It's hard to make a more perfect pass than the one Quinn Hughes conjured up to assist Conor Garland's game-opening goal.

Read the recent NHL news and rumors about Quinn Hughes for fantasy hockey. Vancouver Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes tallied two helpers during their 3-1

On Saturday night in Vancouver, the Canucks were somewhat soundly outplayed in the opening 20 minutes but managed to come out of the first period thanks to some misses at the goal mouth from Tom Wilson, Matt Roy and Lars Eller and thanks to one of the most absurd individual offensive efforts you’ll see all season from a blueliner.

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Hughes is making a strong case to win his second straight award given to the best defenseman in the NHL. He leads the Canucks into Enterprise Center to face the St. Louis Blues on Monday (7:30 p.m. ET; FDSNMW, Prime) off a two-goal performance in a 2-1 win against the Washington Capitals at Rogers Arena on Saturday.

The Canucks hadn't won back-to-back games since Dec. 1, but looked more like their old selves against the Blues.

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The third period started with a long sequence in the Canucks’ end that featured Filip Hronek getting a stick to the ribs (uncalled), then Derek Forbort getting high-sticked (uncalled) and Pius Suter taking a penalty. The Preds’ power play is a good one, but the Canucks managed to keep them at bay. Thank GOD Noah Juulsen was in the lineup.

Thatcher Demko made 31 saves and Linus Karlsson scored his first NHL goal in the Vancouver Canucks' 3-1 road win over the Nashville Predators on Wednesday.