{"id":401221,"date":"2026-01-11T07:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/401221\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T07:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:32:10","slug":"vancouver-canucks-thatcher-demko-sustains-lower-body-injury-in-loss-to-toronto-maple-leafs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/401221\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks\u2019 Thatcher Demko sustains lower-body injury in loss to Toronto Maple Leafs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vancouver-canucks\/23\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/vancouver-canucks\/23\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/thatcher-demko\/8477967\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/thatcher-demko\/8477967\" target=\"_blank\">Thatcher Demko<\/a> sustained a lower-body injury in his team\u2019s 5-0 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/toronto-maple-leafs\/10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/toronto-maple-leafs\/10\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> on Saturday, head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/adam-foote\/8456283\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/adam-foote\/8456283\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Foote<\/a> told reporters after the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Demko, 30, allowed three goals on six shots in the opening frame and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/kevin-lankinen\/8480947\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/kevin-lankinen\/8480947\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Lankinen<\/a> entered the net in the second period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Foote added that Demko will be re-evaluated over the next few days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 6-foot-4 netminder has an 8-10-1 record this season with an .897 save percentage and 2.90 goals-against average.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He signed a three-year, $25.5 million extension with the Canucks this summer that will keep him with the team through the 2028-29 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Lankinen, 30, allowed two goals on 18 shots in relief of Demko.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 6-foot-2 netminder has a 6-11-4 record this season with an.883 save percentage and 3.40 GAA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Vancouver sits last in the Pacific Division with a 16-23-5 record and are 10 points behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/utah-mammoth\/68\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/utah-mammoth\/68\" target=\"_blank\">Utah Mammoth<\/a> for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko sustained a lower-body injury in his team\u2019s 5-0 loss to the Toronto Maple&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4759,5,50769,4,43010,34339],"class_list":{"0":"post-401221","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-kevin-lankinen-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8480947","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-thatcher-demko-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8477967","13":"tag-vancouver-canucks-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-23"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}