VANCOUVER – The Canucks have despatched all-star goalie Thatcher Demko again to Vancouver so medical employees can consider his newest harm.
Head coach Adam Foote says the 30-year-old American netminder shall be out “per week or two” after leaving halfway by means of Vancouver’s 5-0 loss to the Maple Leafs in Toronto on Saturday.
He was positioned on injured reserve Sunday, and Nikita Tolopilo was referred to as up from the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Canucks below emergency situations.
Foote says Tolopilo will begin in web Monday when Vancouver faces the Canadiens in Montreal.
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Demko missed 12 video games in November and December as he recovered from a lower-body harm.
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Foote says the goalie has had “a few issues occurring” all season and “it is likely to be attainable” the Canucks might want to shut him down for the remainder of the marketing campaign, pending what they hear from medical doctors again in Vancouver.
Demko has an 8-10-1 file with a .897 save share, a 2.90 goals-against common and one shutout this season.
Vancouver has struggled with accidents all through the season.
Defenceman Derek Forbort and centres Marco Rossi, Teddy Blueger and Filip Chytil all stay on the IR record.
Winger Conor Garland is slated to return to the lineup towards the Habs on Monday after sitting out 5 video games with an upper-body harm, however the Canucks shall be with out bruising ahead Kiefer Sherwood resulting from an undisclosed ailment.
“He’s attempting to undergo one thing,” Foote stated. “My intestine says it’ll be per week to a few weeks, most likely, so it doesn’t look promising.”
Sherwood leads the Canucks with 17 targets on the season.
The pending free agent is extensively thought of Vancouver’s greatest asset as groups look to fortify their rosters forward of the NHL commerce deadline on March 6.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 12, 2026.
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