[Hockey News]

The Nashville Predators may be in a tight race for their first Presidents' Trophy, but it's the Vancouver Canucks who are playing like the best team in the NHL lately.

Two of the Western Conference's top teams look to improve their playoff positions when they square off Wednesday at GM Place for the fourth and final time this season.

The Predators (47-20-6) have 100 points and are battling Detroit, Buffalo and Anaheim for the league's best record. The Northwest Division-leading Canucks (44-23-6) aren't far behind with 94 points.

Canucks Preview: Team squares off against the Predators at GM Place

[Lefty Noob]

According to this story, Vancouver is 8-1-1 in their last 10 games and 27-5-5 over the last three months. And how about Luongo's play... 42-20-5 with a 2.30 GAA? Vezina Trophy favorite, you think?

[Hockey News]

VANCOUVER (CP) - For most of this season the Vancouver Canucks have been looking in the rear-view mirror at teams challenging them for a playoff spot.

Now they can risk a few furtive glances at the road ahead and the four clubs they could catch in the overall NHL standings. But not too many glances. "It's a bit harder looking at a situation like that," goaltender Roberto Luongo said Wednesday after his 20-save effort backstopped Vancouver to a 2-0 victory over the Nashville Predators.

"I think our main focus is to win our division and then if other teams falter, we might be able to sneak up a bit. We just have to keep winning."

Canucks look to improve playoff position after blanking Predators

[Lefty Noob]

So Vancouver's focused on winning the division. Can they?