CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 30, 2015
Disappointment All A Round
Anaheim (9-11-5) dominated, cruising to an easy 4-0 win as Vancouver (9-9-7) was ineffective and uninspiring, in its first shutout loss of the season, and 10th loss in the last 13 games.
The Anaheim Ducks wasted little time after the opening face-off in taking the game over, as Shawn Horcoff (4) snapped a shot passed Ryan Miller, assisted by Andrew Cogliano (6) and Carl Hagelin (5) to take a 1-0 lead at 1:19.
The Canucks, 29th best fore-checking team in the NHL entering the game, lacked intensity and urgency after the opening goal, as the Ducks continued to bring their game to Vancouver, out hitting, out shooting and out skating Vancouver.
The Vancouver penalty kill was tested three times in the opening period, and would yield a power play goal late in the opening period,when Yannick Webber took a retaliation penalty at 18:18.
The Ducks scored on their power play with 2.1 seconds left in the opening period, as Rickard Rakell (6) on a wrist shot made it 2-0, assisted by Ryan Getzlaf (15) and Sami Vatanen (9) at 19:57.
The Canucks had one unsuccessful power play. Anaheim outshot Vancouver 14-8; out hit Vancouver 11-9. The Ducks were better on the face-offs as well, winning 12 of 18.
Vancouver lost Jake Virtanen for the remainder of the game after sustaining an upper body injury to his ribs, courtesy of Ryan Getzlaf, in the first period, as Anaheim routinely took the body to Vancouver players, leaving them feeling pain and hurting.
The second period was mostly the Canucks continuing to give the Ducks little to worry about in the Anaheim end with the lack of a sustained attack. And Anaheim doing a great job at protecting their lead with little opposition.
The Canucks likely deflated by the late first period goal; and the Ducks sensing no urgency to score more, it was not surprising there was no scoring or special teams action in the middle period. Ducks out shot Vancouver 9-8; out hit Vancouver 11-10. Ducks better on the face-offs again, 8 for 15.
Vancouver went into the final period with point streaks at risk, along with the possibility of being shutout for the first time this season. The Canucks should have been looking for a Chicago comeback type of result that defeated Anaheim on November 27, but it was not to be.
Exactly one minute into the period, Ryan Miller disappointed, as Jakob Silfverberg (2) scored on a slap shot on a break away, assisted by Nick Ritchie (1) and Ryan Kesler (8), putting Anaheim up 3-0.
Corey Perry scored on another break away, over Ryan Miller’s shoulder, at 8:39, with a wrist shot, unassisted.
With the Ducks up 4-0, Miller was pulled in favor of backup goalie Jacob Markstrom. Anaheim soon after was given a high sticking double minor on Chris Stewart for cutting Matt Bartkowski at 9:15. Vancouver did not score.
The Ducks are moving on up after a disastrous month of October, while Vancouver is moving down in the standings and treading water. Overall in November, Anaheim was 8-4-3, while Vancouver finished the month 4-7-3.
With the victory, the Ducks moved within two points of the Canucks.
CANUCK JOTTINGS
Point streaks ended tonight:
RADIM VRBATA (3-1-4 / 3 Games)
HENRIK SEDIN (3-7-10 / 6 Games)
DANIEL SEDIN (6-6-12 / 7 Games)
JANNIK HANSEN (1-1-2 / 2 Games)
Vancouver’s streak of scoring at least one power play goal was stopped tonight at eight consecutive games.
Canucks penalty kill gave up another goal on three chances, making it 15 goals allowed on 49 opportunities in November. Overall, Canucks have allowed 18 goals in 79 penalty kill opportunities in 25 games.
Canucks power play continues not to produce going 0-3 tonight and 11 for 56 chances in November. Overall, Canucks are 18 for 91 man advantages in 25 games.
CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 30, 2015
The Canucks (9-8-7) are in Anaheim (8-11-5) tonight, to take on their Pacific division rivals looking for that all important win against a division opponent, who they currently have a 4 point lead on in the standings.
Vancouver won 2-1 in a shootout at Anaheim on Oct. 12, their second straight victory going back to last season. The Canucks haven’t won three consecutive games against the Ducks since the 2007-08 season.
