision in Vegas on Saturday.
Pettersson is day-to-day with an undisclosed injury from the 4 Nations Tournament.
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LaBate has a high possibility of making his season debut on Saturday vs. Chicago.
LaBate was the 101st overall pick of the Vancouver Canucks in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. He played 13 games with the Canucks, scoring zero points, in the 2016-17 season, but has exclusively been an AHL player since. The 31-year-old LaBate has 13 points (6G / 7A) in 33 games with the Cleveland Monsters (AHL) this season.
Vancouver has signed Kevin Lankinen to a five-year, $22.5 million contract extension ($4.5 million AAV).
With Thatcher Demko battling a lower-body injury during the preseason, the Canucks signed Lankinen to a one-year contract to temporarily fill the void in the team's crease. That said, Lankinen has impressed in his first season with the Canucks, posting a solid 2.53 GAA, .905 SV%, and four shutouts in 34 games (19-8-7), earning himself a lucrative five-year, $22.5 million contract.