GDT: WCQF | Game 4 | Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis Blues - 7:30PM PST - SPAC

[Mr. Canucklehead]

WHEN: August 17th, 7:30PM PST
WHERE: Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB
TV: Sportsnet Pacific, NBCSN
RADIO: Sportsnet 650

Canucks lead Best-of-Seven Series 2-1

Vancouver Canucks’ Starting Lineup (unconfirmed)

Boeser - Pettersson- Miller
Eriksson - Horvat - Pearson
Roussel - Sutter - Virtanen
Motte - Beagle - MacEwen

Edler - Stecher
Hughes - Tanev
Fantenberg - Benn

Markstrom

Canucks’ Top Scorers:

Quinn Hughes - 7GP, 1G, 8A, 9Pts
Elias Pettersson - 7GP, 4G, 5A, 9Pts​

Bo Horvat - 7GP, 6G, 2A, 8Pts


St. Louis Blues’ Starting Lineup:

Schwarz - O’Reilly - Perron
Schenn - Bozak - Sundqvist
Sanford - Thomas - Blais
MacEachern - De La Rose - Kyrou

Gunnarsson - Pietrangelo
Scandella - Parayko
Faulk - Dunn

Allen

Blues’ Top Scorers:
David Perron - 6GP, 4G, 2A, 6Pts
Ryan O’Reilly - 6GP, 1G, 5A, 6Pts
Brayden Schenn - 6GP, 1G, 3A, 4Pts

OPERATION 19 WINS:

Win 1:


Win 2:


Win 3:


Win 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyCHZR4w-94

Win 5:
https://youtu.be/dWnuz68ImNU

Notes in Advance of Game 4:
Canucks F Micheal Ferland is unfit to play.
Canucks F Tyler Toffoli is unfit to play.
Canucks D Tyler Myers is unfit to play.

@Zombotron - if you have a GDT set, shut this one down and post yours!

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[SeawaterOnIce]

St Louis has woken up and Vancouver is starting to see an accumulation of injuries again. Hopefully another big game from the top players....

It would be a real kick in the nuts if the franchise loses yet another series after going up 2-0. Key is to take this one and go up 3-1.

Team going up 2-0 win the series 81.7% of the time.

Team going up 3-1 win roughly wins series 90% of the time.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Time to get rid of you and your Blues...

 

[Bettman Returnz]

I am not hitting the panic button yet. Obviously not our best game last night. The good thing is we pushed it to OT and had our fair share of chances to (still) win. Didn’t think we would be sweeping but a good wake up call.

I’d like to see Boeser step up tonight. Arguably his worst game yesterday. Looked to be a step behind.

Very curious if we see a goalie change (highly doubt it) and/or maybe Gaudette draws in?

 

[Samzilla]

That was our golden opportunity last night. Sigh. Don't feel good about today's chances (but then I never feel good about our chances, haha).

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I think the biggest key for Vancouver in this one is to disrupt the St. Louis forecheck to give their defense a bit more time to make their play with the puck. The Blues came in hit on our blue liners last night and forced them into several panic-passes that resulted in good zone timing for them.

 

[VanJack]

Blues were heavy favorites entering this series and if they win tonight, they will be again. In the playoffs, it's not what you'e done in the last week that matters, but how you played your last game.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Blues were heavy favorites entering this series and if they win tonight, they will be again. In the playoffs, it's not what you'e done in the last week that matters, but how you played your last game.

Big learning moment for this young group tonight. Very curious to see how they respond to the events of last night and the corresponding pressure that goes with it.

 

[brock hughes007]

I'd love to see Stl spend as much time as we have in the penalty box.Our penalty kill has saved our ass .
I like today's chance...Our guys bounce back with a huge effort today...Brock needs to get going also..

 

[rypper]

I think the thing to take away was despite St. Louis being the better team, the Canucks were still in it all night long.

The blues seem to be targeting Stecher and his side so the forwards need to adjust and support him better. We don't have any other options right now to eat up those minutes. It's galaxy brain thinking that any of the black aces would do a better job or that green would even trust them.

Need some of the guys who had quiet nights last night step up tonight.

