Canucks @ Senators: And The Road Becomes My Bride...
by Sean Zandberg on Nov 11, 2010 3:14 AM PST
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Print| CANUCKS |
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| Time | Thurs, 4:30 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet Vancouver |
| Season Series | (09/10) 1-1-0 Draw |
Last Meeting |
5-1 Canucks (Mar.13/10) |
| The Enemy | Silver Seven | Scoring Leaders | Daniel Sedin: 9-7-16 D. Alfredsson: 6-8-14 |
| Canucks |
Category | Senators |
| 8-4-2 | Season Record | 8-6-1 |
| 3rd |
Conference Position | 5th |
| Lost 1 |
Streak | Won 4 |
| 2-4-1 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
5-3-0 |
| 7-2-1 |
Last 10 | 7-3-0 |
| +6 |
Goals For / Against +/- | -1 |
| 2.86 (11th) v |
Goals Per Game | 2.73 (17th) |
| 2.29 (7) v |
Least Goals Against Per Game | 2.80 (16) |
| 0.92 (21) v |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 0.90 (22) |
| 27.3 (1) - |
Power Play % |
20.0 (12) |
| 84.6 (12) - |
Penalty Kill % |
82.0 (18) |
| 31.4 (11) - |
Shots Per Game | 28.1 (26) |
| 30.3 (17) - |
Least Shots Against Per Game | 31.5 (20) |
| 77.8 (13) - |
Winning % When Scoring First | 100 |
| 87.5 (13) ^ |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 80.0 (18) |
| 20.0 (23) v |
Winning % When Trailing After 1 | 22.2 (20) |
| 83.3 (20) |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 100 |
| 0 |
Winning % When Trailing After 2 | 0 |
| 44.4 (16) v |
Winning % When Outshooting |
50.0 (15) |
| 80.0 (4) - |
Winning % When Outshot |
55.6 (15) |
| 55.1 (2) - |
Faceoffs % | 51.5 (9) |
| 13.1 (13) ^ |
Least PIM's Per Game | 15.0 (21) |
| (NHL.com) |
(Stats as of 6:40 PM PST Wednesday)
Road Warriors the Canucks are not. At least, not yet anyway. Vancouver takes their 2-4-1 road record into the nation's capital to find ways to beat another team's tenacity on home ice. The Canadiens played a possessed style that the Canucks could not match a couple of nights ago and I expect the Senators are going to give them the same run for their money, To me, Ottawa is a team that nobody projected to do much this season yet they continually prove their worth through impressive competitiveness. That being said, the Canucks are better than the Sens statistically in almost every form. The most glaring
stats in Ottawa's favor are their record when scoring first, when leading after 1 period and when leading after 2 periods. Almost perfect. So the mission is clear: score first and/or get an early lead after 1 period and dictate the play.
What I found lacking in the game against the Habs (besides the obvious inability to match their effort) was the lack of a physical game. The smaller Montreal forwards were left untouched mostly. The Canucks need to crash and bang more often on the road. God knows they excelled at that at home.
After winning 3 of their last 5 games in October the Senators have won all 4 of their games in November; 2 games at home and 2 on the road. In their last 4 games:
-Jason Spezza has 3 goals and 7 points
-Sergei Gonchar has 3 goals and 5 points
-Defenceman Erik Karlsson has 1 goal and 6 points
-Alexei Kovalev has 2 goals
-Daniel Alfredsson has 2 assists.
Ottawa has outscored their opponents 15-7 in those games and scored 3 power play goals. So you can see that the aforementioned Sens have done the brunt of the scoring.
-According to TSN the Sens may get Filip Kuba back on Thursday, after breaking his leg on September 18.
-The Canucks have recalled Mario Bliznak from Manitoba on Wednesday, meaning we could see a shuffle in the bottom 9 for Vancouver.
-Roberto Luongo is scheduled to start. Kevin Bieksa has the flu and may not play, the Province reports. If that is the case Keith Ballard will draw back in. More positivity from Ballard: "You never know how this works," he shrugged. "It Kevin is healthy, great. The six guys in there are doing a good job. I'm with a good team and I would take this [sitting out] over playing more and not making the playoffs." It looks as though Andrew Alberts will get his chance to make amends for his lousy game against Montreal.