Canucks Still Leaving Points On The Table
Last game for Vancouver was the second game of their 4-game road trip against the Dallas Stars on Friday, November 27, a 3-2 loss in a shootout, after defeating Minnesota 3-2 on November 25 to start their week long road trip.
Vancouver is 1-7 in games decided past regulation (0-6 in overtime; 1-2 in shootouts).
For the Anaheim, they began a 6-game home stand last Friday against the Chicago Blackhawks. Chicago were not good visitors, erasing a two-goal deficit with 1:41 left in regulation play; and then scoring 1:53 into overtime, Anaheim losing 3-2.
Anaheim is 1-5 in games decided past regulation (0-4 in overtime; 1-2 in shootouts).
Vancouver has lost 6 of their last 8 games, while the Ducks will be trying to escape losing a third game in a row.
Both teams have been having a difficult season having success reaching the postseason. Anaheim has reached the postseason in 8 of last 10 years; Vancouver in 11 of the last 14 seasons.
Already Vancouver and Anaheim have lost 15 and 16 games respectively, and are trying to figure out how to play 60-minute hockey and dominant their opposition on a consistent basis.
The Ducks are moving on up after a disastrous month of October, while Vancouver is moving down in the standings and treading water.
The Ducks are 4-1-3 at home in November with Vancouver 2-4-3 on the road this month.
Overall in November, Anaheim is 7-4-3 (tied for 4rth most points in the NHL in the month), while Vancouver is 4-6-3 (tied for 10th most points in the NHL in the month).
Power Play Not Producing
Vancouver have scored on 11 of 53 man advantages in the past 13 games, but they were only 1 for 7 chances against the Stars.
Canucks are 18 for 88 man advantages in 24 games, for 20.5 per cent, tied for 10th best.
Penalty Kill Impotent
The Canucks penalty kill has been abysmal over the last 13 games, giving up 14 goals on 46 opportunities. Canucks have allowed 17 goals in 76 penalty kill opportunities, for 77.6 per cent, 22nd in the NHL.
In the last 13 games, Vancouver has 20 even strength goals for and have 18 allowed even strength goals.
Anaheim, has scored on 10 of 38 man advantages in their last 14 games. With the best penalty kill in the NHL, their penalty kill has allowed 8 goals on 52 opportunities this month.
In their last 14 games, the Ducks have 20 even strength goals for and have allowed 24 even strength goals.
The Canucks are led by Daniel and Henrik Sedin who have 18 and 17-points respectively in their last 13 games.
For Anaheim, Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, with 14 and 13 points in their last 14 games, lead the Ducks.
Too Many Canucks Under-Producing:
Alex Burrows has two goals in his last 12 games, and has a plus/minus of -2.
Bo Horvat has not scored in his last 12 games, and has a plus/minus of -9.
Sven Baertschi has no points in his last 6 games, and has a plus/minus of -1.
Jake Virtanen has no goals in his last 9 games and 1 goal in 18 games played this season, and has a plus/minus of -2.
Jared McCann has 1 goal in his last 13 games.
Chris Higgins has no points in his last 12 games.
Radim Vrbata has just started to somewhat start to earn his salary but has been more ineffectual than not, with a plus/ minus of -11, the worst on the team.
Vancouver defensemen only have 8 goals this season. Only the Los Angeles Kings and the Colorado Avalanche, each with 7, are worse in the Western Conference.
Vancouver defensemen Yannick Webber and Ben Hutton have plus/minus of -6 each.
CANUCKS JOTTINGS
Canucks are 6-1 in their last 7 Monday games.
Canucks are 4-1 in their last 5 games playing on 2 days rest.
Vancouver have scored 3 goals or less in 10 of their last 12 games.
Canucks have scored 2 goals or less in 7 of their last 12 games.
Canucks have scored 4 goals or more in 6 of their 24 games.
Canucks have allowed 3 goals or less in 16 of their 24 games.
