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Daniel Sedin Becomes Canucks All-Time Sniper, Leads Vancouver To 4-2 Win Over Boston

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CANUCKS BANTER     By Andrew Chernoff    January 21, 2016

Daniel Sedin Becomes All-Time Goals Leader With 347th and 348th Against Bruins

The Vancouver Canucks (20-17-11) played the fifth game of their 6-game road trip tonight against the Boston Bruins ( 24-17-5) at TD Garden.

The Canucks were going for their third win of the road trip, and the Boston Bruins were trying to extend their winning streak to four games.

Jacob Markstrom stopped 28 of 30 shots  for the Canucks for a .933 Sv%; Sven Baertschi, had his 4rth goal in 6 games (9th of the season); Alex Burrows, had his 2nd goal in consecutive games (7th of the season); Linden Vey had 2 assists; but it was Daniel Sedin who rose up with two unanswered goals to put the game away for Vancouver, the last one an empty netter, as the Canucks finally won their 20th game of the season, defeating Boston 4 to 2.

With the two goals, Daniel Sedin took over top spot in Canucks All-Time goal scoring, recording his 347th and 348th goals of his career, all in a Canucks uniform, surpassing Markus Naslund. The goals were his 20th and 21rst of the season.

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 17: Daniel Sedin #22 of the Vancouver Canucks prepares to skate against the New York Islanders at the Barclays Center on January 17, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Canucks defeated the Islanders 2-1 in the shootout. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY – JANUARY 17: Daniel Sedin #22 of the Vancouver Canucks prepares to skate against the New York Islanders at the Barclays Center on January 17, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. The Canucks defeated the Islanders 2-1 in the shootout. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Sedin, the No. 2 pick in the 1999 NHL Draft, scored his 348 goals in 1,109 games. He last scored four games ago, against the Florida Panthers on Jan. 11. Naslund scored his in 884 games for Vancouver, which acquired the left wing in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 20, 1996.

Sedin, a left wing, has 21 goals in 48 games this season; he had 20 in 82 games last season.

Source: canucks.nhl.com

Bo Horvat, Radim Vrbata, Alex Edler, Chris Tanev, Jannick Hansen and Derek Dorsett, also had helpers in the Vancouver victory, improving their record on the road trip to 3-1-1, with one game left.

In 2016, Canucks point leaders:

  • Bo Horvat: 6-5=11
  • Linden Vey: 1-5=6
  • Daniel Sedin: 5-1=6
  • Sven Baertschi: 4-2=6
  • Chris Tanev: 1-4=5
  • Radim Vrbata: 1-3=4
  • Henrik Sedin: 0-4=4
  • Alex Burrows:; 2-1=3
BOSTON, MA - JANUARY 21: Alex Burrows #14 of the Vancouver Canucks, second from right, celebrates wiht Luca Sbisa #5 and Linden Vey #7 after scoring against the Boston Bruins during the third period at TD Garden on January 21, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Canucks defeat the Bruins 4-2. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

BOSTON, MA – JANUARY 21: Alex Burrows #14 of the Vancouver Canucks, second from right, celebrates wiht Luca Sbisa #5 and Linden Vey #7 after scoring against the Boston Bruins during the third period at TD Garden on January 21, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Canucks defeat the Bruins 4-2. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Jacob Markstrom improved his record in 2016 to 5-1-1 in 7 games played, for a 2.08 GAA and .931 Sv%. He has won both his games on the road trip and has a 1.95 GAA and .943 Sv% from those games.

Since December 22, Markstrom has an impressive record of 7-2-1 in 10 games started, and a 2.14 GAA, and .930 Sv%; averaging 31.6 shots against.

The Canucks move into 2nd place in the Pacific division of the Western Conference, ahead of Arizona and tied with San Jose,  with 51 points. Vancouver are  4 points ahead of Anaheim and 10 points behind the first place Los Angeles Kings.

