[GDT] Van Vs Vegas @ 5pm PST on SN and SN650

[ItTakesAnArmy]

A temp thread I am sure but the last PGT is getting old.

 

Could be;

 

  Not Going to put much effort into this as it will probably be  eliminated

 

Markstrom, will he go tonight too?

Any injuries?

 

Will the Nux face another backup goalie?

Edited December 15, 2019 by -AJ-
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[Toni Zamboni]

this GDT is weak sauce.

[86Viking]

45 minutes ago, Toni Zamboni said:

this GDT is weak sauce.

I could care less what a GDT looks like, its just to discuss about the game. Guess the people who usually make them are hungover or still sleeping after some drinks haha

[ItTakesAnArmy]

45 minutes ago, Toni Zamboni said:

this GDT is weak sauce.

Yes it is but it is likely to be shut down when the real one goes up until then it was just here for new comments about today's game

 

Okay Markstrom kept the game close again last night

IMO some of the Canuck players are starting to show some frustration.

Rumours are starting to circulate.

Sven wants out and the team has allowed his agent to try to set up a trade, his agent and not Benning.

Stecher name has alos been mentioned in the want a trade stuff but i don't know how much of that is accurate but his is one that looks frusetrated.

Jake's seems to have slowed down a bit, could be an aliment or nothing at all, I think it is nothing.

The pressure of being the Captain looks to be affecting Horvat's game, especially under the looking glass at home.

Markstrom looked a little tired a couple of times last game. Everyone knows he cannot play out the season and he has shown blemishes if played too many in a row.

 

Vegas plays a heavy game now that they beefed up and they a bevy of proven NHL stars on the team. This is a tough litmus test for the Canucks

 

The Canucks area also getting close to every game becoming a playoff game just for a wild card spot, their great start has allowed them to keep close now but they need to do more than play .500 hockey.

 

[10pavelbure96]

The slow starts are worrisome but when was the last time we really got blown out. These losses lately have been tight games that can go either way, our star players just need to bury these chances. I think with some hopeful puck luck we can get a string of wins together. We are better than the standings show lately. 

 

Hopefully DiPietro gets the nod, he deserves a start to redeem last years game where he was thrown to the wolves. Hes now had a week to practice with the team.

 

Go Mikey, Go Canucks Go!

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Doesn't appear anyone had signed up for today's game?

 

So, this is it....go to it.

[LowerMainLander18]

I think it would benefit more readers if we mention the time of the match at least.

It's 5PM PST/ 8PM EST.

 

Let's add that in. 

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Game Notes: Canucks @ Golden Knights

...Vancouver plays the second of back-to-back games

by Canucks Media Relations @Canucks / Vancouver Canucks

 

The Canucks wrap up back-to-back games tonight in Las Vegas. Vancouver returns home for a five-game home stand beginning Dec. 17 against the Montreal Canadiens. Tonight's game is presented by Toyota Pacific.

• The Canucks and Golden Knights face off four times this season with remaining games in the season series on Dec. 19 (home), Mar. 23 (road) and Apr. 4 (home).
• Vancouver is 1-6-1 all-time vs Vegas (1-3-1 in their last 5 meetings).

NEED TO KNOW BASIS

• Josh Leivo has six points (5-1-6) in his last eight games and five goals in his last seven.
• Elias Pettersson has 13 points (7-6-13) in his last 15 games.
• Brock Boeser has 11 points (3-8-11) in his last 13 games.
• Tanner Pearson has 14 points (6-8-14) over his last 15 games.
• JT Miller has 11 points (5-6-11) in his last 11 games.
• Bo Horvat has 11 points (3-8-11) over his last 12 games.
• Quinn Hughes is 3rd among rookies with 25 points (2-23-25).
• The Canucks enter tonight's game t-2nd in the NHL in faceoff win percentage (52.1%).
• Vancouver ranks 6th in the League for blocked shots (491).
• The Canucks have the second best win % (.833) when they score first.

