The Vancouver Canucks\u2019 eight-game homestand hits its fourth stop on Tuesday, when the Florida Panthers come to town for their only visit of the season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Though the Panthers are two-time\u00a0defending Stanley Cup champions, they have taken a step back this season and currently\u00a0sit\u00a011\u00a0points out of a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Canucks\u00a0forward\u00a0Marco Rossi comes into Tuesday\u2019s game on a\u00a0two-game goal-scoring\u00a0streak and\u00a0has picked up four points in those two games.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Drew O\u2019Connor has been buzzing on the current homestand but has not found the back of the net yet. He leads the Canucks with 13 scoring chances through the first three games of the\u00a0stretch of games at Rogers Arena.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Aatu R\u00e4ty, Marco Rossi, and Elias Pettersson have all been winning 60% or more of their faceoffs on the homestand. Pettersson has the best faceoff winning percentage of the trio. He has won 24 of 34 faceoffs over the past three\u00a0games,\u00a0which\u00a0is good enough for a\u00a070.6% win-rate in the dot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quick Hits on the Competition\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Panthers\u00a0come into Tuesday\u2019s game winning three of their last four games.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tuesday will be the second stop of the Panthers\u2019 four-game road trip that sees them head to face the Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sam Reinhart leads Florida with 29 goals and 61 points this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sergei Bobrovsky has started 44 of their 66 games. He has an .878% save percentage, 3.03 goals-against average, and three shutouts this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brad Marchand has 27 goals and 27\u00a0assists\u00a0this\u00a0season, but\u00a0is\u00a0out of the lineup with a lower-body injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gustav Forsling and Aaron Ekblad play on the Panthers\u2019 top defence pairing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
A.J. Greer leads the Panthers with 173 hits and 92 penalty minutes this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They are 12-3-0 when scoring the first goal of the game on the road and 3-13-0 when the home team scores first.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their power play (19.7%) ranks 20th, and their penalty kill (82.2%)sits in 7th league-wide.<\/p>\n
The Story:\u00a0\u00d6hgren Update\u00a0<\/p>\n
Head Coach Adam Foote spoke about how many of the young players are seeing their game come along over the past few weeks. One of those players he mentioned is Liam \u00d6hgren, who the head coach praised for his speed on the forecheck.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00d6hgren said that playing in the top-six alongside Brock Boeser and Marco Rossi is a great opportunity for him, and he is enjoying playing with two skilled players.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think we\u2019ve been creating a lot of good chances and scored some goals. So that\u2019s been a good run,\u201d said \u00d6hgren following Monday\u2019s practice. \u201cI just try to use my speed, use my physicality to win puck battles for them, and, yeah, try to also use my shot.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The young Swedish forward spoke about his current linemate and long-time teammate, Rossi, finding his form and getting back to playing his game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s a great player, and he\u2019s been really good every game,\u201d said \u00d6hgren. \u201cI think it\u2019s been tough for sure this year with the trade and injuries and all that stuff, but I think he\u2019s been working hard to get back to his best form, and I think he\u2019s close to that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Canucks\u2019 Top Performers over the Last Five Games\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brock Boeser:\u00a03g-2a-5p\u00a0
Marco Rossi: 2g-3a-5p\u00a0
Teddy Blueger: 1g-2a-3p\u00a0\u00a0
Filip Hronek: 1g-2a-3p\u00a0
Linus Karlsson: 1g-2a-3p\u00a0
Max Sasson: 1g-2a-3p\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
When and Where to Watch\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tuesday\u2019s game is at 7:00 p.m. PT, and you can watch the game on Sportsnet or listen to Brendan Batchelor\u2019s radio call on Sportsnet 650 and the Sportsnet Radio Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vancouver Canucks\u2019 eight-game homestand hits its fourth stop on Tuesday, when the Florida Panthers come to town…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-541337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}