Anaheim visits Vancouver on New Years Day and February 18th. The Canucks visit the Honda Center again on April
Last 5 Games: 2 – 2 – 1
Last 10 Games: 3 – 4 – 3
1-Goal Games: 3 – 6 – 7
2-Goal Games: 1 – 1
3-Goal Games: 5 – 1
Scoring first: 5 – 1 – 4
Opponent scoring first: 4 – 7 – 3
Leading after 1 period: 4 – 0 – 2
Trailing after 1 period: 0 – 5 – 3
Tied after 1 period: 5 – 3 – 2
Leading after 2 periods: 7 – 1 – 4
Trailing after 2 periods: 0 – 7 – 1
Tied after 2 periods: 2 – 0 – 2
The Canucks begin their fifth of 13 back-to-back series this season with tonight’s game versus Anaheim. Thus far, the Canucks have gone 4-2-2 in four previous series this season including a record of 2-1-1 in the first game and 2-1-1 in the second game. Last season, Vancouver played in 12 back-to-back series. They posted a 15-8-1 record in those series. Vancouver went 10-2-0 in the first game of the series and 5-6-1 in the second game.
Daniel Sedin is currently on a seven game point streak, notching 12 points (6-6-12) during that span; it is 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 (27), goals (11), and assists (16).
Henrik Sedin is on a six game point streak registering 10 points (3-7-10) during that span. 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.
Radim Vrbata notched his first multi-goal game of the year, Nov. 25 at MIN; last season Vrbata notched three multi-goal games. He currently sits on a four game point streak (3-2-5 during that span
Ryan Miller ranks second in games played/started (20) and first in TOI (1211:13). He also ranks fifth among goalies in shots against with 572.
Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:49) and has led the team in that category in 22 of 23 games he’s played, including 13 games where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks 15th in the NHL in TOI/GP.
Jake Virtanen leads the team and ranks second among NHL rookies in hits with 53
Chris Tanev leads the team and is seventh in the League in blocked shots with 61. His defence parter Alex Edler is 10th in the NHL with 52 blocked shots.
Two Canucks players rank in the top-10 in the League in shots: Daniel Sedin (93 – sixth) and Radim Vrbata (83 – t-10th)
Vancouver has scored at least one power play goal in eight consecutive games. According to Elias Sports Bureau, 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.
Vancouver has had 18 different goal scorers this season, tied for fourth most in the League.
The Canucks have scored 2.83 goals for per game, ranking t-ninth in the League; their 68 goals on the year are t-seventh most in the NHL
Vancouver is t-fifth in the League in shots/GP with 30.9.
Assist streaks: DANIEL SEDIN (5 / 4 Games)
Point streaks:
RADIM VRBATA (3-1-4 / 3 Games)
HENRIK SEDIN (3-7-10 / 6 Games)
DANIEL SEDIN (6-6-12 / 7 Games)
JANNIK HANSEN (1-1-2 / 2 Games)
VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD WHEN…
Score 4+ Goals: 6-0-0
Score 3 Goals or Less: 3-8-7
Allow 4+ Goals: 0-3-3
Allow 3 Goals or Less: 9-4-4
On 0 Days Rest: 2-1-1
On 1 Day Rest: 2-4-5
On 2 Days Rest: 4-2-1
On 3+ Days Rest: 0-1-1
Score a PPG: 4-5-5
Give up a PPG: 4-6-4
25+ Shots on Goal: 7-7-6
Less than 25 shots: 2-1-1
SEASON SNAPSHOT
CANUCKS PLAYERS STATS
DUCKS PLAYERS STATS
Statistics courtesy of the NHL, and Vancouver Canucks, with thanks.
CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 27, 2015
CLOSE DOESN’T CUT IT
The Vancouver Canucks (9-8-7) entered the game against the Dallas Stars (18-5-0) in 3rd place in the Pacific division and in a playoff position.
The Stars, top team in the Central division and the Western Conference, had not lost back to back games during the season.
The Canucks defeated Minnesota Wild in their last game on November 25, 3-2; Dallas lost in their last game on November 24 to the Ottawa Senators, 7-4.
The Stars power play second best behind the Boston Bruins; the Canucks penalty kill allowing 12 power play goals against in the month of November (12 games). Vancouver’s power play ranked 7th in the NHL.
When the Canucks met Dallas on October 27, the game went into overtime with Vancouver losing 4-3.
