CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 18, 2015
Four Game Losing Streak Going Home
Vancouver and Winnipeg entered the game tonight set on changing their fortunes and ending streaks of futility: Canucks on a 3-game losing streak; and Winnipeg, winless in 6-games.
Forward Alex Grenier was recalled from the Utica Comets Tuesday night and in the game against Winnipeg for his NHL debut. And Ryan Miller was back in net after a brief rest on the road trip.
The Jets scored first in the opening period, with a power play goal by Mark Scheifele (6). Winnipeg was 0-13 on their power play before that goal. The first period ended with the Jets up 1-0. Vancouver was 0-2 on the power play in the period. The Jets out hit Vancouver 17-9, and pressed the Canucks for 5-takeaways to one for Vancouver. The Canucks outshot Winnipeg 14-11.
The Canucks struck first in the second period with their only goal of the game, on the power play, by Daniel Sedin(7), to tie the game at 1-1. It was Vancouver’s 5th and last power play goal on the road trip. Winnipeg scored with less than three minutes in the period, on a goal by Drew Stafford(6). Winnipeg continued to out hit Vancouver, as they had 11-hits to 2-hits for Vancouver. Both teams had 5-takeaways and 2-giveaways in the middle period. Canucks out shot the Jets, 10-6.
Both teams came out in the final period with urgency, the Jets up 2-1. Each team had two power plays each, with neither team scoring with the man advantage. The Canucks had their chances but could not bury the puck for a timely goal, and began taking chances for the tying goal.
With less than three minutes left, the Jets burned the Canucks on the second goal of the game by Mark Scheifele(8), and then an empty net goal by Drew Stafford(7) for his second goal of the game, sealed Vancouver’s fate. Winnipeg out shot the Canucks in the final period, 17-6 and in the game, 34-30. Canucks out hit the Jets 5-2 in the period.
Rookie Alex Grenier had 15-shifts, and 8:52 TOI during the game (1rst: 7 shifts; 3:34 TOI; 2nd: 6 shifts;3:58 TOI); 3rd: 2 shifts; 1:20 TOI).
ROAD TRIP SUMMARY
Goals For: 18
Goals Against: 25
PPG For: 5-28
PPG Against: 9-27
Shots For: 234
Shots Against: 230
Record: 1-4-2
Short Handed Goals Against: 3
Short Handed Goals For: 0
Ryan Miller was held winless on the road trip in 5-games.
Jacob Markstrom had the only Canucks victory on the road trip.
GAME REVIEW
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CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 17, 2015
Canucks Quest To End Losing Streak Continues As They Stumble Into Winnipeg
Vancouver (7-6-6) completes its 7-game road trip that is 1-3-2 with a 3-game losing streak (0-2-1) after a 4-3 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. The Canucks have lost 6 of their last 7 games.
Vancouver has lost 11-one goal games so far this season (0-5-6), most in the NHL. The other loss has being by 2-goals against the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 14, by a 4-2 score.
Winnipeg (8-9-2) begins a 3-game home stand after returning home from a 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Monday, the final game of a pointless 4-game road trip, that extended their losing streak to 6-games (0-5-1).
The game tonight is the first of three games between the Jets and Canucks who play two more times: March 14, 2016 in Vancouver and March 22, 2016, back in Winnipeg.
Vancouver has a stranglehold on the series with the Jets, at 12-4-1 with one tie. Canucks had won three straight and seven of eight meetings before losing 5-4 in Winnipeg on April 4 last season.
Both teams need to turn things around sooner than later as precious points are being lost, as well as they are both dropping further in the standings of their respective divisions in the Western Conference.
Both have struggling power plays and penalty kills, with Winnipeg being shorthanded 77 times this season, most in the NHL. The Jets are 3 for 22 on the power play at home and 9 for 59 overall. Canucks are 6 for 38 on the power play on the road and 11 for 63 overall. The Canucks penalty kill has allowed 7 power play goals on 34 attempts on the road. The Jets have allowed 5 power play goals on 24 attempts at home.
Both teams seem to be oh-so-close on the verge of dominating a game and sensing a win, only to be their own worst enemies, and at the end, realizing a game is 60-minutes long, and the game isn’t over ‘till it’s over.
