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Vancouver Canucks (29-33-5) vs. Anaheim Ducks (23-36-10)
The 2022-23 NHL season goes on with a seven-game Sunday card and brings this Western Conference clash between the Vancouver Canucks and the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California at 8:00 p.m. ET.
This is the third meeting of the season between these teams. The Canucks have won each of the first two games, winning both at home, including a 3-2 overtime victory on March 8. Vancouver was the favorite (-251) with the total set at 6.5. Vancouver is the favorite in this contest as well (-130) with the total set at 6.5.
The Vancouver Canucks are on a three-game road trip, with the final contest in Anaheim on Sunday. The team plays the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday, but this preview was written prior to the conclusion of that contest. Vancouver lost in Arizona on Thursday, 3-2, snapping a three-game winning streak and the club was 4-0-1 in their previous five. Vancouver is 18 points behind Winnipeg for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.
Three unanswered goals by the Coyote proved to be the difference in this contest. Andrei Kuzmenko and Elias Pettersson each scored for Vancouver. Pettersson has seven points over his last five games, including five assists, while Kuzmenko has five goals over his last five games. The Canucks are averaging 3.34 goals per game, 11th overall, and are 12th on the power play (22.2%). The Canucks have been a little bit better on the road this season, averaging 3.52 goals per game.
Goals from Kuzmenko and Pettersson, but ultimately #Canucks fell one short tonight in Arizona.'@BudweiserCanada HIGHLIGHTS |'https://t.co/nGp82LSphC pic.twitter.com/491Fal0TLk
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 17, 2023
Thatcher Demko stopped 24 shots in the loss. He will likely go on Saturday, so expect Collin Delia (7-4-2, 3.51, .876) to get the call. Vancouver is 30th in goals-against average (3.78) and dead last in penalty killing (68.2%). They have been even worse on the road, killing off 66.7% of their shorthanded attempts.
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