The Vancouver Canucks might be with out their beginning goaltender for Sport 2 of their opening-round sequence. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, goaltender Thatcher Demko will miss Sport 2 in opposition to the Nashville Predators because of damage, and his standing is questionable for the rest of the sequence.

Demko stopped 20 of the 22 photographs that he confronted in Sunday’s 4-2 Sport 1 victory. The veteran netminder did not observe on Monday and did not communicate to the media following Sport 1.

The Canucks goaltender just lately returned to the ice after lacking time because of a knee damage. He did begin two video games earlier than the common season got here to an in depth and yielded 4 objectives in two video games.

Demko has had a particularly profitable 2023-24 season as he is tallied a 35-14-2 report, a 2.45 goals-against-average, and a .918 save proportion. The 28-year-old is anticipated to be within the dialog for the Vezina Trophy because the league’s high goaltender.

With Demko anticipated to be out of the lineup for the foreseeable future, the Canucks may have Casey DeSmith and Arturs Silovs as choices in between the pipes.

DeSmith will possible change into the Canucks’ beginning goaltender in Demko’s absence. He spent the primary 5 seasons of his NHL profession backing up Tristan Jarry as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins. In his first marketing campaign with the Canucks, the veteran goalie racked up a 12-9-6 report, a 2.89 goals-against-average, and a .896 save proportion in 29 video games.