Vancouver Canucks wraps up their five-game tour on Wednesday in the nation’s capital.
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OTTAWA SENATORS 4-14-1
4:30 pm, Canadian Tire Center
TV: Sportsnet
RADIO: Sportsnet 650
DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD
The Senators and Canucks haven’t gotten off to the kind of start anyone expected and now they’re both trying to get out of a hole. With three games postponed due to COVID-19, the Sens will begin a streak with five games over the next seven days, including two consecutive games. After a November 1-10-1, the club needs to turn the page and try to get on track. The last place in the quarter mark was not on the charts.
SCORE LEADERS
CANUCKS VANCOUVER
JT Miller GP 23 G 7 A 13 PTS 20-2
Conor Garland GP 23 G 7 A 9 PTS 16 Even
Quinn Hughes GP 22 G 2 A 14 PTS 16 +1
OTTAWA SENATORS
Drake Batherson GP 14 G 7 A 9 PTS 16 +1
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Josh Norris GP 19 G 8 A 5 PTS 13-3
Brady Tkachuk GP 16 G 4 A 7 PTS 11-1
SPECIAL TEAMS
FROM PP 16.9% 22. HP 63.4% 32º
OTT PP 17.5% 20. PK 74.1% 28o
THREE THINGS TO SEE
1. The Canucks got a full day off in Ottawa on Tuesday after a 2-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Monday night and then a two-hour post-game train ride here. Vancouver has just two wins in its last 11 games and a 2-8-1 record in that stretch. Thatcher Demko gave up just one goal on 34 shots against the Habs when Conor Garland scored the winning goal in the second period and then the Canucks were able to hold out for the win.
2. With top goalkeeper Matt Murray in Belleville, Ontario, with the club’s AHL affiliate, the Senators will likely ride Filip Gustavsson to see if he can handle the load. Gus The Bus is 3-5-1 with an average of 3.37 goals against and a .907 save percentage. The decision to send Murray and his $ 6.25 million cap hit to the AHL has been controversial, but the Sens need to find a way to get him on track.
3. The Senators were 3-4-2 against the Canucks in the all-Canadian North Division last season. Canucks leading scorer JT Miller has eight goals and 15 points in 31 career games against the Senators, while Elias Pettersson has six goals and 11 points in seven games against Ottawa. Senators Captain Brady Tkachuk, Pettersson and Quinn Hughes skated together in Michigan in September while waiting to sign RFA deals.
Reference-theprovince.com