Vancouver Canucks at Tampa Bay Lightning: Preview, Lineups
Once again, the Vancouver Canucks are having troubles building off of a win. Will they continue the win-loss-win streak against the Tampa Bay Lightning?
The Vancouver Canucks are struggling to put a win streak together, but a showdown with the slumping Tampa Bay Lightning may finally help them get back on track. The Lightning have taken five out of the last six meetings. Will the Canucks avoid being Lightning-struck for once?
Vancouver Canucks
OVERVIEW:
2016-17 Record: 11-13-2
Away Record: 3-8-1
2015-16 Record vs. Lightning: 1-0-1
Goals For: 60
Goals Against: 78
Power Play: 14.7% (24th)
Penalty Kill: 84.3% (8th)
Leading Scorers: Daniel Sedin (26 GP - 8 G – 9 A -17 PTS), Henrik Sedin (26 GP – 7 G – 10 A – 17 PTS) Bo Horvat (26 GP – 8 G -8 A -16 PTS)
Injuries: Philip Larsen (undisclosed, day-to-day), Alexander Edler (broken finger, four-to-six weeks), Derek Dorsett (shoulder, day to day), Chris Tanev (foot, indefinitely), Jannik Hansen (fractured rib, four-to-six weeks)
WHO’S ON OFFENCE:
Daniel Sedin: He’s starting to find his scoring touch again as he leads the Canucks in scoring.
Henrik Sedin: He had two points on Tuesday. Can he keep the momentum going?
WHO’S ON DEFENCE:
Erik Gudbranson: This guy is going to have to stop letting guys skate by him all game at some point, right?
WHO’S IN NET:
Ryan Miller: It’s anyone’s guess on any given night if Miller will play like the 2010 Vezina winner or the 36-year-old we’ve become accustomed to watching.
PROJECTED LINEUP:
Daniel Sedin — Henrik Sedin — Brandon Sutter
Markus Granlund — Michael Chaput — Loui Eriksson
Sven Baertschi — Bo Horvat — Alex Burrows
Jack Skille — Brendan Gaunce — Joseph LaBate
Luca Sbisa — Troy Stecher
Ben Hutton — Erik Gudbranson
Nikita Tryamkin — Philip Larsen
Ryan Miller
Jacob Markstrom
Tampa Bay Lightning
OVERVIEW:
2016-17 Record: 14-11-2
Home Record: 7-3-1
2015-16 Record vs. Canucks: 1-1-0
Goals For: 77
Goals Against: 72
Power Play: 22.9% (fourth)
Penalty Kill: 82.2% (16th)
Leading Scorers: Nikita Kucherov (26 GP - 13 G – 16 A -29 PTS), Steven Stamkos (17 GP – 9 G – 11 A – 20 PTS), Victor Hedman (27 GP -5 G -14 A -19 PTS).
Injuries: Steven Stamkos (knee, indefinitely), Ryan Callahan (lower body, day-to-day), Jason Garrison (lower body, day-to-day), Jonathan Drouin (undisclosed, day-to-day).
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WHO’S ON OFFENCE:
Nikitha Kucherov: The flashy Russian is stepping up while the Lightning miss their franchise star, Steven Stamkos.
Valterri Filppula: He has five goals and 16 points, emerging as a scorer while the Lightning deal with a ton of injuries to key top-six forwards.
WHO’S ON DEFENCE:
Victor Hedman: His offence is coming around nicely, but Hedman’s never easy to play in his own end..
WHO’S IN NET:
Ben Bishop: He’s been outplayed big time by Andrei Vasilevskiy and is among the top trade candidates in 2017.
PROJECTED LINEUP:
Ondrej Palat — Tyler Johnson — Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn — Valtteri Filppula — Brayden Point
Vladislavstnikov — Cedric Paquette — Joel Vermin
Michael Bournival — Brian Boyle — J.T. Brown
Victor Hedman — Anton Stralman
Andrej Sustr — Slater Koekkok
Braydon Coburn — Luke Witkowski
G Ben Bishop
G Andrei Vasilevskiy
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