CANUCKS BANTER: Canucks Remain Undefeated On Road In Regulation Play

Posted on October 31, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff October 31, 2015

Canucks Finish Road 2-Game Road Trip With Three Of A Possible Four Points

Face Philidelphia Flyers Monday, November 2, 2015

The Canucks are currently in 1rst-place with 14-points, two points ahead of second place, Los Angeles, in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Arizona is in 3rd place, with 11-points, with San Jose one point behind the Coyotes, who are in 4rth place with 10-points. Los Angeles and San Jose both have 2-games in hand on both Vancouver and Arizona.

Vancouver is among the top 9-teams in the NHL, and are tied for 4rth best team in the league with their 14-points. The Montreal Canadians are the top team with 20-points, with 2-loss and 10-wins, all wins in regulation play, followed by both Dallas and the New York Rangers with 16-points. Nashville, St. Louis and Minnesota are tied for 3rd place in the league with 15-points.

Nashville, and Washington have 3-games in hand on the Canadians; with Dallas, St. Louis, Minnesota and the New York Islanders all having 2-games in hand on Montreal.

CANUCKS BANTER: Vancouver Visits Arizona Tonight To End Short Road Trip

Posted on October 30, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff October 30, 2015

Vancouver 3-0-1 On The Road, Have Yet To Lose In Regulation Play

The Canucks enter the game smarting from a 4-3 OT loss to the Dallas Stars on October 29, 2015, ending their consecutive win streak on the road at 3-games.

Vancouver has lost 6 of its last 7-games (1-2-4).

On the positive side, the overtime loss and the one point, means Vancouver still has not lost in regulation play on the road, and sports a 3-0-1 record.

The Coyotes last game was a 6-0 loss on October 27 to the Boston Bruins, finishing off a 5-game road trip in which they were 2-2-1. Tonight’s game is the first of a 3-game home stand for Arizona, who are 1-2-0 at Gila River Arena.

Neither Brandon Prust nor Dan Hamhuis are with the Canucks for the two game road trip. Brandon Prust was scheduled for an MRI on his injured left ankle Tuesday. Dan Hamhuis (lower body) is being evaluated. Defenseman Alex Biega and forward Brendan Gaunce were recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League.

The Canucks are currently tied for 1rst-place, with Los Angeles, in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference with 12-points; 1-point ahead of Arizona, who are 1-point behind in3rd-place with 11-points. San Jose is currently in 4rth-place with 10-points. Los Angeles and San Jose all have a game in hand on Arizona.

Vancouver is among the top 13-teams in the NHL, and are tied for 6th best team in the league with their 12-points. The Montreal Canadians are the top team with 18-points, with 1-loss and 9-wins, all wins in regulation play.

Daniel Sedin leads the Canucks in scoring with 8-points; Alex Burrows and Brandon Sutter are next with 7-points each, closely followed by Brandon Prust with 5-points. Rookies Ben Hutton and Jared McCann, Jannik Hansen, and Henrik Sedin, Radim Vrbata, Alex Edler closely follow with 4-points each.

McCann tops Canucks in goals scored with 4-goals followed by Sutter and Vrbata with 3-goals each. Daniel Sedin leads Vancouver with 6-assists.

Martin Hanzal and rookie Max Domi lead the Coyotes in scoring with 10-points each. Mikkel Boedker and Anthony Duclair follow with 7-points each.

Duclair leads Arizona with 5-goals while Hanzal leads the Coyotes with 10-assists.

CANUCKS BANTER: Vancouver Visits Dallas Stars Tonight To Start Two Game Road Trip

Posted on October 29, 2015 by CanucksBanter

. CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff October 29, 2015

Canucks Look To Stay Undefeated On The Road

With 4rth Straight Win.

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The Canucks enter the game fresh off a 5-1 victory at home against the Montreal Canadians, ending their consecutive win streak from the start of the season at 9-games.

The Stars last game was a defeat of the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on October 27, evening up their current 4-game home stand at 1-1 after a 6-2 loss to Florida on October 24.

The Canucks have lost their last four games at the American Airlines Center, and are looking to change that by extending their current winning streak to two.

The Canuck’s power play is currently 16th best at 17.2 per cent, up from 14.8 per cent, on October 26 when they were 22nd in the league.
As for penalty killing the Canucks are at 88 per cent, 6th place, up two spots from October 26, when they were in 8th spot.
Dallas power play is currently ranked 2nd at 30 per cent, and their penalty killing is tied for 4rth best with Nashville at 88.5 per cent.
The Canucks are tied with Florida and Los Angeles for allowing the 3rd least goals against in the NHL with 18-goals.
The Stars are tied with Anaheim and Detroit for the 8th least goals against in the NHL with with 24 goals.
Dallas has scored 31 goals, good for 3rd best in the NHL, while Vancouver is tied for 9th best with Edmonton having scored 24 goals so far this season.

The Canucks are currently tied for 2nd-place, with Arizona, in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference with 11-points; 1-point behind Los Angeles, who are alone in first place. San Jose is currently in 3rd sport with 10-points. Vancouver, Los Angeles and San Jose all have a game in hand on Arizona.

Vancouver is among the top 14-teams in the NHL, and are tied for 6th best team in the league with their 11-points. The Montreal Canadians are the top team with 18-points, with 1-loss and 9-wins, all wins in regulation play.

Dallas is currently in 2nd-place in the Central Division of the Western Conference, with 14-points, 1-point behind first place Nashville who lead the division with 15-points. St. Louis and Minnesota are tied for 3rd-place with 13-points, one point ahead of Chicago who have 12-points in 4rth.

Brandon Sutter leads the Canucks in scoring with 7-points; Alex Burrows and Daniel Sedin are next with 6-points each, closely followed by Brandon Prust with 5-points. Rookies Ben Hutton and Jared McCann, Jannik Hansen, and Henrik Sedin, closely follow with 4-points.

McCann tops Canucks in goals scored with 4-goals followed by Sutter with 3-goals.

For the Stars, Jamie Benn leads Dallas with 15-points, and 8-goals. Tyler Seguin and Jason Spezza have 13-points and 9-points respectively. Seguin leads the team with 9-assists.

GAME NOTES

Canucks Face 13 Of Next 17 Games Away From Rogers Place

Posted on October 28, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff October 28, 2015

The Canucks leave the comfortable confines of Rogers Place to find greater success on the road after a dismal home record to start the season, 1-2-3, including a stretch of five straight games at home, in which they only won one game.

That win, their first home win of the season, was against the Montreal Canadians, ending their 9-game win streak, on October 27, 2015.

A large chunk of those thirteen road games, 7-games, will be played between November 7 to November 18.

The Canucks presently are undefeated on the road, winning their first three road contests of the season in early October.

Their first of those thirteen road opponents will be the Dallas Stars on Thursday, October 29, 2015.

The Stars are currently in 1rst-place in the Central Division with 14-points, in which the separation between first and fifth place is just 3-points, making for quite a log jam in the standings.

The Canucks are tied for second place with Arizona with 11-points, each of them one point behind Los Angeles, who sit atop the Pacific Division with 12-points. Both Los Angeles and Arizona have a game in-hand on Vancouver. San Jose is right behind with 10-points, with two games in-hand on the Canucks; and one game in-hand on both Los Angeles and Arizona. A very interesting picture indeed.