The Latest Breaking News from Vancouver

The New York Islanders have signed center Bo Horvat to an eight-year contract less than a week after acquiring him in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks.

The process was unusually and unnecessarily messy. Vancouver Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford — remember him? — was typically candid during a news conference on Jan. 16 when he all but said he was going to fire Bruce Boudreau as coach of his underachieving team.

Legend should someday have it that this rumored Northwest rivalry between the Kraken and Vancouver Canucks officially began somewhere between Jared McCann’s second-period goal and Jamie Oleksiak force-feeding an opponent his lunch.

Bruce there it is.

Head coach Bruce Boudreau has been with Vancouver since last season.

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes couldn’t hold on to a two-goal lead against the struggling Vancouver Canucks and ended up with a 4-3 shootout loss Sunday at PNC Arena.

SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers were down in just 95 seconds Saturday, but for the second time in the last week — and only the fourth time all year — a deficit didn’t doom them.

TAMPA, Fla. — Steven Stamkos left the building Thursday night with everyone wanting just one more goal. The Lightning captain snapped a four-game drought with a power-play goal to pull within a goal of the 500 mark in a 5-4 win over the Vancouver Canucks at Amalie Arena.

The emotional high of Alexandar Georgiev’s season was aired on television after the seventh game. Two months and 30 games later, the low-point was also visible for everyone to see.

The San Jose Sharks played one of their most inspired games of the season last week when they beat the Minnesota Wild at SAP Center.

ST. LOUIS — The Blues picked up where they left off before the Christmas break, again taking one of the best teams in the league on Tuesday night at Enterprise Center. The Blues got a point before Christmas, losing to Vegas in a shootout, and they reopened their season with…