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“Yeah, I mean, it hasn’t been pretty. That’s for sure,” Sedin said. “But we’ve got to remember, too, the amount of injuries we’ve had, and guys have stepped up in our lineup, and playing roles that maybe it’s tough for the guy stepping into, and they’ve done a great job. I think we’re working hard, we’re trying and doing our best, and the main thing is we’re doing it for each other. That’s a good feeling.”

Source: canucks.nhl.com

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

  • The Canucks are 6-2-2=14 points in 10 games in 2016.
  • The last time the Canucks had four goals in a game before tonight was on December 20 in an OT loss to Florida, 5-4: a total of 13 games.
  • Neither team had a power play tonight. This is the first time this season, that has happened in a Canucks hockey game.
  • Canucks were 33 for 61 on face-offs, for 54.1 percent. Mike Zalewski was 5 for 7; Bo Horvat, 10 for 17; Linden Vey, 13 for 20.
  • Linden Vey and Daniel Sedin had 4 shots each to lead Vancouver.
  • Alex Edler led the Canucks with 5 hits; Jake Virtanen and Matt Bartkowski had 3 hits each.
  • Chris Tanev had 3 blocked shots; Chris Tanev had 2 blocked shots.
  • Emerson Etem led the Canucks with 4 giveaways in the game. The team had a total of 20 giveaways to the Bruins 23.

GAME REVIEW

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CANUCKS PLAYERS STATS

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WESTERN CONFERENCE WILD CARD STANDINGS

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS

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STATISTICS COURTESY OF THE NHL AND VANCOUVER CANUCKS

 

Canucks Look For Third Win On Road Trip Against Bruins

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CANUCKS BANTER     By Andrew Chernoff    January 21, 2016

 

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The Vancouver Canucks (19-17-11) play the fifth game of their 6-game road trip tonight against the Boston Bruins ( 24-16-5) at TD Garden.

The Canucks are going for their third win of the road trip, after losing in  Washington in regulation and the Rangers in overtime; defeating Carolina in overtime, and the Islanders in a shoot out.

Coach Desjardins confirmed this morning that Jacob Markstrom starts in net and both Jake Virtanen & Mike Zalewski will be in the lineup tonight in Boston.

The Boston Bruins will try to extend their current winning streak to four games. The Bruins  are 10-11-2 on home ice.

The Bruins are looking to win four straight games for the 1st time since a season-high 5-game win streak from November 19-27; and are looking to win consecutive home games for the first time since winning 3 straight on home ice from November 19-27.

 

The Canucks have recorded consecutive wins just once in its past 10, going 5-5.

Vancouver’s Bo Horvat has been red hot in 2016, and sits tied for 8th place in NHL scoring with 10 points (6-4=10 PTS), courtesy of points in 7 of this last 8 games of the year. He is also tied for 3rd in most goals in the New Year with his 6 goals, with three others.

The Canucks are 8-3-3 in their last 14 games; and 4-1-2 on the road in their last 7 games.

Vancouver is 11-9-6 against Eastern Conference teams; and 5-4-4 against the Atlantic division.

The Bruins are 3-1-3 vs. Pacific Division teams and are 5-6-3 vs. Western Conference opponents.

Goalie Ryan Miller is 1-1-1 in three starts during the road trip and has stopped 129 of 136 shots (.948 save percentage).

VANCOUVER, BC - JANUARY 11: Christopher Tanev #8 of the Vancouver Canucks turns to watch Jacob Markstrom #25 of the Canucks make a save against the Florida Panthers during their NHL game at Rogers Arena January 11, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver won 3-2. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)

VANCOUVER, BC – JANUARY 11: Christopher Tanev #8 of the Vancouver Canucks turns to watch Jacob Markstrom #25 of the Canucks make a save against the Florida Panthers during their NHL game at Rogers Arena January 11, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver won 3-2. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)

“It’s not that our guys haven’t battled,” he said. “They have blocked shots, guys have worked hard. It’s a matter of playing with confidence. It seems we are not confident when [we are] going to make a play and as a result we are hesitating a little bit.”–Coach Willie Desjardins

Source: canucks.nhl.com

In their last game, Ryan Miller made 46 saves for the Canucks, but it was not enough, as the Rangers tied the game up at 2-2 late in the game, forcing overtime, where the Rangers scored, to take the game 3-2.

