Projected #Canucks<\/a> lines vs. @Canes<\/a> <\/p>\n Bains. EP40. Garland. EP25. Hronek. \ud83e\udd45Lankinen\ud83e\udd45 <\/p>\n 4pm on @Sportsnet650<\/a> <\/p>\n sportsnet.ca\/650<\/a> <\/p>\n First Period<\/p>\n This game started with a couple of questionable plays from the Marcus Pettersson-Tyler Myers pairing. First, Pettersson pinched on a puck it really seemed like he had no real chance of getting to, leading to an odd-man rush the other way (it didn\u2019t help that Lukas Reichel was the forward back). Thankfully, Kevin Lankinen was sharp early on.<\/p>\n This allowed the Canucks to open the scoring, as Max Sasson dashed in to steal a loose puck and rip a shot five-hole as the Canucks were up 1-0 off their first shot of the game.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n Max Sasson scores on the Canucks first shot of the game! <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet <\/p>\n 1-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Hurricanes did not take long to respond, as Sebastian Aho batted down a Tyler Myers clearing attempt and fed Andrei Svechnikov, who made no mistake in blasting a one-timer past Kevin Lankinen.<\/p>\n The Hurricanes respond quickly after the Canucks opened the scoring. It’s 1-1 <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 1-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n 54 seconds later, with the Canes on a power play (they shouldn\u2019t have been, the officials got a high-sticking call very, very wrong), Svechnikov scored again.<\/p>\n Andrei Svechnikov scores back to back goals in 54 seconds. <\/p>\n 2-1 Carolina. <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n The Canucks\u2019 PK has been bad this season, but five seconds into an opposing power play\u00a0has\u00a0to be a record for them this season.<\/p>\n 2-1 Canes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Evander Kane took a high-sticking penalty, giving the Canes\u2019 power play another chance to take advantage of a vulnerable Canucks penalty kill.<\/p>\n Instead, it was the Canucks who took advantage of the Canes! Elias Pettersson picked off a careless drop pass from Sean Walker and didn\u2019t hesitate before ripping home a perfectly placed wrist shot to tie this one up.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n Elias Pettersson picks off a pass and rips a shot past Pyotr Kochetkov! <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 2-2.<\/p>\n Some takeaways from the first period: Second Period<\/p>\n The second period began with Kevin Lankinen needing to make a couple of great saves. The big one was this one off of K\u2019Andre Miller:<\/p>\n Kevin Lankinen makes an incredible save to start the 2nd period! <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n The Canucks got their first power play opportunity of the game, and quickly made good on it. Filip Hronek, Elias Pettersson, and Brock Boeser looked sharp in moving the puck around. Eventually, Pettersson and Boeser\u2019s passing resulted in exposing the Carolina PK with a neat seam pass to Conor Garland, who gave the Canucks the lead once again!<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n Conor Garland finishes off a nice passing play by the Canucks for his 5th goal of the season! <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 3-2 Canucks.<\/p>\n The Canucks\u2019 process was much better to start the second period, and they nearly went up by two when Tom Willander batted a puck behind Pyotr Kochetkov. The Canucks went back to the power play after Drew O\u2019Connor raced back to break up a scoring chance, then drew a slash on his ensuing zone exit. That was a great play from DOC. This time, the Canucks\u2019 PP didn\u2019t convert.<\/p>\n The Canes came on stronger as the period progressed, but thanks to some key saves from Kevin Lankinen and a better job at keeping the Canes to the outside, the Canucks entered the third up by a goal. They also did a great job at limiting the Canes\u2019 rush chances in the second.<\/p>\n Third Period<\/p>\n The Canucks caught a bit of a break as both Seth Jarvis and Jesperi Kotkaniemi didn\u2019t return for the third period due to injury. Obviously, we\u2019re hoping both players are okay, especially Jarvis, who was in clear discomfort after taking a stick to the eye.<\/p>\n K\u2019Andre Miller dumped Evander Kane, injecting some energy into what was a fairly ho hum start to the third. As Kane challenged Miller behind the play (before getting dumped again by another Carolina player), the Hurricanes worked the puck down low and took advantage of some poor defensive coverage from the Canucks to make this a tied game once again.<\/p>\n Taylor Hall ties this game in the 3rd period. <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 3-3.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the third, the Canucks were the worse team, but again did a relatively good job at keeping the danger level of the Canes\u2019 chances low. On the whole though? High-danger chances were 17-2 in favour of the Canes prior to this certifiably high-danger chance from Linus Karlsson:<\/p>\n Linus Karlsson gets a great opportunity but is robbed by Pyotr Kochetkov. <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n The Hurricanes kept pressing, and the third was the Canucks bending but not breaking. And that was enough to get this game to overtime. Side note: Filip Hronek left this game in the final minute after going awkwardly into the boards.<\/p>\n OvertimeThe Canucks overtime strategy of possessing the puck<\/a> and exhausting their opponent is both very fun and very annoying to watch. It was working great until Elias Pettersson lost the puck in the Hurricanes\u2019 end, but the point stands. Why wouldn\u2019t you try to get to the shootout when you\u2019ve got Kevin Lankinen backstopping you?<\/p>\n Unfortunately, the Canucks didn\u2019t get there. After a faceoff win in the Canucks\u2019 end, Sebastian Aho sniped a shot over Kevin Lankinen\u2019s blocker to put the finishing touches on this one.<\/p>\n Sebastian Aho wins this game in overitme. <\/p>\n
\nBoeser. Reichel. Sherwood.
\nO\u2019Connor. R\u00e4ty. DeBrusk.
\nMacEachern. Sasson. Karlsson.<\/p>\n
\nMP29. Myers.
\nJoseph. Willander.<\/p>\n
-Canucks are lucky to be in this game after 20. Seven shot attempts for the Canucks, and 23 for Carolina.
-I liked some of Tom Willander\u2019s defensive reads early.<\/p>\n