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| Time | Friday, 5:30 PST |
TV | TSN |
| Season Series | - |
Last Meeting |
2-1 Canucks Dec.22/13 |
| The Enemy | Arctic Ice Hockey | Scoring Leaders | D. Sedin: 13-27-40 Wheeler: 22-22-44 |
UPDATE: Eddie Lack gets the start in goal tonight. Dale Weise is in. Tom Sestito may be a scratch. Apparently the Canucks had their biggest bag skate of the season today.
| CANUCKS | CATEGORY | JETS |
| 27-19-9 | SEASON RECORD | 25-25-5 |
| 63 | POINTS | 55 |
| 8th | CONFERENCE POSITION | 12th |
| LOST 2 | STREAK | LOST 1 |
| 4-6-0 | LAST 10 | 6-4-0 |
| 13-10-4 | ROAD RECORD / HOME RECORD | 13-11-4 |
| -4 | GOALS FOR / AGAINST DIFF. | -7 |
| 1.02 (12) | 5 ON 5 GF / GA DIFF. | 0.93 (19) |
| 13.6 (29) | POWERPLAY % | 14.8 (24) |
| 85.3 (4) | PENALTY KILL % | 83.2 (11) |
| 1079 (25) | HITS | 1534 (5) |
| 13-5-1 (22) | RECORD: LEADING AFTER 1 | 11-3-1 (20) |
| 17-3-2 (21) | RECORD: LEADING AFTER 2 | 13-3-1 (22) |
| 823 (29) | PENALTY MINUTES | 654 (24) |
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The Canucks are 2-0 against this version of the Winnipeg Jets.
As Derek Jory from Canucks.com points out: this is the first time the Canucks have played in Winnipeg since February 21, 1996, a game they won 5-3 thanks to a 3-point night from Alexander Mogilny. Check out that Jory piece. A lot of Canucks (former Moose) are going back to Winnipeg for the first time in a long time and are excited about it.
KNOW YOUR ENEMY
-The Jets are 6-2-0 in their first 8 games under new coach Paul Maurice. They are 3-1-0 on the road under Maurice.
-Before their last game against the Predators, the Jets players wore Rick Rypien jerseys during their pre-game warm up. It' was a nice touch on Let's Talk Day. Rypien played 116 games for the Moose and 119 games as a Canuck. He had signed with the Jets in the summer of 2011, but took his own life at his Albertan home on August 15, 2011. He was a beauty:
He will never be forgotten. A stick tap to the Jets for the classy move on Tuesday night. They were wearing #11 because Rypien was going to wear that number when he played for the Jets. Still gets me choked up. It's just so devastating still.
Moving on.
PROJECTED JETS ROSTER
Ladd - Little - Frolik
Thorburn - Scheifele - Wheeler (MAYBE)
Setoguchi - Jokinen - Byfuglien
Wright - O'Dell - Peluso
Bogosian - Enstrom
Mark Stuart - Trouba
Pardy - Ellerby
In goal: Pavelec
TOP 5 JETS SCORERS
1. Wheeler: 22-22-44
2. Little: 17-27-44
3. Byfuglien: 12-28-40
4. Ladd: 12-24-36
5. Jokinen: 13-18-31
IN CANUCKLAND....
The Canucks are now without Kevin Bieksa as well. The injury list is concerning. No Bieksa, Henrik Sedin, Mike Santorelli, Chris Tanev. This team now has to come together as a group, stare adversity in the face, and tell it F*CK YOU! They have to look each other in the eye and swear that they will play a 60-minute game. The Canucks are 1-3-1 in their last 5 road games, but I don't want to say much more about them except to point out:
YOU MADE MY SHITLIST
-Daniel Sedin: 0 goals and 5 assists in his last 14 games.
-Alexandre Burrows: 0 goals and 3 assists in 23 games this season.
-David Booth: 0 goals and 3 assists in his last 15 games.
-Jason Garrison: 0 goals and 1 assist in his last 10.
-Dan Hamhuis: 0 goals and 9 assists in his last 36 games.
-Yannick Weber: 1 goal and 1 assist in his last 18 games.
-Henrik Sedin: 1 assist in his last 6 games. He is traveling with the team and should play on this road trip.
Just off the shitlist: Ryan Kesler and Alex Edler each had an assist against the Hawks.
PROJECTED CANUCKS ROSTER / LINES
Higgins-Kesler-Burrows
Dsedin-Schroeder-Kassian
Booth-Richardson-Hansen
Weise/Sestito-Lain-Dalpe
Defence pairs were:
Hamhuis-Weber
Edler-Garrison
Stanton-Corrado
VIDEO
The last time these teams met:
Meanwhile at St. Maarten Airport:
The title of this game preview post has been brought to you by David Usher:
Oh hi Mrs. Ladd:
SCORE-PREDICTING WIZARDS UPDATE
Zanstorm: 16
Bobby Canuck: 15
Passive Voice: 15
marcness52: 14
Geordie Nuck: 13
gmonk33: 13
Nathaniel Perlow: 13
FormerHab: 12
Coach Ryan: 11
nucksandpucks: 11
Tengeresz: 10
Twitchy2010: 10
seedvt: 9
Azzy Mahmood: 8
itsahardknocklife: 8
vancitydan: 8
westy99: 8
BigPDog: 7
jwolf0: 7
Nathan k: 7
Nose_Face: 6
hookedoncanuck: 5
kiwinuck: 5
AK_nuk: 4
canuck89: 4
prairienucker: 4
Tim Burke: 4
ChuckinNux: 3
Puckhead1: 3
Brock: 2
bygfeete: 2
John Carroll: 2
Smoboy41: 2
Vancouverguy: 2
Brobidus: 1
CombattlerV: 1
Kent Basky: 1
pheenster: 1
thesporteditor: 1