GDT: WCQF GM02 | Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville Predators | Tue. Apr 23rd | 7:00PM PST | SNP/CBC | Great State of Dakota

[Vector]

WHEN: April 23rd, 7:00PM PST
WHERE: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
TV: CBC/Sportsnet Pacific
RADIO: Sportsnet 650

Series
Canucks Lead 1-0

Canucks Line-Up:

Suter-Miller-Boeser
Hoglander-Pettersson-Lafferty
Joshua-Lindholm-Garland
Di Giuseppe-Blueger-Mikheyev

Hughes-Hronek
Soucy-Myers
Zadorov-Cole

DeSmith

Predators Line-Up:

Forsberg-O’Reilly-Nyquist
Jankowski-Sissons-Zucker
Beauvillier-Novak-Evangelista
Smith-McCarron-Sherwood

McDonagh-Josi
Lauzon-Carrier
Stastney-Schenn

Saros

Pre & Post-Game Coverage
Video
The Province
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Sekeres & Price
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Canucks Army
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Rinkwide Vancouver
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Donnie & Dhali (/w John Garrett)
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Sportsnet 650
Halford & Brough
Drance
Satiar & Dan

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[Vector]

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Curious to see how both HC adjust

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Hopefully the win settles them down.

I expect a different Nucks team at the start of Game 2 compared to Game 1.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Astute of Tocchet to point out that we need to feed off crowd, but that we can't be running out of position to make big hits. Settle down a little bit.

 

[TruGr1t]

Just need to build off the third period. Canucks were doing a good job shutting down the Preds stretch pass and counterattack (picked it off a few times) and Demko won the goaltending battle despite continuing to be a bit soft on the glove side.

Stick with the Suter-Miller-Boeser line and the Lindholm line, as they'll carry the series. If we want to advance much further, though, Pettersson needs to step up offensively and the fourth line needs to be better outside of Blueger.

Blue line looked pretty great to start, need to keep playing that physical and punishing opposing forwards.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Thought we really controlled the game at even strength; our PP generated some looks, just no breakthroughs. Our PK was largely good, but we need to not play with fire and take so many penalties.

Hopefully we can channel all the good stuff into our game tomorrow!

 

[Canucks LB]

What a night last night, still buzzing this morning, I’m going to remember that night for the rest of my life.

Support this team, everybody.
If you have some extra money to spare, go to the game, embrace the atmosphere and the experience, it’s really something else..hard to describe.. it was absolutely magical, special, perfect.

Blown away from the start before the game, the atmosphere and entertainment during the game, and the joy after, amazing.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Pettersson sucks and really just needs to be traded this off season.

Yes, this is a comically silly overreaction and I'm sticking to it so he can prove me wrong! It seems to work for Lindholm.

 

[TruGr1t]

Also, big win keeping Hughes at around 22 minutes. Josi played nearly 27 minutes.

 

[Bobby9]

Keys to winning the game:

Keep the game 5 on for as long as possible.
Don't go out of your way for a hit and put yourself out of position.
Take away the Preds stretch pass.
Find a way to put Brock, JT and EP on the score sheet.
Shelter Hughes from any hits.
Have the 4 (Myers, Zad, Soucy and Cole) play big.
TRY to get the PP going.

 

[vanarchy]

LETS

****ING

GOOOOOOOO

 

[ProviesGhost]

I'm putting Podkolzin in over Phil.

 

[Bgav]

I Thought Petey was excellent defensively and if Lafferty had passed to him in the first he would ve had a goal as well.

 

[vanarchy]

Those hits are working already

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I'm putting Podkolzin in over Phil.

I would have started this way, too. Also think PDG took an unnecessary penalty, but I also don't think Tocchet tinkers with a winning lineup.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Thought we really controlled the game at even strength; our PP generated some looks, just no breakthroughs. Our PK was largely good, but we need to not play with fire and take so many penalties.

Hopefully we can channel all the good stuff into our game tomorrow!

