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Retro Night Saturday Canucks vs Avalanche In what most fans would say should be the 3rd Jersey's. Canucks vs Avalanche Saturday will feature the beautiful skate Jersey. Tonight will be 90's throwback night, most Canuck fans will remember this Jersey from the 94 Cup final run. Vancouver will be hoping their team won't come up short tonight. What should be an exciting game will be made better by those Black, Yellow and Red Jersey's. Black. 🔥 Red. 🔥 Yellow. 🔥 pic.twitter.com/HeHZZlmTra — Vancouver #Canucks (@Canucks) November 17, 2019 Canucks vs Avalanche comes into tonight after a tough loss at the hands of the Dallas Stars. While Colorado will also look to get back on winning ways. They had a bit of a beat down Thursday in Edmonton at the Hands of the Oilers. Well Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl anyways, wait that's the Oilers. Things don't get easier for the Avalanche tonight as they face off against a hungry Canucks team. Injuries have been the story for Colorado so far this season. On top of Mikko Rantanen and Gabriel Landeskog being out. Tonights Canucks vs Avalanche game will feature the Av's 4th string goalie. Philipp Grubauer and Pavel Francouz are both injured. The 3rd string is getting the night off which leaves things to 4th strong Goalie Antoine Bibeau. He might be getting thrown to the wolves tonight. Canucks vs Avalanche will only be his 3rd ever NHL start. Mind you his stats aren't that bad in the two games, and it was for the Leafs so you know he had no Defense. Vancouver will counter with Thatcher Demko. Head coach Travis Green continues to rotate between him and Jacob Markstrom. Demko is 4th in the league with a .931 save percentage and a 2.13 Goals Against Average. Canucks vs Avalanche NHL will be a test for both Goalies. Tonights Retro game will feature the 7th and 11th top scorers in the NHL. Nathan Mackinnon has picked up all the slack since the Injuries. He has 11 goals and 15 assists for 26 points in only 19 games. While on the other side Elias Pettersson will look to add to his 8 goals and 24 points. He has good memories of Colorado from last year. Canucks vs Avalanche could be a high scoring game. It could be a goaltender duel. Either way, both these teams are up at the top end of the Western Conference Standings. Sitting both 3rd in the Central and Pacific. Colorado has 24 points and leads the west with a +13 goal differential. Not to be outdone Vancouver has 23 points and is tied for second with +11. Everything tells us this should be a good hockey game Canucks vs Avalanche. One thing fans should be watching tonight is the Rookie Matchup. Quinn Hughes sits 4th in Rookie scoring while Colorado's wonder D Cale Makar leads all Rookies. And with 18 points! Hughes 12 is fantastic for any rookie to let alone a defenseman. Fans in the NHL have been treated to Rookie matchup ups seemingly every night. Hughes vs Hughes, or Makar vs Hughes the Rookie race will be close this year, Not The Start Canucks vs Avalanche Wanted In The 1st Period The Canucks vs Avalanche NHL Saturday night had a chance early in the 1st. An early Penalty call on Colorado's Ryan Graves for Holding. Vancouver should have had all the momentum. Despite having control of the powerplay nothing came of it with only 1 shot. Colorado started coming on after the penalty. A shot on net which was saved by the post. Shortly after Canucks vs Avalanche gave up two quick penalties. Chris Tanev went off for tripping at 16:29. Less than a minute later Tyler Meyers took an Interference penalty and Vancouver were down 2 men. Some key saves by Demko and the Canucks vs Avalanche were able to kill them both off. Nathan Mackinnon was flying around the ice and looked good. After a TV timeout, Colorado's Nikita Zadoroz won the drawback to the point. Erik Johnson got a shot towards the goal that was tipped past Demko. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored his 4th of the year. 6:56 into the first and the Canucks vs Avalanche were down 1-0. A huge save by Thatcher Demko shortly after kept his team in the game. Shots were 5-5 at the 10-minute mark of the 1st. A holding the stick call on Matt Calvert gave Vancouver another chance. After control, in the oppositions end the Canucks couldn't get any shots through to Bibeau. 0/2 on the powerplay with only 1 shot. What a save by Demko! Keeping the #Canucks in this game early #VANvsCOL #TeamLikeThat #canucks50 #NHL pic.twitter.com/Z1DjsZEXpQ — Joshua (@JoshuaGriffith0) November 17, 2019 The Canucks vs Avalanche were killing themselves with not getting shots on the net. This has been a problem for several games now and it continued tonight. A bright spot again for Vancouver was Jake Virtanen. Again on the ice for 2 goals against (6 in the last 2 games). He finished with 5 hits and 1 shot. He also had the same spark he did last game against the Dallas Stars. Fans were getting a bit restless but they got rewarded late in the period. After a Hooking penalty to Colorado's Graves. Green switched things up and went with the second Powerplay unit to start. It didn't take long as a pass from Alex Edler to Adam Gaudette got tipped over to Josh Leivo. Gaudette made no mistake putting it past the sliding Bibeau. Canucks vs Avalanche was all tied up at 1 going into the second. Makar Mackinnon Show 2nd Period Canucks vs Avalanche The second period of Canucks vs Avalanche started off perfect for the road team. A lot of back and forth Neutral zone play. Not letting Vancouver set up anything and forcing their chances to the outside. The Canucks did get some shots and chances but Bibeau was equal to the task when called upon. Josh Leivo looked good with Bo Horvat and Jake Virtanen. Demko was also making the saves needed to keep them in the game. It was short-lived as Nathan Mackinnon got control of the puck. He was able to control it and get and force a high sticking penalty on Baertschi. He got the stick up on Kadri and after a blocked shot off the faceoff, the second one went as planned. Horvat lost one of his only Faceoffs of the evening. But for the Canucks vs Avalanche, it was an important one. Kadri won it back to Makar and after his shot was blocked, Mackinnon made no mistake. 