Given a chance to move the 32-year-old at last month’s trade deadline, Vancouver general manager Patrik Allvin kept the two-time Stanley Cup champion, praised his leadership qualities and declared that Schenn would remain an important piece on the Canucks. Let's just worry about what's in front of me.'”ĭefenceman Luke Schenn not only progressed from lineup extra to lineup regular this season, partnering top blue-liner Quinn Hughes, but also became a leader and culture-setter for the Canucks. I think he's smart enough to say, 'OK, I'll put that behind me, what didn't go right this year. “You know what, you can have a bad year and then you can correct that bad year in a couple of good weeks and playoffs.
“He looked like a different guy,” Boudreau said. The three points matched Dickinson’s offensive output from his previous 23 games. Vancouver led the rest of the way, also answering Hintz’s second-period shorthanded goal with a Jason Dickinson deflection at 10:33 that restored the Canucks’ two-goal lead and chased Dallas starter Jake Oettinger.Īnd just to further illustrate what strange things are happening, Dickinson, elevated to the second line due to Chiasson’s unexpected absence, finished with a goal and two assists, seven shot attempts, was plus-three and logged 15:50 of ice time in his best game of the season. They were outshot 11-5 early on by the Stars and could have trailed by a couple of goals.īut Elias Pettersson tapped in a puck at the post, beautifully reversed to him by minor-league callup Sheldon Dries – who else would it have been? – to put the Canucks ahead 2-1 at 15:09, seven minutes after Roope Hintz had tied it for Dallas. The last-minute scratch of Alex Chiasson, improbably the Canucks’ hottest scorer lately, felt typical of their luck.
They face the Kings on April 28 in Game 81. Monday was the latest biggest-game-of-the-season for the Canucks - because of the opponent and the fact Vancouver had only one other game remaining against a team they’re trying to run down. We know what's at stake we want to do it, but we also know that we're huge underdogs, and so we're just going to play our butts off and see where it ends up.” TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS And if we win (tonight), then it shortens it down to six games and all we have to do is win six. “So we're just going out there to have fun and we're going to work our ass off. “It's daunting in a sense but it's fun because no one's giving us a chance,” coach Bruce Boudreau said after the morning skate. The Canucks’ hope for a miracle finish feels a lot less dumb than it did two weeks ago. And Vancouver has six games to go, starting Tuesday at home against the Ottawa Senators.Īfter the final horn sounded Monday, the scoreboard showed a video of Lloyd Christmas from Dumb and Dumber: “So you’re telling me there is a chance. They are five points behind Western Conference wildcard teams Dallas and Nashville, four behind the Los Angeles Kings in the race for third place in the Pacific Division. On Monday, 15 days later, the Canucks won their sixth straight, handling the Dallas Stars, one of the teams they are chasing, 6-2 at Rogers Arena. They lost 3-2 in overtime to the Vegas Golden Knights on April 3, leaving them 12 games to go.
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