Sunday: Canucks at Jets

By: Mike McIntyre Posted: 8:32 AM CST Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018

About the CANUCKS Vancouver (18-21-6 prior to Saturday night’s game in Edmonton) is mired near the bottom of the Western Conference standings as the team battles injuries and inconsistent play. They’ll playing on back-to-back nights when they visit Winnipeg.

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About the CANUCKS

Vancouver (18-21-6 prior to Saturday night’s game in Edmonton) is mired near the bottom of the Western Conference standings as the team battles injuries and inconsistent play. They’ll playing on back-to-back nights when they visit Winnipeg.

The Canucks are one of the lowest-scoring teams in the league, while also surrendering more goals per game than all but five other clubs. That’s not a winning combination.

C Bo Horvat (10G, 10A in 28 games) was having a fantastic season prior to breaking his foot in early December, but is closing in on a return to the lineup.

Vancouver Canucks right wing Brock Boeser and Washington Capitals right wing T.J. Oshie reach for the puck in the first period Jan. 9 in Washington. (Alex Brandon / Associated Press files)

Vancouver’s biggest bright spot this year has been rookie RW Brock Boeser (22G, 18A) who leads the team in goals and points and is headed to the all-star game. Veteran LW Thomas Vanek (13G, 19A) has been a good fit on a line with him.

C Henrik Sedin (2G, 30A) and LW Daniel Sedin (10G, 19A) have certainly slowed with age but can still be dangerous on any given night.

There’s not a lot of offence from the blue line, with D Michael Del Zotto (2G, 12A) and D Alex Edler (2G, 12A) being the biggest threats.

G Jacob Markstrom (12-14-5, 2.72 GA, .909 SV%) has got the majority of work this year as backup G Anders Nilsson (6-7-1, 3.57 GAA, .901%) has struggled when called upon.

Vancouver does have one of the NHL’s best power plays at 21.5%, while their penalty killing is among the worst at just 77.1%.

This is the third and final meeting with the Jets, who took the first two games by scores of 4-2 and 5-1.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS

25 Jacob Markstrom

31 Anders Nilsson

4 Michael Del Zotto D

5 Derrick Pouliot D

6 Brock Boeser RW

8 Christopher Tanev D

17 Nic Dowd C

18 Jake Virtanen RW

20 Brandon Sutter C

21 Loui Eriksson LW

22 Daniel Sedin LW

23 Alexander Edler D

26 Thomas Vanek LW

27 Ben Hutton D

33 Henrik Sedin C

44 Erik Gudbranson D

45 Michael Chaput C

47 Sven Baertschi LW

50 Brendan Gaunce C

51 Troy Stecher D

55 Alex Biega D

60 Markus Granlund C

77 Nikolay Goldobin RW

89 Sam Gagner C

Head coach: Travis Green

Assistant coaches: Nolan Baumgartner, Doug Jarvis, Newell Brown, Manny Malholtra

Goaltending coach: Dan Cloutier

WINNIPEG JETS

34 Michael Hutchinson G

37 Connor Hellebuyck G

5 Dmitry Kulikov D

7 Ben Chiarot D

8 Jacob Trouba D

9 Andrew Copp LW

13 Brandon Tanev LW

15 Matt Hendricks C

16 Shawn Matthias LW

17 Adam Lowry C

18 Bryan Little C

26 Blake Wheeler RW

27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW

29 Patrik Laine RW

33 Dustin Byfuglien D

30 Toby Enstrom D

40 Joel Armia RW

44 Josh Morrissey D

52 Jack Roslovic C

56 Marko Dano LW

57 Tyler Myers D

81 Kyle Connor LW

85 Mathieu Perreault LW

Head coach: Paul Maurice

Assistant coaches: Charlie Huddy, Jamie Kompon, Todd Woodcroft

Goaltending coach: Wade Flaherty

* lineups subject to change

— Mike McIntyre

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