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Vancouver Looks To Keep Winning In Canada’s Capital

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CANUCKS BANTER     By Andrew Chernoff    November 12, 2015

Struggling Senators Aim For Home Ice Win

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The Vancouver Canucks take on the Ottawa Senators tonight in game four of their 7-game road trip at the Canadian Tire Centre.

Vancouver is looking to maintain its lead atop the Pacific Division, entering the game a single point ahead of the Los Angeles Kings, with 19-points.

Ottawa is looking to pull ahead of the Detroit Red Wings in the Atlantic Division into sole possession of second place. Both teams are currently tied for 2nd-place in the division with 17-points each.

The game is the first of two meetings this season between the Canucks and Senators. Ottawa will visit Vancouver on Feb. 25th. Vancouver split the season series versus the Senators last season.

The Canucks rebounded against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night, to pick up their first win of the 7-game road swing, to go along with back-to-back losses in regulation play and overtime, against Buffalo and New Jersey.

The Ottawa Senators begin a 5-game home stand tonight, after losing both games of a short 2-game road trip against the Carolina Hurricanes and the Nashville Predators. The Senators have only won two of their first seven home games.

Both teams are struggling yet Vancouver enters the game on a more positive note after their win in Columbus.

The objective is clear. The Canucks are looking to win game two on their road trip, building on the momentum of their win against the Blue Jackets. And the Senators are looking to end their two game losing streak and win their third home game of the season, to start a 5-game home stand.

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

  • The Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators each won a 4-3 overtime games in their own arena last season
  • Canucks are 9-7-1 overall in Ottawa. Canucks are 6-2 in the last 8 meetings in Ottawa.
  • In the last five games in Ottawa, Vancouver is 3-2-0 at the Canadian Tire Centre.
  • Canucks are 2-8 in their last 10 Thursday games.
  • Senators are 2-6 in their last 8 home games.
  • Ben Hutton has 4-assists in his last 5-games.
  • Jared McCann currently ranks 7th among rookies in shooting percentage (20.0%); and tied for 5th place in rookie goals with 5-goals.
  • Ben Hutton and Jared McCann are tied for 8th place in total shots for rookies with 25-shots.
  • Ben Hutton is 2nd in assists by a rookie in the NHL with 8-assists.
  • Daniel Sedin has 12-points (4-8-12) in his last 12-games and currently leads the team in scoring with 15-points (5-10-15).
  • Alex Edler currently ranks 9th in the NHL in TOI/GP with 24:52-minutes/seconds.
  • Jannik Hansen leads the Canucks in +/- with a +10, followed by Chris Tanev at +9, Alex Edler, at +8, Henrik Sedin with +6. Dan Hamhuis  and rookies Jared McCann are at +5. Radim Vrbata is the worst +/- at –9, followed by Yannik Webber at –6.
  • In 16-games this season, the Canucks have outscored their opponents 48-39; last season the Canucks outscored their opponents 236-220
  • The Canucks have allowed just 8-power-play goals against this season, killing 37 of 45-times shorthanded (82.2 PK%)
  • The Canucks 82.2% penalty kill is 11th in the NHL
  • The Canucks have allowed 2.44 goals against per game this season, 11th in the NHL; they are 7th in the League with 2.94 goals for per game

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The Canucks are in 1rst place with 19-points, a single point in front of Los Angeles, who are alone in 2nd with 18-points in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference. Arizona is in 3rd spot with 17-points, three points ahead of San Jose who are tied with Anaheim in 4rth with 14-points each. Edmonton and Calgary with 12 and 11-points each are in 6th and 7th place respectively.

Arizona, San Jose, and Los Angeles both have a game in-hand on Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Anaheim.

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Vancouver is among the top 5-teams in the Western Conference, and are the 5rth best team in the conference with their 19-points. The Dallas Stars are at the  top of the conference with 24-points, currently sporting an 12-4 record in their 16-games, 1-point ahead of the St. Louis Blues, who have won their last 3-games.

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Canucks are among the top 10-teams in the NHL, and are tied with the New York Islanders for the 5th best team in the league with their 19-points. The Montreal Canadians are the top team with 28-points, with a record of 13-2-2, all wins in regulation play. Dallas Stars and New York Rangers tied for the 2nd best overall record in the league with 24-points each, with the Rangers having won their last 6-games. The St. Louis Blues, in the midst of a 3-game winning streak are next with 23-points.

