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

Posted on December 5, 2015 by CanucksBanter

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

NEXT GAME UP: BUFFALO SABRES ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2015

GAME REVIEW

CANUCKS AT A GLANCE

CANUCK PLAYER STATS

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

Posted on December 5, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff December 5, 2015

The Canucks Have To Find A Way

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.

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.

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.

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

LEAGUE STANDINGS

CANUCKS PLAYER STATS

BRUINS PLAYER STATS

CANUCKS-BRUINS SITUATIONS

CANUCKS-BRUINS AT A GLANCE

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

The Canucks Have To Find A Way…Just Saying

Posted on December 4, 2015 by CanucksBanter

By Andrew Phillip Chernoff December 4, 2015 Just Saying….

Just-saying

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

And the game on Saturday night against the Boston Bruins, is the best game to start.

I remember when growing up in the 70’s and following my favourite Canucks, and the great games Boston and Vancouver would have. Bobby Schmautz and other Canucks would rise to the occasion and have their best games of the season against them. Especially Schmautz.

Well, it is time, for the next incarnation of the 2015-16 Vancouver Canucks to take the ice.

And what will it take?

Well, Canuck coach Willie Desjardins was very direct in the post-game interview after the Dallas game on Thursday night, after the Canucks lost 4-2, about his disappointment.

To the point, the Vancouver players need to find a way.

When Desjardins was asked about his team getting 16 shots on net, in two straight games against Dallas and LA, Desjardins admitted that the Canucks have to create more opportunities if they are going to be successful:

The only thing you can do is work your way out of it. You know people aren’t gonna feel sorry for ya. We gotta work our way out of it. It’s gonna be tough…and you know, what , when you come into the rink tomorrow….you have to work to get better. And it’s just, it should be that way everyday, win or lose, that’s how you should approach the rink, but especially when things go tough, that’s when you need your leadership, that’s when you need guys stepping up and getting better.

As for whether there is enough behind the Sedins to give the Canucks that secondary scoring punch and support, Desjardins responded 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.

Desjardins was asked by a reporter, if the third periods and so many one goal losses were affecting the psyche of the players, especially the younger players. “You’re in every game but it seems you’re coming out on the wrong end..”

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 your 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.

Desjardins did not leave the post-game without sharing his expectation for Saturday night against the Boston Bruins:

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

After the morning skate on Friday, Desjardin met with the media, and was asked what bothered him the most about the Dallas game:

I don’t think we’ve played as well the last three games. And, that bothers me. I want to be good at home. The results bother me. But, I understand those will happen. You’re not gonna win every game but that’s something that happens. You don’t get used to it. And you don’t enjoy it. But that’ll happen. It’s how you play that matters. I thought the first period we were ok. They didn’t get a lot. But in the second , for whatever reason, we didn’t find our legs and if you don’t skate with Dallas, you’re going to be in trouble. You have to skate with them. And, they’re one of the best skating teams in the league. So, that’s abit of a push for us to do that. We did it in Dallas; we showed in Dallas, we could do it, and last night, we just couldn’t stay with it. So for me, the Anaheim game bothered me and kinda set it up for the next two, I guess.

As for his expectation of the team for Saturday night, he was asked to clarify whether “Boston is a must game.” meant a win, or a must show up. Desjardins response, after admitting he expected the question to be asked:

It’s a must game where you have to play hard. For me, and every game, is a must game where you gotta play hard. That’s what we do. So I think our guys are looking forward to that opportunity to go out and play. Will it be a hard game? For sure, it’s gonna be a hard game but I expect us to have a good effort.

I expect a similar effort with the Boston Bruins, that Canuck fans saw against the Chicago Blackhawks recently. It was a victory that night, a very emotional game, where the Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin and Jannick Hansen had an outstanding game.

I have thrown out the old script, I just hope Vancouver does not take it out of the garbage and use it tomorrow night…..Just Saying

Vancouver Drops Fourth Game In A Row 3-2 To Dallas

Posted on December 3, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff December 3, 2015

CANUCKS IN NEED OF SHAKE UP AS LOSSES CONTINUE TO BUILD UP

The Canucks knew they had to bounce back against the Dallas Stars.

