Mason Raymond scores in regulation, nets shootout winner in Canucks’ 4-3 victory over Sharks

October 11th, 2009 Canucks beat Stars 4-3 in shootoutVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Kyle Wellwood and Ryan Kesler scored in the shootout, and the Vancouver Canucks overcame a tying goal late in regulation to beat the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Sunday night. Wellwood beat Marty Turco with a deke to open the shootout, Brad Richards was forced wide by a sprawling Roberto Luongo, and Kesler snapped a low shot past Turco's blocker.

October 11th, 2009 Heatley helps Sharks rally past Wild, 4-2SAN JOSE, Calif. — Dany Heatley scored the tiebreaking goal on a power play late in the second period and the San Jose Sharks overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Minnesota Wild 4-2 on Saturday night.

October 7th, 2009 Henrik Sedin stars in Canucks' 7-1 win over HabsVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Henrik Sedin scored twice in a 3:37 span of the second period and added an assist to lead the Vancouver Canucks to their first victory of the season, a 7-1 romp over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday night. Ryan Kesler, Mason Raymond and Steve Bernier scored their first goals of the season late in the first period, and Mikael Samuelsson and Alex Burrows scored 19 seconds apart in the third to help Vancouver avoid the first 0-4 start in franchise history.

October 6th, 2009 Oilers win first game of season, beating StarsEDMONTON, Alberta — Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin picked up his 300th career victory and the Edmonton Oilers won their first game of the season with a 5-4 shootout win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. Ales Hemsky scored the shootout winner.

October 4th, 2009 Harrington scores 23 points, Knicks beat NetsALBANY, N.Y. — Al Harrington scored 23 points and Wilson Chandler had 21 to help the New York Knicks beat the New Jersey Nets 115-107 on Sunday in the preseason opener for both teams.

September 30th, 2009 Gilbert scores in OT to give Oilers winEDMONTON, Alberta — Tom Gilbert scored 1:57 into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers snapped a four-game winless skid with a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in the final preseason contest for both teams Sunday. Vancouver had tied it 1:16 into the third period as Christian Erhoff tipped a pass from Cody Hodgson for the Canucks' third power-play goal in as many opportunities.

September 30th, 2009 Miettinen scores in SO to give Wild 5-4 winPHILADELPHIA — Antti Miettinen scored the deciding goal in a shootout to give the Minnesota Wild a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in the final preseason game for both teams on Tuesday. Mikko Koivu and Martin Havlat also scored shootout goals for the Wild, which snapped a three game losing streak.

September 26th, 2009 Murray scores 3 goals in San Jose's winSAN JOSE, Calif. — Defenseman Doug Murray scored three goals, Evengi Nabokov made 15 saves and newcomers Manny Malhotra and Dany Heatley helped the San Jose Sharks beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-0 in exhibition play Friday night.

September 26th, 2009 Raymond scores shootout winner for CanucksCALGARY, Alberta — Mason Raymond scored the shootout winner to give the Vancouver Canucks a 2-1 exhibition victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. Raymond was the only one of the 10 shooters to score in the tiebreaker.

September 24th, 2009 Selanne scores in OT, Ducks beat CanucksVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Teemu Selanne beat Andrew Raycroft from a sharp angle with 1:11 left in overtime and the Anaheim Ducks ended the Vancouver Canucks' perfect preseason with a 3-2 victory Thursday night. Selanne roofed a shot over Raycroft's shoulder from just above the goal line, ending what appeared destined to be another late Canucks comeback (6-0-1).

September 24th, 2009 Sharks-Canucks Sums San Jose 0 2 1 0—3Vancouver 0 0 3 0—4

September 24th, 2009 Mason scores in regulation and SO for CanucksVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Mason Raymond started Vancouver's comeback early in the third period and finished it with the shootout winner as the Canucks remained perfect in the preseason with a 4-3 victory over San Jose on Wednesday night. Raymond, Alexander Edler and Tanner Glass scored to help Vancouver overcome a 2-0 deficit in the third period.

September 23rd, 2009 Coyotes beat Lightning 4-3 in shootoutLOVELAND, Colo. — Peter Mueller skated up close to beat goalie Antero Nittymaki with the decisive shootout goal, lifting the Phoenix Coyotes to a 4-3 exhibition victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night.

September 22nd, 2009 Sedin's late goal and shootout tally lift CanucksVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Daniel Sedin scored his second goal with 0.2 seconds left in the third period to tie the game and added the winner in the fourth round of a shootout to lift the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-4 preseason victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night. Vancouver appeared to tie it when Mason Raymond jammed a puck under Curtis McElhinney with 10.1 seconds left.

July 6th, 2009 Canucks sign free-agent goalie Andrew RaycroftVANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Vancouver Canucks added depth in the nets by signing free agent goalie Andrew Raycroft to a one-year deal on Monday worth $500,000. Raycroft went 12-16-0 with a 3.14 goals-against average and an .892 save percentage in 31 games last season.