That was impressive, seriously impressive.
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Tonight the Canucks showed they can ALSO win games by playing anti-hockey😂
zadorov died a little inside.
This was literally a repeat of Tuesdays game but the roles were switched lol
The Canucks weren't swimming on the ice though. Good defense is essential without Demko.
Ian Cole blocking a shot with his leg and then his head to stop a sure goal in the same sequence was absolutely nuts on the 5-3
It's not delivery, it's DeSmith
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No. It's not delivery, it's Di Giuseppe.
😂😂😂
DeNile is not just a river in Egypt, it's also a goaltending strategy in Vancouver.
Are you DiGiornio or Delissio?
I wonder if Miller having 50% of the total shots for a team in a game is a record of some sort.
Somehow the chaos giraffe has proven himself indispensable. What an arc he's had
All it took was for Myers to stop playing 20+ minutes a night, and having Zadorov who can be that big body instead
2-0 with Myers so far!
@@SMA2343i think myers was one of only two canucks defencemen to play over 20 minutes last night.
@@canuck2444 i checked and he played 22 mins, i think game 1 he played 18/19 but still all he needed was to play less and have a good partner with him. So Far, fuck Myers has been great
Fully agree with this, I just cannot believe I’m having to admit that guy is a big valuable piece at the moment.
Everyone owes DeSmith and the Canucks an apology
agreed, i could see those rebounds becoming a problem once a team knows to capitalize on them but for now desmith is absolutely great
Why? Ya think they will do it again? Not me..goalie was a fluke Canucks will lose this series
@@user-hv9jh4rn5j you’ve been their biggest fan all season apparently
@@andrepelletier9495 huh
@@Jrrobins99 He was kicking out rebounds on shots intentionally. The Preds were shooting for rebounds, and he was knocking them to a teammate or into the corner to avoid another high danger chance. I think it was as much strategy as it was anything else. Nashville wasn't necessarily shooting to score on an initial shot all the time, from what I could see. They were shooting from the side because the Canucks were boxing them out, forcing rebounds, but DeSmith was kicking the rebounds out of danger. I didn't see him giving up rebounds right in front of the net for point blank chances last night. It was part of the game plan. The Canucks collapsed back and were in position to get those rebounds and get them out of danger.
Zadorov was also super good this game. He brought the physicality and imposed himself well.
Been a beast in all 3 games. Dude is legit.
@@debuthunter5389 for sure. I was on the fence with him during the season, but now I definitely want him resigned
Tocchet did a reverse uno on the Preds. Everyone thought he wanted the team to pepper them with shots and tee it up, but instead, we played their game and was better at the shot blocking. DeSmith was absolutely dialed in. What a game!
Also, Vancouver broke the record for fewest shots on goal in a playoff win, with 12. PDO to the Moon, baby!
Record is 10 not 12.
@@SteveAngelis Canucks record was 13, they broke a franchise record.
franchise record just to clarify
What a game from DeSmith!!❤
Everyone is saying this game was soo boring i was thoroughly entertained
My heart rate alone disproves the theory that the game was boring. Haha. I think I might have hit a new record in the last couple minutes of that game.
In hockey and soccer some people say less goal is less entertaining but it was fun
Those who said that didn't watch it. The Canucks were buzzing for much of the game, just Nashville was still playing Meatwall in front of Saros and stepping in front of Hroenik shots. I guess they felt they didn't have enough bruises and broken bones yet. Canucks just have to keep whacking that meatwall with pucks and they'll wear down and lose a step, and the lanes will open up and an ice cold Saros will have to face some rubber with Canucks in his face. Nashville's strategy only works if the Canucks stop shooting before the Preds lose that step from the artillery bombardment. Even if the Preds were to squeak out a win, they'd hit the wall vs the Oilers or Stars or whoever they'd face in round 2 as they'd be limping into that series as the Walking Wounded.
Vancouver fans....You have a young, talented hockey team led by an excellent former player who knows what it takes to win in this league. Win or Lose...they are fun to watch. Enjoy and Go Canucks! 😊
Canucks special teams were at it's best all season here
DeSmith. DeSaviour. DeGoat.
What a performance by Desmith.
They did it for DeSmith. They did it for DePeople.
