Vancouver Canucks (30-33-5, sixth in Pacific) at Anaheim Geese (23-36-10, seventh in Pacific)
5 p.m., Honda Heart
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The Vancouver Canucks had no enterprise successful Saturday’s recreation in opposition to the Los Angeles Kings.
However Thatcher Demko, as he so typically has within the final two-plus years, had different plans because the Canucks received 3-2 in a shootout.
He made 38 saves to maintain his group within the recreation and the Canucks, who had simply six photographs via the primary two intervals and had been flirting with the all-time membership file for fewest photographs in a recreation (eight, in opposition to New Jersey on Dec. 18, 1996), someway pulled out a shootout win.
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However for the second recreation in a row, the Canucks’ vitality degree was low. Thursday in Arizona, which the Canucks misplaced 3-2, head coach Rick Tocchet referred to as his group’s effort “sleepy.”
Though they’re going through one of many weakest groups within the league in Anaheim on Sunday, they will’t have one other sleepy effort if the need to have an opportunity to win.
Standing on his head
The Kings shoot from in every single place, so it’s not a shock they put up an enormous shot whole (40) on Saturday.
The general pattern, although, just isn’t good for Vancouver. That was the fourth time in eight begins since Demko returned Feb. 27 from a groin harm that the Canucks’ No. 1 goalie has confronted greater than 30 photographs in a recreation.
Backup Collin Delia is more likely to begin Sunday and he’s a really competent netminder, however he’s no Demko in relation to standing tall night time after night time.
The Canucks have performed effectively sufficient defensively many nights beneath Tocchet, however consistency has been a wrestle.
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It’s not a brand new notion that the Canucks merely have to provide their goalie extra of an opportunity on a nightly foundation in the event that they’re going to be a playoff group subsequent 12 months.
Streaking
Elias Pettersson scored the tying aim Saturday, extending his factors streak to seven video games.
He has 9 factors in that stretch. The final time he was pointless was March 2 in opposition to Minnesota.
Pettersson has 27 factors in 18 video games because the All-Star break.
He has seven factors within the two earlier video games in opposition to Anaheim this season, together with 5 factors in that wild 8-5 win in early November.
He’s additionally picked up 11 factors within the 10 video games he’s performed on the second night time of back-to-back contests.
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