Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet Announces Starting Goalie & Lineups to Complete the Sweep against the Kings
As the Vancouver Canucks look to complete their 3-game California road-trip against the Los Angeles Kings this evening, Head Coach Rick Tocchet has announced his starting goalie and lineups.
The Canucks are coming off a dominating 5-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday that saw Captain Quinn Hughes join the ranks of the NHL elite as he became became the fastest Canucks player and 3rd fastest American player in NHL history to hit the 300-assist milestone.
Rick Tocchet reflected on his young captain's accomplishment and commented on his work ethic and commitment to the Canucks.
«He's obviously in control of a lot of the play, [he's a] special player, he gets a lot of shots off, that's hard to do, especially when teams are keying in on you,» Tocchet said.
Additionally, The Canucks went back to their reliable netminder Kevin Lankinen, who, with that win, now improves his record to an impressive 6-0-2.
Vancouver Canucks announce starting goalie and lineups for game against the Los Angeles Kings
Tonight, The Canucks will once again be giving the nod to Lankinen, as they really do not have the option to give Arturs Silovs another go. Silovs has struggled badly to start the season, so to give the net to anyone but Lankinen right now doesn't make sense.
On top of not changing their goalie for tonight, after their huge win on Tuesday, Rick Tocchet also disclosed after morning skate today that he will be rolling with the exact same lineup as last game.
Canucks Lineup
Forwards
DeBrusk-Miller-Boeser
Suter-Pettersson-Garland
Heinen-Blueger-Sherwood
Höglander-Räty-Sprong
Defense
Hughes-Hronek
Soucy-Myers
Brännström-Desharnais
One important update is that as reports indicate Dakota Joshua is close to returning, he was not seen on the ice this morning with the team, meaning Canucks fans will have to wait at least one more game until he is back in the lineup.