The question on the mind of the Canucks brass entering this game has to be, what happens if Vancouver continues to go in the wrong direction—-what is management prepared to do?
CANUCKS JOTTINGS
Jannik Hansen leads the Canucks in +/- with a +9, while Radim Vrbata is the worst Canuck at -11
Rookie Jared McCann scored his first power play goal, 6th goal of the season on Monday night.
McCann is tied for 3rd most goals by a rookie; and is tied for top sniper on the Canucks with Daniel Sedin with his 6 goals.
Ryan Miller is 0-4-1 with a 3.46 GAA over a five-game stretch in which he’s surrendered three goals or more each time
Miller has a 27-12-6 record against Montreal.
In 4 games on the road trip, Miller has allowed 14 goals on 115 shots, a save percentage of .878.
Vancouver’s Jannik Hansen had no points Monday night but has 4 goals and 3 assists over his last 8 games.
The Canucks have at least one power-play goal in their last 3 games
Canucks C Brandon Sutter (lower body) did not practise Sunday and missed his third straight game on Monday.
Both D Luca Sbisa (foot) and LW Brandon Prust (ankle) rejoined the team in Toronto and practised.
Hunter Shinkaruk called up from Utica Comets in the AHL made his NHL debut against the Canadians. He had 13 shifts and 9:35 minutes/seconds in playing time.
Jake Virtanen leads the team and all NHL rookies in hits with 44. Ben Hutton and Jared McCann are tied for 41rst with 10-hits each.
Daniel Sedin has 14 points (5-9-14) in his last 15 games.
Ben Hutton ranks t-second on the team and second among NHL rookies in assists (8). Hutton has 4 assists in the last 8 games and had a career-high three game point/assist streak from Nov. 7-10/15. He also ranks t-third among rookies in blocked shots with 21.
Ryan Miller ranks first in a number of statistical categories this season including games played/started (16), TOI (966:31) and shots against (452).
Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:46) and has led the team in that category in 17 of 18 games he’s played, including nine games where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks 12th in the NHL in TOI/GP. Last season, Edler ranked first on the team in average ice time per game (23:58) and led the team in TOI on 59 separate occasions including 26 games where led all skaters in TOI
McCann and Ben Hutton are tied for 11th in rookie points with 8-points each. Jake Virtanen has 4-points.
Jared McCann and Ben Hutton have the 8th and 9th most shots among rookies with 31 and 29 respectively. Jake Virtanen has 22-shots.
Ben Hutton is 10th among all rookies in TOI, averaging 17:36-minutes/seconds per game. McCann is 56th at 11:27-minutes/seconds per game; Virtanen is 69th at 9:58-minutes/seconds per game
Jared McCann is 6th in face-offs won among all rookies with 46 on 128 attempts.
Ben Hutton has two power play assists.
The Canucks have had 18 different goal scorers this season, t-second most in the League with St. Louis and Boston; Nashville has
had 19 different goal scorers
The Canucks are tied for 8th in the League with 2.84 goals for per game; their 54 goals on the year are tied for 5th most in the NHL.
The Canucks have 1-shutout and have yet to be shutout after 19-games.
VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD:
Scoring First: 5-1-4
Opponent scoring first: 2-5-2
Leading after 1 period: 4-0-2
Trailing after 1 period: 0-4-2
Leading after 2 periods: 5-1-4
Trailing after 2 periods: 0-5-0
Tied after 2 periods: 2-0-2
1-Goal Games: 2-5-6
2-Goal Games: 1-1
3-Goal Games: 4-0
Score 2 or fewer goals: 1-5-3
Outshooting Opponent: 4-4-4
Outshot by Opponent: 3-2-2
Even Shots: 0-0-0
SHG Given Up: 4
SHG Scored: 1
Score 4+ Goals: 5-0-0 Score 3 Goals or Less: 2-6-6 Allow 4+ Goals: 0-2-3 Allow 3 Goals or Less: 7-4-3 On 0 Days Rest: 2-0-1 On 1 Day Rest: 2-3-4 On 2 Days Rest: 2-2-1 On 3+ Days Rest: 0-1-1 Score a PPG: 2-3-4 Give up a PPG: 2-4-3
25+ Shots on Goal: 6-5-5
Less than 25 shots: 1-1-1 20+ Shots on Goal: 7-6-6 Less than 20 shots:
SEASON SNAPSHOT
PLAYER STATS
CANUCKS AT A GLANCE
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CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 17, 2015
The Vancouver Canucks (7-6-6) pulled out to a 3-0 lead, on goals by Adam Cracknell, Jared McCann, both in the first period; and Daniel Sedin in the second period. And then the Canucks became their own worst enemies and imploded.
