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Vancouver Canucks' Kevin Lankinen Looks for Revenge as He Takes on Former Goalie Partner Juuso Saros

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Maverick Mitchell
November 17, 2024  (3:50 PM)
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As the Vancouver Canucks looks to win back to back games, Kevin Lankinen is looking for revenge as he faces his former team and goalie partner.

With a record of 3-0 this season after a loss, Lankinen will be looking to continue that trend as he faces his old team.

Goaltending is debatably the most important aspect to whether a team has success or not, and this season, Kevin Lankinen has been that for the Vancouver Canucks.

This matchup against the Nashville Predators means a little extra for Kevin Lankinen as this will be the first time he faces off against his former team.

The predators elected not to sign Lankinen to an extension, which opened the door for general manager Patrik Allvin to snatch him up for cheap this offseason.

Kevin Lankinen takes on Juuse Saros and his former team the Nashville Predators

In 12 starts this season for the Vancouver Canucks, Kevin Lankinen is proving to the predators that they should have signed him when they had the chance.

Serving as the preds backup, it was a gamble on how he would fair as a starter in the NHL, and with Demko still with an injury, and Arturs Silovs proving he can't handle a full schedule, Lankinen has been the go to guy, and is running with t he opportunity.

The Canucks announced that Kevin Lankinen will face off against his former goalie partner as he holds a .907 save percentage 2.60 goals against average.

Goalie matchup for tonight

With the Predators and starter Juuse Saros struggling having their former backup goalie excelling is not a great look for Barry Trotz and the organization as a whole as they probably regret letting Kevin Lankinen go.

Juuse Saros
4-8-2
.915 SV%
2.52 GAA
2 SO

Kevin Lankinen will start for #Canucks
8-2-2
.907 SV%
2.60 GAA
1 SO

Lankinen Unlike Kiefer Sherwood, has not yet commented on what it means playing against his former team, but you can guess it means a little extra.

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