For the fifth time this season, the Vancouver Canucks will attempt to pick up their first win.
The Canucks are in Minnesota to take on the Wild after a slightly less disappointing loss against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.
Tuesday night’s overtime loss marked the Canucks’ first point in the standings of 2022-23.
It also improved their NHL record of becoming the first team in history to lose their first four games of the season by blowing a multi-goal lead in each game, which they originally set after their third game of the season.
But that’s in the past, and as head coach Bruce Boudreau said Tuesday night, getting a point is something for this team to build on.
With that, let’s get to what went down at morning skate!
Garland-Miller-Mikheyev
Podkolzin-Pettersson-Kuzmenko
Pearson-Horvat-Boeser
a mix of Joshua-Aman-Hoglander-Lazar— Patrick Johnston (@risingaction) October 20, 2022
Canucks look to be going with
Hughes-Schenn
OEL-Myers
Stillman-Burroughs (with Rathbone rotating in for Stillman)— Patrick Johnston (@risingaction) October 20, 2022
Some notes about these lines:
We’re largely going to skip the “what was said” section of this article, because what can you say about this team, really?
Their first four games have been an utter disappointment, and they’re at risk of taking the ice at Saturday’s home opener against the Buffalo Sabres without a win.
Minnesota is no slouch, but they’ve had similar struggles as the Canucks.
The Wild, along with the Sharks and the Canucks, are the only teams in the league who have yet to pick up a win this season.
The Wild are sure to come out firing, and the Canucks absolutely have to match their intensity level tonight, at the very least.
Conor Garland didn’t want to talk about his healthy scratch on Tuesday night.
“It’s in the past,” said Garland. “Just onto this game, got a couple days in between, moved on, ready for this one.”
Puck drop is at 5 PM Pacific tonight.
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