Montreal (14-3-2) stormed back with three straight goals to tie the game at 3-3 at the end of regulation play.
A shorthanded goal by Lars Eller, and an even strength goal by Max Pacioretty made the score 3-2 Vancouver after two periods. An even strength goal by Tomas Fleischmann with just over three minutes left in regulation evened things up for Montreal, who seemed down and out for the count nearing the middle of the second period.
The Canadians completed their comeback with their first win in overtime this season, handing the Canucks their 3rd consecutive loss, and their 6th loss in overtime, on a goal by David Desharnais.
The Canucks have lost 5 of 6 on the road trip, and lost 7 of their last 10 games, with their last game on this road swing on Wednesday night against the Winnipeg Jets.
The Canucks are 4-5-2 since defeating Montreal in Vancouver on October 27.
The point Vancouver earned in overtime, boosts the Canucks ahead of Arizona for sole possession of 2nd spot in the Pacific Division, 2 points behind the Los Angeles Kings, and 2 points ahead of the San Jose Sharks.
Los Angeles and San Jose have 2 games in hand on Vancouver, while Arizona, Anaheim and Edmonton, each have a game in hand on the Canucks.
POWER PLAY GETS A LIFT
Vancouver was 2 for 6 on the power play against the Canadians
The Canucks are getting 2.84 goals per game and are scoring scoring on 17.5 percent of their power play chances (11 of 63) overall after tonight
On the road, the power play is now 15.8 percent (6 of 38).
The power play is 4-20 on the current road trip going into Winnipeg
Adding insult to the man advantage: Canucks have been stung for 3-shorthanded goals on the road trip.
PENALTY KILL BACK TO PERFECT
The penalty kill allowed no goals on four Montreal opportunities
Vancouver Canucks are allowing 2.63 goals per game and are killing 80.7 percent of their power play chances (42 of 57) overall after tonight
On the road, it is 79.4 percent (23 of 34).
Canucks have allowed 7 goals on 22 attempts during the current road stretch.
The Canucks had surrendered at least one power play goal in six straight games but a seventh straight game was not to be.
Previously they had not given up PPGs in a 6-game stretch since the start of the 2009-10 season when they allowed PPGs in their first six games from October 1 to 16
CANUCKS JOTTINGS
Jannik Hansen leads the Canucks in +/- with a +9, while Radim Vrbata is the worst Canuck at -11, after tonight’s game
Rookie Jared McCann scored his first power play goal, 6th goal of the season. McCann is tied for 3rd most goals by a rookie; and is tied for top sniper on the Canucks with Daniel Sedin with his 6 goals.
Ryan Miller is 0-4-1 with a 3.46 GAA over a five-game stretch in which he’s surrendered three goals or more each time
Miller has a 27-12-6 record against Montreal.
In 4 games on the road trip, Miller has allowed 14 goals on 115 shots, a save percentage of .878.
Vancouver’s Jannik Hansen had no points tonight but has 4 goals and 3 assists over his last 8 games.
The Canucks have at least one power-play goal in their last 3 games
Canucks C Brandon Sutter (lower body) did not practise Sunday and missed his third straight game.
Both D Luca Sbisa (foot) and LW Brandon Prust (ankle) rejoined the team in Toronto and practised.
Hunter Shinkaruk called up from Utica Comets after scoring 10 goals in 12 games in the AHL could made his NHL debut against the Canadians getting 13 shifts and 9:35 minutes/seconds in playing time.
Jacob Markstrom played tonight giving Ryan Miller a rest..
Jake Virtanen leads the team and all NHL rookies in hits with 44.
Daniel Sedin has 14 points (5-9-14) in his last 15 games.