They did it for DeRock
They did it with DeFence
Your knowledge of hockey and awesome analysis is only outshone by your neat penmanship! 😂
would love to see a black version of this jersey with a white version for the canucks home and away, tat is my favorite design of theirs
At the season start i hoped at best that the Canucks be a wildcard team. They have excededed my expectations this year. Demco being out smacks the special team play importance in their face. Go Canucks
I heard Demko was actually crying in Tocchett's office after he got word he was out for a few weeks again. Tochhett apparently told Demko his season's not done, because the Canucks will still be playing when he's ready to come back and then Demko decided to ride with the team to Nashville and give DeSmith a big pep talk. What leadership from both the likely coach of the year, and Thatch. Building a Thatched roof roof for his backup to shelter him from the haters so he could focus on just doing what he's there to do, make some big saves and all the routine saves. Leadership all around.
Man what a game, the only thing I was worried about was every single time DeSmith went out to play the puck it felt dangerous. Multiple times it almost went to a wide open Predator and in the open net.
It's ok. DeSmith has acquired the voodoo. The world will soon be at peace.
Watched this game with my dad but missed the 1st period. Very solid defensive game by Vancouver!
I'm always impressed with how Shannon writes so neatly without lines on the board
Did you do your Brock Boeser dance Shannon?!
I've defended DeSmith this year, especially when he got stretched out during Demko's first injury. But he was as lucky as he was good last night. I didn't see if they were defensemen or not, but he had several Canucks helping him clean up the crease. That's the way they need to play from here on out. DeSmith left the net a couple of times and I thought he'd get burned, but he didn't. Good win for Vancouver, but Nashville ain't done yet. This is still a series...
That would be mostly Myers and Cole. The Chaos Giraffe was cleaning house in the blue paint and making sure DeSmith could see them all the way and all 6 of the canucks d were cleaning out the loose pucks.
Love your stuff, agree with your take that that was the best playoff game we’ve seen Vancouver play in a long while. I’d quibble over saying Nashville outplayed them; maybe, maybe not. Absolutely loved this game for DeSmith, and I’m sorry to say that although that was certainly his best effort and a great game I’m still not sure he’s enough going forward. I’m just glad he got to have a good game after all the post-Thatcher stress of that 2nd game. I don’t know how much more of that kind of punishment Hughes can take, either. BUT very happy with that win.
Good win. Great tendin'
Went to this game. It WAS A trainwreck to watch the preds not be able to do ANYTHING in the offensive zone. The shots say 31 Id say about 4 of those had traffic and one of them was a goal.
Play Pods I dont understand this. Hes physical and built for Playoffs. Much better than the 2 4th line wingers
I loved how the organist played "Blame Canada" from the South Park movie after the Boeser goal!
DeSmith, Cole, Zadorov and Blueger. The whole team did amazing but those are the players that stood out.
Cole making two insane saves during that power play was pretty insane. I think either of those go through him and its a goal.
Blueger is a good fit for “low event” hockey.
Let's not forget the Chaos Giraffe clearing some pucks form the blue paint too. Heck even Petey was stepping in front of shots. If he's not scoring goals right now, at least he's stopping them!
@@kftc1980 and when he centred the Life Line, he fit in well with against the flow hockey too.
My favourite jersey. Love it Shannon. I often wear that one when I go to games.
It is a beaut!
My fav Canucks jersey, and one of my personal fav jerseys of all time.
Vancouver isn't a done as we assumed after game 2.
Desmith isn’t. Offense looked dead though.
Nashville just flat out can’t beat the Canucks system. Evident in the regular season and now playoffs.
except for a game with a few lucky bounces and a short sighted strategy of trying to block all Canuck shots. by 3rd period game 2, I noticed they were starting to get tagged by some true blue Philip Hroenik cannonballs and several Preds were limping off the ice. It was then that I realized how short sighted that block everything meatwall approach could be as long as the Canucks don't let it go to their heads and stop blasting artillery shells at the Preds. Player pads are not meant to take 100 MPH slapshots -- that's what goalie pads are for. Players do too much of that and they'll have bruises and broken bones real quick. Between the shot blocks and body checks, I'm not surprised the Preds eventually lost a d-man to their strategy. Not that I like seeing anyone injured (except Todd Marchand), but it was to be expected with the high risk defense strategy they're running with.
Absolutely excellent defence from the canucks in game 3
The "Pettersson's invisible" argument is only valid because not all heroes wear capes. The guy is a great 2-way skater with lots of upside.
