Welcome to The Hockey News - Vancouver Canucks site’s player preview series for the 2025–26 season. In these articles, we’ll ...

Karlsson is among the front-runners for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP, along with Pittsburgh’s Marc-Andre Fleury, Anaheim’s Ryan Getzlaf and Nashville’s Pekka Rinne.

Karlsson, game-winning goal scorer Dion Phaneuf, Marc Methot, Cody Ceci and Chris Wideman were all pressed into extra service after Mark Borowiecki left the game in the first period with an ...