-If Rick Rypien is only going to play 2.5 minutes per game then what the f*ck is the point of him occupying a roster spot? Maybe that is where Bliznak fits in. Who knows. Stay tuned.
I somewhat liked the Canucks' effort against the Canadiens, but they were shut down. I think they need a little more sandpaper to get the job done in Ottawa.
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4-1 Sens, Alfredsson
i have another bad feeling about this game.
and yes, Beantown will be calling me a numbskull and/or “harbinger of doom” for this.
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"Waist-down, Toews is huge!" TSN's Ray Ferraro
JUST ONCE SHE
wears a flames jersey and look what happens to her. Turns into a harbinger of numbskullery. Goddamn flames, ruining good people everywhere since 1980.
"You'll be playing in England the rest of your career" Alex Burrows
"Just because we've been playing tonsil hockey
Doesn't mean you get to score the goal in my jockeys" FotC
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by Twitchy2010 on Nov 11, 2010 10:24 AM PST up reply actions
I’m feeling better about this one than I was about the Habs game. I think they’ll be ready to go at game-time tonight.
by CarolinaCanuck on Nov 11, 2010 4:35 PM PST up reply actions
Thank goodness
You are wrong!
Of course, I now hope we do not snap Toronto’s slide on Saturday
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
as for toronto
we’re going to play like crap for a 3rd year in a row, but pull off the win.
(last year was all the Sedin line and Raycroft, year before was the Mats shootout winner)
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5 - 0 canucks
Burrows with the gwg and another 4 goals. The mofos from safeway will need to give 1 milion dolas to duru2000…
Bieksa with 10 assists both primary and secondary, luongo 12 saves on 11 shots.
by duru2000 on Nov 11, 2010 7:01 AM PST via mobile reply actions
haha!
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 11, 2010 1:11 PM PST up reply actions
Can we not lose like the Blues did last night? K, thanks.
Giving seven goals back and losing Oshie to a broken ankle is a tough pill to swallow.
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Little bounceback tonight.
5-2 Coconuts. Dank FTW.
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Latest from the Dream Reid: Ballard and Schaefer out
Expected lineup vs OTT: Sedins-Burrows/ Raymond-Kesler-Samuelsson/ Torres-Malhotra-Hansen/ Glass-Bliznak-Rypien. Lui in goal
No changes expected on D, though Bieksa has the flu. He is expected to play thru it.
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if bieksa actually has the flu
why is he playing?
or is he just almost completely recovered?
by Beantown Canuck on Nov 11, 2010 9:40 AM PST up reply actions
I’d guess the latter. Just fight through it.
If he pukes, it’s a social.
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by Yankee Canuck on Nov 11, 2010 9:48 AM PST up reply actions
av is an idiot
f. This shit
I love bieksa but cumon… Ballard deserves redemption
by duru2000 on Nov 11, 2010 11:51 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
3-0 Vancouver
fuck yeah, I said it, I ain’t superstitious as the jeff beck band once said. GWG by Mad Money Malho-ho
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"Just because we've been playing tonsil hockey
Doesn't mean you get to score the goal in my jockeys" FotC
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NUMBSKULL
the second
i got my eye on you
by Beantown Canuck on Nov 11, 2010 11:03 AM PST up reply actions
My hometown Sens vs. my Canucks
4-2 Canucks, Burrows GWG.
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Nov 11, 2010 10:36 AM PST reply actions
4-2 Sens, the country singer’s hubby with the winner. Numbskullery runs amok.
As soon as you're born you start dying, so you might as well have a good time
NUMBSKULL
the third
you, good sir, are an abomination
by Beantown Canuck on Nov 11, 2010 11:04 AM PST up reply actions
too bad i can’t give you any points for the second part of your comment
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by Sean Zandberg on Nov 12, 2010 2:06 AM PST up reply actions
4-1 Canucks
Chastised by Montreal, the boys go hulk smash on the Sens, particularly Alfredsson.
