The Vancouver Canucks discover themselves in a powerful spot on the finish of November: they may very well be in first place of their division, and it will not be a lot about luck
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Vancouver Canucks (15-7-1) vs. Vegas Golden Knights (15-5-4)
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When/the place: Thursday, 7 p.m., Rogers Enviornment
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TV: Sportsnet Radio: Sportsnet 650
The excitement: First place is on the road. How’s that for selling a Thursday night time sport in late November? However that’s the reality. Vegas are first, one level up on Vancouver. A Canucks win will put them forward of Vegas, a powerful place to be in with one-quarter of the season now gone. Whether or not the Canucks can hold their spectacular run of outcomes going stays to be seen, however there’s little question they’ve earned what they’ve managed to this point.
The historical past: The Canucks and the Golden Knights haven’t met but this season. That is Vegas’ third sport in 4 nights, their fourth in six. The Canucks performed Tuesday and final Saturday.
The hope: The Canucks are nonetheless within the midst of a busy schedule, however it is a measuring stick they need. The Canucks simply need to show that they’re worthy adversaries to VGK.
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The concern: Vegas needs to be fairly drained coming into this one. What in the event that they’re not?
The highest weapons: Forward of Wednesday’s NHL video games, Brock Boeser was main the league in objectives (17). J.T. Miller is second within the league in scoring; Quinn Hughes is third. Filip Hronek’s exceptional season continues; he’s on a four-game level streak. For Vegas, William Karlsson and Jack Eichel prepared the ground with 21 factors in 23 video games.
The wounded: Canucks: Pius Suter (undisclosed, IR-to-day), Carson Soucy (leg, LTIR), and Guillaume Brisebois (concussion, LTIR). Sharks: Logan Couture (decrease physique, week-to-week), Alex Barabanov (upper-body, week to week), Jan Rutta (undisclosed, week-to-week), Oskar Lindblom (decrease physique, week-to-week), Kevin Labanc (higher physique, day-to-day)
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The quote: “I don’t know if it’s sunk in but.” — Quinn Hughes on how the group’s focus has saved him and his teammates from actually zooming out and seeing that this group is in a battle for a division title.
The lineup:
Forwards
Mikheyev-Pettersson-Kuzmenko
Di Giuseppe-Miller-Boeser
Joshua-Blueger-Garland
Höglander-Åman-Lafferty
Defence
Hughes-Hronek
Cole-McWard
Friedman-Myers
Thatcher Demko
The prediction: Vegas will take a good one 4-3.
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