The Canucks had goals from Sven Baertschi and Alex Burrows.

For Burrows, it was his first goal in 26 games. Bo Horvat, got his 10th point in his last 7 games (6-4=9); Sven Baertschi, notched his 3rd goal in his last 6 games (3-2=5). And Emerson Etem registered his first point in his 5th game as a Canuck, against his old team.

Ryan Miller was the first NHL goaltender to face at least 48 SOG in each of two consecutive team games (Jan. 17 at NYI and Jan. 19 at NYR) in one season since the Kings’ Kelly Hrudey did so on Dec. 3-5/91. He was the first to do that in each of two consecutive personal games in one season since Florida’s Tomas Vokoun on Dec. 23 and Dec. 31/10 (Courtesy Elias Sports)

Vancouver allowed an average of 30.1 shots and gave up 40 or more five times prior to this trip, during which it’s yielded 44.3 while going 2-1-1. Two nights after giving up a season-high 48 in a 2-1 shootout win over the New York Islanders, the Canucks allowed 49 shots in Tuesday’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Rangers.

The 97 shots are the second-highest total in the league in a two-game span dating to 1989-90. Vancouver has allowed at least 40 shots in four straight games, its most since at least the start of that 1989-90 season.

Source: http://stats.nesn.com

The Canucks surrendered 10 goals on the trip and have killed off 8 of 9 penalties for 88.9 percent. They are also averaging 1.75 goals  and 24.5 shots per game, on the road trip, with two games left. Canucks power play is 1 for 8, 12.5 percent.

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

In 2016, so far:

  • Bo Horvat has 10 points in 9 games (6-4=10)
    • Horvat has scored 37.5% of the Canucks’ goals in this span.
  • Henrik Sedin has 4 points in 8 games (0-4=4)
  • Sven Baertschi has 5 points in 7 games (3-2=5)
  • Chris Tanev has 4 points in 9 games (1-3=4)
  • Daniel Sedin has 4 points in 9 games (3-1=4)
  • Daniel Sedin has 3 goals in 9 games.
  • Canucks record in 2016:
    • 5-2-2=12 PTS in  9 games played (tied for 5th best in the NHL)
    • They have 18 goals for; 19 goals against.
    • They are 5 for 24 on the power play for 20.8 percent (9th best in the NHL)
    • Their penalty killing is 17 for 20, 85.0 ( 14th best in the NHL)
    • Face-off winning percentage is 43.9 percent.
  • Canucks are averaging 2.40 goals per game. For an 82 game schedule the estimate is Vancouver will finish with 197 goals. The least number of goals ever scored by a Vancouver team in a full season of 82 games are 192 by the 1998-99 Canucks. 
  • Canucks penalty kill is a killer at 26 for 30, 86.7 percent in their last 8 road games. And 41 for 54 in their last 14 road  games, 75.9 percent.
  • Vancouver’s power play is 1 for 19, 5.3 percent  in their last 10 road games.
  • Vancouver has points in 15 of its last 24 (10-9-5=25 pts) & 20 of its last 34 games (13-14-7=33 pts).
  • Vancouver had scored a power play goal in five straight games, where they have had at least one man advantage; they were 5 for 16 during that stretch, 31.3 percent, which ended against the Islanders.
  • Canucks power play is 5 for 21 in their last 7 games, for 23.8 percent.
  • Radim Vrbata collected his 41st career shootout goal Jan. 17/16 at NYI. He shares the lead for most shootout goals in League history with Frans Nielsen. 13 of those have been GDG, which ranks t-9th in League history.
  • Alex Edler leads the team in time on ice per game (24:35) and has led the team in that category in 42 of 46 games he’s played, including 22 games where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks 17th in the NHL in TOI/GP
  • Chris Tanev leads the team and ranks seventh in the League in blocked shots with 105. His defence partner Alex Edler ranks 11th in the NHL with 99 blocked shots
  • Canucks players aged 23 or younger that have appeared in the lineup thus far (Baertschi, Horvat, Hutton, Virtanen, McCann, Gaunce, Shinkaruk, Pedan and Etem) have accounted for 22.5% of points (66), 24.8% of goals (27), 21.2% of assists (39), and 22.5% of shots (303) for the team this season
  • The Canucks have registered at least a point in 12 of 13 games where Sven Baertschi has notched at least a point (6-1-6).
  • Vancouver has had 152 power play opportunities to date, sixth most of any team in the League; they have won 157 draws while on the power play, t-fifth most in the NHL

