Photo by Derek Cain/NHLI via Getty Images The Washington Capitals visit the Vancouver Canucks for the final meeting of the season between the two teams.
The Capitals best the Canucks in every possession metric except team save percentage and expected goals-against compared to goals-against. The Canucks took the first game by a score of 4-2 at Capital One Arena on January 16 but the Capitals have won two straight and four of their last five visits to the Pacific Northwest. Action from Rogers Arena can be seen on NBC Sports Washington+ in-market or ESPN+ out-of-market beginning at 10 PM ET. Assists: Miller, 44 (tied-ninth)
If Jim Rutherford makes a trade in the next 10 days, it's far more likely to involve a role player than one of the Canucks' core pieces — Boeser and ...
All those things we have to work on in order to be better than what we are now.” It makes it better for the players learning how to win on a consistent basis. The players understand that that is not coming from us.” But it would be good to see this group play it out and see where it goes.” “It's not going to be about whether we make the playoffs or not. But, as with Miller’s future, this is an issue the Canucks have some time to navigate. It makes it easier to evaluate players for our hockey staff. He’s hopefully a guy that we can continue to have here in Vancouver. But we haven’t gone down that path yet. . . do not come directly from the people that are making the decisions. Players are smart enough to know that most of the things out there. But the key is making the call about selling one. “They call about different players and general managers will talk back and forth.
With the trade deadline less than two weeks away, one would expect Patrik Allvin's phone to be blowing up, but that doesn't seem to be the case for the new ...
The Canucks sit three points back of the Dallas Stars for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference with two more games played. The players seem to respond to his style of coaching.’’ He’s playing the way you want your best player to play. “I’ve been very impressed with J.T. Miller here,’’ Allvin said. But to be honest, I was expecting a little bit more calls.’’ “Well, unfortunately, it’s been very, very quiet,’’ Allvin told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun in The Athletic. “I was a little bit surprised there (weren’t) more phone calls.
Notebook: Vancouver has a busy schedule in the coming weeks, so practices are likely to be a rarity.
“That would be a great opportunity. Hradek did ask Miller about his future and whether he’d like to remain in Vancouver long term, and Miller responded with understandable caution. J.T. Miller is on the best playing run of his life. There wasn’t much to go over on ice as a result, he said. I thought we handled it better than, say, some of the good Anaheim teams that I had would have handled it.” Article content
While the Canucks have been getting solid production from Tanner Pearson, JT Miller, Elias Pettersson, and a bit from Brock Boeser as of late, Bo Horvat has ...
Will the Great 8 be able to achieve the record against the Canucks tomorrow night? A storyline that the whole league will be monitoring on Friday, would be the fact that Alexander Ovechkin needs just 1 more goal to hit 767 and pass Jaromir Jagr for 3rd in all-time NHL goals. In the 2020 playoff bubble, we saw what Horvat is capable of when he’s at his best and he is a hard-working individual without a shadow of a doubt.
J.T. Miller scored the go-ahead goal on a great individual play early in the third period and collected three assists to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-3 ...
We just didn't do that in the third." "We were just trying to find a way to win that game. We've just got to focus on what we can control." "It's not going to be perfect all the time. "I probably got away with a slash," said Miller who has 67 points, including 23 goals, this season. I just tried to let it rip as hard as I could."
J.T. Miller scored the go-ahead goal on a great individual play early in the third period and collected three assists to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 5-3 ...
… The Canucks dedicated proceeds from the $1 million 50/50 jackpot to the Ukraine humanitarian crisis appeal through the Red Cross of Canada. … Former Canadiens superstar Guy Lafleur, who is battling lung cancer, was named Wednesday to the Order of Hockey in Canada as a Distinguished Honouree for 2022. Montreal opened the scoring on a two-on-one breakaway. Montembeault made a pair of brilliant saves to keep the game close. Pitlick sent a pass from the corner that Lehkonen took in front of the net then jammed the puck through Demko’s legs. Boeser collected the rebound and put it over the goaltender’s shoulder at 10:34 for his 17th of the season. Vancouver scored just nine seconds into a power play to take a 2-1 lead.
J.T. Miller scored and had three assists and the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 at Rogers Arena on Wednesday.
"It wasn't a Picasso," Boudreau said. … Vancouver defenseman Brad Hunt has scored four points (one goal, three assists) during a four-game point streak. Pettersson made it 4-2 at 8:53 of the third period on a solo power-play rush. Lehkonen has scored eight points (six goals, two assists) during a five-game point streak. "We've been playing really good hockey and I think we're all very comfortable with our game and we all believe in each other," Pitlick said. "It's wonderful to see because you need that at this time of the season."
When Bruce Boudreau arrived in Vancouver, he represented change. Fans wanted GM Jim Benning or head coach Travis Green gone, and in one swift motion, ...
In the video, defenceman Luke Schenn can be heard saying “Bruce there it is” when he goes to fist bump his coach, to which Boudreau responded with “oh shut up”. “I’m not sure how much he likes it, but it’s a good joke in the room.” That’s just how it goes.”