Popular Post Goal:thecup Posted January 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2022 Kung Hei Fat Choy 2022 EDITION (Chinese New Year is February 1st, but this is the last Home Game before then.) CANUCKS VS OILERS PREVIEW TV: Sportsnet Pacific Radio: SN650 MATCH-UP INFO Tonight marks the third of four meetings between the Canucks and Oilers this season: Oct. 13 (3-2 SOL), Oct. 30 (2-1 L), Jan. 25 (home), Apr. 29 (away). Vancouver is 3-6-1 in their last 10 games vs Edmonton (2-2-1 in their last 5). The Canucks have a 108-120-19-13 all-time record in 250 games against the Oilers. Vancouver holds a 60-52-12-6 record at home against Edmonton. Among active Canucks skaters Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in career points vs Edmonton with 29 points (12-17-29) in 41 games. Thatcher Demko has faced the Oilers 11 times (3-7-1), posting a .918 SV% and 2.84 GAA. QUICK NUMBERS Brock Boeser has nine points (6-3-9) in his last 13 games. Bo Horvat has seven points (6-1-7) in his last nine games. J.T. Miller has 11 points (5-8-11) in his last 10 games. Quinn Hughes has 10 points (0-10-10) in his last 12 games. Elias Pettersson has eight points (5-3-8) in his last 13 games. Tanner Pearson has eight points (3-5-8) in his last 11 games. Thatcher Demko has posted a .932 SV% and 2.06 GAA in his last 12 games (9-3-0). LAST MEETING - OCT. 30/21: VAN 1 vs EDM 2 Brock Boeser spoiled Edmonton's shutout bid with his 100th career NHL goal at 19:53 in the third period...J.T. Miller and Bo Horvat registered the assists on the play...Conor Garland tied a Canucks season-high with in shots (6)...Tucker Poolman led the team in blocked shots (3)...Luke Schenn and J.T. Miller each had four hits...Bo Horvat won 16 of 23 face-offs...Thatcher Demko made 28 saves. LAST GAME PLAYED - JAN. 23/22: VAN 1 vs STL 3 Tanner Pearson opened the scoring at 16:30 in the first period, assisted by Alex Chiasson and Elias Pettersson...Brock Boeser led all skaters in shots (6)...Luke Schenn led the team in hits (6)...Quinn Hughes logged 28:55 to lead all skaters in TOI...Michael DiPietro faced 17 shots in his season debut. LAST 5 vs EDMONTON Oct. 30/21: VAN 1 vs EDM 2 Oct. 13/21: VAN 2 at EDM 3 (SO) May 15/21: VAN 4 at EDM 1 May 8/21: VAN 3 at EDM 4 May 6/21: VAN 6 at EDM 3 RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES Bruce Boudreau - 1000 GC, Jan. 23 vs STL Elias Pettersson - 100 assists, Jan. 23 vs STL Conor Garland - 200 GP, Jan. 13 at TBL Thatcher Demko - 100 GP, Jan. 11 at FLA Elias Pettersson - 200 GP, Jan. 11 at FLA Brad Hunt - 200 GP, Jan. 11 at FLA Oliver Ekman-Larsson - 800 GP, Jan. 1 at SEA Matthew Highmore - 100 GP, Dec. 30 at ANA CURRENT INJURIES Guillaume Brisebois - 10 games Travis Hamonic - 14 games Brady Keeper - 41 games Brandon Sutter - 41 games NHL COVID-19 PROTOCOL Spencer Martin - 1 game J.T. Miller - 2 games Thatcher Demko - 2 games Bo Horvat - 3 games Conor Garland - 4 games Jaroslav Halak - 5 games Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 204 games ******************************************************************** Both teams are at 40 points but the Oilers have 4 games in hand; a look at the standings shows just how many teams are around 40 points roughly half way through the season, and that means the Hunt for a Playoff Spot is Full On: Spoiler Western Central GP W L OT PTS P% RW ROW GF GA DIFF HOME AWAY S/O L10 STRK 1 Colorado 40 29 8 3 61 .762 23 26 167 118 +49 18-2-1 11-6-2 3-0 9-0-1 W7 2 St Louis 42 25 12 5 55 .655 22 23 147 116 +31 16-4-2 9-8-3 2-2 7-3-0 L1 3 Nashville 43 26 14 3 55 .640 20 25 134 118 +16 13-7-0 13-7-3 1-1 6-3-1 W2 4 Minnesota 38 25 10 3 53 .697 17 21 149 115 +34 14-3-1 11-7-2 4-3 6-2-2 W3 5 Dallas 39 21 16 2 44 .564 14 19 115 120 -5 14-4-1 7-12-1 2-1 6-4-0 W3 6 Winnipeg 38 17 14 7 41 .539 14 16 111 114 -3 10-6-1 7-8-6 1-4 4-4-2 OT1 7 Chicago 42 15 20 7 37 .440 8 12 99 137 -38 8-8-3 7-12-4 3-1 4-3-3 L1 8 Arizona 40 10 26 4 24 .300 7 10 89 152 -63 5-13-1 5-13-3 0-4 4-5-1 L2 Pacific GP W L OT PTS P% RW ROW GF GA DIFF HOME AWAY S/O L10 STRK 1 Vegas 42 25 15 2 52 .619 20 22 146 125 +21 13-10-2 12-5-0 3-1 5-3-2 W2 2 Anaheim 44 21 16 7 49 .557 14 18 130 126 +4 13-7-4 8-9-3 3-3 4-6-0 W2 3 Los Angeles 43 21 16 6 48 .558 17 19 121 118 +3 13-10-2 8-6-4 2-2 5-4-1 OT1 4 Calgary 37 19 12 6 44 .595 16 17 120 94 +26 6-4-4 13-8-2 2-0 4-6-0 W1 5 San Jose 42 21 19 2 44 .524 14 20 115 131 -16 11-9-2 10-10-0 1-1 4-5-1 L2 6 Edmonton 37 19 16 2 40 .541 16 17 122 126 -4 11-8-0 8-8-2 2-0 3-5-2 W1 7 Vancouver 41 18 19 4 40 .488 13 15 103 116 -13 8-8-2 10-11-2 3-3 4-4-2 L1 8 Seattle 41 13 24 4 30 .366 12 12 110 148 -38 9-13-2 4-11-2 1-1 3-7-0 W1 Legend GP - Games Played W - Wins (worth two points) L - Losses (worth zero points) OT - OT/Shootout losses (worth one point) PTS - Points P% - Points Percentage RW - Regulation Wins ROW - Regulation plus Overtime Wins GF - Goals For GA - Goals Against DIFF - Goal