Digging into the digits, we see cracks and seams in the Canucks’ play that look set to burst out and reveal all kinds of troubling trends.
At 13-13-3, the Canucks are sixth in the Pacific Division, three points out of a wild-card playoff spot.Advertisement 3The Canucks have actually gone eight straight games without a regulation win.
Since then they’ve had two overtime wins in San Jose, plus OT wins at home vs. Arizona and Montreal, plus Wednesday’s shootout win in Calgary.In regulation time, the Canucks have scored 92 goals on goalies and yielded 104 goals when their goalies is in the net.When is “.500” actually .500 in the NHL? Conventionally, we think of .500 being “won half of your games.”Article content
The Canucks have picked up 50 per cent of the points available, so in that sense they’re .500, but they’ve still lost 16 times this season, so in terms of wins vs. games played, they’re below .500. They’re decent road warriors, and it may prove to be their home record that undermines their playoff push.Eight of the Canucks’ 13 wins this season have been by one goal. That’s tied for third most in the NHL.One-goal wins have long been considered as somewhat up to luck.
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