Canucks Recreation Day: If you can also make it there (MSG) you can also make it wherever

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Vancouver Canucks (25-11-3) at New York Rangers (26-10-2)

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When/the place: Monday, 4 p.m., Madison Sq. Backyard

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TV: SN Pacific. Radio: Sportsnet 650

The thrill: It’s a 15-minute stroll from Madison Sq. Backyard to the well-known Broadway Theatre District. The proximity is becoming as a result of a variety of dramas have performed out for the Canucks on the storied slab of frozen ice.

Final February in a 4-3 loss to the Rangers, there was loads of late-game intrigue.

Quinn Hughes was struck within the nostril by an errant clearing try early within the third interval, left for stitches, and returned with a full face defend. He despatched an extended financial institution move that Elias Pettersson chased right down to negate an icing name. He then beat goalie Igor Shesterkin to make it a one-goal deficit with 3.44 remaining, however the Canucks couldn’t draw even.

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In a 3-2 win at MSG in October of 2019, the Canucks fired 20 first-period photographs and took a cushty 3-0 lead towards the struggling Rangers, however coughed up a pair of objectives and compelled Jacob Markstrom to make 38 saves to protect the win.

The Canucks additionally confronted the Rangers on a wild U.S. election evening in November of 2016 amid an MSG bomb scare. The Willie Watch was in full swing with Desjardins on the new seat of an eight-game shedding streak. Loui Eriksson scored his first of the season and Alex Burrows struck twice in a 5-3 win that stored Desjardins behind the bench.

Quick ahead and anticipate a three-act drama when the Canucks and Rangers conflict once more Monday. The groups are amid a pack contending for first general in NHL standings. The Rangers are 13-5-0 at house and personal the top-ranked energy play at 29.7 per cent effectivity. The Canucks are ninth at 23.9 and have three gamers within the prime 11 of league scoring.

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The historical past: Second assembly of the season. Rangers winger Okay’Andre Miller scored at 3:48 of extra time and Shesterkin made six saves within the additional session on Oct. 28 at Rogers Enviornment for a 4-3 triumph. J.T. Miller, Tyler Myers and Carson Soucy scored for the Canucks. Andrei Kuzmenko had six photographs and 10 makes an attempt.

The hope: The reunited Lotto Line of Miller, Pettersson and Brock Boeser stays intact after combining for eight factors Saturday in a 6-4 win at New Jersey. And so they have been collectively within the morning game-day skate. The Canucks rank second with 46 objectives within the first interval and are first with 56 within the second. They’re additionally 22-0-0 when main after 40 minutes.

The concern: Lack of an entire recreation. Can’t sit again and sit on a lead, can’t cease transferring their ft and shedding defensive-zone protection, particularly towards winger Artemi Panarin. The Canuck killer is tied for third in scoring with 53 factors (24-29) and on tempo for a profession 117.

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The highest weapons: Miller is seventh in NHL scoring with 63 factors (18-35) and has seven power-play objectives. Hughes is tenth with 49 factors (10-39) and leads all blueliners, whereas Pettersson is eleventh with 48 (17-31). Boeser is sixth in objectives with 24 and has 9 PP objectives.

The wounded: Canucks: Guillaume Brisebois (concussion, LTIR). Rangers: Kaapo Kakko (decrease physique, IR), Filip Chytyl (higher physique, IR), Tyler Pitlick (decrease physique, day-to-day).

The quote: “We’ve obtained to discover a pleased medium to staying aggressive in our construction in order that we don’t hand over a lot time and area.” — Miller.

The lineup:

Pettersson-Miller-Boeser

Mikheyev-Suter-Kuzmenko

Joshua-Blueger-Garland

Hoglander-Aman-Lafferty

Hughes-Hronek

Zadorov-Cole

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Soucy-Myers

Demko

The prediction: After a time off Sunday, the Canucks are refreshed and meet the problem. They execute sturdy center drives to attract penalties and rating twice on energy play in a 5-3 win.

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