The takeaway: The Canucks are building consistency in their game and connectivity on the ice which has led to more sustained offensive zone time. The Canucks outshot the Ducks 33-23, and the Sharks 25-24, and posted the same shots on goal against the Leafs (28).\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the Spotlight\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jonathan Lekkerim\u00e4ki had two goals in 49 seconds against the Anaheim Ducks to send the game into overtime. He also had a career-high 19:55 of ice time against the Ducks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lekkerim\u00e4ki\u2019s six goals on the season lead the team, and he\u2019s tied for second (with Brock Boeser) with 13 points (6-7-13).\u00a0<\/p>\n
From the Room\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brock Boeser said the team is building more chemistry, and it\u2019s something they\u2019ve been able to capitalize on over the last week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I think our team\u2019s playing a lot better hockey as of late. That\u2019s something we can build on,\u201d Boeser said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re generating more shots, and our defensive game is coming along and getting better. You\u2019ve got to look at the little things, and as long as those are improving, then we\u2019ve got to build off of those, so, we\u2019ve got to stick with the process here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Behind the Bench\u00a0<\/p>\n
Manny Malhotra\u2019s messaging to the group is to continue to play to their strengths and work towards doing it consistently.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know what makes us a good team. We know what makes us a competitive team, it\u2019s just a matter of consistently doing that,\u201d Malhotra said after their loss to the Maple Leafs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not close to where we need to be or where we need to get to, but there is progress there. It\u2019s frustrating as we talk about these games loss after loss, but we do see improvement in different areas of our game, and it\u2019s tough to see those when there\u2019s no correlation to wins.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Work Continues\u00a0<\/p>\n
The group is getting closer to where they want to be. They\u2019re turning good stretches into full games, with their win against the Ducks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Malhotra has liked the way his group has been able to get out of the defensive zone quickly and have sustained offensive zone time over the last week, but they need to continue to work on the details of their game.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Next Wave\u00a0<\/p>\n
Many Canucks prospects have shown impressive play over the last week, including multiple game-winning performances and clutch play.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adam Novotn\u00fd posted two goals and one assist in three games, including the game-winning goal to give the Peterborough Petes a 4-3 victory over the Niagara IceDogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The takeaway: The Canucks are building consistency in their game and connectivity on the ice which has led…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":956033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-956032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956032","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=956032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}