Happy for your Canuck’s!1 they are showing very well
Let's go Canucks 👍🏾👍🏾
Very impressive game by the Canucks today. 🧡💛🧡
It was good seeing Myers back this game, he was solid, sometimes gets deserved hate on and sometimes its habit to dump on myers Good gm by myers
I think most of the dumping on was mainly the fault of Benning offering him way too much money. For a guy who brings what Myers brings, a $6 mil cap hit stings. It got worse in the previous season in his pairing with OEL which was the worst d pairing in the league last year. But what a difference having him paired with either Cole or Soucey and a year makes! And a coach who figured out the secret sauce to getting Myers amped up to play again. Seemed like years of getting ragged on for that bad contract and a year with OEL broke Myers' spirit and now he's got it back. I was seeing flashes of it during the regular season, amid flashes of his early days habit of taking too many dumb penalties, but he seems to have finally figured out how to play it hard and physical without spending the game in the sin bin.
I’m happy for DeSmith, good on him
Nice jersey Shannon 😆👍
THG does not like Zadorov for some reason. He does not give him enough credits but super harsh when he makes mistakes
Desmith and Myers really bailed us out tonight.
Don't forgot Cole who did just as much as the Chaos Giraffe. Or Joshua laying out bodies and blocking shots, or even Petey getting in on the physicality and shot blocking. If he's not scoring at least he's getting a few helpers here and there and taking one for the team when they need him to.
What a game.
12 SOG?!
Was there no mention of Zadorov absolutely clearing the track of Roman Josi in the open ice? 😳
I felt after game 2 Nashville was getting too aggressive with the shot blocking against a team that can fire hard shots from many sources. That's when the lightbulb clicked on: All the Canucks have to do is keep basting their hardest shots. If for a while they hit Nashville skaters and don't get through, don't sweat it. Those cannons will leave their mark and wear the Predators down. Any time players who don't have goalie gear are making more saves then the actual goalie for a prolonged period of games, they're putting their health in danger and will slow down. Bruises and broken bones will force them to. Canucks just need to avoid the rut of fearing to shoot and passing all over the place looking for the elusive perfect shot. The shots will come when the Preds players all start hitting that one blocked shot too many and either start missing games to shot blocking injuries, or slowing down with too many leg bruises and are unable to keep up and the shooting lanes start opening up. Or the Preds will have to abandon that tactic and hope Saros can make saves after not seeing any rubber for several games.
Desmith proved alot of us wrong.
love your show ...but.... how you neatly write all that info on your board almost gives me a headache, I can't look at the screen, just thinking of myself attempting to do that lol
Man the hit by Zadorov on Josi ,wow
Hopefully the strong special teams gives them a confidence boost so they can be more consistent
If a Vancouver player hit their goalie like that it would be 5, game, plus 2 game suspension. Edler says hi.
The way the canucks played, I expected that type game from the jets. Good on Vancouver for the win, but i found it hard to watch.
Canucks PKs have been so solid this series. When PP is also good like tonight, we’re tough to beat.
Vancouvers special teams were incredible..but holding off Nashville pressure..is a time bomb..I see Hughes minutes drastically reduced...hoping tochette..has left some fuel in canucks tank for game 4..I would definitely think Nashville was way more depleted after game 3..interesting game of chess from teams coaches
Gutsy.
Casey smith flopping around like a cat fish on ice 😂😂 HEY! Jokes aside, amazing win. LETS GOOO!
Actually Casey was standing tall and proud like a true Captain Cool with a Scottish name we once had. He was known for standing tall, and casually kicking pucks away without even going down, cool as a cucumber was the masked Captain!
desmith legacy game
I guarantee that we will never hear about Nashville going 0-5 on the PP, but will hear about Toronto going 0-5 until the end of time
Someone needs to talk about how the Preds special teams sucks and loses them games though
I would have liked to seen the refs just pull a pred out of a pile.they were getting away with some extra curricular rough stuff, incl a few attempts to injure Hughes Canucks showed great restraint
Great play tongiht by the New Hampshire product (DeSmith)!
Looking at the score in the third period and realizing they are about to win a hockey game in the playoffs having only 12 shots on net... Thats something.
The low SOG totals are deceptive though, The Canucks took way more then 12 shots on goal, but half or so were saved not by Saros, but by the 5 guys in front of Saros, so they don't count for some dumb reason. Really makes games where one team is making it their mission to block every shot look worse then they really were.