The Canucks are in 4rth place in the Pacific division of the Western Conference, tied with Arizona and San Jose for 2nd place with 49 points. Vancouver are  2 points in front of Anaheim and 12 points behind the first place Los Angeles Kings.

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In their last game, the Bruins defeated the Montreal Canadians 4-1 on January 19 in Montreal for their third straight win for the first time since mid-December. For the Canadiens, the loss marked their fifth straight defeat. Tuukka Rask, made 38 saves on 39 shots.

Max Talbot had a goal, Patrice Bergeron potted the game-winner, David Pastrnak added an assist and an insurance goal; and Brad Marchand made it 4-1 win with an empty-netter.

Boston has outscored opponents by an 11-4 margin on its current winning streak, ending a stretch in which it posted just two wins in its previous 10 games, including just one victory in its past five on home ice.

BOSTON BRUINS NOTES

  • Bruins are 9-3-3 in their last 15 road contests.
  • Point Streaks
    BRAD MARCHAND (2-1-3 / 3 Games)
    PATRICE BERGERON (3-0-3 / 2 Games)
  • The Bruins have allowed two power play goals  over their last 19 games and are 53 for 55  for a 96.4% penalty killing proficiency over that span.

The Bruins are in 4rth place in the Atlantic division of the Eastern Conference, with 53 points, a point behind Detroit and Tampa Bay who occupy 3rd and 2nd respectively with 54 points each. Florida is in 1rst place, 4 points in front of Boston. Ottawa and Montreal are three points back of the Bruins with 50 points each.

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN

The Canucks  6-game road trip has been visiting Eastern Conference opponents:

  • Thursday, January 14 against the Washington Captials: 1-4 Loss
  • Friday, January 15 against the Carolina Hurricanes: 3-2 OT Win
  • Sunday, January 17 against the New York Islanders: 2-1 SO Win
  • Tuesday, January 19 against the New York Rangers: 2-3 OT Loss
  • Tonight, January 21 against the Boston Bruins
  • Saturday, January 23 against the Pittsburgh Penguins

VANCOUVER CANUCKS ADVANCED STATISTICS

JANUARY 1, 2015  TO  JANUARY 18, 2015

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ALL TEAM STRENGTHS

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CORSI ALL STRENGTH

CANUCKS PLAYER CORSI STATS

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CORSI ALL STRENGTH

WESTERN CONFERENCE WILD CARD STANDINGS

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS

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2015-2016 VANCOUVER CANUCKS VS ALL TEAMS

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CANUCKS PLAYER STATS

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BRUINS PLAYER STATS

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Vancouver More Of The Same Against Boston, Drop Their Fifth Straight Game

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CANUCKS BANTER     By Andrew Chernoff    December 5, 2015

CANUCKS SHUTOUT FOR SECOND TIME IN LAST 4-GAMES

OPENING PERIOD

Vancouver came out playing aggressive, and battling including a fight a centre ice between Derek Dorsett and Zac Rinaldo at 2:07 but 47 seconds after the fighting majors were handed  out, Boston got on the scoreboard first at 2:54 on a goal by Brad Marchand (13), a wrist shot high above the left shoulder of Markstrom, assisted by Patrice Bergeron (16) and Joe Morrow (1).

