Canucks by the numbers: Time is getting short to right their course
Vancouver Canucks are struggling in the NHL and are well off a playoff-qualification pace. They are in seventh place in Pacific Division, five points behind the fourth-placed Edmonton Oilers. Thanksgiving is in a week.
After Bruce Boudreau took over on Dec. 5 for Travis Green, the Canucks went 32-15-10. If they'd been able to sustain that pace over 82 games, they would have finished with 106 points. Over 57 games they didn't amass enough points to make up the ground they had given away at the beginning of the season. They also ran into late-season injury trouble. Time is getting short for the Vancouver Canucks to right their course.
The Canucks are currently at a point of improvement from last season. They need to go 4-4 in next 8 games to get back to where they were.
Canucks need to pick up 82 points over the remaining 65 games on the year to make the playoffs.
The Canucks are a 103-point team. Last season the Pittsburgh Penguins had 103 points. The Edmonton Oilers had 104 points last season.
The Canucks have a 39% chance of making the playoffs. The Seattle Kraken has a better chance at 39%.
Demko is supposed to be the Canucks' No. 1 goalie, but he has only one of the team's five wins. He underwent surgery in the off-season for an injury he suffered late in last season.
Bo Horvat and J.T. Miller have played more than 175 minutes in November. They are second and third on the minutes-played-in-November list behind Connor McDavid. The Canucks are using both forwards in all situations and leaning on them heavily.
The Canucks are 5-9-3 on the season. They are taking 46.9% of the shot attempts in a game. The Natural Stat Trick xG model suggests they should be getting 46% more shots. The Corsi metric is more reliable in predicting future success.
Vegas Golden Knights have scored 19 more goals than they've given up. The Canucks are third in the league, but they have given away 70 goals and are -10 in goal differential. They play Colorado next week.
