The sky isn’t actually falling, people. Do you actually think the Canucks are as bad as the results they’ve received suggest? There is a serious bout of puck luck going the other way to start the season and it will turn itself around. When Elias Pettersson isn’t scoring tap ins, something is up. What better time to turn it around than against the Montreal Canadiens, the Canucks opponent tonight in their home opener.

You know who else is returning to Vancouver this week? Tyler Toffoli. That should go over well on the Twitters.

There isn’t that much further the Canucks can fall to start things off so expect them to start climbing that ladder again.

It’s not like they’re mediocre.

Let’s Do This!™

WHERE CAN I FIND THIS GAME?

TV: SNP / RADIO: SN 650 / PUCK DROP: 7:00PM

LINEUPS

It’s a little early to juggle lines with J.T. Miller just returning back. The same can be said on defense. Jordie Benn appears to be out of COVID quarantine so he may draw in tonight, most likely for Olli Juolevi.

Braden Holtby will probably get the start this evening but who even knows really? Travis Green is a mystery.

CANUCKS LINES COURTESY OF DAILYFACEOFF.COM:

LW	C	RW	Forwards
⚠ J.T. MILLER Rating: 78.5#7 LW	ELIAS PETTERSSON Rating: 77.7#14 C	BROCK BOESER Rating: 74.1#41 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 76.78#12 FL1
TANNER PEARSON Rating: 73.7#38 LW	BO HORVAT Rating: 74.8#34 C	NILS HOGLANDER	FL2 Rating Rating: 74.25#10 FL2
ANTOINE ROUSSEL Rating: 71.0#97 LW	ADAM GAUDETTE Rating: 70.2#130 C	JAKE VIRTANEN Rating: 72.0#78 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 71.08#22 FL3
TYLER MOTTE Rating: 68.8#144 LW	JAY BEAGLE Rating: 68.4#163 C	BRANDON SUTTER Rating: 70.1#131 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 69.09#30 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
ALEXANDER EDLER Rating: 74.3#26 LD	NATE SCHMIDT Rating: 75.5#18 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 74.89#16 DL1
QUINN HUGHES Rating: 75.2#15 LD	TRAVIS HAMONIC Rating: 72.8#45 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 73.99#7 DL2
OLLI JUOLEVI	TYLER MYERS Rating: 72.6#50 RD	DL3 Rating Rating: 72.56#9 DL3

Not much going on with the Canadiens lineup aside from the return of Tyler Toffoli. Canucks may remember the six goals he scored for Vancouver back in the summer. He is now a Montreal Canadien hockey player. It’s unlikely he’ll stay in Vancouver after this road trip.

Carey Price will occupy the net tonight. He has a new mask. It’s pretty great.

CANADIENS LINES COURTESY OF DAILYFACEOFF.COM:

LW	C	RW	Forwards
TOMAS TATAR Rating: 77.7#10 LW	PHILLIP DANAULT Rating: 75.5#29 C	BRENDAN GALLAGHER Rating: 78.3#7 RW	FL1 Rating Rating: 77.20#8 FL1
JONATHAN DROUIN Rating: 73.0#48 LW	NICK SUZUKI	JOSH ANDERSON Rating: 73.4#42 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 73.16#20 FL2
TYLER TOFFOLI Rating: 75.9#25 LW	JESPERI KOTKANIEMI	JOEL ARMIA Rating: 73.1#54 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 73.18#5 FL3
ARTTURI LEHKONEN Rating: 71.7#81 LW	JAKE EVANS	PAUL BYRON Rating: 71.8#78 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 71.77#8 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
BEN CHIAROT Rating: 73.8#38 LD	SHEA WEBER Rating: 76.5#15 RD	DL1 Rating Rating: 75.15#13 DL1
JOEL EDMUNDSON Rating: 73.8#39 LD	JEFF PETRY Rating: 76.7#13 RD	DL2 Rating Rating: 75.23#3 DL2
BRETT KULAK Rating: 73.4#46 LD	ALEXANDER ROMANOV	DL3 Rating Rating: 73.43#3 DL3

GAME NOTES, INTERESTING STATS, AND THAT TIME BOESER SCORED ON PRICE

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Boeser with time. Boeser with space. Price didn't stand a chance.

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5:38 AM · Dec 20, 2017

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You know it’s early in the season when Tyler Myers has more goals than Elias Pettersson. It’s a story that would dominate sports radio and put the social world into a frenzy. Sadly, they’ve only played four games and things haven’t gone the team’s way. Looking at it another way, what if Tyler Myers went on a tear this season? That’d be good, right?
Has anyone else noticed the compete level of Adam Gaudette so far? He has been a terror on the ice and it’s surprising he doesn’t have more than one goal. His steal against the Flames in alone should have been a goal but to have the chance to make that play shows he’s ahead of the game. Look for big things out of Gaudette tonight.
Jake Virtanen put home his first of the season against the Flames so the journey for the elusive #ShotgunJake 20th goal begins once more. Hitting 20 goals in a shortened season is a task, to say the least. He hasn’t been the most noticeable player but then again, that title carries up and down the lineup.
Special teams have also been a point of discomfort so far this season which bears the real question “Is Loui Eriksson making a comeback?” Sure his best days are behind him like an old Dane Cook album but there are still some classics that we can’t forget. The PK/Empty Net/Little Things specialist might deserve another kick at the can and if that’s not 2021 for you, what is? #Reclamationproject
For anyone that maybe thought “Hey, I seem to remember the Canadiens being just ok when the Sedins and Luongo played them”, you would be wrong. Very wrong. Carey Price holds a 13-2-0-3 record versus the Canucks with three shutouts. His SV% is impressive and he’s allowing just over two goals a game. His last outright loss was in 2015 when he allowed five goals. That’s a pretty good run.

TWITTER TOLD YOU

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Canucks fans honestly have no reason to panic, but we absolutely still should panic, because that's part of the experience

8:40 PM · Jan 19, 2021

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Yep, exactly.

MY 94 CENTS

The Canucks aren’t that bad. It sure has been a run of bad puck luck but show me a season where they haven’t run into that. Putting in those reps will start paying off soon enough and we can get back to watching the Canucks that score goals, dominate the power play, and drive the rest of Canada nuts.

It would also be nice to see Brock Boeser repeat the goal again.

THE FINAL WORD

It has to end at some point. Canucks need to stick to their systems and continue to plug away at what works. The results will change. This is the way.

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