In some unspecified time in the future, the Vancouver Canucks are going to chill off. Followers hope it will not be quickly.
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Vancouver Canucks (10-2-1) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (6-5-2)
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When/The place: Saturday, 4 p.m., Scotiabank Area
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TV: Hockey Night time in Canada. Radio: Sportsnet 650
The excitement: Even the Canucks know that the bounces are going their approach — after Thursday’s 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators, the gamers felt they had been fortunate. They’d simply 16 pictures on the evening. Brady Tkachuk missed an opportunity on the doorstep. If he’d scored late within the second, it might need modified the course of the sport. However all this mentioned, the workforce is doing a lot of little issues proper. In some unspecified time in the future, although, the bounces are going to go towards them. In the meantime, the Leafs are a chaotic mess. Saturday’s tilt is the second evening in a row for them, having hosted the Flames on Friday, and their third recreation in 4 nights after dropping on Wednesday to the Senators.
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The historical past: The Canucks and Leafs break up final season’s sequence, with the Leafs beating the Canucks on Hockey Corridor of Fame weekend — the identical week Jim Rutherford publicly ripped Bruce Boudreau. When the Canucks hosted the Leafs in March, Vancouver could have been badly outshot however they nonetheless managed to win 4-1 on the backs of a stellar efficiency by Thatcher Demko.
The hope: The Leafs are drained. They’ve been very inconsistent defensively. Earlier than Friday’s recreation versus Calgary, Toronto had given up 30 objectives at five-on-five, fifth-most within the NHL. The Canucks have scored 36 at five-on-five, tied with Los Angeles for many within the league. The Canucks will probably be seeking to maintain that rolling.
The concern: The bounces lastly begin going the opposition’s approach. Toronto isn’t that drained after Friday’s recreation. The Leafs’ stars shine even brighter than the Canucks’ on this evening. There are many issues that would go towards the Canucks on Saturday evening.
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The highest weapons: The Canucks have a trio of red-hot scorers in Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller. For the Leafs, Auston Matthews had 13 objectives in 13 video games earlier than Friday. Mitch Marner has 17 factors.
The wounded: Canucks: Teddy Blueger (ankle, each day) and Guillaume Brisebois (concussion, LTIR). Maple Leafs: John Klingberg (undisclosed, each day), Timothy Liljegren (high-ankle sprain, LTIR), Conor Timmins (lower-body, IR).
The quote: “We had been type of sloppy in every single place and simply discovered a method to capitalize. You’re going to win some ugly ones. We all know we must be a heck of loads higher towards Toronto.” — J.T. Miller on Thursday, after Vancouver’s win in Ottawa.
The lineup:
Forwards
Mikheyev-Pettersson-Kuzmenko
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Di Giuseppe-Miller-Boeser
Joshua-Suter-Garland
Höglander-Lafferty-Beauvillier (Blueger additionally skated on the fourth line on Wednesday throughout apply and is predicted to play both in Toronto or Sunday in Montreal.)
Defence
Hughes-Hronek
Cole-Friedman
Soucy-Myers
Thatcher Demko is predicted to begin Saturday.
The prediction: The drained Leafs nonetheless have loads of pop to them. Saturday evening in Toronto is all the time a tough matchup for the guests. The Leafs will win this one 4-3.
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