Vancouver Canucks vs. Tampa Bay Lightning: Preview, Lineups

By Fansided and Alex Hoegler/FanSided via The Canuck Way
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The Vancouver Canucks are coming off literally their worst game in franchise history. Will Tampa Bay have Lightning strike twice by handing another brutal loss to the Canucks?

The Vancouver Canucks took a 5-2 lead into the third period against the Carolina Panthers, only to lose 8-6.

Tuesday night wasn’t any fun.

That brutal road trip is now over, and now they get the chance at a season sweep of the pre-season Eastern Conference favorite, the Tampa Bay Lightning.

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OVERVIEW:

2016-17 Record: 12-16-2

Home Record: 8-5-1

2015-16 Record vs. Lightning: 1-0-1

Goals For: 73

Goals Against: 94

Power Play: 13.5% (27th)

Penalty Kill: 82.9% (12th)

Leading Scorers: Daniel Sedin (30 GP -– 9 G – 11– A -20 PTS), Henrik Sedin (30 GP – 7– G – 12– A – 19 PTS)  Bo Horvat (30 GP – –8 G – 9– A -17– PTS)

Injuries: Philip Larsen (upper body, day-to-day), Alexander Edler (broken finger, late December/early January), Derek Dorsett (neck, out for season), Chris Tanev (foot, day-to-day).

WHO’’S ON OFFENCE:

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    Sven Baertschi: He appears to be slowly busting out of his slump, with two goals and an assist in Tuesday’s loss against Carolina. Can Baertschi keep improving as a second-line winger?

    Daniel Sedin: At least one Canuck is scoring in two-thirds of his games played.

    WHO’’S ON DEFENCE:

    Troy Stecher: The 22-year-old rookie has been one of the lone bright spots in 2016. The Canucks have themselves a quality powerplay quarterback.

    WHO’’S IN NET:

    Jacob Markstrom: He had to fill in after a disappointing effort from Miller on Tuesday. Once again, Markstrom gets the the chance to prove he should be the starter.

    PROJECTED LINEUP:

    Daniel Sedin — Henrik Sedin — Jannik Hansen
    Markus Granlund — Brandon Sutter — Loui Eriksson
    Alex Burrows— Bo Horvat— — Jack Skille
    Brendan Gaunce — Michael Chaput — Jayson Megna


    Ben Hutton — Erik Gudbranson
    Luca Sbisa — Troy Stecher
    Nikita Tryamkin — Alex Biega

    Jacob Markstrom
    Ryan Miller

    Tampa Bay Lightning

    OVERVIEW:

    2016-17 Record: 15-13-2

    Away Record: 8-8-1

    2015-16 Record vs. Canucks: 1-1-0

    Goals For: 87

    Goals Against: 84

    Power Play: 22.2% (7th)

    Penalty Kill: 79.4% (24th)

    Leading Scorers: Nikita Kucherov (28 GP -– 13 G -17– A – 30– PTS), Victor Hedman (30 GP – 5 G – 17– A -– 22 PTS), Valterri Filppula (29 GP – 6– G –-15 A -21– PTS).

    Injuries: Ondrej Palat (undisclosed, day-to-day), Nikita Kucherov (lower body, day to day), Ryan Callahan (hip, day-to-day,) Steven Stamkos (knee, four months).

    WHO’’S ON OFFENCE:

    Valtteri Filppula: With key injuries to the Lightning’s top forwards, Filppula is producing like a fine second-liner.

    Tyler Johnson: Like Hedman, his size could be a problem for a Canucks team that isn’t built on speed.

    WHO’’S ON DEFENCE:

    Victor Hedman: He’s making a case as the Norris Trophy favorite. Hedman’s a force in his own end also chips in nicely on the score sheet.

    WHO’’S IN NET:

    Ben Bishop: The clock is ticking on his time left with the Lightning. Not only is he fighting with Andrei Vasilevskiy for  the starting job, but for a big contract in the offseason.

    PROJECTED LINEUP:

    Cory Conacher —– Tyler Johnson — — Ondrej Palat
    Alex Killorn —– Valtteri Filppula — Jonathan Drouin
    Vladislav Namestnikov —– Brian Boyle — — Brayden Point
    Joel Vermin —– Cedric Paquette — — J.T.  Brown


    Victor Hedman –— Anton Stralman
    Jason Garrison –— Andrej Sustr
    Braydon Coburn –— Nikita Nesterov

    Ben Bishop
    Andrei Vasilevskiy