Tonight’s game was that close, and as it was last visit to Texas, not in Vancouver’s favour, and the Canucks are tied with Arizona for 3rd place in the Pacific division with 25 points.
Jaime Benn notched his 17th goal of the season on the power play to open the scoring, assisted by Patrick Sharp (11) and Tyler Seguin (20), making it 1-0 Dallas at 15:27 in the first period. The opening period ended with Dallas up 1-0. Canucks outshot the Stars 15-8.
In the second period, the Canucks waited little time in answering the Stars first goal, as Daniel Sedin (11) off a pass from Janick Hansen (8) scored an even strength goal to tie the game 1-1.
Soon after entering the final half of the middle period, Dallas took a 2-1 lead on a great shot on a Stars power play that Ryan Miller should have had by Jason Spezza, assisted by Patrick Sharp (12) and John Klingberg (21) at 11:52.
The Canucks outshot the Stars 21-14 over two periods. Vancouver power play 0-3 while Dallas was much better at 2-3 after two.
Vancouver kept battling, and it paid off as Henrik Sedin (8) scored with 4:10 left in regulation play on the power play, assisted by Daniel Sedin (16) and Radim Vrbata (6) to even the game at 2-2.
Nothing would be decided the rest of the way in regulation and the game went into overtime.
Overtime was frantic and both teams had their chances. Canucks with a shot on the Dallas net with Antti Niemi out of the net but he rushed back for the save. And Dallas with a two minute power play when Vancouver was called for too many men on the ice.
But alas nothing was resolved in the overtime and off to a shootout the two teams went with Dallas the victor and winning by a score of 3-2.
The shootout was the first for Dallas this season.
CANUCKS JOTTINGS
The Canucks are 1-7-3 against the Stars in the last 11 games played, dating back to the 2012.13 season; 0-6-3 in their last 9 games.
Daniel Sedin has 16 points (7-9-16 in his last 9 games including two four point performances during that span – Nov. 10 at CBJ and
Nov. 21 vs CHI. He also sits on a 7 game point streak, notching 12 points (6-6-12) during that span. He currently leads the team in
points (27) and goals (11), is t-first in assists (16) and ranks fourth in League scoring
Canucks power play is 9 for 51 on the road; 18 for 88 overall.
Canucks penalty kill has allowed 17 ppga in 76 attempts. 11 ppga in 46 attempts on the road.
Canucks have allowed 14 power play goal against in their 13 games in November. 11 ppga in 9 road games.
Henrik Sedin’s points streak continues as he is 3-7=10 in his last 6 games after his goal tonight.
Daniel Sedin’s points streak continues as well as he is now 6-6=12 in his last 7 games after a goal and assist tonight.
Radim Vrbata is not to be left out as his points streak continues too, with 3-1=4 in his last 3 games, with an assist tonight.
Alex Edler’s points streak ends at 3 games. He was 0-4=4 entering tonight’s game.
Next game: Monday, November 30 against the Anaheim Ducks, game #3 of Canucks 4 game road trip.
GAME REVIEW
CANUCKS AT A GLANCE
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CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 27, 2015
The Vancouver Canucks (9-8-6) fresh off watching the Carolina Panthers defeat the Dallas Cowboys on U.S. Thanksgiving Day, are back in action tonight against Western Conference leaders Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center.
The game is the second for the Canucks on their 4-game road trip. Vancouver won 3-2 in Minnesota Wednesday. Radim Vrbata scored two goals, and Ryan Miller had 31 saves for the Canucks, which ended a four-game winless streak on the road and won for just the second time in its past 8-games on the road.
The Canucks are 3-6-2 in their past 11 games overall.
Brandon Sutter (abdominal) and Ben Hutton (lower body) are injured for Vancouver.
The Stars had a five-game winning streak end with a 7-4 loss to Ottawa at American Airlines Center Tuesday. Tonight’s game wraps up a three-game homestand for Dallas.
Kari Lehtonen (upper body) is unavailable for Dallas. Travis Moen (upper body) and Jason Demers (lower body) are day-to-day.
CANUCKS JOTTINGS
Jake Virtanen leads the team and leads NHL rookies in hits with 53.
