Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers received match penalties for cross-checking in the dying seconds between the Oilers and Canucks. Both coaches were asked about the ending.

Elias Pettersson skated with Brock Boeser and Jake DeBrusk, and was more frequently self-matched with Quinn Hughes against the top end of the Toronto lineup. Frankly, Pettersson’s deployment patterns on Saturday more closely matched how the Canucks have utilized J.T. Miller for much of this season.

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid will have a disciplinary hearing for his cross-check to the head of Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland.

A pair of cross-checks have landed Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers in hot water with the National Hockey League. What led to the incidents that landed both match penalties — and subsequent automatic hearings with the NHL — happened in the final seconds of Saturday’s game between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks.

The devotion to a complete game has always been there and it’s why Elias Pettersson shouldn’t be going anywhere. Amid continuous clamour that the Vancouver Canucks are listening to trade offers on the gifted centre — and also veteran pivot J.

In and out of Vancouver, the consensus seems to be this can’t continue: great wins, terrible losses and The Miller vs. Pettersson rumours. It’s halfway though the season and no one is quite sure who these Vancouver Canucks are or who will be on the team after the trade deadline.

Winning solves everything and losing exposes the ugly things. It’s an accurate assessment to place the stress and strain of professional team sports into proper perspective. You win a lot, and everybody’s happy,

It was uncharacteristic behavior from Connor McDavid as he viciously cross-checked Conor Garland, and will no doubt find some extra punishment from the NHL.

The Canucks’ best player on Saturday night may not even be part of the team on Sunday. All the conjecture made J.T. Miller’s performance against the Oilers even more impressive and poignant.

Quinn Hughes scored two power-play goals and the struggling Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2. Danton Heinen also scored and J.T.

You made it! So glad to have you with us tonight. Okay, so things haven’t been great for the Canucks lately. They got thumped by the Winnipeg Jets, then in their return to home ice, got thumped again by the LA Kings.

With all the noise swirling around their team, all the acrimony that’s apparently driven the J.T. Miller experience to a finish, you would not have been surprised to see the Edmonton Oilers simply blow the Vancouver Canucks out of the water on Saturday night at Rogers Arena.