Just over four minutes later, the Bruins struck again, making it 2-0, as Torey Krug (3) scored on a slap shot, assisted by Kevan Miller (5) and David Krejci (17) at 7:03.

Vancouver got a power play opportunity at 14:02  with Brett Connolly off for crosschecking Ronalds Kenins. Canucks came up empty for the  30th time in 39 chances at home. That made19 for 97 overall this season on the power play; 1 for their last 9 man advantages.

After the two goals there was not a lot of action around both nets, and the period ended 2-0 Boston.

Shots were 5-5. Boston out hit Vancouver 7-6, and the Bruins had more face-off wins, 10 for 19. Bo Horvat was 4 for 6 on face-offs; Henrik Sedin, 3 for 5; Jared McCann, 1 for 3; Adam Cracknell, 1 for 5.

As for plus+/-, Jared McCann, Radim Vrbata and Chris Higgins were all a –2 in the opening period. Weber, Tanev, Edler and Hutton were all –1.

MIDDLE PERIOD

The Bruins were playing their 3rd game in four nights, so it would be interesting to see how Vancouver would adjust their game in response to a disappointing first period performance, where they could not generate any offense, and were poor defensively, allowing 2 even strength goals on 5-shots.

Vancouver got another power play, at 2:51 as Zac Rinaldo was penalized for slashing. As it was with the first power play in the 1rst period, the Canucks could not capitalize on the power play.

Landon Ferraro (2) made it 3-0 Boston as he came down the right side and put a wrist shot past Markstrom at 8:02 assisted by Zdeno Chara (10). His first goal as a Boston Bruin.

Vancouver was not able to come up with any answers to the Boston Bruins, as they went up and down the ice, time ticking away on the clock. And that is how the period ended, very little to get excited about in the last half of the period and the Bruins went into the intermission with a very easy, unchallenged and comfortable 3-0 lead.

Boston out shot Vancouver 9-7. Vancouver out hit Boston 4-2 in a physical game. Boston had more face-off wins, 9 for 17. Henrik Sedin was 6 for 8; Bo Horvat, 1-2; Jared McCann, 0-2; Adam Cracknell, 1-5. After two periods, Boston was 19 for 36 in the face-off circle.

At the end of two, Tanev and Edler joined McCann, Vrbata and Higgins at –2 for the game. Weber, Hutton, Daniel Sedin, Jannick Hansen, and Henrik Sedin were –1.

LAST PERIOD

The period started with the Canucks on their heels, facing an uphill climb to whittling away at the Bruins 3-goal lead.

Zac Rinaldo was penalized again, his third penalty of the game and second penalty giving Vancouver a power play opportunity,their third power play of the game, at 6:39 for boarding. The power play started out promising for Vancouver, as it was easily their best effort of their man advantages, but once again, Vancouver did not capitalize.

Tyler Randell put Boston up 4-0 after Landon Ferraro drove to the Vancouver net. Randell picked up the puck and scored his 4rth goal of the season, on a wrist shot, at 11:32, assisted by Ferraro (2) and Zac Rinaldo (1).

Brandon Prust got a 10 minute game misconduct for spearing Brad Marchand in the groin at 18:07. Quickly after the play got underway, Derek Dorsett and Zac Rinaldo got into another fight, at the Boston blue line at 18:35.

The game came to an end with Boston winning 4-0. Vancouver’s 13th loss in their last 16 games. Boston out shot Vancouver 22-17.

Vancouver is now tied with Toronto and Carolina in the NHL with the least amount of wins in the league.