Ryan Miller knew he could not allow another bad goal.

For Jim Benning, Canucks GM, he felt Vancouver did not work hard and compete against the Kings. And he wasn’t happy about the team not sticking up for each other.

“I just felt that there were instances in that game where last year we (would have) stuck up for one another; when someone was picking on one of our guys … it was a pack mentality and as a team we stuck up for each other. For whatever reason, we didn’t stick up for each other that game. That was really disappointing for me to see that.”

The players knew the fans and their coach and general manager expected a much better effort and push back against Western Conference rival Dallas Stars.

Everyone wanted a Canuck win.

OPENING PERIOD

The Canucks took the game to the Stars from the opening faceoff, and within 56 seconds, had their first goal of the game off a point shot from Alex Edler (5), assisted by Henrik Sedin (17) and Daniel Sedin (17).

The Canucks momentum was affected by the two straight penalties, and even though the Stars did not score, it wasn’t long before Dallas would be getting more confidence and chances to score, and they did.

At 11:59, on a backhand shot by Valari Nichushkin (3), assisted by Patrik Nemeth (1), Dallas tied the game 1-1.

The Canucks continued to struggle after the first Dallas goal, as they got away from keeping the Stars in check.

Dallas outshot Vancouver 6-4 in the opening period. Vancouver outhit Dallas 9-8; and won 12 of 19 face-offs: Bo Horvat was 5-7; Henrik Sedin, 4-7; Adam Cracknell, 3-4.

Canucks penalty kill was 2 for 2 in the first period.

MIDDLE PERIOD

Dallas responded to Vancouver’s early first period goal, by scoring at 33 seconds. Tyler Seguin (14) on a snap shot, assisted by Valeri Nichushkin (6) and Alex Goligoski (7), gave Dallas the lead for the first time, 2-1.

Dallas out shot Vancouver by a wide margin in the period, 18-6, as they continued to dominate the game up and down the ice.

There were a few momentum changes where the Canucks had some good puck possession in the Stars end and quality chances to score, but overall Dallas dominated and Ryan Miller kept the Canucks down one goal.

Canucks outhit Dallas 12-5; and won 9 of 22 face-offs in the period. Henrik Sedin was 6 for 10; Bo Horvat, 3-4; Adam Cracknell, 0-1. Jared McCann was 0-7 in the period in face-offs. Vancouver was 0-1 on the power play. Canucks now 9 for 38 at home on the power play, 19 for 96 overall.

FINAL PERIOD

The Stars started the final period, the same way they started the second. They kept Vancouver on the defensive and challenged Ryan Miller, looking for that backbreaking goal that would take the wind out of Vancouver’s sails.

The Canucks kept battling though, and were rewarded when Jannik Hansen scored his 8th goal of the season, on a backhand shot in front of Kari Lehtonen, at 5:31, assisted by Henrik Sedin (18). The goal was on Vancouver’s 12th shot of the game.

Vancouver got their second wind, and the fans became alive and appreciative as the Canucks pushed for that tie-breaking goal.

But alas, the Stars would score the tie breaking goal on a fine effort by Patrick Sharp (9), on a wrist shot through the legs of Miller at 14:01 , assisted by Alex Goligoski (8), giving Dallas a 3-2 lead.

Things continued to unravel for Vancouver, as Alex Edler got two minutes for slashing on Tyler Seguin in front of the Canuck net, at 14:23. Dallas was unable to score on the power play, and was now 0 for 3 in the game with the man advantage.

Canucks turned their attention to getting a tying goal with urgency. With just over two minutes left, the Canucks pulled Miller for the man advantage, and Dallas would score as Jason Spezza (11) shot the puck down the ice and into an empty net, to make the score 4-2 for the Stars. Unassisted.

And that would be the final score: 4-2 Dallas. Vancouver was outshot 34-16.

Canucks 4rth loss in a row. Canucks 10th loss in a row to the Dallas Stars.

Vancouver’s 12th loss in their last 15 games. Second loss in a row at home: 3-5-3 at Rogers Place this season.

