clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile

Filed under:

Game 27: Canucks At Avalanche, Preview And Open Thread

Matchcanucks_medium
Vs_medium
Matchavalanche_medium
Vancouver Canucks
Colorado Avalanche
15-10-2 December 7, 2008 12-13-1
Pepsi Center
Denver, CO

[David here, doing some last-minute pinch-hitting for Joe.]

Remember at the start of the season, when we thought the Avs were going to score 300+ goals this year, and the lowly Canucks would be lucky to hit 200? Yeah, funny how things work out, right? The Canucks, with 11 goals from reclamation project Kyle Wellwood, have 82 goals in 27 games - 15 more than our beloved Avs.

Vancouver so far is the surprise of the division, currently sitting in first. I don't have to tell you where the Avs are sitting.

In happier news, the Canucks are without Roberto Luongo. Vancouver is expected to start some guy named Cory Schneider (not to be confused with this guy or even this guy). I'm not going to lie, I've never heard of him - I guess he got his career win on Friday against the Wild. Sounds like we're getting set up for failure...


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2008 - Cory Schneider 4 171 1 2 0 0 7 2.46 71 64 .901 0


GP MIN W L T EGA GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
2008 - Peter Budaj 23 1330 9 12 1 1 60 2.71 610 550 .902 1