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Vancouver Canucks announce starting goalie & shake up their lineup big time for matchup against the Devils

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Maverick Mitchell
October 30, 2024  (2:06 PM)
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As the Vancouver Canucks look to get back into the win column this evening against the New Jersey Devils, the Vancouver Canucks have announced their starting goalie and made some big lineup changes.

With Devils' Jack and Luke Hughes coming into to town to face off against their brother Quinn Hughes, the three siblings will all step foot on the same ice, adding a little extra meaning to this evenings matchup (October 30th).

After winning four consecutive games, Rick Tocchet reveled that he was not going to make any changes until they lost, and with them falling to the Hurricanes in OT on Monday, he immediately went back to the drawing board to improve on things he did not like.

We're going to have to make some changes,» Tocchet told reporters post-game. «Not working hard enough, very lackadaisical.

«I thought a couple of guys were playing slow. You can't play slow against a high-pressure PK. You just can't. I think I'm going to make a couple of changes. We'll talk tomorrow.»

Canucks announce starting goalie and projected lineup for matchup against the New Jersey Devils

It was reported that the Canucks would most likely go back to Kevin Lankinen, who would be making his 5th consecutive start in net, as Arturs Silovs would be on the bench once again.

Before his OT loss, he held a 1.70 GAA, an insane 94.1% save percentage, adding another shutout to his resume.

Now, with that being said, according to Sportsnet 690, what had been seen at pre-game skate today was that Arthur Silovs was the first goalie off the ice, indicating his return to action, and immediately after practice, head coach Rick Tocchet confirmed Silovs as the starter.

This will be Silovs' first game in two weeks, as he last played against the Tampa Bay Lightning on October 15, it will be quite interesting to see how he bounces back after such an extended break from NHL action.

Obviously, it is never 100% confirmed what the lineups will be or who the starting goalie will get the nod, but from the looks at pre-game practice today, (which almost guarantees the lineup and starting goalies), it looks like head coach Rick Tocchet is making some big changes to the lineup, especially the powerplay.

Projected Lineup

Forwards

LW Jake DeBrusk - C J.T. Miller - RW Brock Boeser
LW Arshdeep Bains - C Elias Pettersson - RW Conor Garland
LW Danton Heinen - C Teddy Blueger - RW Kiefer Sherwood
LW Nils Hoglander - C Pius Suter - RW Daniel Sprong

Defence

Quinn Hughes - Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy - Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom - Noah Juulsen

Golaies

Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs

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