Vancouver Continues To Build Up Losses, With 6-2 Loss To Minnesota

Posted on December 15, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff December 15, 2015

Updated at 8:55 pm PST

CANUCKS MAKE LOSING LOOK EASY

The Vancouver Canucks (11-13-8) registered their 21rst loss of the season, in a lopsided loss, to the Minnesota Wild (16-7-6), and continue to be winless on their 6 game road trip.

Vancouver came out skating with the Wild and got the first two shots on Minnesota goalie Darcy Kuemper but the home team scored first on the power play when Ben Hutton took a penalty for holding Charlie Coyle, at 4:50.

Thomas Vanek scored on the power play, his 11th goal of the season, on a tip in, assisted by Zach Parise (7) and Jason Pominville (14) at 5:17.

The Wild continued to take the game to Vancouver as they pressed the Canucks in their own end, with Miller coming up with timely saves. At the halfway point of the period, Minnesota had built up a 13 to 5 shot lead.

After a few good shifts that saw the Canucks get some good scoring opportunities, Minnesota beat Vancouver to the net, scoring at 12:47 to make it 2-0, on an even strength goal,when Jason Zucker scored his 7th goal, on a wrist shot, assisted by Thomas Vanek (10) and Mikko Koivu (17).

Minnesota outshot Vancouver 17-12. Canuck defensemen got most of the shots in the first period for Vancouver: Matt Bartkowski had 3; Alex Edler and Alex Biega, 2 each; no Canuck forward had more than one shot in the period.
Canucks were not very good in the face-off circle, successful on 8 for 22. Adam Cracknell was 3 for 5; Henrik Sedin, 2 for 7; Bo Horvat, 2 for 5; Jared McCann, 1-5.
Canuck defensemen had four of the 5 block shots, led by Chris Tanev with 2; Chris Higgins had the only block shot amongst the Vancouver forwards. Vancouver and Minnesota had 7 hits each, with no Canuck having more than one.

In the middle period, Vancouver continued to get into penalty trouble, and play with little intensity or push back, and Minnesota continued to make Vancouver pay.

Yannick Weber got a penalty at 5:17 for holding Charlie Coyle, and the the Wild wasted little time adding to their lead as Zach Parise scored his 10th goal, assisted by Thomas Vanek (11) and Mikko Koivu (18) at 5:25, to make it 3-0 Wild.

Miller had stopped Parise on two previous shots, but he couldn’t stop the third, and a frustrated Miller had to be wondering where his teammates were on that goal. Minnesota had out shot Vancouver 5-0 up to goal.

A little over a minute later, the Canucks spoiled Kuemper’s shutout bid, as Jannick Hansen scored his 9th goal, on a wrist shot, assisted by Henrik Sedin (21) and Daniel Sedin (21), at 6:45, and Vancouver pulled within two at 3-1.

Less than two minutes later, the Wild scored a disputed goal that was challenged by the Canucks when Mikko Koivu scored on Miller with a snapshot at 8:12. Vancouver believed the play to be offside but on review was ruled a good goal. Assists went to Thomas Vanek (12) and Nate Prosser (2), and the Wild were once again up by three goals at 4-1, on an even strength goal.

At 11:04 Jared McCann got a double-minor for high sticking Zach Parise and Minnesota were on power plays three and four of the game.

And once again, the Wild were efficient with their time as, they scored their 3rd power play goal of the game; Ryan Suter, on a wrist shot, his 5 goal, at 12:36, assisted by Zach Parise (8) and Mikko Koivu (19), making it 5-1.

Before the period would end, Minnesota would make it 6 to 1, on an even strength goal, when Marco Scandella scored his 4rth goal, on a wrist shot, assisted by Matt Dumba (4) and Nino Niederreiter (5) at 16:03.

