VANCOUVER -- Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and had three assists, and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 in overtime at Rogers Arena on Sunday.

Vancouver embarks on a three-game road trip that will take them along the East Coast. On Friday, they’ll face the Carolina Hurricanes, before traveling to the Sunshine state to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday and the Florida Panthers on Monday.

BOTTOM LINE: The Winnipeg Jets enter the matchup against the Vancouver Canucks after losing three in a row. Vancouver has gone 3-4-1 at home and 8-8-1 overall. The Canucks have a 7-1-1 record in games they score at least three goals.

The Vancouver Canucks got the worst possible injury news regarding their best player this season, risking their playoff hopes.

The Colorado Avalanche (9-1-5, first in the Western Conference) visit the Vancouver Canucks (8-8, 11th) in conference action on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET. Colorado claimed a 9-1 road victory over the Edmonton Oilers in its last game on Nov. 8.

Thatcher Demko is injured again, but instead of his knee acting up it's an entirely new problem for the Vancouver Canucks goalie.

The Vancouver Canucks just recently lost to the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 and the loss was not even the toughest pill to swallow. They again lost their goaltender Thatc

The 21-year-old has been limited to just four games due to an upper-body injury suffered more than three weeks ago.

Marco Rossi scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and two assists, helping the Minnesota Wild stop a five-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.

At the 10-game mark, the Canucks are a .500 team. In a lot of ways, especially on the injury front, they’ve endured a brutal run out and kept their head above water. We’ve yet to really see what this team might look like when it’s able to play with a full deck of cards.

It's been a few years since Vancouver Canucks fans were clamouring for a rebuild in large numbers. But it's happening again.

Gavin Brindley ended Colorado’s five-game overtime losing streak with a clutch goal, giving the Avalanche a 5-4 win over Vancouver on Sunday at Rogers Arena. Nathan MacKinnon was unstoppable, scoring twice—including a power-play marker—and adding three assists for a five-point night.