Vancouver Canucks Week #15 Outlook, Predictions: Last Big Trip
By David Joun
The Vancouver Canucks will head out East for the last time this season as they wrap up their homestand Monday.
The Vancouver Canucks are playing a much more exciting brand of hockey lately, as evidenced by the OT period against the Tampa Bay Lightnings last Saturday. Bo Horvat and Sven Baertschi are coming to life to kick-start the second half, and Jacob Markstrom has played fantastic net minding for his club.
And yet, they simply cannot rise above the 0.500 win margin, now with 42 points in 42 games. Will 82 points in 82 games be enough to surpass the Anaheim Ducks, the Arizona Coyotes, the Calgary Flames, or the San Jose Sharks for that third seed in the Pacific Division? After all, those four clubs and the Canucks are all hovering around that .500 win margin, give or take a single point.
But the divisional match-ups will have to wait. The Canucks are playing three Eastern foes this week, which features a Roberto Luongo homecoming, an Alex Ovechkin showdown, and a potential Eddie Lack revenge.
Maybe I made it sound too fun. You know, the Canucks are going on the road to face the top two teams of the Eastern Conference this week. They are going to face Braden Holtby and Luongo. You know what that means — no fun.
Week #14 top scorer: Bo Horvat (4 goals, 5 points)
We have it all covered here at The Canuck Way, with predictions of our own. Let’s take a look at the upcoming week.
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