LAST MEETING - Mar. 9/19: VAN 2 vs VGK 6

Brock Boeser scored on a deflection in the slot at 10:58 to cut the lead to 3-1...Bo Horvat scored on a shot off the rush 3:56 into the second period to make it 5-2...Alex Biega had two assists, tying a career high...Jacob Markstrom made 11 saves while Thatcher Demko made 16 saves in relief.

LAST GAME - DEC. 14/19: VAN 2 at SJ 4

 

The Canucks outshot the Sharks 35-27 at SAP Center in San Jose allowing two goals against before Jake Virtanen cut the lead in half at 7:57 of the third period...Bo Horvat scored with 29 seconds remaining to draw the game within one goal...Jacob Markstrom stopped 23 of 25 shots.

 

POWERED UP

• Bo Horvat ranks tied for t-9th in the NHL for PPG (6).
• Elias Pettersson ranks 4th for PPP (17).
• Vancouver ranks 2nd in the League with 31 power play goals this season.
• The Canucks ranks 4th in power play percentage (25%).

BACK-TO-BACKS

Vancouver plays nine back-to-back series over an 82 game schedule and wraps up their fourth b2b series tonight against the Golden Knights. The Canucks record in b2b games this season is 2-4-1.

THE ROOKIE

With his 25th career point in his 31st game, Quinn Hughes became the 8th quickest rookie defenceman to reach 25 points over the last 40 NHL seasons. Larry Murphy set the record in 21 games.

RELYING ON HIS STRENGTHS

On Nov. 30/19 at EDM, Tanner Pearson became the 7th player in Canucks history to record at least one shorthanded point, one power play point and multiple even strength points in a single road game.

THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM

Canucks rookie defenseman Quinn Hughes collected his third three-assist game of 2019-20 on Nov. 27/19 at PIT. Hughes became the first rookie defenceman in Canucks history to record three games with three assists in a single season (also Oct. 30 at LAK and Nov. 21 at NSH). The only rookie blueliner with more in a single season is Ray Bourque (4 in 1979-80 with BOS).

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

JT Miller (13-18-31), collected at least one point in eight straight games (5-6-11) from Nov. 21-Dec. 7. The last player to record a longer point streak in his first year with Vancouver was Mark Messier in 1997-98 (5-9-14 in 10 GP).

FACING OFF

Bo Horvat ranks 1st in the NHL in face-off wins (414), even strength face-off wins (302) and power play face-off wins (90).
On Nov. 16/19 vs COL, Horvat won 26 draws in the face-off circle, tying the second highest record in a single game (Mark Messier - Mar. 2/98 vs LA). The Canucks record stands at 28, also set by Messier on Jan. 8/99 vs FLA. Canucks Head Coach Travis Green holds the League record for faceoff wins in a single game with 33, set on Nov. 8/97 vs CHI.

PRODUCTION FROM PETTERSSON

Elias Petterson is one of five active players to reach the 30-point mark in fewer than 30 games in each of his first two or more NHL seasons. The others: Sidney Crosby (10x) Evgeni Malkin (9x) Alex Ovechkin (6x) and Connor McDavid (5x).

Pettersson recorded his 90th career point on Nov. 14/19 vs DAL, becoming the second quickest Canuck to achieve the feat, doing so in his 91st career game. Pavel Bure is the quickest Canuck to reach 90 career points, achieving the feat in 86 games.

Pettersson recorded his 100th career point in his 103rd game, becoming the second quickest Canuck to accomplish the feat. The quickest a Canuck has reached 100 points was 96 games, achieved by Pavel Bure. The third quickest is Ivan Hlinka who did so in 109 games.

WITH THE ADVANTAGE

On Nov. 21/19 at NSH, Vancouver scored five power-play goals in a game for the first time since Nov. 6, 2011 (6-2 W at CHI); the franchise record for most in a game is six, a mark set Oct. 7, 1983 (10-9 W vs. MNS) and matched March 1, 1992 (11-0 W vs. CGY).

