Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet believes his team will face a tough challenge as they take on the New York Islanders on Wednesday night at UBS Arena.

If they do the former, the contracts signed ... Pittsburgh Penguins in the early stages of a rebuild, they spent most of the season dealing away pending UFAs in Lars Eller, Marcus Pettersson ...

The following day, the Canucks shipped it to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Marcus Pettersson deal ... mobility and ability to track pucks. He pointed out the 18-year-old has had a few bad ...

At age 22, Jared McCann and Marcus Pettersson were both ... and Ryan Malone shared both their jersey No. 12 and the nickname “Bugsy” as members of the Penguins organization.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will host the always-popular Fan Appreciation Night celebration during and after the team's final home game against the Washington Capitals on April 17.

Pettersson notched an assist ... shots and a minus-3 rating over 61 appearances between the Canucks and the Penguins.

Pettersson provided an assist and blocked five ... 120 blocks and a minus-2 rating over 64 outings between the Canucks and the Penguins this season.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will be giving the "shirts off their backs" as part of the team's Fan Appreciation Night, which will be held following the team's final home game of the regular season.

Victor Mancini took the first penalty of the game, but the Canucks’ penalty killers, namely Tyler Myers and Marcus ... the puck carrier. In the third, we got to see Elias Pettersson continue ...