Thatcher Demko stopped 25 shots for his ninth career shutout and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Tuesday night.

Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist and Thatcher Demko recorded his first shutout of the season as the Vancouver Canucks snapped a two-game losing skid with a 3-0 victory over the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.

The rumored rift between Vancouver Canucks centers Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller ended Friday when Miller was traded to the New York Rangers. The Canucks followed that by acquiring defenseman Marcus Pettersson and left winger Drew O'Connor from the Pittsburgh Penguins.

After it looked like Vancouver was set to take a step back by sort of punting with the J.T. Miller trade, it flipped the Rangers’ first-rounder and picked up exactly what the team needed: another top-four defender who can play significant minutes and take some of the pressure off Quinn Hughes.

Dorrington is a big defenseman who skates well and is highly physical. His puck play is quite limited, but the tools are intriguing enough to be a long shot to make it to the NHL. Brännström, 25, has become an AHL/NHL tweener. His skating is high-end, but he’s not a premier puck-mover or that competitive which isn’t ideal as a smaller defenseman.

The Rangers made a monumental trade on Friday, bringing JT Miller back to the place where he spent the first six seasons of his NHL career.