Where can I get a jersey like that?
It’s MERIGOLD not yellow! What a jersey
Ya'll counted them out.
I'm glad you pointed out those games in the first half of the season, where they were outshot, didn't get many shots, and still won the game by controlling the middle of the ice. The Canucks can beat their opposition in a lot of ways. If you want to play low event hockey against them, their tree sized defencemen can force you to the perimeter and they'll let you shoot from there all night and still probably block the shot.
or just let the shots through, fully confident the masked bandit will commit robbery behind them. why risk injury taking rubber when you got a guy all kitted up for that who won't let you down? And if you want to run and gun, well, Petey, Boesser, Miller and Hughes got some skills to flash and goals to score. Thatch or Casey will make enough big saves for you to outscore your mistakes and get the big score Dub. If you want to play goonery, well, Joshua, Myers, Zedorov and Miller can out goon and out skill when the goonery eventually results in inevitable power plays and, on that note, the Canucks can kill penalties and hurt you on the powerplay too!
@@Seriously_Unserious Somewhere around the 90s it went from a couple coaches insisting on everyone blocking shots all the time, to it being a standard in the NHL. Equipment has slowly caught up, when skaters bother to protect themselves properly, but with composite sticks adding even more shot power it gets crazier. Goaltenders have gone from the most dangerous position to the safest position. I've read interviews with goalies who just shake their head about the way skaters block shots with limited protection.
@@gordonmacdowell8117 and after Game 4 with 2 blueliners missing shifts due to pucks to the face from the block everything mentality, though to be fair those particular face shots were freak deflections both times, but blocking shots is a dice roll every time, and sometimes the dice just like to roll snake eyes on you. Myres and Josi both rolled snake eyes this game.
@@Seriously_Unserious it's crazy that players are blocking shots in the regular season as much as they do, but it's become the standard. Players and dentists are making careers by shot blocking.
@@gordonmacdowell8117 not to mention cast makers. BKS may have broken bones from the names that they called her in the 90s, but those players got broken bones, not from the sticks and stones and not from the names, but from the pucks that hit them.
Wow 12 Shots. Wow. Huge Win.
Wow brilliant myopic analysis
@@jasonaltig985 Thanks
GGs Vancouver, we will get you next time... maybe lol
Why can’t the PK play like this all the time absolutely phenomenal penalty killing it was like watching a completely different team
Canucks special teams get a 👏👏👏
Question did the Canucks just played defence after first. They did not look like they were willing to leave their zone.
Wow
Wheres podkolzin? Switch him up for mikayev
A lot of credit to DeSmith playing great and a lot to Saros for stinking. 12 shots by the Canucks? YIKES
12 shots? Where is the whole year offence? If yu ask me that is bad.
6:35 lmao you’re absolutely right they don’t, they never do
I apologize DeSmith, i wasnt familiar with your game
DeSmith stole that one for the Nucks. He had a fantastic game. We Preds fans hope he can't sustain that.
Casey DeSmythe
If Vancouver plays like this against a non wildcard team they will lose lol, but damn Desmith played well
If not for nashvilles bad start they wouldn't have been a wildcard team. One of the best teams league wide in the second half of the year. Playing better hockey than some ranked above them when the playoffs started.
Impresssive by the Canucks, but I wouldn't make a steady diet of it the rest of the series
12 shots 12 shots 12 shots.
Only took 5 to win ;)
I don't know if Vancouver can hold off the likes of Florida, Edmonton, Carolina, or the NYRs, but I hope they do. Good luck Canuckies !! 👍👍
all finns in comment section: saros god mode :D
You need a video man to add to your commentary
See you in round 2 boys, that is gonna be a riot. Signed, Oilers fan
We need a packet, if either team makes the finals and looses the fans riot
I want a Boston canuck redo .
If everyone thought today's Edmonton/LA game was a shit show just wait until it's the Canucks vs Oilers in Round 2 🤣
Let’s concern ourselves with Round 1 first. This series is far from over.
The Canucks are good. But the Oilers are terrifying. Someone will need to cover Draistl in the corner. That guy never misses at that sharp angle.
Happy with the win, but this game was BORING, game 2 was basically the same but that was FRUSTRATING
Yup this was a repeat of Tuesdays game just with the roles switched
Winning with 12 shots on net is unbelievable. I don’t think Vancouver makes it passed a team like the Avs or Florida. No shot. That combined with the copious amounts of blocked shots.. they are going to be pulverized by the second round.
