Meanwhile, Teuvo Teravainen missed his second consecutive game because of an upper-body injury.
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The banged-up Canucks are not home for long. The Canucks will be right back in action on Sunday, hosting the New Jersey Devils.
Chicago Blackhawks’ Artemi Panarin, of Russian Federation, gets the stick of Vancouver Canucks’ Chris Higgins caught in his skate during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, November 21, 2015, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Henrik Sedin is the only other Canucks’ player to collect over 900 points.
Their inability to win close games has cost the Canucks dearly this season. We can’t afford that. “We can’t wait for a game to start playing well”.
The Canucks hope he can provide them with an energy boost of sorts.
“We had a good start to the season so it saved us a little bit”, Vancouver captain Henrik Sedin said after Friday’s practice at Rogers Arena. “They understand that if we do a couple of things differently, we have a chance to win games”.
Benning said injuries to Sutter and Sbisa have hurt Vancouver’s normally reliable penalty-kill, which was torched for eight goals on the seven-game trip.
“He was aggressive, he stood up for his teammates, he battled all the time”, Desjardins said.
But the Canucks retook the lead with 5:25 left in regulation when Daniel Sedin beat Crawford off a pass from Henrik Sedin on the shortside for his ninth to make it 4-3 before tipping home another feed from his brother just 2:01 later. He returns with the team sitting at 7-7-6. Prust said it wasn’t easy watching his team struggle. It’s going to be good to get back.
Hutton is believed to have been hurt while blocking a shot late in Wednesday’s 4-1 loss in Winnipeg. “But that’s part of the game now, and we have to figure out how we are going to be successful and win a few games in that three-on-three”.
“Even though our record right now is not where we want it to be, I think once we get healthy we’ll be OK”, Benning said. After missing Friday’s game against the Flames because of an illness, Dano was back on the ice Saturday. “But I have to be cautious out there, I didn’t get involved in any battles and basically just used one hand out there”.
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While acknowledging he is far from satisfied with his team’s start, Benning said Thursday he remains confident the Canucks can recover from their recent stumbles.
