{"id":328618,"date":"2025-12-06T08:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/328618\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T08:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T08:04:24","slug":"canucks-turn-in-a-strong-effort-fall-4-1-to-mammoth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/328618\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks turn in a strong effort, fall 4-1 to Mammoth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to Instant Reaction, the series here at\u00a0CanucksArmy<\/a>\u00a0where we give you our instant reaction to tonight\u2019s\u00a0Vancouver Canucks<\/a>\u00a0game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below!Starting Lineup<\/p>\n

Warmup #Canucks<\/a> lines vs. @utahmammoth<\/a> <\/p>\n

DeBrusk. EP40. Karlsson.
\nBoeser. K\u00e4mpf. Garland.
\nO\u2019Connor. Sasson. Sherwood.
\nBains. R\u00e4ty. Lekkerim\u00e4ki.<\/p>\n

Hughes. Hronek.
\nEP25. Myers.
\nMP29. Willander.<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd45Lankinen\ud83e\udd45 <\/p>\n

6pm on @Sportsnet650<\/a> <\/p>\n

sportsnet.ca\/650<\/a> <\/p>\n

Somewhat surprisingly, the Canucks went right back to David K\u00e4mpf in between Conor Garland and Brock Boeser. I liked the idea of Max Sasson\u2019s speed between Garland and Boeser. Anyway.<\/p>\n

First Period<\/p>\n

The Canucks started with some good pressure from the Elias Pettersson line, which was certainly a good sign for a team looking to start on time and get its four-game homestand started on the right foot. Those good shifts continued, as Linus Karlsson danced at the blueline to create a prime scoring chance out of nowhere. Shortly after, Quinn Hughes made some space for himself and lasered a cross-crease pass to Linus Karlsson, who was robbed by Karel Vejmelka.<\/p>\n

Linus Karlsson is showing why he was moved up to the top line!<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

The Mammoth got some good chances of their own, and Kevin Lankinen had to be sharp:<\/p>\n

Kevin Lankinen makes three huge saves in a row! <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

Honestly, through the first 15 minutes of the game, things were basically only happening when the Canucks\u2019 top line was on the ice.<\/p>\n

Utah got the game\u2019s first power play when Max Sasson was called for tripping. The Mammoth quickly converted on that chance, as a relatively soft point shot from Mikhail Sergachev deflected off Elias Pettersson\u2019s stick and then Marcus Pettersson\u2019s skate and went past Lankinen, who was sliding to his left.<\/p>\n

Utah opens the scoring on the power play. <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

1-0 Mammoth.<\/p>\n

Some takeaways from the first:
-The Canucks\u2019 top line was looking very good early, and Karlsson was meshing very well with Pettersson and Jake DeBrusk.
-Nate Schmidt is having a great year for Utah. Good for him.<\/p>\n

Second Period<\/p>\n

The Canucks were pouring on the pressure to start the second period. Again, the Pettersson line was good, but they were especially dangerous when they were out with Hughes and Filip Hronek as a five-man unit. Karlsson set up Hughes for a prime scoring chance early in the period, and the chances just kept coming for them.<\/p>\n

As a team, the Canucks were playing well, but that five-man unit was undeniably great and was giving the Mammoth all kinds of trouble. And wouldn\u2019t you know it, it was another dominant shift from that fivesome that led to Dylan Guenther taking Utah\u2019s first penalty of the game. On the ensuing power play, the Canucks got some looks but struggled to sustain pressure on the Utah PK, and continued to trail by a goal.<\/p>\n

With just over five minutes left in the second, Utah scored on its fifth shot of the period, with minimal zone time on the whole:<\/p>\n

After this, Adam Foote busted out the line blender, a move I heavily disagreed with, especially when it meant taking Karlsson off the top line. The Canucks headed into the third down by a pair of goals in a game they easily could have been leading in.<\/p>\n

After 40 minutes of play, some quick stats for the Canucks\u2019 first line:<\/p>\n

15 chances for, seven against.
Nine High Danger chances for, one against.<\/p>\n

Some takeaways from the second:
\n-Brock Boeser is a faceoff ace. Opposing centres must be starting to hate when they see the Canucks\u2019 centre get waved out, and Boeser come gliding into the faceoff dot.
\n-If Nils H\u00f6glander can come back and boost another line<\/a>, while the top line keeps cooking the way they did tonight\u2026? That might become an even more significant boost for the Canucks\u2019 forward group.
\n-#PutKarlssonOnPP1Third Period<\/p>\n

The Canucks kept on pushing, and under five minutes into the third, they had their first goal. And funny enough, it came from one of the Canucks\u2019 most quiet lines of the night: the Bains-R\u00e4ty-Lekkerimm\u00e4ki trio.<\/p>\n

R\u00e4ty moved into the zone, held the puck away from the Utah defenceman, and got a wrist shot through that Arshdeep Bains tipped past Vejmelka.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

Arshdeep Bains scores his first goal of the season! He gets the Canucks back in this game! <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

2-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With just over 10 minutes left in the third, the Canucks went back to the power play after Kiefer Sherwood baited Kevin Stenlund into taking a slashing penalty. Again, the Canucks\u2019 power play had some chances, but once again couldn\u2019t beat Karel Vejmelka.<\/p>\n

The Canucks were outshooting the Mammoth by a significant margin in this game. Adam Foote has said the Canucks were \u201cright there\u201d in games they lost many times this season, and has taken some lighthearted criticism for it. Tonight, he\u2019d be absolutely right to use that line.<\/p>\n

Before the Canucks could even think about pulling their goalie and sending out an extra attacker, Kevin Stenlund moved in and made a deke to the backhand and slid the puck underneath Kevin Lankinen\u2019s legs to push Utah\u2019s lead to two.<\/p>\n

Utah takes a 3-1 lead late in the 3rd period. <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

3-1 Mammoth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The game got a bit interesting when Mikhail Sergachev took a puck over glass penalty to give the Canucks a 6-on-4 power play for the rest of the game. Unfortunately, Utah hung on to win and added an empty netter in the process.<\/p>\n

4-1 final.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some takeaways from the third:
-It feels like every game this season, I find myself appreciating the work Filip Hronek is doing more and more. He has been so damn good for this team this year.
-Did not like Kevin Lankinen\u2019s game tonight.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your instant reaction to tonight\u2019s game? Let us know in the comments section below!<\/p>\n

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