imagine you’re jiri patera and you haven’t played an nhl game in well over a year and a half and your first game back is against the 2x defending stanley cup champs and you’re literally a 4th string and then your team lets 41 shots through to you! i know 8-5 doesn’t look great but that’s on a 41-15 sog differential and i genuinely think he did really well on all the saves he did make and i don’t wanna see anything negative about how he played tonight
Welcome back to Canucks Weekly! This week, the Canucks had three games. They played the Panthers, Stars, and Flames. We will be covering all of those games.
Also, the new Stats section is included! I will be comparing the Canucks' SOG, face-offs, power plays, and more stats against the stats from whatever teams they played that week.
As always, feedback is welcome and appreciated. I hope you enjoy :)
More below the "read more" break!
In the Net
11/17 - Panthers (away)
On the sixteenth (16th), the Canucks had a spectacular game against the Lightning! They wanted to carry that momentum when they played the Panthers. Unfortunately, that did not happen. The final score was 8 - 5 with the other team winning.
At first, the Canucks were doing great. They opened the scoring at 14:50 in the first. Drew O'Connor scored his sixth of the season. He was assisted by Tyler Myers and Quinn Hughes.
Less than a minute later, on the power play, Jake DeBrusk scored! Kiefer Sherwood was given the primary assist. Quinn Hughes got his second assist of the night.
By the end of the first period, the Panthers had tied the game up to 2 - 2. The Panthers broke the tie by scoring three times between 2:23 - 7:17 in the second period.
Elias Pettersson responded by scoring at 7:55. This goal was assisted by Evander Kane and Quinn Hughes. At the end of the middle period, the score was 5 - 3.
To help catch up to the Panthers, Elias Pettersson scored just over a minute into the last period. Kiefer Sherwood, once again, had the primary assist with Tom Willander getting the secondary assist.
The last goal from the Canucks was at 3:14 from Filip Hronek. It was his first goal of the season, and it was on the power play. Max Sasson got his assist of the season. Evander Kane also assisted.
11/20 - Stars (home)
After a devastating loss against the Panthers, everyone was hoping that the Canucks would make a comeback. Within a minute, the Canucks were losing the game. That was until Linus Karlsson scored, unassisted, at 3:06.
By eight (8) minutes in, the Canucks were losing again. They did have a power play, which Elias Pettersson scored on! His goal was assisted by Jake DeBrusk and Kiefer Sherwood.
No other goals were scored from either team in the second. The other two goals in the game came from the Stars, making the final score 4 - 2.
11/23 - Flames (home)
Disappointingly, the Canucks continued their losing streak into this game as they lost 5 - 2.
This time, Filip Hronek scored the first goal, both for the Canucks and of the game! Jake DeBrusk was the lone helper in the goal at 1:05.
The Flames carried the lead well into the third. At eight minutes in, they were winning 5 - 1. At 8:16, the Canucks managed to score one more goal. On the power play, Quinn Hughes scored his second goal of the season. Kevin Lankinen was given credit for the assist.
Goalies
11/17 - Panthers (away)
Jiri Patera had his first start after getting called up from the AHL. He faced forty (40) shots in the 56:49 that he was on the ice. He did let in seven of those. Although, his save percentage was .825 for the game.
11/20 - Stars (home)
The goaltender on the Canucks' side was Kevin Lankinen. There was an extreme difference between the shots that Patera faced in his game and the shots that Lankinen scored. Lankinen faced twenty-four (24) shots. He saved twenty (20) of them, so his save percentage was .833%.
11/23 - Flames (home)
Kevin Lankinen was in the net again. He faced less shots than he did in the previous game with twenty-one (21) shots. Since he only saved sixteen (16) shots, his save percentage was .762%. He was on the ice for 55:11.
Penalty Box
11/17 - Panthers (away)
Quite a lot of penalties! Max Sasson was the first player to be sent to the box at 4:22 in the first. He tripped Brad Marchand which resulted in a two (2) minute penalty.
Quinn Hughes was called for a penalty at 19:02 for slashing against Mackie Samoskevich. The last penalty in the opening period was given to Marcus Pettersson with eight (8) seconds left. It was for hooking against Seth Jones.
At 2:50 in the second, Kiefer Sherwood was given two (2) minutes for slashing against Gustav Forsling.
Evander Kane was given two (2) minutes for hooking against Jesper Boqvist at 14:47.
Tyler Myers and Niko Mikkola got into it at 19:12. Instead of giving one team a power play, both Myers and Mikkola were given two penalties. Myers' penalties were both for roughing.
The next Canucks' player to get a penalty was Marcus Pettersson. He was called for interference against Carter Verhaeghe at 7:11 in the third.
Lastly, Kiefer Sherwood got another penalty at 16:36 This one was for boarding against Brad Marchand.
11/20 - Stars (home)
In the whole game, there were seven (7) penalties given out between the two teams. The Stars received five (5) of those; the Canucks were called for only two (2).
At 16:55 in the first period, Linus Karlsson got the second penalty of the game. He was given two (2) minutes for slashing against Mavrik Bourque.
