Slow Starts - Vancouver Canucks Announce Lineup For Matchup With Tampa Bay Lightning
The Vancouver Canucks have announced their lines and lineup for their Sunday matinee matchup at home against the Tampa Bay Lighting.
Even with all of the injuries and absences that have plagued the Vancouver Canucks this season, it is an exciting time as All-Star goalie Thatcher Demko is back with the team and will be backing up Kevin Lankinen for the 2nd consecutive game.
It makes sense to give Thatcher Demko some time to get used to the game day routines, and there is no rush to get his first start as Kevin Lankinen is still playing extremely high level hockey.
Vancouver Canucks Lineup Against the Tampa Bay Lightning
The Vancouver Canucks are coming off their big 5-2 to win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday, and are looking to continue to try and increase their win rate playing at home in Rogers Arena.
Head coach Rick Tocchet plans on going with the philosophy of "if it ain't broke don't fix it", as he has elected to not make any changes to his lineup.
Forwards
Jake DeBrusk - Elias Pettersson - Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua - Pius Suter - Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander - Teddy Blueger - Kiefer Sherwood
Aatu Raty - Max Sasson - Danton Heinan
Defense
Quinn Hughes - Tyler Myers
Noah Juulsen - Carson Soucy
Erik Brannstrom - Vincent Desharnais
Goalies
Kevin Lankinen
Thatcher Demko
The Vancouver Canucks have struggled to start the game on time and coming out of the gate looking sloppy and not ready to play, and this was perfectly seen in their win against the Blue Jackets.
The Canucks were out-shot 17-2 in the first period, and are looking to turn this trend around this after noon against the Lightning.
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DECEMBRE 8 | 192 ANSWERS Slow Starts - Vancouver Canucks Announce Lineup For Matchup With Tampa Bay Lightning Do you agree with head coach rick Tocchet not changing the Vancouver Canucks lineup against the Tampa Bay Lightning? | ||
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