Rich Lam
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| Time | Fri. 7:00 PM PST |
TV | TSN |
| Season Series | 2011-12: 2-1-1 Canucks |
Last Meeting |
2-1 Hawks Mar. 21/12 |
| The Enemy | Second City Hockey | Scoring Leaders | D. Sedin: 2-4-6 Kane: 2-8-10 |
| Hawks |
Category | Canucks |
| 6-0-1 | Season Record | 3-2-2 |
| 1st |
Conference Position | 6th |
| Lost 1 |
Streak | Won 1 |
| 4-0-1 |
< Road Record / Home Record > |
2-1-1 |
| 3.43 (5) |
Goals Per Game Average |
2.57 (19) |
| 2.14 (4) |
Goals Against Per Game Average |
2.43 (6) |
| 1.23 (10) |
5 On 5 GF/GA | 1.25 (9) |
| 25.0 (9) |
Power Play % |
18.9 (17) |
| 96.3 (1) |
Penalty Kill % |
73.3 (24) |
| 50.6 (14) |
Faceoffs % | 47.2 (25) |
| 102 (28) |
Hits |
180 (9) |
| 96 (12) |
Blocked Shots |
85 (18) |
| 10.1 (2) |
PIM's Per Game Average |
14.1 (12) |
| NHL.com |
We love games against Chicago don't we? Alex Burrows may have circled the game against the Kings on his calendar but let's face it: this is the best rivalry in the NHL over the past few years. I still dread the thought of losing to these guys. It's not an option, Canucks. Layeth the smack down!
The last thing most of us remember about a Canucks-Hawks game is Duncan Keith doing this:
Dirty bastard. Keith got a 5 game suspension. Daniel Sedin missed 12 games and did not return to action until Game 4 of the opening round series against the Kings. The Canucks were already buried by that point, down 3 games to 0. Is there going to be any retribution on Keith in this game? I really doubt it. But I can assure you nobody is going to fuck with the Twins. Not with Zack Kassian on that line.
PROJECTED LINES
Sedin - Sedin - Kassian (5 goals in 7 games, WOOOO!)
Higgins - Burrows - Hansen
Raymond - Schroeder - Weise
Lapierre - Malhotra - Volpatti
Bieksa - Hamhuis
Edler - Garrison
Ballard - Tanev
Brandon Saad - Toews - Hossa
Sharp - Bolland - Kane
Bickell - Shaw - Stalberg
Mayers - Kruger - Frolik
Keith - Seabrook
Brookbank - Leddy
Oduya - Hjalmarsson
With a lineup like that I guess I shouldn't be surprised at how few penalties the Hawks have taken this season so far and their low hit count.
TRENDS
- Blackhawks are 6-1 in their last 7 road games.
- Blackhawks are 6-1 in their last 7 overall.
- Blackhawks are 6-1 in their last 7 vs. Western Conference.
- Blackhawks are 8-2 in their last 10 games playing on 1 days rest.
- Blackhawks are 8-3 in their last 11 Friday games.
- Blackhawks are 1-7 in their last 8 vs. Northwest.
- Canucks are 11-3 in their last 14 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Canucks are 11-3 in their last 14 vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
- Canucks are 9-3 in their last 12 when their opponent scores 2 goals or less in their previous game.
- Canucks are 7-3 in their last 10 vs. Central.
- Canucks are 14-6 in their last 20 Friday games.
- Canucks are 1-4 in their last 5 games following a win.
- More at the great Covers.com.
- I don't like that last Canucks stat. Vancouver needs to start stringing some wins together.
SCORE PREDICTING WIZARDS UPDATE
raincity: 4
Twin Terror: 3
andrew21nz: 2
Meat Mayos: 2
patrik e (loves Booth): 2
westy99: 2
beardstache: 1
KYCanuck: 1
marcness52: 1
radepalma: 1
Thursday: 1
Vancouverguy: 1
For all of you playing the score-predicting/GWG scorer game, you need to check out this ol' post by some guy named Semi_Colon in regards to best practices in picking a score and game-winning goal scorer. Hat tip to missy for digging it out of the archives!
HELLO!
Oh, and Duncan Keith:
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GO CANUCKS GO!
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