Vancouver Canucks Face Red Wings After Trading F Alex Burrows
By Jeff Godley
Vancouver Canucks
OVERVIEW:
2016-17 Record: 26-29-6
Home Record: 18-10-3
2015-16 Record vs. Red Wings: 1-1-0
Goals For: 143
Goals Against: 176
Power Play: 14.4% (28th)
Penalty Kill: 77.8% (25th)
Leading Scorers: Bo Horvat (60 GP – 18 G – 22 A – 40 PTS), Henrik Sedin (61 GP – 12 G – 25 A – 37 PTS), Daniel Sedin (61 GP – 13 G – 22 A – 35 PTS)
Injuries: Jacob Markstrom (lower body, day-to-day), Ben Hutton (mumps, day-to-day), Michael Chaput (mumps, day-to-day), Markus Granlund (mumps, day-to-day), Nikita Tryamkin (mumps, day-to-day), Sven Baertschi (concussion, day-to-day), Anton Rodin (knee, indefinite), Erik Gudbranson (wrist, indefinite), Derek Dorsett (shoulder, indefinite)
WHO’S ON OFFENCE:
Vancouver Canucks
Bo Horvat: Baertschi is injured, and now Burrows is gone. The line that carried the Canucks on a lot of nights this season is no more. Vancouver’s leading scorer must find new chemistry with new linemates.
Jannik Hansen: For now, he is still with Vancouver, but with the deadline approaching and interest (apparently) still growing for the Danish winger, will he still be by the time the puck drops?
WHO’S ON DEFENCE:
Chris Tanev: He is one of three defenders who missed Saturday’s game with the mumps. He was healthy enough to practice, so the D lineup already looks much stronger.
WHO’S IN NET:
Ryan Miller: A trade to LA is out. For now, Markstrom looks like he is out as well. So Vancouver’s net is Miller’s until something else happens.
PROJECTED LINEUP:
Daniel Sedin — Henrik Sedin — Jannik Hansen
Loui Eriksson — Bo Horvat — Alexandre Grenier
Joseph LaBate — Brandon Sutter — Jayson Megna
Reid Boucher — Brendan Gaunce — Borna Rendulic
Alexander Edler — Troy Stecher
Luca Sbisa — Chris Tanev
Alex Biega — Philip Larsen
Ryan Miller
Richard Bachman