Burrow finally buries it for the GWG.
Tell me would you kill to save a life?
Tell me would you kill to prove you're right?
5-1 Ehrhoff
Don't drink and park, accidents cause people!
If it ain't got a packet, go home and whack it.
I'm just a loser geek, crazy with an evil streak! -- everclear
I’m thinking we play 500 on this road trip so…
4-3 Canucks Daniel
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"We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me, God! Explain that to me!!" -Dennis Leary
.500
on a five game trip? you’ll have to explain that one. we win 1.5 periods of a game?
Don't drink and park, accidents cause people!
If it ain't got a packet, go home and whack it.
I'm just a loser geek, crazy with an evil streak! -- everclear
I was just about to post that.
Don't drink and park, accidents cause people!
If it ain't got a packet, go home and whack it.
I'm just a loser geek, crazy with an evil streak! -- everclear
Howeva!
I with the new rules for SO losses its less than a point. Also a loss is a loss is a loss
Don't drink and park, accidents cause people!
If it ain't got a packet, go home and whack it.
I'm just a loser geek, crazy with an evil streak! -- everclear
I with the new rules for SO losses its less than a point.
?
by Beantown Canuck on Nov 11, 2010 2:58 PM PST up reply actions
they dont count for tiebreakers
Don't drink and park, accidents cause people!
If it ain't got a packet, go home and whack it.
I'm just a loser geek, crazy with an evil streak! -- everclear
That's still
<.500 winning percentage
"Playin hurt, baby that don't faze me. I don't got time for pain. The only pain I've got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is!"
depends on your definition of "winning percentage"
a lot of people treat OTL or SOL, aka earning 1 point, as 1/2 a win, dating back to when it was clearly legitimate to treat ties as such… but it’s very reasonable to argue that no, those are losses… so like i said, depends on your perspective
by Beantown Canuck on Nov 12, 2010 7:37 AM PST up reply actions
I’m thinking that prediction is borderline numbskullery.
You’re teetering precariously on the line Zandberg…I’ll be watching you.
Mistake one: reading PD comments. Just read the articles, the comments are where dreams go to die. - YC
'Lest we forget'
always good to keep an eye
on the shezanigans
by Beantown Canuck on Nov 11, 2010 3:02 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
I like this word
…very, very much.
Hell, I love it. rec’d
Mistake one: reading PD comments. Just read the articles, the comments are where dreams go to die. - YC
'Lest we forget'
technical bastards. i didn’t say the word “about” before 500.
I’m glad you picked up on my semi-numbskullery. That was a curve ball you hit out of the park :)
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"Then I will see you in hell!'" - Han Solo
"We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me, God! Explain that to me!!" -Dennis Leary
by Sean Zandberg on Nov 11, 2010 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
Well
Ottawa is doing better than at the start of the month, however buffalo and toronto are the suck and pittsburgh is falling apart 4-1 is very doable
Don't drink and park, accidents cause people!
If it ain't got a packet, go home and whack it.
I'm just a loser geek, crazy with an evil streak! -- everclear
4-2 Canucks
Malhotra GWG. This is after being passed to by Burrows after a SH takeaway.
In other news, I’m sick as a dog. Can’t even drink tonight. >:@
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for sure no drinking
or are you a game-time decision?
we might need to call someone up…
by Beantown Canuck on Nov 11, 2010 2:28 PM PST up reply actions
Just like our fourth line baby
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by Yankee Canuck on Nov 11, 2010 3:30 PM PST up reply actions
4-2 Nucks, Torres FTW.
Yeah, I’m looking at you “;”.
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by eightyseven on Nov 11, 2010 2:29 PM PST via mobile reply actions
3-1 Canucks, Raymond with the winner
After being moderately embarrassed in Montreal, they’ll come out swinging tonight.
no prob. you just have to beat puck drop is all
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"We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me, God! Explain that to me!!" -Dennis Leary
by Sean Zandberg on Nov 12, 2010 2:08 AM PST up reply actions
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