Game Story: It was a great game and a goaltending battle between the Canucks Sports & Entertainment (CSE) (hashtag#Canucks) and the Vegas Golden Knights (hashtag#VegasBorn) on Saturday via Hockey Night in Canada. Coverage here.
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Vancouver Canucks (26-18-11, Fourth in Pacific, 2 Points of Top-3 Seed) HC: Rick Tocchet Top Performers: Quinn Hughes (47 GP, 14-45-59 +15), Brock Boeser (48 GP, 18-17-35 –15), J.T. Miller (Traded, 9-26-35 –4), Conor Garland (14-20-34 –4), Elias Petersson (49 GP, 11-23-34 –3), Jake DeBrusk (19-14-33 –6); Filip Hronek (34 GP, 3-15-18 +10)
VAN Outlook: Demko long term? Is Hughes closer? Signed O’Connor and Marcus Petterson, moved from J.T. Miller. Elias Petterson no showed in the 4 Nations tournament. 6-3-1 in the last 10. Have won three in a row. 3-0 and 2-1 victories over COL and TOR. It’s a five-game road stand right out of the break. VGK, UTA, LAK, ANA, SEA.
Vegas Golden Knights (33-17-6, Tied with EDM) HC: Bruce Cassidy Top Performers: Jack Eichel (19-50-69 +29), Mark Stone (14-35-49 +18), Shea Theodore (7-41-48 +10), Tomas Hertl (21-21-42 –12), Pavel Dorofeyev (23-13-36 -7), Ivan Barbashev (15-19-34 +14), Alex Pietrangelo (3-22-25 +10)
VGK Outlook: The injury to Shea Theodore at 4 Nations is really going to sting. But William Karlsson should return by March. 4-3-3 in the last 10. It’s six of the next seven at home. VAN, at LA, CHI, NJ, TOR, PIT, LA. The 23-year-old Pavel Dorofeyev is at a career-high through his 56 games. (23-13-36 –7); Ten of them are PPG.
Goaltending Matchup: Kevin Lankinen (19-8-7, 2.53 GAA, .905 SV, 4 SO); Arturs Silovs (1-4-1, 4.11 GAA, .847 SV) vs. Adin Hill (20-10-4, 2.64 GAA, .900 SV, 2 SO); Ilya Samsonov (13-7-2, 2.72 GAA, .897 SV, 1 SO)
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