By Andrew Chernoff
November 7, 2016
Vancouver (4-8-1=9 pts) visited the Barclays Center to take on the New York Islanders (5-6-2=10 pts), in the 4th game of their 6 game road trip.
The Islanders defeated the Canucks 4-2, handing the Canucks their 5th straight regulation road loss (0-5-1); extending their losing streak to 9 games (0-8-1); but Vancouver made it two consecutive games of scoring at least one goal.
Vancouver started their 5th of 16 back-to-back series tonight. Canucks are 2-6-1 in back-to-back series this season.
Canucks had goals from Daniel Sedin (4), and Markus Granlund (3) on the power play; with assists from, Ben Hutton (1), and Bo Horvat (1).
Canucks starting goalie Ryan Miller, stopped 28 of 32 shots in the game, his 6th straight loss this season.
Miller, after tonight, is 1-6-0 with a 2.75 GAA and a .910 save percentage.
Canucks, with their 9th consecutive loss tonight, are in 29th place in the NHL (tied with Carolina and Nashville for 27th); and are in 6th place in the Pacific division, with 9 points; 10 points behind the Oilers, 1 point ahead of the Arizona Coyotes, who have two games in hand on Vancouver.
Game Summary
In the first period, Daniel Sedin, with his 4th goal of the season made it 1-0 Canucks, unassisted, at 4:22.
It was only Vancouver’s second time scoring the first goal of the game, in 13 games played.
It did not take long for the Islanders to tie the game at 1-1, and five minutes and twenty seconds later, they did, when Jason Chimera scored, his first goal, assisted by Anders Lee (1) and Brock Nelson (7), at 9:42.
- Michael Chaput led in face-offs for the Canucks, going 4 for 5 in the opening period.
- Alex Burrows had 4 shots; Erik Gudbranson, 3 shots
In the second, Nikolay Kulemin (1), unassisted, put the Islanders in front 2-1, after a Canuck power play was unsuccessful for Vancouver.
Markus Granlund would tie the game 2-2, before the end of the middle frame, his 3rd goal of the season, assisted by Bo Horvat (1) and Ben Hutton (1), at 16:30.
In the third, the Islanders would score two goals within 99-seconds, to break the game wide open, taking a 4-2 lead.
Cal Clutterbuck (2), assisted by Johnny Boychuk (3) and Alan Quine (1), at 9:11.
Then, at 10:50, Andrew Ladd would finally get a goal, his first of the season as an Islander, assisted by Nick Leddy (4) and Adam Pelech (1).
The Canucks would fail to get any closer, losing their 9th straight game.
In brief:
- Canucks tied 1-1 after one; tied 2-2 after two.
- Both teams had 32 shots in the game.
- The Vancouver penalty kill was 2 for 2 , with 5 shots against; 0 shot for; 0 shorthanded goals for; the power play was 1 for 2, with 2 shots for, 0 shots against and 0 shorthanded goals against.
Next Game: Nov 8, 2016: Canucks at New York Rangers @4:00 p.m. PST
Canucks Post Game Stats
Regular Season Game 13, Road Game 6
Final Score 1 2 3 OT SO F
Van 1 1 0 2
NYI 1 1 2 4
Records:
Van: 4-8-1 (Road: 0-5-1)
NYI: 5-6-2 (Home: 5-3-2)
Stats: SF SA PP PK PIM CF CA SCF SCA HITS
Van 32 32 1-2 2-2 4 65(54) 61(51) 23(17) 27(20) 21
NYI 32 32 0-2 1-2 4 61(51) 65(54) 27(20) 23(17) 24
5v5 stats in parenthesis for CF & CA SCF=scoring chances for; SCA=scoring chances against.
Event summary:
- Vancouver had 13-blocked shots; 4-giveaways; 9-takeaways, 23-shot attempts blocked and 10-missed shots
Face-offs:
- Total: 38-63: 60 percent
- offensive zone: 16-22: 40 percent
- defensive zone: 10-20: 38 percent
- neutral zone: 12-21: 40 percent
Game Stats Reports: Game, Face-Offs, Shots, Event
Player Stats:
- Face-Offs:
- Sutter, 12-21; H.Sedin, 10-18
- Horvat, 6-12; Gaunce, 6-6
- Chaput, 4-5; Granlund, 0-1
- Shots leaders:
- Alex Burrow, 5 shots
- Daniel Sedin, Alex Edler, Ben Hutton, Erik Gudbranson: 3 shots each
- Hits leaders:
- Jack Skille, 4 hits
- Nikita Tryamkin and Brendan Gaunce: 3 hits each
- Blocked shots leaders:
- Philip Larsen, 3
- Luca Sbisa, 2
- Giveaway leaders:
- Erik Gudbranson, Brendan Gaunce, Ryan Miller and Markus Granlund: 1 each
- Takeaway leaders:
- Ben Hutton and Bo Horvat: 2 each
- Shot Attempts Blocked:
- Brandon Sutter, Alex Edler and Erik Gudbranson: 3 each
- Missed Shots:
- Daniel Sedin, 2
Advanced Player Stats:
- Corsi Tidbits For The Game:
- Defensemen (CorsiFor%):
- All Strengths:
- Ben Hutton: 51.85
- Philip Larsen: 50.00
- Troy Stecher: 42.86
- Erik Gudbranson: 40.00
- Nikita Tryamkin: 33.33
- Luca Sbisa: 31.43
- 5 on 5:
- Ben Hutton: 53.49
- Erik Gudbranson: 48.78
- Philip Larsen: 46.43
- Nikita Tryamkin: 41.38
- Luca Sbisa: 37.93
- Troy Stecher: 35.00
- All Strengths:
- Forwards (CorsiFor%):
- All Strengths:
- Loui Ericksson: 70.73
- Henrik Sedin: 70.45
- Daniel Sedin: 70.45
- Markus Granlund: 51.35
- Brendan Gaunce: 50.00
- Derek Dorsett: 48.15
- Alex Burrows: 46.67
- Sven Baertschi: 46.15
- Brandon Sutter: 42.00
- Michael Chaput: 41.67
- Jack Skille: 40.91
- Bo Horvat: 38.71
- 5 on 5:
- Daniel Sedin: 68.57
- Henrik Sedin: 68.57
- Loui Ericksson: 66.67
- Derek Dorsett: 52.00
- Brendan Gaunce: 50.00
- Alex Burrows: 48.00
- Markus Granlund: 45.45
- Michael Chaput: 41.67
- Jack Skille: 40.91
- Brandon Sutter: 40.00
- Bo Horvat: 36.36
- Sven Baertschi: 36.36
- All Strengths:
- Defensemen (CorsiFor%):
Note: Corsi stats from naturalstattrick.com and hockeystats.ca
They Said It….
Coach highlights the positive takeaways from the loss in New York. pic.twitter.com/XxR59geZk7
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) November 8, 2016
Daniel Sedin expresses the team’s frustration with having to continually play from behind. pic.twitter.com/S20lu8BZ2e
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) November 8, 2016