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The Montreal Canadians are currently in top spot of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference with 28-points; followed by Detroit and Ottawa with 17-points each. Tampa Bay sits in 4rth-place with 16-points, followed by Boston and Florida tied for 5th and 6th position with 15-points each. Buffalo and Toronto round out the rest of the division with 14 and 10-points respectively.

The Bruins have 3-games in-hand on the Canadians and Lightening; 2-games in-hand on the Red Wings, Senators, Panthers, Sabres and Maple Leafs. Detroit, Ottawa, Florida, Buffalo and Toronto all have 2-games in-hand on the Canadians and Lightening.

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Daniel Sedin leads the Canucks in scoring with 15-points, followed by brother Henrik with 12-points and Jannik Hansen with 10-points.  Brandon Sutter, rookie Ben Hutton and Alex Burrows are next with 8-points each.  Rookie Jared McCann has 7-points; Radim Vrbata, Alex Edler and Sven Baertschi closely follow with 6-points. Brandon Prust, Bo Horvat and Matt Bartkowski are on their skate blades with 5-points each.

Rookie Jared McCann, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin lead the Canucks are tied for the top sniper with 5-goals each. Daniel Sedin leads the team in assists with 10-assists, followed by rookie Ben Hutton with 8-assists.

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Mark Stone leads the Senators in scoring with 15-points, a point ahead of Erik Karlsson, 14-points. Bobby Ryan and Kyle Turris are next with 13-points each.

Erik Karlsson leads Ottawa in assists with 13, followed by Mark Stone with 12-assists. Kyle Turris is the top goal scorer with 8-goals.

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CANUCKS AT A GLANCE

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Statistics courtesy of the NHL, Vancouver Canucks, ESPN and SportingCharts, with thanks.

Vancouver Ends 3-Game Losing Streak With First Road Trip Win

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CANUCKS BANTER     By Andrew Chernoff    November 10, 2015

Henrik Sedin Scores Twice In 3rd-Period,

Daniel Sedin, Jannik Hansen Get 4-Points Each,

Jacob Markstrom Stops 42-Shots

The Columbus Blue Jackets gave it all they had, and Jacob Markstrom played an outstanding game in his season debut for the Canucks, stopping 42 of 45 shots, defeating Columbus 5-3 for his first win.

Vancouver ended their three consecutive game losing streak, in winning their first game of their current 7-game road trip after consecutive losses to the Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils.

Vancouver’s special teams were not so special as they gave up two power play goals, one short-handed goal; and failed to score on three power play opportunities.

The Canucks power play is now 0-16 in their last 5-games, and they have allowed shorthanded goals in two consecutive games.

The Canucks are now 1-1-1 on their road trip, as they hand Columbus their 6th-loss at home without a win, this season.

A line composed of the Sedin brothers and Jannick Hansen put the Canucks on the scoreboard in the first period after the Blue Jackets took a 1-0 lead with a power play goal, with goals from Hansen and Daniel Sedin. 

But before you could turn to get out of your seat and grab a beer at the period break, the Canucks allowed a power play goal to Columbus with 16-seconds left in the opening period, for a 2-2 tie at the intermission.

The score stayed at 2-2 until late in the first half of the 3rd period when the Blue Jackets scored a shorthanded goal, to go up 3-2. That is when Henrik Sedin went to work with Jannik Hansen and Brandon Sutter, taking over the game as Henrik Sedin and Sutter scored to pull a head of Columbus 4-3. Henrik added an empty net goal for his second goal of the 3rd-period to put the game away.

CANUCK JOTTINGS

  • Jannik Hansen and Daniel Sedin fished the game with 4-points each (1-3-4 each); Henrik Sedin had 3-points (2-1-3). Hansen was a +5, with the Sedin’s each a +3 in the game.
  • Daniel Sedin has 12-points (4-8-12) in his last 11 games and currently leads the team in scoring with 15-points (5-10-15).
  • The game was the first of two meetings this season between the Canucks and Blue Jackets. Columbus will visit Vancouver on Feb. 4th. Vancouver split the season series versus the Blue Jackets last season.
  • Overall the Canucks are 7-2-2 in their last 11-meetings versus Columbus, including tonight’s game.
  • Daniel Sedin, and Henrik Sedin tied rookie Jared McCann for the team lead in goals with their 5th goals of the season tonight.

