Pacific-leading Canucks clinch 1st Stanley Cup playoff berth since 2020

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The Vancouver Canucks had been off Saturday however clinched an NHL playoff spot after the Vegas Golden Knights edged the Minnesota Wild 2-1 in extra time and the slumping San Jose Sharks posted an inconceivable 4-0 win over the St. Louis Blues.

NHL membership final hosted post-season sport in 2015 in opening spherical vs. Flames

Nils Hoglander, left, Elias Pettersson, proper, and their Canucks teammates secured a spot within the 16-team Stanley Cup playoffs on Saturday evening when the Wild and Blues misplaced their video games. Vancouver leads the Pacific Division by 4 factors over the Oilers. (Derek Cain/Getty Photographs)

The Vancouver Canucks have formally secured a spot within the NHL playoffs, due to some assist from their Western Convention opponents.

The Canucks (45-20-8) had been off Saturday however clinched their berth after the Vegas Golden Knights edged the Minnesota Wild 2-1 in extra time and the slumping San Jose Sharks posted an inconceivable 4-0 win over the St. Louis Blues.

Vancouver has not performed a post-season sport for the reason that COVID-shortened 2019-20 season after they made it by qualification within the Edmonton bubble, dispatched the Blues in first-round motion earlier than being ousted by the Golden Knights in a seven-game second-round collection.

The Canucks haven’t hosted a playoff sport since 2015 after they confronted the Calgary Flames in a first-round matchup.

Vancouver at the moment sits atop the Pacific Division, 4 factors up on the surging Edmonton Oilers.

The Canucks shall be again in motion Sunday after they host the Anaheim Geese at 3:30 p.m. ET.

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