The Wild outscored the Canucks 4-1 in the middle period and out shot Vancouver, 19-9.
The penalty kill was put to sleep as the Wild were 2 for 3 on the power play, needing little time to score against a lacklustre Canuck team.
At the end of two, Zach Parise led both teams in shots with 8, with teammates Jason Zucker and Ryan Suter having 4 each.
The Canucks defensemen had a total of 10 shots after two, led by Matt Bartkowski with 4. Jannick Hansen led the Vancouver forwards with 3 shots.
Vancouver did not do any better on face-offs in the middle period as they were 9 for 27. Adam Cracknell and Bo Horvat were the best face-off men after two period, both 6 for 12.

The final period started with a new goalie for Vancouver as coach Willie Desjardin replaced Ryan Miller with Jacob Markstrom, and Minnesota took their hand off the throttle, as there would be only one goal scored.

Just over six minutes into the period, a turnover to the Canuck captain, Henrik Sedin, resulted in Vancouver’s second goal, as he fed a pass to brother Daniel to make it a four goal game at 6-2 Minnesota.

It was Daniel Sedin’s 14th goal of the season, and Henrik Sedin’s 22nd assist of the campaign, at 6:16.

CANUCK JOTTINGS

Canucks were out shot 41-31 in the game.
In the face-off circle, Vancouver was 25 for 72.
Jannick Hansen had 5 shots for Vancouver; Zach Parise led the Wild with 8 shots.
Canucks had no power play opportunities; and were 2 for 5 on the penalty kill.
Canuck defensemen Alex Biega and Yannick Weber led all Canucks in hits with 3 each.
Chris Tanev finished with 3 block shots.
Vancouver has been outscored 10-2 in their first two games on the road trip.

NEXT GAME UP: AT PHILADELPHIA FLYERS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2015

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Vancouver Looks For Another Road Win In Minnesota Tonight

Posted on December 15, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff December 15, 2015

Updated: 1:12 pm PST

CANUCKS NEED TO KEEP BATTLING

AGAINST TEAMS WITH TALENT AND SPEED

Winning on the road is hard. We’ve won some big games on the road…..there’s some tough buildings to win in…..and we’ve won in ‘em. Coach Willie Desjardins, on winning big games in tough buildings, as the Canucks look to establish another winning streak.

The Vancouver Canucks (11-12-8) will play the Minnesota Wild (15-7-6) at Xcel Energy Center tonight.

Minnesota begins a stretch of six of the next seven games at home after returning home from a three-game road trip that Minnesota finished 1-0-2.

The Wild carry a season-high seven-game point streak (4-0-3) into the game tonight.

It is game two, of a six game road trip for Vancouver, that lost its first game of the trip 4-0 to the Chicago Blackhawks on December 13. Ryan Miller started in goal for Vancouver and made 26 saves on 29 shots.

The loss ended a two game win streak for the Canucks with previous victories against the Buffalo Sabres and the New York Rangers at Rogers Place.

Vancouver are without a win in their last four road outings (0-2-2) and have not won on the road since their last visit to the Xcel Energy Center back on November 25, when they knocked off the Wild by a 3-2 score.

Tonight marks the second of three meetings this season between Vancouver and Minnesota. The Wild visit Rogers Arena on Feb. 15th.

The Canucks are tied for 2nd place in the Pacific division. Vancouver is trying to keep pace with 1rst place Los Angeles in the division, where teams Nos. 2-7 are separated by just three points.

Vancouver has 6 wins in 17 road games (41-GF & 49-GA), and are 2-5-4 in the last 11 road games.

Ryan Miller is expected to start again tonight.

Miller is 4-6-1 since November 12, with a 2.80 GAA, and .913 Sv%. He is 1-5-1 on the road during that stretch with a 3.11 GAA and .902 Sv%.

Ryan Miller, has seen action in 25 of 31 possible games this season. His record is 9-10-6, with a 2.53 GAA and a .914 save percentage, his highest in three seasons. He has 1 shutout.

In his last three starts, Miller is 2-1-0, allowing 6 goals on 96 shots, with a GAA of 2.04 and a .938 save percentage.

Canucks on the mend and the unavailable include, Luca Sbisa (hand); Brandon Sutter (sports hernia surgery), and Dan Hamhuis (facial fracture) are on the injured reserve list.

