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<p>Welcome to a Super Bowl Sunday edition of your regular Canucks Army GDT (and Thom Drance&#8217;s official first day as Nation Network Overlord)! With kickoff in Arizona set for 3:30 PM PST, this afternoon&#8217;s Canucks game has been bumped half an hour earlier to noon Pacific, meaning our coverage today is a bit compressed. Still, we&#8217;ve got you covered.</p>
<p>The Canucks can&#8217;t afford to be distracted by this afternoon&#8217;s main event either, as today&#8217;s game against the Minnesota Wild is critical for burying a would-be playoff contender. Despite sitting in last in the Central division, a loss to the Wild would put Minnesota just 5 points back of the Canucks with over 30 games still to play. And considering that Minnesota may be the most likely team to go on a stretch-drive tear, this is a game Vancouver has to win.</p>
<p>Read past the jump for a preview.</p>
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<h2>Broadcast Info</h2>
<p><b>Puck Drop:</b> 12:00 PM PST</p>
<p><b>TV:</b> Sportsnet Pacific</p>
<p><b>Radio:</b> TSN 1040</p>
<h2>Lineups</h2>
<p><i>Go to www.DailyFaceoff.com for up-to-date rosters, news, and lineup info.</i></p>
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<li><b>[<a href="http://www2.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/lines/41/vancouver-canucks">Canucks Lines</a>] [<a href="http://www2.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/news/41/vancouver-canucks/">Canucks News</a>]</b></li>
<li><b>[<a href="http://www2.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/lines/27/minnesota-wild">Wild Lines</a>] [<a href="http://www2.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/news/27/minnesota-wild/">Wild News</a>]</b></li>
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<h2><b>Head to Head</b></h2>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">Storylines</h2>
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<b>Back On Track</b> &#8211; The Canucks snapped their home ice goalless drought emphatically on Friday, putting four pucks past Sabres goalie Matt Hackett en route to a 5-2 victory. They also stomped Buffalo in the puck possession battle 60-16, pulling their score adjusted Corsi in the last 10 games up from 20th in the NHL at 48.8% all the way to 13th at 52.0%. Hopefully Friday&#8217;s game serves as a confidence boost and can kick-start the Canucks to some better efforts going forward. They&#8217;ll need one tomorrow, as Minnesota is a very dangerous team despite sitting last in the Central division.</li>
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<b>No Luck Wild</b> &#8211; According to the &#8220;luck&#8221; quantifying tool on Rob Vollman&#8217;s website, <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck">the Minnesota Wild are the third unluckiest team in the entire NHL</a>. Most of this has to do with receiving just awful goaltending, necessitating a trade for Devan Dubnyk. The Oilers cast-off has been solid in the Wild net, but the results in terms of wins and losses haven&#8217;t quite been there yet. Still, a steady goalie will help boost the Wild&#8217;s 5-on-5 GoalsFor% towards where their strong Score Adjusted Corsi% is, and it will also help improve their already extremely effective penalty kill. Some shooting percentage regression will also help their powerplay, making the Wild into a team to look out for coming down the stretch. If anyone other than Dallas is going to take a run at the last wild card spot, it&#8217;s Minnesota.</li>
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<b>Clendening&#8217;s Debut</b> &#8211; After arriving in Vancouver from Rockford during the Canucks&#8217; last game, newly acquired Adam Clendening is expected to make his Vancouver Canucks debut playing along side Luca Sbisa. I wouldn&#8217;t expect much out of a pairing of Luca Sbisa and a guy playing his 5th NHL game at even strength, but hopefully Clendening gets some powerplay reps so he can flex his offensive muscles. The Canucks have lacked a really mobile point producer since Christian Ehrhoff left, and haven&#8217;t had a steady right-handed powerplay D since Sami Salo.</li>
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<div>And lastly, go Seahawks!</div></p>

