Vancouver Canucks’ Teddy Blueger (53) and Kiefer Sherwood (44) come to celebrate with Carson Soucy (7) after his goal against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP)

Sam Colangelo and Brian Dumoulin scored but the Ducks could not complete a third-period comeback tonight in the second half of a road back-to-back, falling 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.

Jake DeBrusk, Teddy Blueger and Carson Soucy scored second-period goals and the Vancouver Canucks held on for a 3-2 win against the visiting Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night.

Vancouver convincingly controlled play and piled up nearly 40 shots to grind out a much-needed 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.

The Vancouver Canucks exploded for three unanswered goals in the second period, two of them off the rush, to beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 at Rogers Arena. Head Coach Rick Tocchet liked that his team played north,

Vancouver let opportunity slip away in a second period in which it looked slower than a flawed and inexperienced Anaheim, falling 5-2.

Frank Vatrano, Cutter Gauthier and Ryan Strome scored in the second period and the surging Anaheim Ducks beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 for their fifth consecutive home victory.

The Anaheim Ducks visit the Vancouver Canucks after Mason McTavish scored two goals in the Ducks' 6-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers.

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The Vancouver Canucks will be without their captain when they hit the ice against the Anaheim Ducks. According to Rick Tocchet, Quinn Hughes will miss Wednesday's game with an injury. On Tuesday, Tocchet wouldn't state what the injury was but did specify that it was not the reported oblique issue that kept him out of the lineup earlier this month.

But then their game lulled, the Kings came roaring back but could only force overtime, leaving the door open a crack for the Canucks to snag a lucky win.

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