The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Blackhawks in Chicago 4-1 on Thursday night. The Canucks sit currently in 3rd place in the pacific standings with a respectible 2-2-1 record , and Seattle sits in 7th place with a 1-3-1 record and coming off a 4-2 loss to the New Jersey Devils.
This morning, Chicago Blackhawks reportedly placed three players on the COVID-19 Protocol list. The Canucks recently played against Chicago on thursday.
This morning, Green cleared in his interview that all the players on the Canucks had got their COVID-19 test's done before this morning's practice and no positives have been reported.
COVID Protocol is something that we're gonna have to deal with periodically as the season goes on".
- Travis Green
The Canucks have performed to par on this road trip to open the season. It's been a long road trip with some tough opponents.
"Again, this is a fitting game to be done with the road trip, there's gonna be a lot of energy and passion in the game".
- Travis Green in a pre-game interview today.
Both teams are playing in their 6th game of the season. The Seattle kraken are hosting their inaugural home game in Climate Pledge Arena.
There is a lot of hype going on about the new arena. Fans got their first look inside the locker room and lounge area with their goalie Joey Daccord - as seen down below
The Seattle Kraken placed Alex Barre-Boulet on waivers on Thursday, and he was re-claimed by the Tampa Bay Lightning, ouch.
The Canucks have met the Kraken in 2 preseason games already, with the Kraken coming out on top both times (not like it matters any way ).
I like what JT Miller said in his pre-game interview.
"It should be an easy game to get up for. It's going to be loud out there tonight, and we're going to try and silence them."
Still, I feel like the Canucks need to give their best effort if they want to come out of Seattle with 2 points. Now the question is will we see Pettersson come back from his dry spell ? Will Hoglander step up today and be the same player he was last season?
Here's a look at the Canucks lineups at Practice this morning
Pearson - Horvat - Garland
Miller - Pettersson - Boeser
Highmore - Dickinson - Hoglander
Dowling - lammikko - Chaisson
Oliver-Ekman Larsson - Myers
Hughes - Poolman
Rathbone - Burroughs
Goalies - Demko, Halak
Extras - Podkolzin, Schenn, Hunt
This will be one hell of a game It will be good to see the Vancouver Canucks play a good game and hopefully get the win, Before they head back home for their big home opener against the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.
My Prediction: 5-2 Canucks
