Coming off Saturday’s 7-3 loss in Calgary, the Canucks will make a couple of line-up changes for the second game of their four-game road trip. Defenceman Elias Pettersson returns to action and replaces P-O Joseph on the team’s third pairing with Victor Mancini. And Kevin Lankinen starts for the sixth time in seven games after coming on in relief of Nikita Tolopilo early in the second period against the Flames. Lankinen allowed three goals on 12 shots and did not figure in the decision as he entered the game with the score 4-1 in Calgary’s favour. Lankinen has now appeared in eight of the team’s last 10 games.

Adam Foote is keeping his forward lines intact. That means the Canucks will stick with the Liam Öhgren-Elias Pettersson-Linus Karlsson trio that combined for the team’s opening goal on Saturday night. Pettersson had a strong statistical game with two assists, three shots on eight attempts, a hit, a takeaway and wins on 11 of 20 face-offs.

Öhgren, Jake DeBrusk and Nils Höglander accounted for the Vancouver goals at the Saddledome. For Höglander, it was just his second goal and fourth point in 30 games this season.

The Canucks training staff had t-shirts made up for Evander Kane’s milestone night and players were spotted wearing them prior to the morning skate. For his milestone night, Kane will skate on a line with Teddy Blueger and Jake DeBrusk.

After the loss in Calgary, the Canucks have dropped five straight games all in regulation time. They are also 1-10-1 in their last 12 on the road.