Pre-Game Talk: 'nucks @ SENS, Thursday night 7pm

[YouGotAStuGoing]

We looked like a different team last night, but Vancouver is an absolute wagon this season and being on the tail end of a back-to-back is always a slog. Going to be a tough W to pull out, but man does the season's outlook become significantly brighter if we somehow pull it off.

 

[Alex1234]

We looked like a different team last night, but Vancouver is an absolute wagon this season and being on the tail end of a back-to-back is always a slog. Going to be a tough W to pull out, but man does the season's outlook become significantly brighter if we somehow pull it off.

If we can snitch a point tonight and win vs Calgary (feasible) after
it could launch our season

 

[Tuna99]

Sens need to find a way to play a physical game whilst staying out of the penalty box. Make it hard for skinny boy Pettersson to move around out there.

Only 2 penalties last night. Disciplined game

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Wonder if the fans will be booing or chanting?

I want nothing more than for fans to chant sorry DJ like Jersey fans did for Ruff

 

[Joeyjoejoe]

These dudes are frauds with unsustainable shooting percentages. We are so back if we win this shit.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Is zub back? Im
Guessing not since he couldn’t even take a warmup last night

I am hoping the held him out last night because they wanted him to be as close to 100% as possible for tonight

 

[BUCKLE UP]

I want Chychrun to play 30 minutes again just to say he's played 60 minutes in 2 nights.

 

[Tuna99]

I want nothing more than for fans to chant sorry DJ like Jersey fans did for Ruff

What a better way to shut up the fans then win vs Vancouver tonight. And win in fashion - get the first goal, play with the puck all night, play disciplined.

 

[BUCKLE UP]

What a better way to shut up the fans then win vs Vancouver tonight. And win in fashion - get the first goal, play with the puck all night, play disciplined.

Hamonic with a trip 10 seconds into the game. Hughes instant PP goal. Sadness follows

 

[LuckyPierre]

Jimmy vs Elias is the matchup I’m interested in.

 

[God Flower]

They have +30 goal differential?

They played San Jose once and beat them 10-1. San Jose has a -42 goal differential this year. They also played Edmonton on opening night and beat them 8-1. The Oilers have a -18 goal differential and their goaltenders have a combined .864 save percentage. I'm not trying to diminish their hot start, but they have had a couple of cake walks.

 

[StoicSensFan]

You just know if we're leading in the 3rd we'll hear a 'Sorry DJ' chant.

 

[Micklebot]

Jimmy vs Elias is the matchup I’m interested in.

Jimmy vs Elias
Tkachuk vs Hughes (two of our 4th OA options)

Hoping Tkachuk can make his presence felt on the forecheck.

 

[Answer]

What a better way to shut up the fans then win vs Vancouver tonight. And win in fashion - get the first goal, play with the puck all night, play disciplined.

One win won't shut up the fans LOL

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Another big test game. Second of a back-to-back, first one at home since the fan thing, and against a team that is an early season contender.

 

[GoSenatorsGo]

Imagine if Zub plays tonight, the crowd will be quite hyped..

Strong start and the building will be rocking a complete 180 from Saturday

 

[Burrowsaurus]

Another big test game. Second of a back-to-back, first one at home since the fan thing, and against a team that is an early season contender.

It’s a little pathetic that a night the fans booed is a legit thing. Booed. All they did was boo lol. And not particularly loud.

 

[KingAlfie11]

Canucks are a good team but their goaltenders is one of the reason they're having a hot start. If you look at the PDO Vancouver is 1st with 14.07+95.34=1.094 and Ottawa is 4th with 12.12+90.88=1.034. And both team have similar advance stats also. And also we need to keep in mind that teams in the Pacific division have the good fortune of playing the SJS more often the other teams.

 

[KingAlfie11]

We looked like a different team last night, but Vancouver is an absolute wagon this season

I'm not sure if they're for real yet, they played Edmonton 3 times which are a mess, they played versus the Flyers, Nashville(2x), St-Louis, San Jose they are 7-1 versus those teams. So they're still plenty of hockey to be played this season it will be interesting to see if they can maintain this pace? It's a long season

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

I feel like Zub being back or not may tip the scales here. They made it happen last night, but hard to see it happening again without some re-enforcement.

 

[OgieO]

Vancouver will either kick our ass and make us look bad with their sound structure or they will have the proverbial "night off" and look listless. My money is on the former.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

We have the talent and speed to score. We can legit just sit back and play stingy and then kill people on the counter.

Vancouver will either kick our ass and make us look bad with their sound structure or they will have the proverbial "night off" and look listless. My money is on the former.

As @Micklebot posted.. that structure is pretty much a crazy shooting % and save % while they give up scoring chances and don’t really create many themselves

 

[Micklebot]

As @Micklebot posted.. that structure is pretty much a crazy shooting % and save % while they give up scoring chances and don’t really create many themselves

I will say having watched a bit of them (and really only a bit), the chances they are creating to score all those goals seem to be really high quality, part of that is going to be the "we played Edm twice and Phi and SJ once each in our 12 game sample" factor, but we can't take them lightly just because the underlying numbers suggest it might not last...

I think we play exactly the type of game they take advantage of, we might look solid for a while but there will be catastrophic breakdowns, and they are deadly when that happens.

 

[PierresGabriels]

I don't see why we can't pull this one off.

One of my big concerns these days is the play of Hamonic though. It seems like most times I am bitching at my TV, I realize #23 is at the centre of it.

 

[swiftwin]

6 of the Nucks 12 games so far this season have been against the bottom 5 teams in the standings.

4 of their games were against the literal bottom 2 teams.