A familiar but unwelcome scene took place in Rogers Arena tonight, when 10 minutes after the first period, Vancouver’s goalkeeper Canucks Thatcher Demko left the fold and was replaced by Kevin Lankinen. At the start of the second period, the team announced that it would not go back to the match.
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This is not the first time that Demko has left a match due to an injury, while Lankinen arrives in relief on January 2 after the old man took care of the spasms on the back. During this section, he missed three games. Before that, he had separated from the whole start of the season due to an injury from Popliteus dating from April 21. He made his seasonal debut on December 10 in a defeat of 4 to 3 in overtime against the Blues of St. Louis.
Demko looked like his former self in the last games, making this injury even more worrying. He posted his first bleaching of the season on Tuesday against the Colorado avalanche and experienced another spectacular performance during the 2-1 victory in Thursday against the San Jose Sharks. Before leaving the match, Demko made some big stops against the Leafs.
Demko injuring himself in the warm -up is much more worrying than a shot in the middle of the match. If he does not come back for the second period, we are back in Gauntlet chaos. #Canucks pic.twitter.com/ke5ihiw57i
– Lachlan Irvine (@Lachinthecrease) February 9, 2025
Sportsnet broadcast underlined a possible source of injury during a round certification table. During the warm -ups, he did some backup actions and looked uncomfortable afterwards. He stayed at the bottom for a while after slipping gently through the fold.
Fortunately, this is Vancouver’s last match before the 4 nations break, which means that Demko will have until the team’s match on February 22 against the Golden Knights in Vegas.
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