The Wild carries a season-high seven-game point streak (4-0-3) into the game on tonight. That includes a current five-game stretch in which the Wild has allowed four goals, two of which have come at even-strength, and two in regulation.

The Wild are in 4rth place in the Central division, two points behind St. Louis and Chicago tied for 2nd place and 10 points behind Dallas in 1rst place.

Minnesota have 10 wins in 15 home games (40-GF & 27-GA), and are 6-3-1 in their last 10 home games.

The Wild’s latest win came against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday, a 2-0 victory.

Vancouver’s win against the Wild at Xcel Energy Center is one of the Minnesota’s three home regulation losses this season, tied for the fewest in the NHL. The Wild’s 10 home wins are tied for second-most in the NHL.

The Wild are 4-0-2 in their last 6 games, and have scored 10 goals and only more than two goals in a single game on one occasion in those six games. However, they’ve only allowed 5 goals in those same 6 games which includes three shutouts. If you take out goals they surrendered in 3-on-3 overtime, that total drops down to just three goals allowed.

Minnesota have held their opponents to 25-or-fewer shots in each game while averaging 14.5 blocked shots per game.

Darcy Kuemper is expected make his fourth start in goal for Minnesota tonight, since Devan Dubnyk sustained a mild groin injury on Dec. 5.

The only injury to Minnesota is Devan Dubnyk (groin strain) and he is expected to be in the lineup tonight in a backup role.

The Wild power play ranked t-23rd in the league entering Tuesday at 17.2 percent. The Canucks’ penalty kill ranked 19th at 79.8 percent.

The Canucks power play ranked t-14th in the NHL entering Tuesday at 18.4 percent. The Wilds’ penalty kill ranked 16th at 77.1 percent. Vancouver leads the NHL in power play opportunities with 114 entering Tuesday.

Minnesota’s 16 PPG on the season are t-8th most in the NHL.

Vancouver’s 21 PPG on the season are t-3rd most in the NHL with Nashville, behind Chicago with 23 and 5 teams tied with 22.

The Canucks are the worst team in the face-off circle, with a 46.6 FOW percentage overall. They have a 43.3 FOW percentage on the road (30th) and a 50.8 FOW percentage at home, t-19th with Pittsburgh.

The Wild are ranked 6th in the face-off circle, with a 51.4 FOW percentage overall. They have a 52.8 FOW percentage at home (9th) and a 50.1 FOW percentage on the road (6th best).

Canuck defensemen average 12.5 block shots and 10.9 hits per game this season. Matt Bartkowski leads Vancouver defensemen with 2.1 hits per game, while Chris Tanev leads defensemen with 2.7 block shots per game.

Canucks forwards average 6.9 block shots and 22.4 hits per game this season. Adam Cracknell leads active forwards with 2.4 hits per game, while Brandon Prust and Derek Dorsett lead Vancouver forwards with 0.7 block shots per game.

Minnesota defensemen average 9.9 block shots and 6.6 hits per game this season. Christian Folin leads Wild defensemen with 1.4 hits per game, while Jared Spurgeon leads Wild defensemen with 2.2 block shots per game.

Wild forwards average 7.1 block shots and 18.3 hits per game this season. Chris Porter leads Minnesota forwards with 2.7 hits per game, while Charlie Coyle leads Wild forwards with 1 block shot per game, this season.

PROJECTED LINEUPS:

CANUCKS

Daniel Sedin – Henrik Sedin – Jannik Hansen

Sven Baertschi – Bo Horvat – Alexandre Burrows

Chris Higgins – Jared McCann – Radim Vrbata

Derek Dorsett – Adam Cracknell – Brandon Prust

Alexander Edler – Christopher Tanev

Yannick Weber – Ben Hutton

Alex Biega – Matt Bartkowski

Ryan Miller

Jacob Markstrom

WILD

Zach Parise – Mikael Granlund – Jason Pominville

Thomas Vanek – Mikko Koivu – Jason Zucker

Nino Niederreiter – Charlie Coyle – Justin Fontaine

Chris Porter – Erik Haula – Ryan Carter

Ryan Suter – Jared Spurgeon

Jonas Brodin – Marco Scandella

Nate Prosser – Matt Dumba

Darcy Kuemper

Devan Dubnyk

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

Tonight marks Bo Horvat’s 100th NHL game. According to Elias Sports Bureau, at 20 years and 225 days old, Horvat will be the 20th Canucks player to appear in 100 games prior to his 21st birthday, and the first to do so since Taylor Pyatt played in his 100th game on Feb. 2/02 (20 years and 175 days).
Last game against Chicago, Daniel Sedin notched a game-high six shots…Matt Bartkowski registered a game-high six hits…Ryan Miller made 26 saves…Radim Vrbata appeared in his 900th career game.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:

-Dec. 13 – Jake Virtanen loaned to Team Canada for the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship

-Dec. 12 – Ronalds Kenins and Andrey Pedan recalled from Utica

-Dec. 10 – Guillaume Brisebois signed to a three-year entry level contract.
Daniel Sedin has 15 points (6-9-15) in the last 11 games. He currently leads the team in points (33), goals (13), ppg (5) and ppp (12), gwg (3), and t-first in assists (20). He is also 6th in NHL scoring.
Henrik Sedin has 14 points (4-10-14) in the last 11 games. Henrik ranks t-first on the team in assists (20), second in points (29), and t-second in goals (9), ppg (4), and ppp (12). He is also t-11th in NHL scoring.
Alex Edler leads the team in time on ice per game (24:25) and has led the team in that category in 27 of 30 games he’s played, including 16 games where he’s led all skaters in TOI. He currently ranks 18th in the NHL in TOI/GP.
Chris Tanev leads the team and ranks 6th in the League in blocked shots with 77. His defence partner Alex Edler ranks 19th in the NHL with 61 blocked shots.
Canucks power play is 2 for 19, 11 percent, in its last 5 games.
Vancouver’s penalty kill has killed all 12 of 13 man advantages in the last 5 games, 92.3 per cent.
VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD WHEN…

Score 4+ Goals: 7-0-0

Score 3 Goals or Less: 4-12-8

Allow 4+ Goals: 0-7-3

Allow 3 Goals or Less: 11-5-5

On 0 Days Rest: 2-1-2

On 1 Day Rest: 4-6-5

On 2 Days Rest: 4-3-1

On 3+ Days Rest: 0-2-0

Score a PPG: 6-5-6

Give up a PPG: 3-8-6

25+ Shots on Goal: 9-9-7

Less than 25 shots: 2-3-1
CANUCKS RECORD:

Overall record/streak: 11 – 12 – 8 / Lost 1

Home record/streak: 5 – 6 – 3 / Win 2 / Undef 2

Road record/streak: 6 – 6 – 5 / Lost 1

Last 5 Games: 2 – 3 – 0

Last 10 Games: 3 – 5 – 2

1-Goal Games: 4 – 6 – 8

2-Goal Games: 1 – 2

3-Goal Games: 6 – 4

Scoring first: 6 – 2 – 5

Opponent scoring first: 5 – 10 – 3

Leading after 1 period: 5 – 0 – 3

Trailing after 1 period: 0 – 8 – 3

Tied after 1 period: 6 – 4 – 2

Leading after 2 periods: 8 – 1 – 5

Trailing after 2 periods: 0 – 11 – 1

Tied after 2 periods: 3 – 0 – 2

OT Record – This Season: 1 – 8

OT Record – Franchise: 169 – 151 – 219

Shootout Record – This Season: 1 – 1

Shootout Record – Franchise: 51 – 56

Outshooting opponent: 4 – 5 – 5

Outshot by opponent: 7 – 6 – 3

Even shots: 0 – 1 – 0

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Vancouver Takes Minnesota With Wild Finnish

Posted on November 25, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 25, 2015

Two Per Cent More Does It

Vancouver Canucks (9-8-6) started their four game road trip by taming the Minnesota Wild (11-6-3), giving them their first loss of their four game home stand, and their second loss at home this season.

