The Vancouver Canucks (3-6-3, 9 points, 6th Pacific) are on the road Tuesday when visiting the Ottawa Senators (4-7-0, 8 points, last Atlantic). Vancouver was defeated by the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Saturday night in a shootout and the Canucks have lost two of the last three. Ottawa was defeated by the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1 on Saturday and the Senators have lost each of their last five. Vancouver continues to play without Brock Boeser, Travis Dermott, Curtis Lazar and Tucker Poolman. Ottawa is without Josh Norris and Artem Zub.
The Vancouver Canucks are allowing an average of 4.00 goals per game which is 29th in the NHL. Vancouver is allowing opponents to average 32.8 shots per game which is 21st. Vancouver has the worst penalty-kill unit in the NHL, holding opponents scoreless only 57.6% of time when the Canucks are short-handed. Thatcher Demko is 1-6-2 with a 3.91 goals-against average and .879 save percentage in nine appearances, while backup Spencer Martin is 2-0-1 with a 3.27 goals-against average and .899 save percentage.
Vancouver is scoring an average of 3.42 goals per game which is 12th in the NHL. The Canucks are averaging 29.2 shots per game which is 26th. Vancouver’s power play is well above average as the Canucks are scoring 30.8% of the time with the man advantage which is third best in hockey. Bo Horvat is the leading goal scorer with 10, while JT Miller and Andrei Kuzmenko have each scored seven goals. Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes are the co-leaders in assists with 10 each. Pettersson is the overall points leader with 15 and Horvat is second with 14. Vancouver has scored 13 power play goals in 12 games