| PREDATORS | CANUCKS | ||||
 | AT |  | |||
| Time | Sat. 6:00 PM PST | TV | CBC, Versus, RDS |
| Series | 1-0 Canucks | Last Meeting | 1-0 Canucks |
| The Enemy | On The Forecheck | Scoring Leaders | D. Sedin: 5-2-7 Fisher: 3-3-6 |
| Preds | Category | Canucks |
| Lost 1 | Streak | Won 2 |
| 2-2 | < Road Record / Home Record > | 4-1 |
| +1 | Goals For / Against +/- | -7 |
| 3.14 (5) | Goals Per Game | 2.12 (14) |
| 3.00 (10) | Goals Against Per Game | 2.75 (9) |
| 1.45 (5) | 5 On 5 GF/GA | 0.86 (11) |
| 18.8 (10) | Power Play % | 17.4 (11) |
| 70.4 (14) | Penalty Kill % | 82.4 (6) |
| 30.0 (11) | Shots Per Game | 31.0 (8) |
| 27.6 (2) | Shots Against Per Game | 29.5 (4) |
| 100 | Winning % When Scoring First | 80 |
| 100 | Winning % When Leading After 1 | 75 |
| 0 | Winning % When Trailing After 1 | 50 |
| 100 | Winning % When Leading After 2 | 100 |
| 182 (12) | Hits | 304 (1) |
| 91 (12) | Blocked Shots | 86 (14) |
| 51.5 (6) | Faceoffs % | 49.8 (9) |
| 12.4 (9) | PIM's Per Game Average | 17.2 (15) |
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How much will Game 2 differ from Game 1? That is a big question. The Canucks went into Game 1 versus the Predators with all the piss and vinegar that they showed in the final 2 games of the Chicago series and Nashville was dominated everywhere but on special teams and on the score sheet. Is there any let-up from the Canucks now as they are oozing with confidence? How much push-back do the Preds have and will it be enough?
Nashville can go into Game 2 with some confidence of their own. They were outplayed badly and only lost 1-0. They can be confident in Pekka Rinne. But I would love to see the Canucks show the same hustle in Game 2 and put the Preds into a 2-0 hole. Continue the dominance. Don't give them anything. Off with their heads!
The Sedins are both on my COLD list now and that needs to change ASAP. You can see they are getting close to killing their mini slump. It's just a matter of time. That reflects in the team's sucktitude on the power play, where they have not scored with the man advantage since Game 4 of the Chicago series. Good god. Get that going quick. To their credit, they have not allowed a power play goal against in their last 3 games. But more goals are needed. Hank talked about that on Friday: "There are better places to shoot than where we were," said Hank. "Maybe low to the blocker side would be better but a lot of times you don't have to shoot where you want. Anaheim showed us where they should go and that's where we'll have to get more." He makes a good point. They have to get in his face too, but the Preds make that difficult to do.
LINKS
-Are Canucks fans rubbing the Roger Nielsen statue outside of The Rog for good luck? Whatever you feel works. I think it's great. (Fort Nucks)
-Lapierre and Higgins paying big dividends for the Canucks (The Province)
-ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? BASTARDS!!
-Confused by the Luongo pic above? Well scratch your head no more.
PROJECTED FORWARDS DRESSED
CANUCKS
Daniel Sedin-Henrik Sedin-Mikael Samuelsson
Mason Raymond-Ryan Kesler-Alexandre Burrows
Chris Higgins-Maxim Lapierre-Jannik Hansen
Victor Oreskovich-Tanner Glass-Raffi Torres
PREDATORS
Martin Erat-David Legwand-Joel Ward
Sergei Kostitsyn-Mike Underwood-Patric Hornqvist
Nick Spaling-Jerrod Smithson-Jordin Tootoo
Steve Sullivan-Blake Geoffrion-JP Dumont/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
-Alexandre Burrows: 3 goals and 2 assists in his last 3 games.
COLD
-Henrik Sedin: 1 assist in his last 5 games.
-Daniel Sedin: 1 goal in his last 4.
-Ryan Kesler: 1 assist in his last 4.
-Tanner Glass: 0 points in his last 19.
-Jannik Hansen: 0 points in his last 6.
-Mikael Samuelsson: 1 goal and 1 assist in his last 10.
-Raffi Torres: 0 points in his last 11.
PREDATORS
HOT
-Mike Fisher: 3 goals and 6 points in his last 7.
-Nick Spaling: 2 goals and 2 assist in his last 3 games.
-Jordin Tootoo: 4 assists in his last 3 games. Also good at doing cartwheels.
-Joel Ward: 3 goals and 2 assists in his last 6.
COLD
INJURIES
CANUCKS
-F Manny Malhotra: eye, out for playoffs
-D Sami Salo: still not much word on Salo. "Day-to-day" says Vigneault.
PREDATORS
-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
BOOM Shalock lock BOOM!
This would have been better prior to Game 1 but whatevs. FEEL IT!
Baggins!
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