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[CanuckleHorse]

Pearson Horvat Boeser

 

Miller Petey Sutter

 

Leivo Gaudette Virtanen

 

Rousell Beagle MacEwen

 

 

 

[Chris12345]

Let's start complaining about Green and the refs. That'll make this thread look real.

[86Viking]

4 minutes ago, CanuckleHorse said:

Pearson Horvat Boeser

 

Miller Petey Sutter

 

Leivo Gaudette Virtanen

 

Rousell Beagle MacEwen

 

 

 

I would swap Sutter a with Virt and move up Rous to the 3rd line with Gaud and Leivo. Leaving Sutter on the 4th.

 

Need to call Coilers up and offer Sutter with slight retention for Manning or Benning and a pick or try to get benson...can ask right?

[VancouveriteinSanDiego2]

Give Mikey a chance!

[HC20.0]

We always do poorly against Vegas, so here’s hoping we buck that trend tonight!

Edited December 15, 2019 by HC20.0

[86Viking]

6 minutes ago, VancouveriteinSanDiego2 said:

Give Mikey a chance!

Canucks want to try make the playoffs, so they will be riding Markstrom again. No need to play Mikey, hopefully demko isn't out long so Mikey can get back to helping Utica and playing regularly.

 

Green has played marky back to back when demko was healthy so be quite odd to now insert the young MIkey into the net against a team we are competing with that is in our division also.

[Toyotasfan]

Gave away 2 easy points last night so I expect a big effort today.  Getting the first goal would be nice.

[86Viking]

3 minutes ago, Toyotasfan said:

Gave away 2 easy points last night so I expect a big effort today.  Getting the first goal would be nice.

We need to start the game ready to play and with a full effort....that would be nice to see. Can't start to pick things up part way thru a game and expect to be a playoff team at the end of the year, its the NHL not the AHL or some EURO league. The Coaches/Captain/Assistants need to have the boys ready to go at 1st puck drop 

[ItTakesAnArmy]

2 minutes ago, Canuckster86 said:

We need to start the game ready to play and with a full effort....that would be nice to see. Can't start to pick things up part way thru a game and expect to be a playoff team at the end of the year, its the NHL not the AHL or some EURO league. The Coaches/Captain/Assistants need to have the boys ready to go at 1st puck drop 

This is the new NHL, coaches are not allowed to yell at players they have to sit them down and ask nicely. Joking, it has always been difficult to coach a team full of millionaires guaranteed to play that is why player play so good in contract years. GM's even have to give players leeway and let them sit and watch if they don't put out.

 

Speeches only work so many times,

[Ossi Vaananen]

Gotta get Hughesy under 27 mins. Going to be tough for Marky in B2B as well. Plus the knights usually have our number. I do think our scoring will show up though, we're never dry for too long. 

[86Viking]

4 minutes ago, ItTakesAnArmy said:

This is the new NHL, coaches are not allowed to yell at players they have to sit them down and ask nicely. Joking, it has always been difficult to coach a team full of millionaires guaranteed to play that is why player play so good in contract years. GM's even have to give players leeway and let them sit and watch if they don't put out.

 

Speeches only work so many times,

You the guaranteed contract is a big issue. NFL has it right, perform well and get paid. Play like Loser#21 and you get league minimum or just flat out cut so you an join a different team or go to Sweden where 0 hits matter haha!

[Crabcakes]

Marky commented about the team coming out slow in the first.  San Jose is a team who has always come out guns a blazing in the first at home.  It used to be about surviving the first 10 minutes.  I think they played ok.  Dell had a solid game. 

 

But bigger picture, as the competition ramps up, our top lines, who are mostly very young are going to have to find a way to continue producing.  Petey, Boeser, Hughes, and Horvat to a lesser degree are getting checked more closely and have less time and space.  It doesn't help that Ferland is out because Benning was counting on the 2nd line having more impact.  Until this happens, we're going to see the top line facing the best defenders and struggling to produce especially on the road.

 

Incidentally, around 08, 09 the previous core had the same problem.  This was before Kesler took his game to the elite level.  Also at that time when AV was in danger of losing his job.