Differential HOME - Home record AWAY - Away Record S/O - Record in games decided by Shootout L10 - Record in last ten games STRK - Streak GO CANUCKS GO! 4 7 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 If Demko's in net, Canucks win If DiPietro is in net, it could be real bad 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrago Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 This is as close to a must win as they come IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Speaking of DiPietro: Prediction: After realizing he's too small for the NHL, and with his 5.28 GAA and his 0.771 Save % in the NHL - DiPietro quits hockey after this season and becomes a hockey TV panel person, maybe for the Abbotsford Canucks. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FijianCanuck Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devron Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 A win tonight and everything is better. I’d even go as far to say a successful short home stand as we stole a point from FLA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Please let it be Demko!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -Vintage Canuck- Posted January 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2022 From yesterday: 8 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 My crystal ball is "bubbling crude" this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 14 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said: Speaking of DiPietro: Prediction: After realizing he's too small for the NHL, and with his 5.28 GAA and his 0.771 Save % in the NHL - DiPietro quits hockey after this season and becomes a hockey TV panel person, maybe for the Abbotsford Canucks. Sure, just so long as he's provided a 'high chair' for interviews. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -Vintage Canuck- Posted January 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2022 Here is a closer look at the Lunar jersey the Canucks will be wearing during warm up: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swizzey Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Going to need all 4 of the big dogs out of COVID for this one. Anyone not released from protocol can just play in the jerseys of our AHL taxi squad players in the lineup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Alflives said: Sure, just so long as he's provided a 'high chair' for interviews. ouch. Mikey seems like a good kid, I think his development was really messed up by not playing him for most of the covid year. My Italian father in law said the name Di Pietro is the Italian version of "Pettersson" so maybe he's got more in him. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Coconuts Posted January 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) Man, some of you are pretty $&!#ty when it comes to DiPietro. I wish they'd been firing pucks at you instead. Third NHL appearance, 4-5th stringer, hasn't played much because of the taxi squad business. Lay off. Edited January 25, 2022 by Coconuts 4 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Coconuts said: Man, some of you are pretty $&!#ty when it comes to DiPietro. I wish they'd been firing pucks at you instead. Third NHL appearance, 4-5th stringer, hasn't played much because of the taxi squad business. Lay off. Why so defensive? Not all goalies become good NHL goalies. He's too small, doesn't matter how much they develop him. Unfortunate for him, good guy and all that. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKSR Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 So who's back tonight? We need some reinforcements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said: Why so defensive? Not all goalies become good NHL goalies. He's too small, doesn't matter how much they develop him. Unfortunate for him, good guy and all that. Because I think it's garbage that some are making him out to be a joke and $&!#ting on him for coming in and trying his best in a bad situation. Ain't his fault all the other goaltenders went down or that his development has kind of gone off the track a bit these last couple seasons. He's 22 and 6 feet, we've no idea what he'll be. Is it likely he makes it? For most players it ain't likely at all, but let's not pretend to know. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Oilers Suck! Go Canucks GO!!!!!!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) Edmonton is falling off a cliff right now. Let's help them! Edited January 25, 2022 by IBatch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4petesake Posted January 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2022 Just now, IBatch said: Edmonton is falling off a cliff right now. Let's help them! And yes Myers...if you get this. 1 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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