The Vancouver Canucks face the New Jersey Devils with both teams heading in opposite directions this season. The Canucks have a 20-26-3 record and are near the bottom of the Pacific Division prompting a head coaching change before the All-Star break. The Devils have a 32-13-4 record and with eight wins in their last 10 games have leaped into second place in the Metropolitan Division. Both teams are looking to improve in the second half of the season and the upcoming game looks to be a good one as a result.
The Canucks are having an awful season despite their offense stepping up and scoring 3.31 goals per game. Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller, and Andrei Kuzmenko have scored 60 goals and 85 assists to lead the top two lines but the rest of the offense has also stepped up. Brock Boeser, Conor Garland, and Dakota Joshua have combined for 26 goals and 40 assists while defensemen Quinn Hughes and Oliver Ekman-Larsson have added six goals and 58 assists from the point to put the offense over the top.
The offense has been great but the defense has been awful, allowing 3.92 goals per game with eight goals in the last two games. Quinn Hughes and Luke Schenn have combined for 4.4 defensive point shares but the rest of the unit has struggled, allowing opponents to find open shots on the net at will. Additionally, goaltender Spencer Martin has struggled with a .875 save percentage and a 3.94 goals-against aver age on 784 shots with -24.0 goals saved above average.
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