<p><iframe src="http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/embed?playlist=738960&amp;site=canucks" frameborder="0" width="640" height="395"></iframe><br></p><p>Welcome to a Super Bowl Sunday edition of your regular Canucks Army GDT (and Thom Drance's official first day as Nation Network Overlord)! With kickoff in Arizona set for 3:30 PM PST, this afternoon's Canucks game has been bumped half an hour earlier to noon Pacific, meaning our coverage today is a bit compressed. Still, we've got you covered.</p><p>The Canucks can't afford to be distracted by this afternoon's main event either, as today's game against the Minnesota Wild is critical for burying a would-be playoff contender. Despite sitting in last in the Central division, a loss to the Wild would put Minnesota just 5 points back of the Canucks with over 30 games still to play. And considering that Minnesota may be the most likely team to go on a stretch-drive tear, this is a game Vancouver has to win.</p><p>Read past the jump for a preview.</p><h2>Broadcast Info</h2><p><b>Puck Drop:</b> 12:00 PM PST</p><p><b>TV:</b> Sportsnet Pacific</p><p><b>Radio:</b> TSN 1040</p><h2>Lineups</h2><p><i>Go to www.DailyFaceoff.com for up-to-date rosters, news, and lineup info.</i></p><p></p><ul>
<li><b>[<a href="http://www2.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/lines/41/vancouver-canucks">Canucks Lines</a>] [<a href="http://www2.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/news/41/vancouver-canucks/">Canucks News</a>]</b></li>
<li><b>[<a href="http://www2.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/lines/27/minnesota-wild">Wild Lines</a>] [<a href="http://www2.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/news/27/minnesota-wild/">Wild News</a>]</b></li>
</ul><h2><b>Head to Head</b></h2><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//thenationnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/66/8a/article_668abaab-f545-4cce-978b-bb35a5e69645.png" alt="G48 v MIN" width="564" height="550"><b><br></b></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Storylines</h2><p></p><ul>
<li>
<b>Back On Track</b> - The Canucks snapped their home ice goalless drought emphatically on Friday, putting four pucks past Sabres goalie Matt Hackett en route to a 5-2 victory. They also stomped Buffalo in the puck possession battle 60-16, pulling their score adjusted Corsi in the last 10 games up from 20th in the NHL at 48.8% all the way to 13th at 52.0%. Hopefully Friday's game serves as a confidence boost and can kick-start the Canucks to some better efforts going forward. They'll need one tomorrow, as Minnesota is a very dangerous team despite sitting last in the Central division.</li>
<li>
<b>No Luck Wild</b> - According to the "luck" quantifying tool on Rob Vollman's website, <a href="http://www.hockeyabstract.com/luck">the Minnesota Wild are the third unluckiest team in the entire NHL</a>. Most of this has to do with receiving just awful goaltending, necessitating a trade for Devan Dubnyk. The Oilers cast-off has been solid in the Wild net, but the results in terms of wins and losses haven't quite been there yet. Still, a steady goalie will help boost the Wild's 5-on-5 GoalsFor% towards where their strong Score Adjusted Corsi% is, and it will also help improve their already extremely effective penalty kill. Some shooting percentage regression will also help their powerplay, making the Wild into a team to look out for coming down the stretch. If anyone other than Dallas is going to take a run at the last wild card spot, it's Minnesota.</li>
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<b>Clendening's Debut</b> - After arriving in Vancouver from Rockford during the Canucks' last game, newly acquired Adam Clendening is expected to make his Vancouver Canucks debut playing along side Luca Sbisa. I wouldn't expect much out of a pairing of Luca Sbisa and a guy playing his 5th NHL game at even strength, but hopefully Clendening gets some powerplay reps so he can flex his offensive muscles. The Canucks have lacked a really mobile point producer since Christian Ehrhoff left, and haven't had a steady right-handed powerplay D since Sami Salo.</li>
</ul><div>And lastly, go Seahawks!</div><p></p><p></p>

Canucks Army GDT #48 – Canucks vs. Wild

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