Despite losing five of their last six games, the Vancouver Canucks enter Thursday just two points behind the Minnesota Wild for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
But the Canucks have now lost five of their last six contests, while Brandon Sutter, Sven Baertschi, Alexander Edler and Thatcher Demko remain sidelined with injuries. And with Vancouver not getting much production outside of Bo Horvat, Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser, there is legitimate reason to worry about this team falling out of the playoff race.