| PREDATORS |
CANUCKS | ||||
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AT |
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| Time | Sat. 5:00 PM PST |
TV | CBC, Versus, RDS |
| Series | 3-1 Canucks |
Last Meeting |
4-2 Canucks |
| The Enemy | On The Forecheck | Scoring Leaders |
Kesler: 3-8-11 Ward: 5-4-9 |
| Predators |
Category | Canucks |
| Lost 2 |
Streak | Won 2 |
| 3-2 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
4-2 |
| -1 |
Goals For / Against +/- | -5 |
| 2.8 (8) |
Goals Per Game | 2.27 (14) |
| 2.90 (10) |
Goals Against Per Game | 2.54 (5) |
| 1.43 (3) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 0.83 (10) |
| 16.7 (10) |
Power Play % |
22.6 (5) |
| 68.6 (16) |
Penalty Kill % |
84.1 (6) |
| 30.7 (10) |
Shots Per Game | 32.4 (7) |
| 30.1 (3) |
Shots Against Per Game | 30.3 (4) |
| 75 |
Winning % When Scoring First | 71.4 |
| 75 |
Winning % When Leading After 1 | 75 |
| 0 |
Winning % When Trailing After 1 | 66.7 (1) |
| 100 |
Winning % When Leading After 2 | 83.3 |
| 279 (7) |
Hits | 385 (1) |
| 144 (7) |
Blocked Shots |
134 (8) |
| 51.4 (5) |
Faceoffs % | 49.5 (10) |
| 10.5 (4) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
14.5 (13) |
| NHL.com |
What a glorious, no, frustrating series to watch. Please end it. Not a good idea to go back to Nashville for a Game 6. Maybe the Canucks will stop blowing leads. Maybe the Sedins are going to break out. I don't think Ryan Kesler can continually carry this team. Yes he can.
FINISH THEM!
LINKS
-No Jerred Smithson for the Predators in Game 5 (The Province). He took an elbow to the snout from Kesler in Game 4 and was bleeding like a gutted pig. Something more is wrong there. Big loss for the Preds. That's their 3rd line checking center. The pesky dude was averaging 14:18 of ice time and led the team in the faceoff circle (58.3%). Pine-rider JP Dumont draws in.
-Preds frustrated? Weber and Suter wearing out? (The Province)
-"To me he's been like (Hall of Famer) Mark Messier."-Barry Trotz on Ryan Kesler (via TSN). Now Trotz needs a hero. But he'll be holding out for a hero till the end of the night.
-The strengths and weaknesses of Pekka Rinne (On The Forecheck). A must-read.
-The Preds are finished? Kaput? No way! (On The Forecheck).
PROJECTED FORWARDS DRESSED
CANUCKS
Daniel Sedin-Henrik Sedin-Alexandre Burrows
Mason Raymond-Ryan Kesler-Christopher Higgins
Raffi Torres-Maxim Lapierre-Jannik Hansen
Mikael Samuelsson-Cody Hodgson-Tanner Glass
PREDATORS
Martin Erat-David Legwand-Joel Ward
Sergei Kostitsyn-Mike Underwood-Patric Hornqvist
Colin Wilson-Nick Spaling-Jordin Tootoo
JP Dumont-Blake Geoffrion-Matt Halischuk
STARTING GOALTENDERS
Roberto Luongo
#1 / Goalie / Vancouver Canucks
6-3
217
Apr 04, 1979
Profile: Ass-kicker, critic-silencer
Pekka Rinne
#35 / Goalie / Nashville Predators
6-5
207
Nov 03, 1982
Profile: The Pred that worries me the most
WHO IS HOT / COLD
CANUCKS
HOT
-Ryan Kesler: 3 goals and 4 assists in his last 3. The beast has awoken!
-Christian Ehrhoff: 1 goal and 4 assists in his last 2 games.
-Henrik Sedin: 1 goal and 2 assists in Game 4. Finally.
COLD
-Maxim Lapierre: 1 assist in his last 21 games.
-Tanner Glass: 0 points in his last 22.
-Jannik Hansen: 0 points in his last 9. Tertiary scoring? NEED IT.
-Mikael Samuelsson: 1 goal and 2 assists in his last 13.
-Mason Raymond: 0 points in this series.
-Raffi Torres: 0 points in his last 14. Tertiary scoring? NEED IT.
PREDATORS
HOT
-Martin Erat: 3 assists in his last 3 games.
-Nick Spaling: 2 goals and 4 assists in his last 6 games. Impressive kid.
-Joel Ward: 5 goals and 4 assists in his last 9. Dangerous.
-Ryan Suter: 1 goal and 2 assists in his last 3.
-Cody Franson: 1 goal and 1 assist in Game 4.
COLD
INJURIES
CANUCKS
-F Manny Malhotra: eye, out for playoffs
PREDATORS
-F Steve Sullivan: knee.
-F Jerred Smithson: nose, feelings
-F Matthew Lombardi: concussion. Out all season
-F Cal O'Reilly: broken fibula, may return in this series.
-F Marcel Goc: shoulder
-D Francis Boullion: concussion
VIDEO
History Slays The Dragon. You gotta see this:
The KesLORD:
Title of the post brought to you by the Beastie Boys "No Sleep Till Brooklyn":
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