I am not impressed with 12 shots
Two of them were very powerful.
Boring but they win!!!!!! And Casey DS was amazing. So happy for him, he had big shoes to fill, especially since they were psychological shoes to fill 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hate to be a damper, but I think tonight's strategy can only go so far. Reminiscent of the Canadiens 3 years ago...with Carey Price. They were eventually badly humbled by the Lightning. Having only 12 shots in a game.....is just not a winning strategy in playoff hockey. WIthout over the top goaltending, this strategy completely falls apart. I predict the Canucks will likely be out by next round of playoffs. A teams like the Avs would have destroyed them in a game like this one. A very biased assessment, in my opinion. If the game would have been tied, I think the Canucks would have lost.
@joeidaho5938 why is this a biased opinion, cause Shannon called the game the way it happened 😂😂😂 Salty losers 😂😂😂
This is the strategy of the future.
@@sonnyleprette7040 You obviously have the same bias. Any other team doing this stuff would be cautioned. A team with 12 shots in a game...and relying on stellar goaltending to save them.....is always bound to fail. They are facing the worst teams in the playoffs now. Just wait till the next two rounds. They will get whooped if they keep trying this stuff.
@@joeidaho5938 what does it matter how many shots they got in one game, how does that mean anything in future games. And again I fail to understand why you said biased cause it's just how the game went.
@@elephantrange That's just funny. You haven't been around hockey much...if you think this has not been done before many times. Canucks were just lucky to get out the other end....because this strategy fails often.
Casey desmith shutout, goal interference
If the Canucks figure that they can win more games with only 12 shots on goal, they're dreaming. Good game by them but they had better not do this again. As a Flames fan, I'm cheering for the Canucks but Pederson needs to get going.
@billdapp2491 who on the canucks is pederson 😂😂😂😂 win is a win regardless of how many shots it takes 😮😮😮
GG Nucks. Preds in 6 still
I don’t know how you can have so much faith in our team
Because we are the better team@@Cheyennemae.A
Yup they stole one last night! I mean good for them games like this happen. If they meet Edmonton next round gotta get through Nashville so just saying if they continue to take 5 or 6 penalties a game I can’t see it going well against the Edmonton power play. Feel sorry for Hughes he must be black and blue this morning they were smoking him pretty good.
Boy, the Canucks look terrible today! Totally got outplayed and lucky not to lose.
Makes you wonder what this game would have looked like if it was just majority 5 on 5 instead of penalties being thrown out every minute
You got a pretty low bar if you think that was a good game by the Canucks & EP. They were under siege far too often. Hughes was getting pummeled. It’s not a sustainable way to play. Boeser’s penalty was not legitimate. He had stick position & their player grabbed the stick to fall over it. Also Boeser & Miller were the clear standouts. Boeser made many intelligent plays throughout the game. Petey’s skating, vision & decision making is still subpar on the whole.
Under siege? Most of Nashville's shots weren't high danger chances. They did well defensively.
@@TheHockeyGuy They were playing with fire. Nashville was in their end most of the night & for the entirety of the 3rd. They just didn’t get the bounces but they will if they keep it up. The meagre shots on goal for the Canucks isn’t sustainable for winning hockey. Having said that I like the Canucks as a counter punching team, they often do better when they dictate play lesser than the opponent but last night was too extreme turtling for my liking
Who cares? They won with 12 shots. Every game is different. They defended really well. Every game in this series has been totally different. They had 81 shot attempts in game two which they lost.
Joshua should have received a Major for that boarding hit. It was blatant and targeted. I really do not like Joshua now. I'm also disappointed about DeSmith getting hit.
Video review established that it WASN'T a major. If you don't like Joshua for that hockey hit, then you must not like half the league. The 2 min was absolutely the right call on a player that doesn't carry a bad reputation. His hits are 99% clean.
What 2 power play goals and 12 shots is the most impressive nucks game you’ve seen since 2011? Yeeesh shans
He means a shut down, defensive game. Majority of Nashville chances were to the outside until late in the third
They did what they had to do and they gutted this one out. You could say it's luck except they've won ugly like this multiple times this year. They find a way to win. In its own way that is as impressive as winning 10-0.
Yea I'm a canucks fan and agree. Wasn't a terrible game, but no means amazing