| Smug And Preening |
Great Coach, Cheap Owners | ||||
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| Time | Tues. 5:00 PM PST |
TV | Sportsnet P, FS-TN |
| Season Series | 2-1 Predators |
Last Meeting |
3-0 Preds (Mar.03/2011) |
| The Enemy | On The Forecheck | Scoring Leaders |
D. Sedin: 40-56-96 Weber: 16-30-46 |
| Canucks |
Category | Preds |
| 50-17-9 | Season Record | 41-25-10 |
| 1st |
Conference Position | 6th |
| Won 3 |
Streak | Won 6 |
| 25-9-4 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
22-8-7 |
| 9-1-0 |
Last 10 | 8-1-1 |
| +72 |
Goals For / Against +/- | +23 |
| 3.20 (1) |
Goals Per Game | 2.58 (25) |
| 2.24 (1) |
Goals Against Per Game | 2.30 (2) |
| 1.28 (2) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.18 (4) |
| 25.3 (1) |
Power Play % |
15.1 (26) |
| 86.3 (2) |
Penalty Kill % |
84.2 (6) |
| 31.9 (7) |
Shots Per Game | 29.0 (22) |
| 30.4 (15) |
Shots Against Per Game | 30.3 (13) |
| 83.3 (1) |
Winning % When Scoring First | 71.1 (14) |
| 91.2 (4) |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 68.8 (23) |
| 21.4 (19) |
Winning % When Trailing After 1 | 40.0 (2) |
| 92.3 (8) |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 82.4 (22) |
| 1688 (16) |
Hits | 1595 (22) |
| 1019 (23) |
Blocked Shots |
926 (28) |
| 55.1 (1) |
Faceoffs % | 50.1 (19) |
| 11.2 (12) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
8.8 (1) |
| NHL.com |
Lately we've seen the Canucks play 5 non playoff teams in their last 7 games. A lot of the time they seem to be coasting against inferior teams. I get this feeling that those kind of efforts are not going to fly against the Preds, who have won 6 in a row to solidify their playoff spot. These guys don't score a lot of goals, but get it done defensively, get great goaltending, and play disciplined hockey. I was a bit shocked to see them ranked 26th in the NHL on the power play and even 28th overall in shot-blocking (see above).
I mostly wish this f*cking regular season was over. I'm sick of seeing injuries and don't want to see anymore of them. The Canucks are going to clinch top spot anyway. All that matters to me now is Daniel Sedin winning the Art Ross trophy and if he is lucky, the Rocket Richard.
PROJECTED STARTING GOALTENDERS
WHO'S HOT / COLD
The Last Meeting:
Oh look! A death metal rooster!
Old school Higgins Compilation. See where he is when he scores many of those goals?
GO CANUCKS GO!
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