[Hyack]

Vancouver at Columbus

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Canucks (13-16-3) at Blue Jackets (16-11-2)

The Vancouver Canucks try for their third straight win after losing 12 of their previous 13 (1-10-2) when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday.

Canucks center Elias Pettersson, who leads NHL rookies with 30 points (15 goals, 15 assists), can extend his point streak to four games; he has eight-points (two goals, six assists) in a three-game streak. Pettersson became the sixth rookie in the NHL expansion era (since 1967-68) to record multiple games with at least five points when he had a goal and four assists in a 6-1 win at the St. Louis Blues on Sunday.

The Blue Jackets have lost three of their past four (1-3-0), having been outscored 13-6 in two home defeats. They are 7-6-1 at home, where they play their next five games.

Canucks forward Brock Boeser has 10 points (seven goals, three assists) in his past seven games.

Baertschi resumed skating Monday for the first time since sustaining a concussion Oct. 24 against the Vegas Golden Knights.

Horvat has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past five games.

Game time 4:00pm PT

[Hyack]

The Canucks didn't get on the scoreboard until the 3rd period. Down 1-0 Josh Leivo scored his 6th followed by Pettersson, his 16th and Virtanen, his 10th. Columbus also scored in the 3rd, giving the Canucks the 3-2 win, their 3rd win in a row. Outshot 36-25 the Canucks held Columbus to 0/2 on the PP while going 0/1 themselves. Vancouver next plays Thursday in Nashville.

[llama66]

I'm so happy Leivo is doing well. He's a good kid that just had no chance to grow in TO.

[Hyack]

Vancouver at Nashville

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Canucks (14-16-3) at Predators (20-10-1)

The Canucks have won three consecutive games and have outscored their opponents 14-6 during that span.

The streak started with a 5-3 win against the Predators at Rogers Arena.

Canucks forward Elias Pettersson has 10 points (three goals, seven assists) during a four-game point streak.

Baertschi participated in the morning skate wearing a non-contact jersey.

Boeser has three goals in his past two games.

Game time 5:00pm PT

[Hyack]

The Canuck's three game winning streak came to an end Thursday with a 4-3 OT loss to Nashville. Nashville scored twice in the 1st before Beagle scored his 1st of the year with a SH goal. Nashville scored again in the 2nd, taking a 3-1 lead going into the 3rd period. Boeser then scored his 10th while on the PP followed by Horvat, his 15th, with a SH goal with 44 seconds to play, tying the score 3-3 and leading to OT, which was then won by the Preds. The Canucks were once again outshot by Nashville 34-22 who were held to 0/3 on the PP while the Canucks went 1/5. The Canucks went 2-0-1 on this short 3 game road trip, taking 5 out of a possible 6 points. Saturday sees the Canucks start a 5 game home stand when they host Philadelphia, followed the next day with a visit by Edmonton. The Canucks are still #1 in games played, the only team to have played 34 games this season, they are #3 when it comes to games lost with 16 losses. When it comes to the Special teams the Canucks are 21st while on the PP and 25th on the PK.

[BartSimpson]

On the upside of the Vancouver-Nashville game the Canadian guys won!

[N_Fiddledog]

Hyack Hyack:

Horvat, his 15th, with a SH goal with 44 seconds to play

Bo is quietly on pace for a Hell of a season. That looks like he's on pace for close to 40. Well, mid 30s anyway.

Year after year, he just keeps getting better:

https://www.nhl.com/player/bo-horvat-8477500

[Hyack]

Philadelphia at Vancouver

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Flyers (12-14-4) at Canucks (14-16-4)

The Philadelphia Flyers will try to avoid their fourth straight loss when they visit the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.

The Flyers have lost three straight (0-2-1), are 3-7-3 in their past 13 games and have allowed at least four goals in six of their past eight games.

Vancouver is 3-0-1 in its past four games after going 1-10-2 in their previous 13.

Canucks center Elias Pettersson has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in a five-game point streak.