Ben Hutton ranks t-second on the team and second among NHL rookies in assists (8). Hutton has 4 assists in the last 8 games and had a career-high three game point/assist streak from Nov. 7-10/15. He also ranks t-third among rookies in blocked shots with 21.
Ryan Miller ranks first in a number of statistical categories this season including games played/started (16), TOI (966:31) and shots against (452).
Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:46) and has led the team in that category in 17 of 18 games he’s played, including 10 games where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks t-12th in the NHL in TOI/GP. Last season, Edler ranked first on the team in average ice time per game (23:58) and led the team in TOI on 59 separate occasions including 26 games where led all skaters in TOI.
The Canucks have had 18 different goal scorers this season (tied for most in the League with St. Louis and Nashville)
The Canucks are tied for 9th in the League with 2.84 goals for per game; their 54 goals on the year are tied for 4rth most in the NHL.
VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD WHEN… Score 4+ Goals: 5-0-0 Score 3 Goals or Less: 2-7-5 Allow 4+ Goals: 0-2-3 Allow 3 Goals or Less: 7-4-3 On 0 Days Rest: 2-0-1 On 1 Day Rest: 2-3-4 On 2 Days Rest: 2-2-1 On 3+ Days Rest: 0-1-1 Score a PPG: 2-3-4 Give up a PPG: 2-4-3 20+ Shots on Goal: 7-6-6 Less than 20 shots:
GAME REVIEW
CANUCKS AT A GLANCE
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CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 16, 2015
Vancouver (7-6-5) continues their 7-game road trip in Montreal (13-3-2), with Montreal trying to regain top spot in the NHL, and the Canucks looking to defeat the Canadians for the second time this season.
Both teams are looking to end two game losing streaks, with the Canucks losing the battle of Ontario, to both Ottawa and Toronto.
The Canadians, suffered back to back losses to Pittsburgh and Colorado, to drop out of top spot in the NHL, as the New York Rangers jumped up to become the best team in the NHL.
Vancouver since 2000, have a record of 4-6-1 in Montreal, last winning during the 2011-12 season, by a score of 4-3. All time record: Overall 31-79-13; at home 19-36-8; in Montreal 12-43-5.
WHO ARE THESE CANUCKS?
The Canucks, who beat the Canadians 5-1 in Vancouver on Oct. 27, do not resemble the same team.
The Canadians, having won nine straight entering that game from the start of the season, have been 4-3-2 since then. Vancouver at the time was 3-2-3, and since then have a record of 4-4-2, including that win against Montreal.
While other teams in the Pacific Division continue to climb up the standings, the Canucks are continuing their descent further down in the division with little resistance, as they continually show their inability to solve issues that continue to befell them game in and game out.
The Canucks have lost 4 of 5 games on their road trip. The only victory coming against the NHL-cellar-dwelling Columbus Blue Jackets.
Yet Vancouver has outscored the opposition in those 5 games, 12-8 at even strength.
IN NEED OF A CHARGE
The Vancouver Canucks are getting 2.83 goals per game and are scoring scoring on 15.8 percent of their power play chances (9 of 57) overall.
On the road, it is 12.5 percent (4 of 32).
The power play is 2-14 on the current road trip.
Adding insult to the man advantage: Canucks have been stung for two shorthanded goals on the road trip.
CANUCKS HEMORAGING SHORTHANDED
Vancouver Canucks are allowing 2.56 goals per game and are killing 79.2 percent of their power play chances (42 of 53) overall.
On the road, it is 76.7 percent (23 of 30).
Their penalty kill, normally strong, is nearing the bottom of the NHL, has allowed 7 goals on 18 attempts during the current road stretch.
The Canucks have surrendered a power play goal in six straight games.
Previously they had not given up PPGs in a 6-game stretch since the start of the 2009-10 season when they allowed PPGs in their first six games from October 1 to 16
Which Canuck team will show up tonight?? The team that beat Montreal so resoundingly on October 27? Or, the team that has struggled on their current road trip?
“I don’t think we’ve beaten ourselves that often. The thing you have to like about our team is every time they come back hard. It doesn’t matter how far we get down, doesn’t matter what’s happened, we’re hanging around at the end looking for a way to win the game.”
— Canuck coach Willie Desjardins
If the Canucks look for a way to win a game too often, they could be staring down the fairway on the 1rst hole of the Point Grey golf course in April.
