Canucks Search for a Pulse as the Rangers Come Calling

Vancouver is in a hole that is getting harder to climb out of. At 3-16-1 with 7 points through 20 games, the Canucks sit 16th in the Western Conference, have lost six straight, and have won just once in their last ten. Home has not helped: they are 1-8-0 in their own building, with a goal difference of minus 34 on the season.

The Rangers (11-8-1, 23 points) went 5-5-0 over their last ten games. But they are just 3-6-1 away from home, against 8-2-0 at home.

For Vancouver, the task is to stop the slide. For New York, a win would help a road record that trails well behind its home mark.