GAME SUMMARY

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2015-2016 CANUCK STATS

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Winless On Road Trip, Vancouver Looks To Rebound In Columbus Tonight

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CANUCKS BANTER     By Andrew Chernoff    November 10, 2015

Vancouver And Columbus Look To End Losing Streaks

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The Canucks are currently in the midst of a 3-game losing streak, as they enter their 3rd-game of a 7-game road trip. They take on the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight, who are currently last in the Metropolitan Division and winless at home.

The Canucks hope to take advantage of the Blue Jackets misfortune and pick up their first win on the road trip after losses to Buffalo 3-2 and New Jersey 4-3.

The Blue Jackets are back at home  after a 3-game road trip, where they won two games, losing one. In their last 8-games, Columbus has played 7-road games, picking up 4-wins.

Columbus pointless at Nation Wide Arena in 5-games played, hope to change that tonight against the Vancouver Canucks.

Vancouver recalled goaltender Jacob Markstrom from his conditioning assignment with Utica of the American Hockey League and reassigned goaltender Richard Bachman. Markstrom likely will start tonight.

Markstrom, 25, was recovering from a hamstring injury after playing in four preseason games for the Canucks; he was 1-0-1 with a .909 save percentage and 2.40 GA with Utica.

CANUCKS JOTTINGS:

  • Vancouver is 0-13 on the power play in their last 4-games after starting the season 7-35. The Canucks were 0-6 on the power play including a 5-minute power play opportunity against New Jersey.
  • The Canucks are 0-4 in their last 4 games playing on 1 days rest and 5-1 in their last 6 Tuesday games.
  • The Canucks are 7-3 in the last 10 meetings in Columbus and 14-4 in the last 18 meetings overall.
  • Jared McCann leads Vancouver with five goals, Daniel Sedin has seven assists and Brandon Sutter has 34 shots on goal.
  • Rookie defenseman Ben Hutton has 7-assists, tied for 2nd among all NHL rookies.
  • Chris Higgins enters the game with goals in last two games.
  • Defensively, the Vancouver Canucks are allowing 2.4 goals per game and are killing 85.7 percent of their power play chances.
  • Ryan Miller has given up 10 goals in his last three games.

The Canucks are in 2nd place with 17 points, a single point behind  Los Angeles in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference, who are in top spot with 18-points; 3-points ahead of Arizona, who are alone in 3rd place. San Jose is currently is in 4rth place with 14-points, 1-point ahead of Anaheim in 5th place with 13-points. Calgary and Edmonton have 11 and 10-points respectively.

Arizona, San Jose, and Los Angeles both have a game in-hand on Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and Anaheim.

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Vancouver is among the top 8-teams in the Western Conference, and are tied for the 4rth best team in the conference with their 17-points. The Dallas Stars are at the  top of the conference with 24-points, currently sporting an 12-3 record in their 15-games, 4-points ahead of the St. Louis Blues.

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Canucks are among the top 15-teams in the NHL, and are tied for the 7th best team in the league with their 17-points. The Montreal Canadians are the top team with 27-points, with a record of 13-2-1, all wins in regulation play. Dallas Stars are inching their way closer with 24-points to the top spot in 2nd place.

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The Columbus Blue Jackets are currently in last place in the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference with 8-points, 10-points behind the Pittsburgh Penguins for the last playoff position in the division.

The New York Rangers are currently in top spot with 22-points; followed by Washington in 2nd spot with 20-points; Pittsburgh in 3rd with 18-points. New Jersey and the New York Islanders are tied for 4rth position with 17-points each. Philadelphia and Carolina round out the rest of the division with 13 and 12-points respectively.

The Rangers, Penguins, Devils, Flyers, and Panthers, all have 1-game  in-hand on the Islanders and Blue Jackets. Washington have 1-game  in hand on the Rangers, Penguins, Devils, Flyers and Panthers; 2-games  in-hand on the Islanders and Blue Jackets.

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Daniel Sedin leads the Canucks in scoring with 11-points, followed by brother Henrik with 9-points and Alex Burrows with 8-points.  Brandon Sutter, rookies Ben Hutton and Jared McCann are next with 7-points each.  Radim Vrbata, Alex Edler, Jannik Hansen and Sven Baertschi closely follow with 6-points. Brandon Prust and Bo Horvat are on their skate blades with 5-points each.