  • Canucks were 0 for 3 on the power play. Canucks came up empty now  32 times in 41 chances at home. That makes 19 for 99 overall this season on the power play; 1 for their last 11 man advantages.
  • Vancouver has recorded 16 shots against Los Angeles; 16 shots against Dallas; and tonight against Boston, 17 shots, in their last three games. It is the first time this season that the Canucks have had three games inwhich they have had 19 shots in a game or less; first time they have done it in three games straight. And Vancouver has lost each game doing it.
  • Canucks in the face-off circle:
    • Henrik Sedin, 12 for 18: 67 per cent
    • Bo Horvat, 8 for 13: 62 per cent
    • Adam Cracknell, 4 for 14: 29 per cent
    • Jared McCann, 1 for 8: 13 per cent
    • Radim Vrbata, 0 for 1: 0 per cent
    • Total: 25 for 54:  46 per cent

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GAME REVIEW

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CANUCKS AT A GLANCE

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Vancouver is 4-1 when Prust has a fight major in a game

Ben Hutton missed 7 games.

Vancouver Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom will start

Injured: Luca Sbisa (hand), Jake Virtanen (hip), Chris Higgins (head), Brandon Sutter (sports hernia surgery)

Scratched: Alex Biega

Vancouver Hosts Boston, Need Leadership, Guys Stepping Up

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CANUCKS BANTER     By Andrew Chernoff    December 5, 2015

The Canucks Have To Find A Way

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The Boston Bruins (13-8-3) visit the Vancouver Canucks (9-10-8) at Rogers Place in game two of the Canucks 4-game home stand tonight.

Tonight marks the first of two meetings between these two teams this season. Vancouver visits TD Garden on January 21st.

The Canucks head into action on tonight  looking to snap out of a 2-5-3 state that has them in 4rth place in the Pacific division. Vancouver lost their last game against the Dallas Stars 4-2, and their picked up their 4rth loss in a row (0-2-2) and 12th loss in their last 15-games (3-8-4). Vancouver is 2-5-3 in their last 10-games.

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The Bruins, 5th place in the Atlantic division, are on a road trip of Western Canada and have not faired well, as they lost in a shootout to Edmonton on December 2, 3-2 and followed that up with an overtime loss to Calgary on December 4, 5-4. Boston is 5-0-2 in its past seven games and finish off their road trip tonight against the Canucks.

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The script is getting old, and tired, and is in need of a refreshing change.

In my opinion, the stench that lingers after the last two months, more than indicates that the present incarnation of the Vancouver Canucks has expired and needs to be tossed and replaced with a new and improved.

And the game tonight, is the best game to start.

It’s time, for the next incarnation of the 2015-16 Vancouver Canucks to take to the ice.

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Whether there is enough behind the Sedins to give the Canucks that secondary scoring punch and support, Canuck coach Willie Desjardins responded after the Dallas game that he believes there is, and continued by saying:

But It has to happen on the ice…me believing it, or whatever, doesn’t….it has to come out on the ice.

And we need better performances on the ice. That’s not good enough. Like I thought today, you know I thought there were times in the first period that, we looked like, we might battle through and be ok, and get a goal.We didn’t give them an awful lot; they had the couple power plays, but we have to…it’s easy to believe when things go good….it’s harder when they don’t go good…and right know they’re not going good for us…right now we’re disappointed withthe overtime losses, and with all the stuff that’s built up, we got lots of losses, and it’s  disappointing ‘cause that’s not where we want to be.

But at the same time, that’s how you get better. You have to find a way.  It’s a tough league and that’s what you gotta do.

As for the psyche of the players, especially the younger players, Desjardins says:

It’s a battle to keep believing,when things don’t happen. It’s easy to believe when things happen. When it doesn’t happen, its a lot harder.

