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Game Preview / Gamethread #21: Canucks vs Pens

November 27, 2024
- Westy

CANUCKS (11-6-3) at PENGUINS (7-12-4)

7:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SNP

Should we talk in length about the joy I feel when the Canucks beat the Bruins? Should we hold a ritual after shutting out Boston? Should we talk about the lack of offensive effort by the Canucks? 2 out of 3 ain't bad....right, Meatloaf? Brock was back last night and it wasn't the best way to start again. I don't mean him playing on the 3rd line, I mean the multiple penalties. The Canucks continue with their home-away-from-home trip in Pittsburgh tonight to face a Penguins team that they already beat this year 4-3 in Vancouver.

I really wonder what happens when Demko gets back. Lankinen has played his ass off and deserves to keep going until the wheels fall off, but I have a feeling that was Thatch gets between the posts, he will get 70% of the games. Silovs will get the bus ride to Abby.

Canucks management get another look at Pens defensemen for a possible trade, as it seems they tried to get a Blue Jacket d-man, but the deal went kablooey. (Tech term)

Game Day Lineups

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Kiefer Sherwood

Dakota Joshua -- Pius Suter -- Conor Garland

Danton Heinen -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock Boeser

Nils Hoglander -- Aatu Raty -- Arshdeep Bains

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek

Erik Brannstrom -- Tyler Myers

Carson Soucy -- Noah Juulsen

Arturs Silovs

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Max Sasson

Injured: Derek Forbort (knee), Vincent Desharnais (lower body)

Penguins projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust

Anthony Beauvillier -- Evgeni Malkin -- Philip Tomasino

Michael Bunting -- Blake Lizotte -- Drew O’Connor

Matt Nieto -- Noel Acciari -- Kevin Hayes

Owen Pickering -- Kris Letang

Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson

Ryan Shea -- Jack St. Ivany

Tristan Jarry

Alex Nedeljkovic

Scratched: Ryan Graves, Matt Grzelcyk, Jesse Puljujarvi, Valtteri Puustinen

Injured: Cody Glass (concussion)

Status report

The Canucks did not hold a morning skate following a 2-0 win at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. ... Silovs could start after Lankinen made 32 saves at Boston. ... Tomasino is expected to make his Penguins debut after being acquired in a trade with the Nashville Predators on Monday for a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft. ... Lizotte will be a game-time decision; he has missed five games with a concussion.

Game Day Chatter

Not hockey related, but on a daily basis I yell at 5 people who don't signal. Fuckers.

Game Day Battle Hymn

Under pressure previews sometimes leaves me scrambling for a song to entertain the masses. So instead I will go with a song that is hard to get out of my head.

Go Canucks Go!

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