Canucks Sport Day: What sort of combat do the swirling Hurricanes have?

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Carolina Hurricanes (14-11-1) vs. Vancouver Canucks (16-9-1)

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When and the place: Saturday, 7 p.m., Rogers Enviornment

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TV: Hockey Night time In Canada. Radio: Sportsnet 650

The excitement: The Canucks are actually midway by a tricky dwelling stand they usually’re sliding into the Stanley Cup contender stretch of opponents. The Canucks wish to present they’re within the dialog. Saturday, they host the Carolina Hurricanes, who’re on a meandering six-game cross Canada (and Detroit) street journey.

The historical past: Carolina overwhelmed the Canucks within the second dwelling sport of the yr final season, the Canucks’ seventh loss in a row. And the Canucks received a shootout in January, Bruce Boudreau’s final win as Canucks’ head coach.

The hope: Carolina has misplaced three straight video games and aren’t precisely trying just like the juggernaut they’ve been a lot of the previous two-plus seasons. The Canucks pulled collectively their defence on Thursday and are hopeful they’ve right the course in their very own finish.

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The worry: Carolina performs exhausting and quick. They will’t wrestle ceaselessly. The Canucks have performed numerous hockey in not numerous time; fatigue stays a priority.

The highest weapons: Brock Boeser stays the NHL targets chief with 18. J.T. Miller has 4 targets and eight assists over his final 10 video games. Martin Necas has seven targets and 12 assists for the Hurricanes. Jaccob Slavin has eight assists over the previous 10 video games for Carolina.

The wounded: Canucks: Pius Suter (decrease physique, IR day-to-day), Carson Soucy (leg, LTIR) and Guillaume Brisebois (concussion, LTIR). Hurricanes: Frederik Andersen (blood clotting, indefinite) and Andrei Svechnikov (upper-body, day-to-day).

The quote: “I scored tons earlier than. It doesn’t matter to me. I’m having fun with this (successful) much more.” — Conor Garland on how the Canucks have been much more structured of their play and have a strong report due to this technique.

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The lineup:

Forwards

Mikheyev-Pettersson-Lafferty

Höglander-Miller-Boeser

Joshua-Blueger-Garland

Kuzmenko-Åman-DiGiuseppe

Defence

Hughes-Hronek

Cole-Juulsen

Zadorov-Myers

Goalie

Thatcher Demko

The prediction: The Canucks had been strong Thursday. Carolina is taking part in their third sport in 4 nights. This one can be tight, name it 3-2 Vancouver

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