CANUCKS JOTTINGS
Ryan Miller is 0-4-1 with a 3.46 GAA over a five-game stretch in which he’s surrendered three goals or more each time
Miller has a 27-12-6 record against Montreal.
In 4 games on the road trip, Miller has allowed 14 goals on 115 shots, a save percentage of .878.
Vancouver’s Jannik Hansen has 4 goals and 3 assists over his last 7 games.
The Canucks have a power-play goal in their last two games
Canucks C Brandon Sutter (lower body) did not practise Sunday and could miss his third straight game.
Both D Luca Sbisa (foot) and LW Brandon Prust (ankle) rejoined the team in Toronto and practised.
Alex Burrows could rejoin the Canucks in Montreal
Hunter Shinkaruk called up from Utica Comets after scoring 10 goals in 12 games in the AHL could make his NHL debut against the Canadiens
Jacob Markstrom is expected to be in goal tonight against Montreal.
Jake Virtanen leads the team and all NHL rookies in hits with 40.
Daniel Sedin has 13 points (4-9-13) in his last 14 games.
Ben Hutton ranks t-second on the team and second among NHL rookies in assists (8). Hutton has four assists in the last seven games and had a career-high three game point/assist streak from Nov. 7-10/15. He also ranks t-third among rookies in blocked shots with 20.
Ryan Miller ranks first in a number of statistical categories this season including games played/started (16), TOI (966:31) and shots against (452).
Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:44) and has led the team in that category in 16 of 17 games he’s played, including nine games where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks t-12th in the NHL in TOI/GP. Last season, Edler ranked first on the team in average ice time per game (23:58) and led the team in TOI on 59 separate occasions including 26 games where led all skaters in TOI.
The Canucks have had 18 different goal scorers this season (tied for most in the League with St. Louis and Nashville)
The Canucks are 9th in the League with 2.83 goals for per game; Their 51 goals on the year are fifth most in the NHL.
VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD WHEN… Score 4+ Goals: 5-0-0 Score 3 Goals or Less: 2-6-5 Allow 4+ Goals: 0-2-2 Allow 3 Goals or Less: 7-4-3 On 0 Days Rest: 2-0-1 On 1 Day Rest: 2-3-3 On 2 Days Rest: 2-2-1 On 3+ Days Rest: 0-1-1 Score a PPG: 2-3-3 Give up a PPG: 2-4-3 20+ Shots on Goal: 7-6-5 Less than 20 shots:
SEASON SNAPSHOT
The Canucks are tied for 2nd place with Arizona in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference, with 19 points, three points behind the division leader Los Angeles who have 22 points. San Jose is in 4rth place with 18 points, followed by Anaheim, Calgary and Edmonton with 14, 13 and 12 points respectively.
Vancouver is in the top 8 teams of the Western Conference tied with Arizona for the 5th most points, with 19 points. Dallas leads the conference with 28 points, five points ahead of Minnesota, Nashville and St. Louis, all with 23 points.
Canucks are in the top 16 of the NHL, tied with Tampa Bay and Arizona for the 7th most points in the league with 19 points. The New York Rangers are the best team in the league with 30 points, followed by Dallas and Montreal with 28 points each. Washington, Minnesota, Nashville and St. Louis are at their coat tails with 23 points.
Montreal leads the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference with 28 points. Ottawa is in 2nd place with 20 points, followed by Tampa Bay in 3rd place with 19 points. Boston, Detroit, Buffalo and Florida are all bunched up with 17 points each, with Toronto in cellar with 14 points.
Vancouver is led in scoring by Daniel Sedin with 16 points, including a team high 11 assists. Henrik Sedin is next with 13 points, followed by Jannik Hansen with 11 points.The Sedin brothers, Hansen and rookie Jared McCann are the top snipers for the Canucks with 5 goals apiece.
For the Canadians, Tomas Plekanec leds in scoring with 17 points, a single point ahead of Max Pacioretty, P.K. Subban and Brendan Gallagher, all with 16 points. P.K. Subban leads Montreal in assists with 15, two more than Andrei Markov who has 13 assists. The top snipers on the Canadians are Max Pacioretty, Brendan Gallagher, Dale Weise, all with 8 goals each.
