Canucks lose valuable point in 4-3 shootout loss to Senators

What was said

Boudreau confirmed that it is an upper-body injury for Halak and he will not travel with the team for the upcoming road trip.

Spencer Martin was called up from Abbotsford earlier on Monday as it looked like Demko was sick. Apparently, that was not the case.

With Halak looking like he’ll be out for some time, it looks like the Canucks will have to call him back up again.

Boudreau doesn’t want his team to give up after a demoralizing loss.

“You don’t want to speak emotionally, you want to speak analytically and intelligently,” said Boudreau per Ben Kuzma of The Province. “I could have gone in there (The locker room) and said a number of things tonight, but I’ll wait until tomorrow. We were going to be allowed one mulligan and we were thinking it might be on the trip. We’ve responded well in the past and that’s the kind of mentality we need. This group has fought for almost five months and they’re not going to quit now.”

“We knew we could’ve scored on many chances and just couldn’t really solve them,” said Miller.

Gaudette also shared his secret on how he beat Demko for the shootout winner.

Advanced stat of the night

The Canucks had a expected goals for rate of 3.74. That’s good. They also had an expected goals against rate of 3.58. That’s bad.

Tweet of the night

Gaudette’s shootout winner was like a kick to the face.

(Context: Gaudette was doing a lap dance at his wedding in June of 2020 but he accidentally kicked his wife Micaela in the face. She ended up posting the video on TikTok with the caption: “How my husband ruined our wedding.” However, Micaela was OK and Gaudette felt really terrible and apologized.)

Wrap-up

The Canucks are still in it but they have to put this behind them and get more wins with five games to go.

It doesn’t get easier for the Canucks. They start a two-game road trip with the first stop being St. Paul to take on the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. Puck drop is at 5:00 PM.