I'm amazed at the heart these guys have.
Game 5 was amazing. Everything was against them, the refs even waved off a perfectly good goal, but they refused to lose. They found a way to win. It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog that matters.
Demko. Boeser. Pettersson. Hughes. Horvat... Hell, the whole goddamn team. I love them.
But they still can't rest. They need to win two more games to get through these dark knights and face a brand new day in the conference final.
But I know they can do it. I have faith in them.
Tonight, once more, it's do or die.
Al Pacino has a few choice words he would like to say:
CANUCKS’ PROJECTED LINES
Forwards
J.T. Miller — Elias Pettersson — Brock Boeser
Tanner Pearson — Bo Horvat — Tyler Toffoli
Antoine Roussel — Adam Gaudette — Brandon Sutter
Tyler Motte — Jay Beagle — Jake Virtanen
Defence
Alex Edler — Troy Stecher
Quinn Hughes — Chris Tanev
Oscar Fantenberg — Tyler Myers
Goalies: Thatcher Demko, Louis Domingue
KNIGHTS’ PROJECTED LINES
Forwards
Max Pacioretty — William Karlsson — Mark Stone
Jonathan Marchessault — Paul Stastny — Reilly Smith
Nick Cousins — Nicolas Roy — Alex Tuch
William Carrier — Chandler Stephenson — Ryan Reaves
Defence
Brayden McNabb — Nate Schmidt
Alec Martinez — Shea Theodore
Nick Holden — Zach Whitecloud
Goalies: Robin Lehner, Marc-Andre Fleury
INJURIES
Canucks: Jacob Markstrom (groin, day-to-day), Micheal Ferland (concussion symptoms), Josh Leivo (fractured kneecap)
Golden Knights: No players on injured reserve
SPECIAL TEAMS
POWER PLAY
Canucks: 7th (23%)
Golden Knights: 8th (22.2%)
PENALTY KILL
Canucks: 16th (79%)
Golden Knights: 6th (85.4%)
I'm pumped. I know we can do this!
4-2 Canucks. (Well, if the refs decide to count the empty netter, that is...)
Let's rock'n'roll!
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