CANUCKS AT A GLANCE
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CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 15, 2015Canucks
Out Played, Out Coached, Out Scored
Goaltender James Reimer made 43 saves to win his third straight game, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs (5-8-4) to a 4-2 victory against the Vancouver Canucks (7-6-5) at Air Canada Centre.
The game was the Canucks third straight loss at the Air Canada Centre, and the first Saturday game victory for the Maple Leafs this season. They were (0-3-2) entering the game.
The game was the sixth consecutive game the Canucks have trailed in at least some point during the game.
James van Riemsdyk, PA Parenteau, Shawn Matthias and Joffrey Lupul scored for Toronto (5-8-4), which has won three in a row.
Jannik Hansen and Alexandre Burrows scored for the Canucks (7-6-5), who are 1-3-1 with two games remaining on a seven-game road trip. Miller made 36 saves
Captain Henrik Sedin was not happy with the Canucks’ overall performance.
“We made way too many mistakes,” Sedin said. “We were sloppy. We didn’t get anything going. We’re still making way too many mistakes, and we’ve got to stop talking about that we’re a young team. We have to simplify things. Five-on-five we have to get away from those turnovers and easy goals for the opponent.”
Willie Desjardins and the Canucks underestimated the Toronto Maple Leafs. They came into the game with their struggles on special teams unsolved, and unprepared to adjust to a “Babcock” coached hockey team, that clearly out played the Canucks 5-on-5, and on special teams.
The Canucks have no sense of urgency it seems, as they continue to have important points slip away.
While other teams in the Pacific Division continue to climb up the standings, the Canucks are continuing their descent further down in the division without any resistance, as they continually show their inability to solve issues that continue to befell them game in and game out.
Vancouver Canucks are allowing 2.56 goals per game and are killing 79.2 percent of their power play chances (42 of 53) overall. On the road, it is 76.7 percent (23 of 30).
The Canucks finished tonight’s game having surrendered a power play goal in six straight games. They have not given up power play goals in six consecutive games since the start of the 2009.10 season when they allowed PPGs in their first six games from October 1 to 16.
Coincidentally, the 2009.10 season was the last time the Canucks’ penalty kill did not finish in the top-10 of the NHL. For the past five seasons, Vancouver’s penalty kill has been ranked among the ten best in the league including last season when it finished second overall at 85.7 percent behind only Minnesota (86.percent). Canucks.com
The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 2.83 goals per game and are scoring on 15.8 percent of their power plays. Vancouver has outscored the opposition in those 5 games, 11-8 at even strength, but have been outscored 9-2 on special teams.
To the point, the power play and penalty kill have looked in need of a defibrillator.
CANUCKS JOTTINGS
Vancouver has lost 6 of their last 9 games.
Canucks penalty killing in their last 3-games is 6-11, allowing 5-power play goals.
Canucks power play is 2-4 in their last two games, after ending their 0-18 slump in Ottawa.
Jannik Hansen leads the Canucks in +/- with a +10 while Radim Vrbata is the team worst with a -9.
Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Jannik Hansen and rookie Jared McCann lead Vancouver with 5 goals each.
Rookies Jared McCann and Ben Hutton each have 29 shots on goal.
Daniel Sedin leads Vancouver with 11 assists, followed by Henrik Sedin and Ben Hutton with 8 assists each.
Ryan Miller has allowed 40 goals on 452 shots faced and Jacob Markstrom has given up 3 goals on 45 shots.
Miller has given up 14 goals in his last 4 games.
The Canucks are 1-6 in their last 7 games playing on 1 days rest and 1-5 in their last 6 overall.
The Canucks leave Toronto 5-3 in the last 8 meetings and 12-3 in the last 15 meetings overall.
Canucks are 6-5-1 in Toronto in this 21rst century going into the game tonight, and 27-32-11 overall in Toronto.
Vancouver is 2-for-22 with the man advantage over its last 7 games and has allowed 8 power-play goals in the past 6 games
Ten of Vancouver’s 11-losses have come by one goal – five in overtime and one in a shootout; tonight’s game was the first loss this season by 2-goals.
CANUCKS UPDATED STATS
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CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 18, 2015
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