Drew O'Connor

Canadian teams return from the Olympics with flashes of skill, but mistakes and lapses cost Toronto, Vancouver, and Edmonton big games.

Did the Canucks simply run out of gas at the end of a long road trip, or did this loss expose problems that won’t fade at home?

Down 2–0 and flat early, the Canucks roared back with six straight in Tampa. Was this the night they found their backbone again?