Vancouver Canucks right wing Radim Vrbata, centre, celebrates with teammates Daniel Sedin, right, and Henrik Sedin after scoring against the Minnesota Wild on Nov. 25 in St. Paul, Minn. Photograph by: Ann Heisenfelt , AP

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Vancouver Canucks are fighting to remain in the thick of the Western Conference playoff race as they prepare to play game No. 25 of their season Monday night against the Anaheim Ducks.

Just imagine where they’d be without Daniel and Henrik Sedin.

The 35-year-old twins have done what they have been doing for years — shouldering the offensive load for the Canucks and keeping Vancouver in the hunt.

But they could use some help. The Canucks, now on the wrong side of the playoff bar, have not had much in the way of secondary scoring in the month of November.

“I think every team relies on their first line heavily,” winger Alex Burrows said after Sunday’s practice. “That’s just the NHL these days. If you want to have success you need your first line to be carrying the load offensively. But at the same time you need a little bit of secondary scoring to help out.”

Vancouver’ other two ‘scoring lines’ haven’t been doing much of that. Burrows and linemate Bo Horvat are prime examples.

Burrows has two goals — one of them an empty-netter in a 6-3 win — in the last 12 games. Horvat has not scored in the last 12 games. Sven Baertschi and Jake Virtanen, who have been the other wingers on that line of late, have also struggled to score.

Baertschi has no points in his last six games and Virtanen has gone nine games without a goal and has just one goal in the 18 games he has played this season.

Radim Vrbata has chipped in with three goals and five points in his last four games, but linemates Jared McCann and Chris Higgins have been cold. McCann has just one goal in his last 13 games. Higgins scored twice in his first three games back after missing the opening 12 games of the season with a foot injury, but hasn’t had a point in the last 12 games.

Thankfully, the Sedins have been picking up the slack. Daniel has 12 points in his last seven games and, as of Sunday, was tied for fourth in NHL scoring with 27 points. Henrik has 14 points in his last nine games and has 23 points in his first 24 games.

Daniel and/or Henrik have been in on 22 of the 37 goals scored by the Canucks this month.

The opposition game plan seems simple. Stop the Sedins and you probably beat the Canucks.

“It is a bit of a concern,” said coach Willie Desjardins. “It’s not fair to rely on the same guys night after night. Teams key on them. But Vrbata is starting to chip in and Bo is playing better, so I think there are other guys who are contributing.”

The Canucks could also use more offence from their defence. After a fairly productive start to the season, Vancouver’s defensive scoring has dried up.

The Canucks haven’t had a goal from a defenceman in the last seven games. Vancouver defencemen have combined to score eight goals this season. Only two Western Conference teams have fewer goals from their defence this season: the Los Angeles Kings and the Colorado Avalanche, each with seven.