The Stars were given all three (3) of the penalties in the second. The last penalty of the game was at 7:47 in the third period. It was given to Drew O'Connor for holding against Kyle Capobianco.
11/23 - Flames (home)
Both of the teams were given four (4) penalties. Drew O'Connor was given the first Canucks' penalty for roughing against Dustin Wolf, the Flames' goaltender. This was at 10:18 in the first period.
In the second period, there were only three (3) penalties given out. All of them were against the Canucks. At 3:10, Tyler Myers was called for holding against Brayden Pachal.
Around the halfway point, Evander Kane was given two (2) minutes for unsportmanlike conduct against Rasmus Andersson.
The last Canucks' player to get a penalty was Elias Pettersson for delaying the game by hitting the puck over the glass at 16:45.
Stats
11/17 - Panthers (away)
One of the reasons the Canucks did not score much was because they only had fifteen (15) shots on goal in total. In the first period, they only had five (5)! The Panthers had eleven (11). Somehow, they had even less in the second. They had four (4), while the Panthers had sixteen (16). In the last period, the Canucks had (6) sog. The Panthers still had more with fourteen (14).
The Canucks did win more face-offs, though. Out of the sixty-nine face-offs, they won thirty-six (36) of them for a percentage of 52.2%. Which means the Panthers won thirty-three (33) with a percentage of 47.8%.
Both teams had six (6) power plays. They also both scored twice (2), so their percentages were 33.3%.
The Panthers blocked more shots than the Canucks. The former blocked twenty (20), but the Canucks blocked fifteen (15).
For giveaways, the teams had ten (10) each. The Panthers did have more takeaways as they had four (4) while the Canucks had two (2).
11/20 - Stars (home)
Compared to the last game, the Canucks had a huge jump in SOG. In the first period, they had ten (10) shots. This was two (2) shots more than what the Stars had. The Vancouver-based team had fifteen (15) shots on goal in the second. As for the Stars, they had even less than in the previous period. They only had six (6). Finally, in the last period, the Canucks had eleven (11) shots, but the Stars weren't far behind with ten (10) shots.
In face-offs, the two teams were not very close at all. Out of the fifty-seven (57) face-offs, the Canucks won thirty-five (35) of them, so their win percentage was 61.4%. The Stars only won twenty-two (22) of them, making their percentage drop to 38.6%.
As stated earlier, the Stars received five (5) penalties, meaning the Canucks had five (5) power plays. They scored once (1). For the two (2) power plays that the Stars had, they did not score on either of them.
The Stars did lead in blocked shots with twenty (20), meanwhile the Canucks had eight (8).
Both teams did have a high number of giveaways. The Canucks had thirteen (13); the Stars had fifteen (15). Although, the teams did tie in takeaways with five (5) each.
11/23 - Flames (home)
Once again, the Canucks had more shots on goal. It was unfortunate that not many of them went in. They dominated the shots in the first with thirteen (13) SOG compared to the seven (7) that the Flames had.
In the second period, our team only had six (6) shots. The Flames had eleven (11). As for the last period, the Canucks did have more, once again. This time, they had twelve (12). The Flames only had three (3)
The stats for face-offs were very close. Out of the fifty-three (53) face-offs taken, the Canucks won twenty-six (26), so the Flames won twenty-seven (27) of them. Their percentages were similar with the latter winning 50.9% and the former winning 49.1%.
Both teams had four (4) power plays, but only one team managed to score on the power play. That was the Canucks with the goal from their captain, Quinn Hughes.
Yet again, the Canucks had less blocked shots than their opponent. Thankfully, they weren't very far off. The winning team blocked fifteen (15) shots. The Canucks blocked four (4) less than them.
The two teams had way too many giveaways. Our team had twenty (20) giveaways; the opposite team had eighteen (18). The takeaways were less extreme. The Canucks had four (4), but the Flames had three (3).
Important
It was reported that the Canucks would be open to trading a few of their veteran players. Quinn Hughes and Filip Hronek are "very unlikely" to be traded. Kiefer Sherwood is a popular name in trade rumors.
11/17 - Victor Mancini was reassigned to the AHL.
11/24 - Jiri Patera and MacKenzie MacEachern were assigned to the AHL. Nikita Tolopilo was recalled from the AHL.
11/25 - Jiri Patera was recalled from the AHL.
Canuck Stars
Our leaders in points and assists stayed the same!
Kiefer Sherwood is still leading with twelve (12) goals.
Quinn Hughes has the most assists with nineteen (19).
The leader, Hughes, is leading the team in points with twenty-one (21).
Real Talk
Y'all, I will be so upset if they trade Petey or Brock😭
I left off Robin Lehner, who hasn't played in 2 years, who is, by all rights, signed through next year. He hasn't played in 2 years even though I deeeeeeply love him. I miss panda so much. I also left off all the guys who got traded over the summer or aren't playing anymore (Phil Kessel, Teddy Blueger, Nolan Patrick, Reilly Smith, Laurent Brossoit) Rip our wives, but none of them have played at all this year, so.
