During the first intermission of the Vancouver Canucks and Washington Capitals game, Hockey Night in Canada analyst and former Canuck defenceman Kevin Bieksa spoke about the lack of protection the team has toward an opposing player roughing with the team’s captain and best player,

On Saturday, with the Canucks just trying to survive the tumult of the last two months and somehow stay in the National Hockey League playoff race, Hughes went out and delivered a win, scoring both goals as Vancouver edged the powerful Washington Capitals 2-1 on one of the few really good nights at Rogers Arena this season.

Defenseman Quinn Hughes is doing his best to keep the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Conference playoff chase.

Corey Perry took down Quinn Hughes in a scrum as frustration boiled over between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks during Thursday's matchup.

Garland notched an assist in Thursday's 5-1 loss to the Kings. Garland snapped a three-game point drought with the helper on Quinn Hughes' lone tally for Vancouver. The 28-year-old Garland has struggled a bit on offense while filling a third-line role at even strength,

Quinn Hughes scored two power-play goals and ... the game after Connor McDavid got tangled up with Canucks forward Conor Garland. Scrums between several players erupted, with McDavid and Vancouver ...

Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat NHL-leading Washington 2-1 on Saturday night, keeping Capitals star Alex Ovechkin 20 goals shy of breaking Wayne Gretzky’s league record.Hughes has five goals and two assists in a five-game points streak.

Quinn Hughes scored twice and the host Vancouver Canucks beat the league-leading Washington Capitals 2-1 on Saturday. The performance extended Hughes’ point streak to five games with five goals and two assists across the stretch.

On Saturday, with the Canucks just trying to survive the tumult of the last two months and somehow stay in the National Hockey League playoff race, Hughes went out and delivered a win, scoring both goals as Vancouver edged the powerful Washington Capitals 2-1 on one of the few really good nights at Rogers Arena this season.

The Vancouver Canucks host the Buffalo Sabres after Quinn Hughes' two-goal game against the Edmonton Oilers in the Canucks' 3-2 win

Miller is expected to play tonight on a line with Pius Suter and Conor Garland ... has appeared in three NHL games this season. Quinn Hughes scored a pair of power play goals against Edmonton ...

It came in the second period off to the side of a scrum, with the Oilers mobbing Vancouver’s fierce Conor ... scrum around Garland, all on his own, stood Vancouver star Quinn Hughes.