Canucks Recreation Day: Lotto Line driving excessive into Buffalo

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Vancouver Canucks (28-11-3) vs. Buffalo Sabres (18-20-4)

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When and the place: Saturday, 1 p.m., KeyBank Middle

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TV: Sportsnet. Radio: Sportsnet 650

The excitement: Will Elias Pettersson obtain one thing really particular and rating the successful aim for the fifth straight sport? What number of targets will the Lotto Line rating on this one? Will Tage Thompson play Saturday? Can the Canucks hold the hype rolling? It is a showdown between a group that’s been approach higher than anticipated and a group that’s been approach worse than anticipated.

The historical past: That is the primary time the Sabres have confronted the Canucks with Rick Tocchet as coach. Final season the Sabres beat the Bruce Boudreau-coached Canucks at Rogers Enviornment 5-1 in Vancouver’s home-opener, then the Canucks reversed issues in Buffalo a month later, successful 5-4.

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The hope: The Canucks have two video games left on their longest highway journey of the season. They’ve gained 4 straight on the backs of the Lotto Line’s gorgeous efforts. The trio have scored 13 targets in 4 video games; the Canucks certain hope their red-hot efficiency carries on.

The concern: There’s all the time the prospect the Canucks lastly begin taking pictures blanks or in some way their strong defensive play comes aside.

The highest weapons: J.T. Miller is tied for third in scoring within the NHL and Pettersson is tied for fifth. Quinn Hughes has the Eleventh-most factors within the league. Brock Boeser’s 27 targets is fourth-best within the NHL. Casey Mittelstadt leads the Sabres with 35 factors in 42 video games.

The wounded: Canucks: Phil Di Giuseppe (undisclosed) and Guillaume Brisebois (concussion, LTIR). Sabres: Jeff Skinner (upper-body, week-to-week) and Thompson (undisclosed, day-to-day).

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The quote: “You’ve obtained to win other ways … We’ve gained 4 in a row. Crushed some fairly good hockey groups. Onerous for me to complain.” — Tocchet on his group’s defeat of the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.

The lineup:

Forwards

Pettersson-Miller-Boeser

Mikheyev-Suter-Kuzmenko

Joshua-Blueger-Garland

Höglander-Åman-Lafferty

Defence

Hughes-Hronek

Zadorov-Cole

Soucy-Myers

Goalie

Thatcher Demko

The prediction: It’s not simply that the Canucks are getting bounces, they’re simply enjoying nice hockey too. They’ll win this one 4-2.

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