Canucks Beat the Red Wings Handily by a Score of 4-1
Wings D (not naming names) loses Baertschi who backhands this one for an easy goal pic.twitter.com/ZLDS0TyQLx
— Prashanth Iyer (@iyer_prashanth) October 22, 2017
Dorsett's scores his fifth goal in five games: pic.twitter.com/snZqZoYn08
— Omar A (@omarcanuck) October 23, 2017
Jake from Abbotsford saying a quiet prayer to the Hockey Gods after his goal pic.twitter.com/ckoRQKcQ3I
— Wyatt Arndt (@TheStanchion) October 23, 2017
Stats
Another one in the ? #Canucks Defensive Zone Transition Chart
Tanev leads the way in the new "team exit" category. pic.twitter.com/8iBsjFeBBs
— Darryl Keeping (@dkeeping) October 23, 2017
Quick Hits
Jake Virtanen talks to @sportsnetmurph about how he uses his speed to find scoring chances alongside the Sedins.https://t.co/CphBFrOOc7 pic.twitter.com/QxEd4Kg8ab
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) October 23, 2017
- You know everything I said in Friday’s post-game recap about what a great story Dorsett’s been in the early parts of this season? Well, that still applies. Dorsett isn’t going to keep this up. He’s not going to hover around a 40% Sh% all season — duh! And I think that, in the long run, playing Dorsett as often as the Canucks are is going to catch up with them. Dorsett has the worst five-on-five shot attempt share on the team among forwards; he did going into today’s game, anyway. Perhaps it’s time for the Canucks to walk away from the table while they’re still ahead. For me, that means shaving a couple of minutes off Dorsett’s nightly average. Tonight, for example, Dorsett almost played as much as Bo Horvat.
- Tonight might have been the best of Virtanen’s young career. Virtanen had eight shots on goal, was effective in transition and buzzed the net all night. He was so overdue for a goal by the time he finally scored one near the end of the second period. And yeah, that physical edge that he brought in his first season with the Canucks — it’s back. Just ask Niklas Kronwall.
WHATCHA GONNA DO BROTHER WHEN JAKE-AMANIA RUNS WILD ON YOU pic.twitter.com/l6dbbS3ilv
— Wyatt Arndt (@TheStanchion) October 23, 2017
- Erik Gudbranson was, well, surprisingly effective in his return from Friday’s one-game ban. Not only did Gudbranson finish with a positive five-on-five on-ice shot attempt differential, but he looked to play one of his better games as a Canuck to the naked eye, too. For those keeping track, yes, that’s an extra $2.00 for the Canucks Army Money on the Board charity initiative to make a child’s dream come true with the Make a Wish Foundation. Make a pledge of your own today!
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— Canucks MOTB (@CanucksMOTB) October 23, 2017
- Canucks head coach Travis Green has been fairly adamant in his post-game scrums that he thought Baertschi was on his way to breaking through offensively. Well, tonight Baertschi rewarded the coach’s faith with two goals — Baertschi’s first two goals of the season, no less.
- Troy Stecher was just starting to hit his stride this season under Green, so of course he left today’s game with a knee injury after colliding with Tomas Tatar in the second period. Stecher never returned from that injury, playing 12:31 and leaving in the black by five-on-five on-ice shot attempt differential with a plus-two rating.
Troy Stecher leaves game vs. Detroit https://t.co/YXNSwF4b5K
— CanucksArmy (@CanucksArmy) October 23, 2017