The Vancouver Canucks\u00a0near\u00a0the conclusion of their eight-game homestand, as the Anaheim Ducks\u00a0come to town on Tuesday night\u00a0to\u00a0make their second visit to Rogers Arena this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tuesday\u2019s game will be the third of the season between the Canucks and\u00a0the\u00a0Ducks. The last time these two teams met, Nikita Tolopilo was stellar between the pipes, stopping all 32 shots he faced in a 2-0 win. He\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0record his first career shutout in the game,\u00a0as he was pulled from the concussion spotters, and Kevin Lankinen had to come in for 2:11 of action, in which he made one save.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quick Hits on the Competition\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Ducks currently lead the Pacific\u00a0Division\u00a0with a 39-27-4 record.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tuesday\u2019s game begins a three-game road trip through the Canadian Pacific Division teams.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anaheim has reeled off back-to-back wins over the Utah Mammoth (4-1) and Buffalo Sabres (6-5 OT).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
They are 16-17-2 on the road this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cutter Gauthier leads the Ducks with 36 goals and 62 points this season. Nine of his 36 goals have come on the power play.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gauthier is tied with Connor McDavid for second in the league in shots on net (257). He is averaging 3.7 shots on net per game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lukas Dostal is sixth in the league for\u00a0most\u00a0starts (47). He holds a 28-15-3 record this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Ducks added veteran defenceman John Carlson to their backend at the trade deadline. He has\u00a0played in\u00a0four games with the Ducks and is averaging 23:46 of ice time per game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leo Carlsson, Troy Terry, and Ryan Poehling have two shorthanded goals apiece.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tim Washe has been dynamite in the faceoff circle for the Ducks this season. He has played in only 27 games and is typically in a fourth-line role, but he has won 57.7% of his draws.<\/p>\n
The Story:\u00a0Pressure on the Forecheck\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s practice focused heavily on the Canucks working on their forecheck. Head Coach Adam Foote wants to see a stronger push from his first two attacking forwards as they look to make breakouts tougher for the opposition.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe F1 and F2 have to come on quicker. And push them, pressure them down ice. We were a little bit passive last game. Then they just get through the neutral and way too easy, and we can\u2019t get our players off. So, we worked on that. That\u2019ll help us spend less time in our end and more time in the other team\u2019s end,\u201d said Foote.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He noted that the Ducks are a rush team, and they know how to create offence from their rushes up ice. He sees an opportunity for his club to have quick-ups if they can take advantage of the aggressiveness from the Ducks\u2019 defencemen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Canucks\u2019 Top Performers over the Last Five Games\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marco Rossi: 3g-7a-10p\u00a0
Brock Boeser: 1g-6a-7p\u00a0
Elias Pettersson: 2g-1a-3p\u00a0
Filip Hronek: 2g-1a-3p\u00a0
Liam \u00d6hgren: 1g-2a-3p\u00a0<\/p>\n
When and Where to Watch\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tuesday\u2019s game is at 7:00 p.m. PT, and you can watch the game on Hockey Night in Canada 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\u00a0near\u00a0the conclusion of their eight-game homestand, as the Anaheim Ducks\u00a0come to town on Tuesday night\u00a0to\u00a0make their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-556359","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\/556359","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=556359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}