Also hopefully Green's ice time and deployment tonight is a little less from the Willie Desjardins school of rostering.

If he sat Virtanen tonight I'd get it but I also get it if he didn't.

 

[I am toxic]

That was our golden opportunity last night. Sigh. Don't feel good about today's chances (but then I never feel good about our chances, haha).

I remember being up 2-1 in games against the Gretzky-led Kings in '91. Was at game 3 where Gretzky tied it 1-1 to force OT and Ronning got the OT winner to give us the series lead (god, what an experience). We were convinced we had been robbed in '89 by Otto's kick and that the hockey Gods were going to bring balance to the universe.

Alas, our hearts were once again ripped out, thrown to the ground, and trampled on.

Then skewered and splattered with vinegar, staked out in the broiling sun.

Then kicked into a bonfire until there was nothing left but ash.

This. This is what it means to be a Canucks fan.

 

[StreetHawk]

I am not hitting the panic button yet. Obviously not our best game last night. The good thing is we pushed it to OT and had our fair share of chances to (still) win. Didn’t think we would be sweeping but a good wake up call.

I’d like to see Boeser step up tonight. Arguably his worst game yesterday. Looked to be a step behind.

Very curious if we see a goalie change (highly doubt it) and/or maybe Gaudette draws in?

Goalie switch will only occur if:
Markstrom says he's not feeling right to go back into the Net. We know that Green will ride him. It will have to be the player's decision to not play in the B2B, despite 75 minutes and almost 50 shots.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

I remember being up 2-1 in games against the Gretzky-led Kings in '91. Was at game 3 where Gretzky tied it 1-1 to force OT and Ronning got the OT winner to give us the series lead (god, what an experience). We were convinced we had been robbed in '89 by Otto's kick and that the hockey Gods were going to bring balance to the universe.

Alas, our hearts were once again ripped out, thrown to the ground, and trampled on.

Then skewered and splattered with vinegar, staked out in the broiling sun.

Then kicked into a bonfire until there was nothing left but ash.

This. This is what it means to be a Canucks fan.

Been a Canucks fan since 1996. The last 18 years have been bullshit.
-Losing after going up 2-0 vs Red Wings
-Losing after going up 3-1 vs Wild
-Losing after going up 2-1 vs Blackhawks and being minutes away from taking a 3-1 series lead
-Boston.

I don't mind getting swept by the Avs in 2001 or getting dominated by the Ducks in 2007.

Losing series that were winnable just sucks.

 

[Captain Bowie]

Was last night easily Fantenberg's best game as a Canuck? I think I noticed him and heard his name as much last night as the entire regular season.

 

[Grumbler]

This is a MUST WIN game. I do not see us taking the series in a bo3 if it gets tied.

 

[EpochLink]

Please win, that is all.

 

[Angry Little Elf]

Feels nice to have the leagues best power play but that means we won’t get calls our way

 

[EpochLink]

Alright today’s workout gonna be extra hard.

 

[M2Beezy]

If this young core is gonna be for real they must close out this series. I am gonna be SUPER optimistic here and say the Canucks win tonight, 3-2

 

[Pip]

Feels nice to have the leagues best power play but that means we won’t get calls our way

 

[Captain Bowie]

This is a MUST WIN game. I do not see us taking the series in a bo3 if it gets tied.

They've won 2 games in a row already in the series, no reason they couldn't twice.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Was last night easily Fantenberg's best game as a Canuck? I think I noticed him and heard his name as much last night as the entire regular season.

I thought he had a monster of a game, especially in the 3rd. There was a sequence of a few minutes where he blocked 3 or 4 big shots, and threw a few massive hits as well.

 

[Captain Bowie]

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Think our depth is gonna have to pot one if we want a chance of winning. Top guys have been carrying this team.

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Never thought missing Myers would impact us this much, as much as he drives us crazy, his 6”8 230 lbs deters players from forechecking over aggressively and crashing the net, allowing our D to be more comfortable.

Forwards really need to help out the D by maintaining some possession time, the bottom 6 have to play in the Blues end instead of being hemmed in defending 5-on-5 before finally getting it out and changing.

On the bright side, really impressed with Pettersson & Hughes.