Daniel Sedin has 10 points (5-5-10) in his last 6 games. He has had two four point performances in the last six games – Nov. 10 at CBJ and Nov. 21 vs CHI. He currently leads the team in points (25) and goals (10).
The Canucks are now 6-4-3 away from Rogers Arena this season.
The Canucks stopped allowing at least 3 goals against at10 straight games tonight.
The Canucks one goal victory tonight was just their 3rd in 15 one goal games this season. Vancouver won 22 of 31 one-goal games last season.
The Stars are 8-3-0 at home. The Canucks are 6-4-3 on the road.
The Canucks rank eighth in goal scoring at 2.87 per game. The Stars rank second in goal scoring in the NHL at 3.54 per game.
The Canucks rank seventh on the power play at 21.0 percent. The Stars rank second on the power play at 26.9 percent.
Alex Edler, Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin all had points against Minnesota, to continue their points streaks going into Dallas.
Alex Edler: 0-4=4 in 3 games; Daniel Sedin: 5-5=10 in 6 games; Henrik Sedin: 2-7=9 in 5 games.
Radim Vrbata goes into tonight’s game with 3 goals in his last 2 games.
Daniel Sedin ranks fourth in NHL scoring with 25 points (10 goals, 15 assists).
The Canucks’ even strength scoring chance differential during the month of November in 12 games, War-On-Ice figures indicate, is 46.5 per cent. Only three NHL teams have been out-chanced by a wider margin this month: Ottawa, 44.9 per cent; Florida, 42.9 per cent; and the New York Rangers, 40.2 per cent.
Dallas Stars even strength scoring chance differential during the month of November is 53.4 per cent, 4rth best in the NHL.
In November, War-On-Ice figures indicate Vancouver has given up 245 even-strength scoring chances against. Only seven NHL teams have been out-chanced at even-strength by a wider margin this month: Winnipeg, 250; St. Louis, 254; Ottawa, 254; Philadelphia, 259; Boston, 260; Dallas, 262; Toronto, 292.
The Canucks have had six different players make their NHL debut this season (Grenier, Shinkaruk, Virtanen, McCann, Hutton, and Gaunce). According to Elias Sports Bureau, this is the most number players to make their NHL debut for the Canucks in a single season since six players did so during the 2007.08 season.
The Canucks face off against the Wild tonight for the first of three times this season. Vancouver is 4-4-2 against Minnesota in the last ten games played, dating back to the 2012-13 season.
Vancouver is pressed to get a win tonight, close will not cut it anymore, as frustrations are building and the chance of making the playoffs is getting slimmer if the Canucks do not turn it around now.
“Our record right now is what we deserve,” Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller told the Canucks website on Tuesday. “We have to find a way to win games. We can be better and we have to be better.”
“It’s like playoff hockey for us, and we need to recognize that. Our urgency level has to be higher. I think the guys know that, so I would expect us to be battling. Saying that, I do believe in the character of this group, and I don’t believe there are many nights that they haven’t given everything they have.”
Minnesota (11-5-3) is 8-1-0 at home and has outscored opponents 10-3 in three straight victories there since losing to Nashville on Nov. 5.
The Canucks desperately need to find a way to turn their momentum around or they could very well find themselves outside the playoff picture by the time this trip wraps up on Tuesday in Los Angeles. After their less-than-stellar seven-game road trip earlier this month, the Canucks are certainly aware of the importance getting off to a good start although they couldn’t have been handed a tougher opponent to begin with. canucks.nhl.com
CANUCKS JOTTINGS
Jake Virtanen leads the team and leads NHL rookies in hits with 52.
Daniel Sedin has 8 points (5-3-8) in his last 5 games. He has had two four point performances in the last six games – Nov. 10 at CBJ and Nov. 21 vs CHI. He currently leads the team in points (23) and goals (10) and ranks fifth in League scoring.
Jared McCann ranks tied for third on the team and t-sixth among rookies in goals (6); he is also the first Canucks player since Dane Jackson in 1993 to have at least five consecutive goals to start his career (no assists).
McCann currently ranks 5th among rookies in shooting percentage (17.1%) and is 7th among rookies in shots with 35.
Ryan Miller ranks tied for first in games played/started (18) and second in TOI (1086:13). He also ranks third among all goalies in
shots against with 514.
Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:48) and has led the team in that category in 20 of 21 games he’s played, including 12 games where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks 11th 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 (8-8-6) start the 4- game road trip having lost 5 of their past 6 games.
The Canucks went 1-4-2 on a recent 7-game road trip that ended on Nov. 18, but are still above .500 (5-4-3) away from Rogers Arena this season.
Vancouver has allowed at least 3 goals against in 10 straight games
After winning 22 of 31 one-goal games last season, the Canucks have won just 2 of 14 this season, representing the worst winning percentage.
Vancouver’s 5-on-5 goals-for/goals-against numbers rank 14th and 13th in the NHL respectively according to Hockey Analysis.
Vancouver is tied for 5th in the NHL in goals scored with the man advantage, but their five-on-five Corsi For % of 48.6 is good for only 20th.
Vancouver will be without defenseman Ben Hutton (lower body) and forward Brandon Sutter (abdominal), who remain out for the road trip. Hutton and Sutter are to be at least a week away from returning, according to coach Willie Desjardins.
Devan Dubnyk recorded his 3rd shutout on November 21 against Nashville, 4-0.
Dubnyk’s shutouts have all come at home, where he has a 1.90 goals-against average compared to 3.09 on the road.
Minnesota is 9-1-0 when scoring first.
The Canucks (8-8-6) lost for the fifth time in six games Sunday, falling 3-2 to New Jersey
Against the Devils, Vancouver were 1 for 8 on power plays after scoring on 8 of 21 chances in the previous five games.
The Canucks have been abysmal on the penalty kill, giving up 11 goals on opponents’ 36 chances in the past 10 games after previously limiting teams to 3 for 32.
Minnesota is 17 for 50 on the power play (34.0 percent) against Vancouver, with the Canucks losing 9 of the last 13 in Minnesota.
The Canucks’ even strength scoring chance differential during the month of November in 11 games, War-On-Ice figures indicate, is 45.9 per cent. Only three NHL teams have been out-chanced by a wider margin this month: Ottawa, 44.3 per cent; Florida, 42.9 per cent; and the New York Rangers, 39.8 per cent.
In these 11 games, War-On-Ice figures indicate Vancouver has given up 225 even-strength scoring chances against. Only seven NHL teams have been out-chanced at even-strength by a wider margin this month: St. Louis, 230; Ottawa, 233; Boston, 234; Calgary, 237; Philadelphia, 238; Dallas, 262; Toronto, 292.
The Canucks have had six different players make their NHL debut this season (Grenier, Shinkaruk, Virtanen, McCann, Hutton, and Gaunce). According to Elias Sports Bureau, this is the most number 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 six or more players made their NHL debut in a single season for the Canucks was in 1999.00 (eight players)
The Canucks have scored 2.86 goals for per game, ranking 8th in the League; their 63 goals on the year are fifth most in the NHL.
VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD WHEN…
Score 4+ Goals: 6-0-0
Score 3 Goals or Less: 2-8-6
Allow 4+ Goals: 0-3-3
Allow 3 Goals or Less: 8-4-3
On 0 Days Rest: 2-1-1
On 1 Day Rest: 2-4-4
On 2 Days Rest: 3-2-1
On 3+ Days Rest: 0-1-1
Score a PPG: 3-5-4
Give up a PPG: 3-6-3
25+ Shots on Goal: 6-7-5
Less than 25 shots: 2-1-1
The club record for NHL debuts in a single season is 11 which occurred during the 1973.74 season.
The Canucks players aged 23 or younger that have appeared in the lineup thus far (Baertschi, Horvat, Hutton, Virtanen, McCann, Gaunce, and Shinkaruk) have accounted for 21.2% of points (36), 34.9% of goals (22) and 22.4% of assists (24) respectively, for the team this season
The Canucks have had 18 different goal scorers this season, tied for fourth most in the League with the NY Islanders and Tampa Bay; Nashville has had 20 and St. Louis and Boston have had 19 different goal scorers.
SEASON SNAPSHOT
CANUCKS PLAYER STATS
WILD PLAYER STATS
CANUCKS AT A GLANCE
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CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 30, 2015
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