8 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SNP
What's the saying, "Two skates forward, one gigantic loss back"
The Canucks are a team of surprises and unknowns. The only consistency the team has, is the its inconsistency. Spotting the opposition a lead and then playing catch-up to get the win or score a goal on the first shot of the game and then getting blasted out of the arena. Got to love this box of Forrest Gump chocolates.
The injury fairies has taken their pound of flesh from Brock Boeser, as he returns tonight, and hopefully can provide some much need offense. Max Sassiness gets the start as 2nd line center and that experiment has led to the following tweets...
Oh God....this seems bad. Can you believe that with all of this negativity that the Canucks are in second place in the division? I know...it's early still.
LINEUPS
Canucks projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Elias Pettersson -- Conor Garland
Jake DeBrusk -- Max Sasson -- Brock Boeser
Arshdeep Bains -- Aatu Raty -- Kiefer Sherwood
Drew O’Connor -- Nils Aman -- Linus Karlsson
Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- P.O. Joseph
Elias Pettersson -- Tyler Myers
Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Tom Willander, Joseph LaBate
Injured: Filip Chytil (undisclosed), Jonathan Lekkerimaki (undisclosed), Derek Forbort (undisclosed), Nils Hoglander (lower body), Teddy Blueger (undisclosed)
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Luke Evangelista
Michael Bunting -- Erik Haula -- Steven Stamkos
Tyson Jost -- Fedor Svechkov -- Matthew Wood
Cole Smith -- Michael McCarron -- Ozzy Wiesblatt
Adam Wilsby -- Roman Josi
Brady Skjei -- Nick Perbix
Spencer Stastney -- Justin Barron
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Nick Blankenburg
Injured: Jonathan Marchessault (lower body), Nicolas Hague (upper body)
Status report
Boeser will return after missing the past two games because of personal reasons and will skate on a line with DeBrusk and Sasson. … Wood was recalled from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League on Thursday. ... Marchessault, a center, will miss his third consecutive game.
GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN
Kent probably hates the days when I do this.....or probably he never reads it. My first post of the year and I was truly tempted to get John Tesh out of the way, but instead I am providing you with a mini-concert in case the Canucks decide to shit the bed. Enjoy Tame Impala....and all the guitars.
Go Canucks Go!