Rookie Jared McCann leads the Canucks as the top sniper with 5-goals in 13-games played. Daniel Sedin and rookie Ben Hutton are tied for most assists on the team with 7-assists each.

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For Columbus, Scott Hartnell and Brandon Dubinsky lead the Blue Jackets with 11-points each; followed by Cam Atkinson, Ryan Johansen, Boone Jenner and Brandon Saad with 8-points each.

Hartnell leads the Blue Jackets with 7-goals. Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Johansen and David Savard are all tied with most assists on the team with 7-assists each.

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CANUCKS AT A GLANCE

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Statistics courtesy of the Vancouver Canucks, NHL and SportingCharts, with thanks.

CANUCKS BANTER: All-Time Canuck 10 Or More Goal Games

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CANUCKS BANTER     By Andrew Chernoff    November 9, 2015

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On March 28, 1971, the Canucks made history, defeating the California Golden Seals 11-5. It marked the first time in their history that the Canucks hit double digits in a game. Two years later, the Seals returned the favour, becoming the first team to hit double digits against the Canucks.

In total, the Canucks have been involved in 23 games where one of the teams scored ten or more goals. Not surprisingly, most of these games came during the high-scoring 1980’s. There have been no double-digit games between 1992-93 and 2009-10.  Canuck Library

NOTE: My research into double-digit games between 2010-11 and 2014-15 involving the Canucks has not indicated any. The current 2015-16 season has none.

CANUCKS BANTER: The Devils Made Them Do It: Vancouver Loses 4-3 To New Jersey

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CANUCKS BANTER     By Andrew Chernoff    November 8, 2015

Canucks Suffer 9th-One Goal Loss This Season

Vancouver takes one on the chin with another frustrating loss, ruining  a perfect opportunity to end their losing streak which now is at 3-games.

Instead, even with the Devil’s backup goalie, Keith Kincaid in net, the Canucks came up on the short end of the score again, as the the Devil’s  scored in the overtime session, handing the Canucks a single point.

CANUCKS JOTTINGS:

  • The Canucks were 0-6 on the power play including a 5-minute power play opportunity in the last half of the 3rd-period.
  • Vancouver suffered their 9th 1-goal loss this season
  • The Canucks continued their abysmal showing on 3-3 overtime play by losing their 5th 3-3 OT session in 15 games.
  • Vancouver had one disallowed goal scored by Jake Virtanen due to Alex Burrows interfering with the Devil’s goalie
  • Canucks came from behind in the last half of the 2nd period on goals by Edler and Baertschi in just under three minutes to tie game at 3-3.
  • Henrik Sedin’s five game point streak came to an end with the loss. He had 1-goal and 4-assists during the point streak.
  • Tonight marked the first of two meetings this season between the Canucks and Devils. New Jersey will visit Vancouver on Nov. 22nd.
  • With the loss tonight, overall the Canucks are 4-2-0 in their last 6-meetings and 7-4-0 in their last 11-meetings versus New Jersey.
  • In 55 all-time road games in New Jersey, including tonight’s, the Canucks have collected 59 points, this is tied for second most road points collected among
    Eastern Conference opponents. Vancouver has collected 63 points in 67 road games in Toronto and 59 points in 83 road games in
    Detroit.
  • The Canucks suffered their 8th-loss in their last 11-games. In those 8-losses, they got 4-points in OT game losses, including the Devil’s loss.
  • Canucks rookies McCann, Hutton and Virtanen all picked up assists.
  • Sven Baertschi had his first goal of the season, to go along with an assist, for 5-assists on the season.
  • Chris Higgins scored his second goal in two consecutive games, his 3rd game this season after returning from a pre-season injury.
  • Alex Edler scored his 3rd-goal of the season and Bo Horvat picked up his 3rd assist in 15-games played.
  • Rookie Jared McCann continues to be the Canucks top sniper with 5-goals in 13-games played.
  • Rookie Ben Hutton leads all rookie defensemen with 7-assists, and over-all is tied for 2nd place with Connor McDavid of Edmonton among all rookies, four assists behind Artemi Panarin of the Chicago Black Hawks, who leads all rookies.

The Canucks prepare to take on Columbus  on Tuesday, November 10, taking their 4-1-2 road record against the Blue Jackets.

CANUCKS AT A GLANCE

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Statistics from the NHL and ESPN.