3-1 Colorado. Things didn't stop there as Canucks vs Avalanche were being outplayed. Have I mentioned Makars' name enough tonight? No? cause it won't stop soon. He found Nazem Kadri on the wing with a beautiful pass. Kadri came in and ripped the shot past Demko to make it 3-1 for the visitors. It was very quiet at Rogers Arena. Nazem Kadri, thank you very much.#GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/F99mWcKxDa — Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) November 17, 2019 A penalty-filled game continued in the second period for the Canucks vs Avalanche. Both teams could not stay out of the box. Edler continued on his league-leading run of 14 minor penalties. Luckily the Avs couldn't convert. Kadri and Gaudette got into the penalty party but again no one could make the other team pay. It wasn't until late in the period when Ian Cole took an Interference penalty. That the Canucks Vs Avalanche were able to get back into the game. After some nice work again by the second powerplay unit. Adam Gaudette got his second of the game and 4th of the season. Pearson and Baertschi did some hard work on the forecheck to get him the puck. "The Guard" made no mistake and it was 3-2 Colorado at the end of the period. Shots were 16-16 but Vancouver was being the more physical team up 12-4 in hits. A 3rd Period Comeback From The Cardiac Canucks vs Avalanche It was a lively crowd on Saturday. They did not want to be left disappointed on Retro night Canucks vs Avalanche. Fans were hoping the same resilient team would show up down a goal to start the 3rd period. Things started off as Vancouver went to the Powerplay. A Penalty to Zadorov for tripping at 3:03 into the period and Vancouver had their chance. It was squandered as they could not get anything going on the PowerPlay. 2 Shots but handled by Bibeau and it was still 3-2 for the Avs. Things switched as Colorado was able to rush the puck down. Controlling in Vancouver's end. Nathan Mackinnon was able to fight off a check and get it out to Andre Burakovsky for his 8th of the year. Makar got another assist to add his great game. It will be hard for anyone to catch him at this pace. 13:51 to go and the Canucks vs Avalanche were once again down two goals. One thing that fans can take from this year's team. They do not quit. Back and forth play for most of the 3rd period. Colorado was happy to clog the Neutral zone and not let Vancouver get any good scoring chances. While the Canucks vs Avalanche were winning the shot battle. They weren't able to test the 4th string goaltender till later in the game. Cue the Cardiac Canucks and no quit. With their backs to the wall and the clock winding down. Travis Green pulled Demko with 3:33 left in the game. After having to put him back in the 6 on 5 advantage was able to get a goal. Miller to Hughes to Edler and he was able to Snap it in for a goal. 4-3 Colorado and game on with over 2 minutes to go. The pressure continued and Vancouver was able to get the equalizer late. Again with the goalie out Vancouver was able to get control in the Colorado zone and make them pay. Hughes and Pettersson were able to set up Brock Boeser for his 9th goal of the year. The Canucks vs Avalanche clawed back once again. 4-4 and we were heading to Overtime. And who doesn't love 3 on 3 hockey? Away Team Prevails Canucks vs Avalanche It was a short-lived 3 on 3 as colorado sent Mackinnon out on a mission. The Avs controlled off puck drop and didn't make a mistake. Mackinnon rushed up and made JT Miller look like a pylon before snapping it by Demko to end the game 5-4. Cale Makar got his 4th assist of the night on the goal and continues to separate himself from the other Rookies. It was a well-deserved point for the Canucks vs Avalanche. They outshot and outhit the Avs. 32-23 in shots means a lot of missed chances for Vancouver. They did not look like the better team for most of the night but did have the occasional flash. Green will have to figure out what he is doing with his 4th line while everyone's injured. Eriksson is getting as many minutes as me out there. Colorado will look to continue on their road trip. Games in Calgary against the Flames and Minnesota vs the Wild. The Avs will be looking to finish off strong after going 2-1 through Canada so far. A lot of confidence will be gained by Antoine Bibeau. He may not be the #1 goalie with all the injuries, but he will get called upon. Vancouver will take to the road. A season-long 6 game road trip against some of the top teams in the league. Canucks vs Avalanche Saturday will be unhappy to not get both points. Vancouver won't have much time to think about tonight. They head to Dallas to play a Stars team that beat them 4-2 earlier in the week. Demko was a bit shaky and should rebound in the upcoming games. I would Imagine Markstrom will get the start for a redemption game. Vancouver needs to start better. They can't give up the first goal in every game and expect to come back. Beautiful Jerseys, A beautiful comeback but like in 94 it fell a bit short. Luckily no one rioted! Check out Sports Talk Line NHL for all your Hockey news. And follow me on Twitter for more sports content.

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