But, what are your choices? You don’t have any choice. Your choice is to believe that it’s gonna happen and you gotta  make it happen. Like, if you don’t believe and you hesitate when you’re doing something, your lost already.

So, you have to go in convinced at what you’re doing and you have to go hard. That’s the only way you’ll be successful in this league.

So, mentally, we have to accept where we’re at and we have to be prepared to play hard. We know what we’re doing. The guys know the systems,they just have to have confidence that if we play hard we’ll get our opportunities.

As for what is expected tonight against the Boston Bruins, Desjardins said what everyone was thinking, including the fans, at the Dallas post-game press conference:

Boston is a must game. We have to see a good performance against Boston. We have to see it.

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

  • Vancouver has 1 even-strength goal from a line other than the Sedins in the last 8 games.
  • The Canucks have scored just five times while dropping four straight games (0-2-2) and recorded just 16 shots in each of the last two contests to fall under .500 for the first time this season.
  • The Canucks, who have allowed 12 goals during their losing streak.
  • Vancouver are going after their fifth victory in six contests against the Bruins
  • Vancouver has allowed 8 power-play goals in their last 8 games.
  • Radim Vrbata is a team-worst minus -15 for the Canucks. Bo Horvat is -13. Yannick Weber is -9.
  • Jannick Hansen is a team-best plus +11 for the Canucks. Henrik Sedin is +7 and Daniel Sedin is +6.
  • Ryan Miller has managed two victories in his last 11 appearances.
  • Bo Horvat has not recorded a goal in 15 straight games.
  • Alex Burrows has two goals in his last 15 games, and has a plus/minus of -5.
  • Jared McCann has 1 goal in his last 16 games, and has a plus.minus of +2.
  • Vancouver defensemen only have 9 goals this season.
  • Canucks are 19 for 96 man advantages in 24 games, for 19.8 per cent, tied for 11th best. They are 1 for their last 8 man advantages.
  • Vancouver has scored on 12 of 61 man advantages in the past 16 games, for 19.7 per cent, 16th best in the NHL.
  • Canucks have scored on 9 of 38 man advantages at home, for 23.7 per cent, 9th best in the NHL.
  • Vancouver’s 96 power play man advantages are the most in the NHL, one ahead of the Montreal Canadians; two more than Colorado; three better than Arizona.
  • Vancouver has scored at least one power play goal in nine of the last 11 games, including at least one power play goal in eight consecutive games from Nov. 12-27. According to ESB, the last time the Canucks went 8 straight games with a PPG in the same season was Dec. 28 – Jan. 15/96. The Canucks also had a PPG in 8 straight games over a span of two seasons from Apr. 14 – Oct. 19/99.
  • Canucks have allowed 19 goals in 88 penalty kill opportunities, for 77.6 per cent, 22nd in the NHL. They have only allowed 2 goals in their last 12 penalty kill opportunities.
  • The Canucks penalty kill over the last 16 games, has given up 16 goals on 58 opportunities, 27th best in the NHL.
  • Vancouver penalty kill at home has given up 6 goals on 33 opportunities, for 81.8 per cent, 14th best in the NHL.
  • The Canucks have 42 even strength goals for and have allowed 42 even strength goals, for 18 in the NHL this season in G+/-.
  • In the last 16 games, Vancouver has 22 even strength goals for and have 24 allowed even strength goals, tied for 20th in G+/-.
  • Point Streaks:
    DANIEL SEDIN (1-1-2 / 2 Games)
    HENRIK SEDIN (0-3-3 / 2 Games)
  • Last 5 Games: 1 – 2 – 2
    Last 10 Games: 2 – 5 – 3
    1-Goal Games: 3 – 6 – 8
    2-Goal Games: 1 – 2
    3-Goal Games: 5 – 2
    Scoring first: 5 – 2 – 5
    Opponent scoring first: 4 – 8 – 3
    Leading after 1 period: 4 – 0 – 3
    Trailing after 1 period: 0 – 6 – 3
    Tied after 1 period: 5 – 4 – 2
