The Vancouver Canucks (8-8-0) wrap up their weekend back-to-back with a matchup against the Colorado Avalanche (9-1-5). Both teams are coming off Saturday night wins, with Colorado posting an impressive 9-1 over the Edmonton Oilers. As for Vancouver, they defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 to move back to .500 on the season.

Mathieu Olivier's major boarding penalty and ejection forced the Blue Jackets to play with 11 forwards for much of the game. Mistakes and missed opportunities have put the Blue Jackets into a three-game slide, including a 4-3 loss Nov. 8 against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.

Could the Vancouver Canucks be on the verge of another rebuild? GM Patrik Allvin was asked about it on After Hours.

After an absolutely dominating performance and win against the Edmonton Oilers last night, the Colorado Avalanche head into Vancouver to take on the Canucks in the second leg of a back-to-back. This will be the first of three regular-season matchups between these two teams.

At the 10-game mark, the Canucks are a .500 team. In a lot of ways, especially on the injury front, they’ve endured a brutal run out and kept their head above water. We’ve yet to really see what this team might look like when it’s able to play with a full deck of cards.

The Colorado Avalanche and Vancouver Canucks square off Sunday at Rogers Arena at Vancouver, British Columbia.

After some questions as to who would start the second-half of the Vancouver Canucks’ weekend back-to-back at home, Kevin Lankinen was named tonight’s starter against the Colorado Avalanche, as per Canucks Head Coach Adam Foote via pre-game media availability.

DeBrusk’s struggles as a two-way piece and the fact that he’s yet to record a primary point at five-on-five in over 160 minutes through October makes him among Vancouver’s most disappointing individual contributors in the early part of the season.