Horvat has seven points (four goals, three assists) in his past seven games.

Markstrom is 3-0-0 with a.932 save percentage in his past three starts.

Gudbranson will be a game-time decision after missing one game with back spasms.

Game time 7:00pm PT

[Hyack]

The Canucks defeat the Flyers 5-1, bringing their record for the last five games to 4-0-1. Tanev opened the scoring with his 1st, followed by Eriksson, his 6th, along with Leivo, his 7th, before the Flyers scored their lone goal to end the first 3-1 for the Canucks. Boeser scored his 11th in the 2nd and Granlund scored his 6th in the third, giving the Canucks the 5-1 win. Philadelphia outshot Vancouver 32-24 and were held to 0/4 on the PP while the Canucks went 0/2. The Canucks now host Edmonton on Sunday, their 2nd of 5 home games.

[Hyack]

Edmonton at Vancouver

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Oilers (18-12-3) at Canucks (15-16-4)

The Edmonton Oilers will try to win for the ninth time in 11 games when they play the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.

Goalie Jacob Markstrom, who has a .942 save percentage during a four-game win streak, starts on back-to-back nights after making 31 saves in a 5-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. Vancouver is 4-0-1 in its past five games after going 1-10-2 in the previous 13.

Canucks center Elias Pettersson has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in a six-game point streak and leads the team and NHL rookies with 34 points (16 goals, 18 assists) in 29 games.

Gudbranson, who has missed two games, is a game-time decision for the second straight

Horvat has eight points (four goals, three assists) in his past eight games.

Game time 7:00pm PT

[Strutz]

Nice win tonight.

Quite the entertaining game too!

[Hyack]

The Oilers opened the scoring in the 2nd period followed by Edler scoring his 3rd while on the PP, Boeser then scored his 12th, again on the PP, giving the Canucks a 2-1 lead going into the 3rd period. Pettersson scored his 17th, again while on the PP, Edmonton then scored before Horvat scored his 16th with the Oilers goalie on the bench giving the Canucks the 4-2 win. This win brings the Canucks record for the last six games to 5-0-1. Vancouver outshot the Oilers 30-22 and held them to 0/1 on their only PP, the Canucks managed to score 3 PP goals giving them a record of 3/5 when on their PPs. The Canucks will next host the league leading Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday.

[N_Fiddledog]

I've never played with the stats gizmo at NHL.com but it is fun, isn't it?

http://www.nhl.com/stats/team?reportTyp ... alsAgainst

I was curious how we were doing in goal scoring this year. Last year we were bottom of the league, as I recall.

This year we're tied for tenth from the top with Pittsburgh. That's something like a rise of 21 spots up the leader board. Go us for scoring improvement this year.

Unfortunately we're tied for third highest amount of goals scored against us. Get on the ball defence.

[Hyack]

Last season, 2017-2018 the Canucks scored 218 goals, placing themselves at #26 in the NHL. Goals against were 259 putting them at #26 in the league. This season goals for are 109 placing us in 10th place while goals against are 116 putting us at #28.

[N_Fiddledog]

That's right. They had that little spurt of wins at the end, didn't they? So I was off by 5 spots on the 'goals for' last year.

I just remembered how a few times last year the broadcasters were so pleased to tell us we were on the bottom of the league for goal scoring.

Still...moving up 16 places in a year. That's impressive too.

At the beginning of the season the broadcasters kept asking "Where are the Canucks going to find the points the Sedins were getting?" Those points were not only found, they were surpassed, it would seem.

Also isn't it impressive how much faster our team has gotten?

And next year the speedy skilled defenceman Quinton Hughes should join the big team along with Thatcher Demko who we hope will be the # 1 star goalie of the future. Our # 1 draft pick from 2016, defenceman Olli Juolevi might be ready too. Hopefully these sorts of things will help improve our shameful goals against stat.

Where are you finding last year's stats btw, Hyack? I was looking for them too.