Up next for Sherwood will be breaking the NHL's all-time single-season hit record, which Jeremy Lauzon currently holds. The Predators defenceman set the record last season by recording 383 hits in 79 games. With 35 games remaining, Sherwood needs to average 3.14 hits per night in order to set the record.
Kiefer Sherwood left early during the second period with an assumed injury. His last shift ended with 11:38 left in the middle frame and he finished with two penalty minutes.
The Vancouver Canucks have announced that winger Kiefer Sherwood has left Thursday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers with an undisclosed issue. Sherwood last had a shift midway through the second period of the game,
Canucks forward Kiefer Sherwood donned a sleek black outfit and new hairstyle as he arrived at Rogers Place for the Thursday night matchup with the Edmonton Oilers.
This is what Rick Tocchet had to say after the most recent, and most embarrassing, Vancouver Canucks loss over the past few weeks.
The team announced at the start of the third period, while down 5-2 to the Oilers, that forward Kiefer Sherwood would miss the remainder of the game.
In a marquee rematch against the Oilers, the Canucks didn't start to find their legs until they were down by five goals.
The goal was Sherwood's first since the holiday break -- he has just two points over his last eight contests. The winger has been bumped down to the third line, but he led all Vancouver forwards with 17:38 of ice time Saturday. He's now at 13 goals, 21 points, 83 shots on net 249 hits and a plus-4 rating through 42 appearances.
Vancouver Canucks fans were left worried after news reports broke in August about Thatcher Demko and Artūrs Šilovs both potentially being injured to start the regular season. While Šilovs’s injury was not as bad as it was initially expected to be,
After all the hostility at the end of Saturday game, all the talk about "response" and using all this emotion to their advantage, the Canucks barely made a peep on Thursday. Where has all the heart gone?
Five Pacific Division teams realistically have a chance to make the postseason. The Vegas Golden Knights, Edmonton Oilers, and Los Angeles Kings are battling for the top spot in the Pacific Division,
Sherwood (undisclosed) won't return to Thursday's game versus the Oilers. It's unclear when Sherwood was injured, but he was ruled out early in the third period. The 29-year-old winger had three hits,