    Leading after 2 periods: 7 – 1 – 5
    Trailing after 2 periods: 0 – 9 – 1
    Tied after 2 periods: 2 – 0 – 2
    OT Record – This Season: 1 – 8
  • Outshooting opponent: 4 – 5 – 5
    Outshot by opponent: 5 – 5 – 3
    Even shots: 0 – 0 – 0
  • Daniel Sedin has 18 points (8-10-18) in the last 12 games. He recently had a seven game point streak from Nov. 14-27; it was the longest point streak of any Canucks player this season and his longest since a seven game streak from Oct. 22 – Nov. 5/13. He currently leads the team and ranks in the top-10 in the League in points (28), goals (12), assists (16), ppg (5) and ppp (11).
  • Henrik Sedin has 17 points (5-12-17) in the last 12 games. He recently had a six game point streak from Nov. 16-27. He also had a five game point streak earlier this season from Oct. 29 to Nov. 7. Last season, the Captain recorded points in three or more consecutive games on 10 different occasions. Henrik ranks in the top-10 in the NHL in points (26), assists (18), and ppp (10).
  • Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:27) and has led the team in that category in 23 of 26 games he’s played, including 14 games where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks 17th in the NHL in TOI/GP.
  • Jake Virtanen ranks third on the team and third among NHL rookies in hits with 53.
  • Chris Tanev leads the team and ranks tied for fifth in the League in blocked shots with 68. His defence partner Alex Edler ranks 12th in the NHL with 56 blocked shots.
  • Henri k and Daniel Sedin have played in 583 wins together.According to ESB, since 1990.91 the only pairs of teammates to play in more wins together are Niklas Lidstrom and Kris Draper (664); and Lidstrom and
    Tomas Holmstrom (599).
  • In the month of November, the Sedins combined for 35 points (Daniel registered 8-10-18 while Henrik collected 6-11-17). According to ESB, it is the most points the Sedins have combined for in a calendar month since December 2011, when they tallied 39 points together (10-7-17 for Daniel; and 2-20-22 for Henrik).
  • The Canucks have had seven different players make their NHL debut this season (Grenier, Shinkaruk, Virtanen, McCann, Hutton, Gaunce, and Pedan). According to Elias Sports Bureau, this is the most number of players to make their NHL debut for the Canucks in a single season since six players did so during the 2007.08 season.
  • The last season where more than six players made their NHL debut in a single season for the Canucks was in 1999.00 (eight players). The club record for NHL debuts in a single season is 11 which occurred during the 1973.74 season.
  • Vancouver has had 18 different goal scorers this season, tied for fifth most in the League.
  • The Canucks players aged 23 or younger that have appeared in the lineup thus far (Baertschi, Horvat, Hutton, Virtanen, McCann, Gaunce, Shinkaruk, and Pedan) have accounted for 19.4% of points (37), 16.9% of goals (12) and 20.8% of assists (25), for the team this season.
  • The Canucks 71 goals on the year are t-10th most in the NHL.
  • VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD WHEN…
    Score 4+ Goals: 6-0-0
    Score 3 Goals or Less: 3-10-8
    Allow 4+ Goals: 0-5-3
    Allow 3 Goals or Less: 9-4-5
    On 0 Days Rest: 2-1-2
    On 1 Day Rest: 2-5-5
    On 2 Days Rest: 4-3-1
    On 3+ Days Rest: 0-1-1
    Score a PPG: 4-5-6
    Give up a PPG: 4-7-5
    25+ Shots on Goal: 7-8-6
    Less than 25 shots: 2-2-2

SEASON SNAPSHOT

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LEAGUE STANDINGS

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CANUCKS PLAYER STATS

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BRUINS PLAYER STATS

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CANUCKS-BRUINS SITUATIONS

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CANUCKS-BRUINS AT A GLANCE

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