Radim Vrbata had two goals, including a power play goal. The line of Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin and Jannick Hansen had four points ( Hansen his 7th goal; Daniel two assists for 15; Henrik an assist for 15).

Ryan Miller stopped 31 of 33 shots, for a .939 SV percentage. Vancouver was perfect on the power play and was 2 for 3 on their penalty kill, that goal going off of Edler’s skate and credited to Thomas Vanek.

The Wild came out strong in the opening period, pressing the Canucks with Ryan Miller playing strong as he patiently and eagerly anticipated his teammates getting their game legs sooner than later.

Minnesota got on the score sheet first with a power play goal by Thomas Vanek at 12:39, assisted by Mikko Koivu (15) and Mikael Granlund (9). It was the Canucks 8 power play goal against in 8 road games in November.

Vancouver kept challenging the Wild and Miller kept making timely saves, finally resulting in Radim Vrbata (5) scoring an even strength goal at 19:32, assisted by Jared McCann (3) and Alex Edler (9).

The Canucks started out with a stronger second period, taking the play to the Wild, and Miller continued to be strong in net for Vancouver, who took the momentum of the late first period goal in the middle frame.

In the final half of the second period, on the power play, Radim Vrbata (6) scored his second goal of the game, from Henrik Sedin (15) and Daniel Sedin (14), to put the Canucks up 2-1. It was the Canucks 6th power play goal in 8 road games this month. And that was the way the period end, with Vancouver up by a goal.

Vancouver out shot the Wild 10-5 in the second period, after being out shot 13-9 by Minnesota in the opening period.

Vancouver continued in the final frame where they left off in the middle period, and were rewarded at 5:21 on an even strength goal by Jannick Hansen (7), assisted by Daniel Sedin (15), Canucks now up 3-1.

At 12:48 of the period, Yannick Webber took a penalty, giving the Wild a great opportunity to get within a goal of Vancouver. While Minnesota was unsuccessful on the power play, the Wild took the momentum they created into the final five minutes of the game and turned it up a notch, pressing the Canucks and challenging them in the netural zone and in their own end.

With just under two minutes left in the game, the Wild pulled Devan Dubnyk out for a sixth attacker and the action got frantic and intense. Canucks found that their ability to withstand the Wild onslaught was wearing on them, and with 1:20 left in the game, Charlie Coyle (5) scored on a tip in from Ryan Suter (17) and Mikko Koivu (16).

Minnesota used their timeout and then the the frantic and intense action continued with the Wild continually trying to get their goalie out of the net again and get that sixth attacker back on the ice. The Canucks were not being so accommodating and eventually it happened and Minnesota was all in and giving it all they could when Vancouver got a pentalty.

Wild were now on the power play with six skaters to four. Alex Edler got two minutes for hooking with 33.4 seconds left. Wild were all over the Canucks net; Miller doing his best to follow the puck. Koivu misses a great backhand opportunity. Then Mikael Granlund with his great opportunity puts the puck over the net and out of play with 11.8 seconds left. The faceoff is a good one for Vancouver and they get the puck out and down the ice.

Canucks with in a frantic an exciting finish.

Alex Edler, Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin all had points, to continue their points streaks. Alex Edler: 0-4=4 in 3 games; Daniel Sedin: 5-5=10 in 6 games; Henrik Sedin: 2-7=9 in 5 games.

Bo Horvat had his assists streak stopped at two games: 0-2=2. Henrik Sedin had his goal scoring streak ended at two games: 2-0=2.

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.

Next game: Friday, November 27 at the Dallas Stars.

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CANUCKS BANTER: Vancouver Look To Tame Wild Tonight

Posted on November 25, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff November 25, 2015

Coach Desjardins confirms Jake Virtanen will return to the lineup for Sven Baertschi and that Ryan Miller will start in goal.

— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) November 25, 2015

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.

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