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

On the draw tonight: Henrik Sedin was 12 for 25; Bo Horvat, 11 for 15; Adam Cracknell, 4-10; Jared McCann, 1 for 13. Total: Canucks were 28 for 63.
Canucks penalty kill was perfect at 3 for 3. They have now killed 27 of 33 power play chances in 11 home games this season. Overall, they have killed off 69 of 88 power play chances this season.
Vancouver was 0 for 1 on the power play.
Dallas has won 10 straight against Vancouver, including taking all three games of the season series.
C Brandon Sutter (sports hernia), D Benn Hutton (lower body), Luca Sbsia (hand) and RW Jake Virtanen (upper body) are out.
Ryan Miller has 2 wins in his last 11 games.
Miller’s numbers versus the Stars prior to the game tonight weren’t sterling. He was 4-4-3, with a 3.29 goals against and a .879 save percentage, in his career against Dallas.

GAME REVIEW

CANUCKS AT A GLANCE

Canucks statistics courtesy of the NHL and Vancouver Canucks.

Vancouver Begins Four Game Home Stand Against Dallas Tonight

Posted on December 3, 2015 by CanucksBanter

CANUCKS BANTER By Andrew Chernoff December 3, 2015

Home Sweet Home

The Western conference leaders Dallas Stars (19-5-1) visit Rogers Place tonight to take on the Vancouver Canucks (9-9-8), who begin a 4-game home stand, after finishing a 4 game road trip on Tuesday night in Los Angeles.

The banged up Canucks finished their road trip with a record of 1-2-1. During the trip Chris Higgin, Chris Tanev and Jake Virtanen ended up missing action, joining Ben Hutton and Brandon Sutter on the sidelines. Since then, the Canucks disclosed that Brandon Sutter will be lost to the Canucks until at least mid-January after having sports hernia surgery.

Ronalds Kenins, who played well last season when he was called up from Utica (AHL), is expected to make his NHL season debut and it is hoped that some injured Canucks could return to action tonight, receiving clearance after the morning skate.

The Stars are looking to complete the sweep of the Canucks in their third and final game against Vancouver having won the two previous games this season in Dallas.

Dallas fell to the Calgary Flames, 4-3, in a shootout on Tuesday night at Scotiabank Saddledome. The Stars blew a 3-0 lead after two periods by giving up three in the third period, to eventually lose in the shootout.

Dallas comes into Thursday’s contest riding a nine-game winning streak against the Canucks and are 12-3-0 in the last 15 games against them. The Stars have also posted wins in each of the last four trips to Rogers Arena and have earned a 5-1-0 record in the last six games at Vancouver.

The Stars share first in the NHL in wins (19) and lead the Western Conference and rank second in the League in points (39) through the first 25 games of the 2015-16 season. Dallas’ 19-5-1 record is the team’s best mark through the first 25 games of a season in franchise history.

The Stars pace the NHL with a 3.48 goals-per-game average so far this season having scored 87 goals. Dallas also leads the League with nine empty net goals, while the team leads the West and ranks third in the NHL with 20 power play goals this season.

CANUCKS JOTTINGS

The Canucks are 1-6-3 against the Stars in the last ten games played, dating back to the 2012.13 season.
The last three games between the Canucks and Stars have gone beyond regulation; Vancouver has 2 OTL and 1 SOL in those meetings.
Daniel Sedin has 17 points (8-9-17) in the last 11 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-15 in the League in points (28), goals (12), assists (16), ppg (5) and ppp (11).
Henrik Sedin has 15 points (5-10-15) in the last 11 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
Alex Edler leads VAN in time on ice (24:33) and has led the team in that category in 23 of 25 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.
Henrik 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).
Vancouver has scored at least one power play goal in nine of the last 10 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.
The Canucks 69 goals on the year are 10th most in the NHL
Vancouver is 12th in the League in shots/GP with 30.1
VANCOUVER’S 2015.16 RECORD WHEN…
Score 4+ Goals: 6-0-0
Score 3 Goals or Less: 3-9-8
Allow 4+ Goals: 0-4-3
Allow 3 Goals or Less: 9-4-5
On 0 Days Rest: 2-1-2
On 1 Day Rest: 2-4-5
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: 2-1-2

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