It was strange seeing the Preds try the same stretch pass 5 on 5 during the final 8 minutes. They had no idea how to break into the Vancouver zone. The Canucks did a masterclass job at intercepting these stretch passes and made it impossible to enter the zone.

McDonagh, Schenn and Lauzon look rather slow. I think the Canucks speed on the forecheck can cause major issues going forward. Lauzon seems hell bent at just hitting everything even if he takes himself out of position.

You wonder if the Preds hedge their bets on bringing in Tyson Barrie into the lineup. You sacrifice team D but can get another effective puck carrier through the neutral zone?

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

It was strange seeing the Preds try the same stretch pass 5 on 5 during the final 8 minutes. They had no idea how to break into the Vancouver zone. The Canucks did a masterclass job at intercepting these stretch passes and made it impossible to enter the zone.

McDonagh, Schenn and Lauzon look rather slow. I think the Canucks speed on the forecheck can cause major issues going forward. Lauzon seems hell bent at just hitting everything even if he takes himself out of position.

You wonder if the Preds hedge their bets on bringing in Tyson Barrie into the lineup. You sacrifice team D but can get another effective puck carrier through the neutral zone?

This is an area I think we can exploit, provided we can stay disciplined. Their footspeed isn't great, but a lot of Nashville's players are really good at controlling the puck and working it around, which makes their power play a primary point of concern for us in this series. If we can avoid the box, it can only be good for us.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

We are lucky that Nashville only has a few weapons that are routinely dangerous. If you keep Josi and Forsberg in check, outside of ROR they don't have any horses that can take over a game.

If they played that 1st period against Vegas or LA, it would have been 3-0 going into the 2nd period.

 

[TruKnyte]

It was strange seeing the Preds try the same stretch pass 5 on 5 during the final 8 minutes. They had no idea how to break into the Vancouver zone. The Canucks did a masterclass job at intercepting these stretch passes and made it impossible to enter the zone.

McDonagh, Schenn and Lauzon look rather slow. I think the Canucks speed on the forecheck can cause major issues going forward. Lauzon seems hell bent at just hitting everything even if he takes himself out of position.

You wonder if the Preds hedge their bets on bringing in Tyson Barrie into the lineup. You sacrifice team D but can get another effective puck carrier through the neutral zone?

Think it'll depend on how game 2 goes. Have to expect that Nashville will review the tape and look for ways to break through the neutral zone.

 

[Nucker101]

It was strange seeing the Preds try the same stretch pass 5 on 5 during the final 8 minutes. They had no idea how to break into the Vancouver zone. The Canucks did a masterclass job at intercepting these stretch passes and made it impossible to enter the zone.

McDonagh, Schenn and Lauzon look rather slow. I think the Canucks speed on the forecheck can cause major issues going forward. Lauzon seems hell bent at just hitting everything even if he takes himself out of position.

You wonder if the Preds hedge their bets on bringing in Tyson Barrie into the lineup. You sacrifice team D but can get another effective puck carrier through the neutral zone?

I’d dump the puck into Lauzon’s corner as much as possible, he looked very vulnerable against forecheck pressure.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

4-1 Nux

 

[Grub]

Bench DI Guiseppi. Just a useless plug, get Aman in.

Top line and third line has been great, Pettersson needs to step up soon. He was a monster in the Bubbles playoffs.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Bench DI Guiseppi. Just a useless plug, get Aman in.

Top line and third line has been great, Pettersson needs to step up soon. He was a monster in the Bubbles playoffs.

I miss the wicked wrister off the rush.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Bench DI Guiseppi. Just a useless plug, get Aman in.

Top line and third line has been great, Pettersson needs to step up soon. He was a monster in the Bubbles playoffs.

They probably don’t need him to play super well to win this series. When they play teams with two good lines that likely matchup with Lindholm and Millers lines. His line will need to be the difference because that is where the Canucks will have the advantage.