7:30 p.m. ET; MSGSN, SN, TVAS
Look at the lineup below....Good lord. Not a lot of skill....but there is a lot of "Grit". Maybe this is the type of team that can grind out a few must wins, with a goalie named Demko. I hope someone is whispering the word "playoffs" to Demko and then blow bubbles around him to remind him of the good times. One last run for Thatcher before he gets traded at the draft. Frankie is liquidating faster than Hudson's Bay.
Unfortunately, the Canucks need the Flames to remember they suck and start losing ASAP.
Hey Calgary!
Game Day Lineups
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Pius Suter -- Brock Boeser
Jonathan Lekkerimaki -- Teddy Bleuger -- Conor Garland
Drew O'Connor -- Nils Aman -- Kiefer Sherwood
Dakota Joshua -- Aatu Raty -- Linus Karlsson
Quinn Hughes -- Tyler Myers
Marcus Pettersson -- Filip Hronek
Derek Forbort -- Elias Pettersson
Thatcher Demko
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Victor Mancini, Arturs Silovs
Injured: Filip Chytil (concussion), Noah Juulsen (lower body), Elias Pettersson (undisclosed), Nils Hoglander (undisclosed)
Islanders projected lineup
Simon Holmstrom -- Bo Horvat -- Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Anthony Duclair
Pierre Engvall -- Casey Cizikas -- Hudson Fasching
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Kyle MacLean -- Marc Gatcomb
Alexander Romanov -- Tony DeAngelo
Adam Pelech -- Noah Dobson
Mike Reilly -- Ryan Pulock
Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Matt Martin, Scott Mayfield, Adam Boqvist
Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body)
Status report
Demko will make his second straight start after missing 15 games with a lower-body injury. ... Fasching will return after missing a 4-3 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday because of illness. ... Boqvist, a defenseman who played forward Monday, will come out.
Game Day Chatter
“We don’t want to sit back. We want to be aggressive.”
🗣️ Head Coach Rick Tocchet speaks on facing the Islanders tonight, Pius Suter’s play, and more following this morning's skate.#Canucks | @theprovince pic.twitter.com/FxzDmN1WKg
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 26, 2025
“Every game is like a playoff game. High intensity.”
🗣️ Conor Garland on the upcoming stretch of games, the test the Islanders will bring tonight, and more.#Canucks | @theprovince pic.twitter.com/nnlKKi8x7k
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 26, 2025
Math is fun
If the #Canucks lose in regulation to the New York Islanders, they are basically done for the season pic.twitter.com/YvqmBHS281
— Adam Kierszenblat (@Adamkblat) March 26, 2025
Game Day Battle Hymn.
It's been a long, disappointing season and the hope is slowly draining from us....but, you can grab a drink of your choice and get that last bit of optimism in you veins.
Go Coconuts Go!
