[GDT] Vancouver Canucks vs Carolina Hurricanes | Oct 28, 2014 | 7:00 PM PST | SNET - VAN

[Dogbyte]

WHERE

WHEN

7:00 PM PST

TV

The Canucks come into the game holding down the last playoff spot in the Western Conference and need a win against the last place team in the NHL, the Carolina Hurricanes, in order to keep pace with those pesky Flames. The Hurricanes have yet to win a game securing only 2 shootout losses so far, just over two weeks into the season, Carolina's team goaltending ranks last in the NHL with a dismal .867 save percentage. The league average, by comparison, currently stands at .913.

The Canucks cannot afford to take this one lightly. An effort similar to last nights win over the Caps would go a long way to securing the two points against a club racked with injuries and an unclear direction.

LINEUPS

VANCOUVER

Sedin-Sedin-Vrbata

Higgins-Bonino-Burrows

Mattias-Richardson-Kassian

Dorsett-Vey-Hansen

Sestito

Hamhuis Bieksa

Edler Tanev

Sbisa Weber

Corrado

Miller

Lack

Stanton close to returning

“I didn’t expect Stanton to be back out for practice today - that’s a good sign.” - Coach Desjardins #Canucks

CAROLINA

Tlusty-Stall-Semin

Skinner-Nash-Lindholm

Terry-McClement-Boychuk

Malone-Rask-Brown

Sutter

Sekera-Faulk

Gleason-Murphy

Liles-Hainsay

Harrison Bellemore

Khudobin

Ward

-E.Stall and Nathan Gerbe close to returning

Sunday Notes and Quotes from Vancouver

Sunday, 10.26.2014 / 4:30 PM / Tracking the Storm

By Michael Smith

VANCOUVER – Following an off day in rainy Vancouver on Saturday, the Carolina Hurricanes got back on the ice on Sunday morning at Rogers Arena.

“It was a real good skate,” Canes head coach Bill Peters said. “Guys are hungry. They want to get in the win column.”

The team might get some help in the lineup on Tuesday, as Eric Staal (upper body) and Nathan Gerbe (lower body) are on the cusp of returning. Staal has missed five games and Gerbe, three.

“We’ve got some guys getting closer. We won’t know until after tomorrow,” Peters said. “I thought Nathan Gerbe looked real good here today. Patty Dwyer was able to push a little bit when he came out and joined us. And Staalsy might just come down to a game-time decision on Tuesday.”

All three – Dwyer joined the group at the tail-end of the skate – were again in yellow, no-contact sweaters. Peters will want to put them through at least one practice with contact before they see game action.

“That’s tomorrow,” he said. “I know at the end (of practice), Roddy was going to work with all three guys and make sure they got a little bit of contact today. We’ll see how that goes and how they react in the morning.”

Here’s more of what Peters said after Sunday’s practice:

On building on the positives of the game in Edmonton: “I liked the fact that we had good responses. Every time we gave up a goal, we jumped right back and got the game knotted up. 1-1, 2-2, 3-3. It was a much better response to things going wrong than feeling sorry for ourselves. I thought we dug in and did a good job of facing adversity a few times.”

On if learning how to deal with adversity is a growing pain of a young team: “It is, for sure. It’d be nice if we had a few older guys to lead the way in the lineup, but right now you look down the middle, and those are some inexperienced players. It shows at times. I like the way they’ve played, but when we get everybody slotted where they’re supposed to be slotted, it’ll be even better.”

On scouting Tuesday’s opponent live, which the coaching staff will do tonight as the Canucks face the Capitals at Rogers Arena: “It’s much better live. You get to see stuff away from the play and see things develop that you might not catch on camera. Huff (Chris Huffine) has done a real good job of getting us the information on Vancouver. We know what to look for tonight. They’ve been pretty consistent in their last two games of how they play, and we’ll have a real good feel for what they do. Then it will be up to use to come up with a plan and execute.”

*** WILL ADD MORE AS I FIND IT ***

-not sure on line-ups, let me know if someone has other info, especially Carolina

[rotiman187]

5-0 nucks

[-Vintage Canuck-]

GO CANUCKS GO!

[TheXFactor]

On paper this should be an easy win especially with E. Staal out. Kassian just needs to rough up glass cannon Skinner to take out the scoring threat.

[Soren5556]

3-1 Canucks

Vancouver Goals:

Bonino

Daniel

Vrbata

Carolina Goal:

Skinner

[c00kies]

Carolina's lineup is brutal...

Must win this game; need the easy points early in the season.

[Pears]

With how destroyed Carolina is by injuries we should soundly destroy them.

Edit: Eric Staal's back. Changing my prediction to 4-1 now:

Daniel

Vey

Kassian x2

Skinner

Miller or Lack stops 25/26.

[TimberWolf]

2-1 canucks.

Vrbata powerplay, D.Sedin empty net.

[combover]

vancouver's month long jekyll and hyde costume. who shows up for this one.

hope they take this game serious these points count just as much as the ones in march.

[goalie13]

2-1 canucks.

Vrbata powerplay, D.Sedin empty net.

So the Canes wreck the shutout after the empty netter? That's just cruel.

[jejejester]

These games always worry me, the canes can't lose every game this year. With Vancouver's on and off switch this season it could be us giving them the W.

still have to go with the Nucks winning 4-2

[Herberts Vasiljevs]

5-2 Canucks

Druken

Jovo Cop

Sopel

Bertuzzi

Cooke

Brind'Amour

Battaglia

This is 2002, right?

[ZephyrsSong]

Eric Staal will be playing apparently according to multiple reports. You might want to change the lineup.

Canucks still win though, 4-1.

[zombieksa]

6-2 Vancouver:

Carolina scores early but Vancouver hounds them all game.

Semin and Tlusty with goals for Carolina

D Sedin x2
Burrows x2
Vrbata
Matthais

[apollo]

We better not let these guys get that W. These are teams you HAVE to beat. Let's pad those stats.

[Broccoli]

1-0 Canucks in shoot out lol

[Borvat Horseman]

This is the type of game Lack should be playing in. Give him some confidence and pad his stats.

[Burgilny896]

2-1 canucks.

Vrbata powerplay, D.Sedin empty net.

So the Canes wreck the shutout after the empty netter? That's just cruel.

No, no ... Its 1-1 and the Canes say screw ot we're going for the win, then pull their goalie..... And Daniel scores.

[kloubek]

5-1 Canucks.

[Blueberries]

No, no ... Its 1-1 and the Canes say screw ot we're going for the win, then pull their goalie..... And Daniel scores.

Wont they say screw ot we want the regulation loss?