5 Straight? - Vancouver Canucks announce starting goalie & projected lineups for game Vs. Hurricanes

Nothing has been 100% confirmed, but from the looks at pre-game practice today, (which almost guarantees the lineup and starting goalies), it looks that head coach Rick Tocchet is not making any changes, other than potentially adding Derek Forbort, who is back from a leave of absence.. He as decided to ride the hot hand and will be starting goalie Kevin Lankinen for his 5 consecutive game.

Forwards
DeBrusk-Miller-Boeser.
Hoglander-Pettersson-Garland.
Heinen-Blueger-Sherwood.
Bains-Suter-Sprong.

Defense
Hughes-Hronek.
Soucy-Myers.
Brannstrom-Desharnais.

Goalies
Lankinen
Silovs

With the Canucks going after 5 wins in a row this evening, it is obvious that head coach Rick Tocchet and the team are giving the nod to Kevin Lankinen once again, at least from what it looked like from practice. Lankinen was spotted going through the normal pre-game routine with the Canucks goalie coach coach Marko Torenius, a routine that is seen only for the staring goalie of that night.

In 5 games this season, Lankinen holds a 4-0-1 record, a .930 SV% (save percentage), 1.95 GAA (goals against average) and 1 shutout.

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