Oct 22th: Canucks @ Los Angeles Kings
To finish off the week, the Canucks play the first of back-to-back road games in California.
Their opponent, the Los Angeles Kings, received some devastating injury news of their own to start the season. Goaltender Jonathan Quick left their first game with a groin injury. The Kings confirmed that Quick will miss three to four months and may require surgery.
With with their all-star goaltender out long-term, the Kings are left with Jeff Zatkoff and Peter Budaj between the pipes. The Kings were already without forward Marian Gaborik, who was injured in the World Cup. The Quick injury may bring an early end to their playoff hopes.
Janik:
Games against the Kings are always close, and here’s to hoping the Canucks can continue to win close games. Could well be another overtime or shootout game.
Gerald:
My only real prediction for this year is that the Canucks are going to be bad overall. That means they will lose when can win and win when everyone thinks they should lose. They aren’t a terrible team, but they are going to be wildly inconsistent. So, they beat the Kings with a stellar performance from Miller.
Ben:
With Jonathan Quick potentially out for months, the Kings are relying on a goaltending duo of Jeff Zatkoff and Peter Budaj. That doesn’t scream great goaltending duo and the Canucks should take advantage of that. Expecting a big game from Bo Horvat in this one.
Jeff:
The Los Angeles Kings embarrassed the Canucks in a couple of lopsided games last year. With Quick and Gaborik out, it’s high time for Vancouver to return the favor.
Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin will come up big, and Ben Hutton and Erik Gudbranson will both score multiple points.
This time, injuries might work in the Canucks’ favor
The Canucks, who are still relatively healthy, will face three teams facing some early injuries this week.
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The Blues are still a dangerous team, while the Sabres and Kings have lost some of their best players.
Can the Vancouver Canucks take advantage of this and keep their winning record alive? We will find out starting tonight.