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CanuckJohnny · 07-25-2023, 12:02 AM

April Recap and Season Summary

Ryan Miller carried his Canucks to top berth in the Pacific Division. Without much run support, he was a workhorse, playing 63 games while posting top numbers in almost every goaltending statistical category. Vancouver has been strong at home, with a 28-8-5 record there, but on the road they have struggled with a losing record of 17-22-2. Meanwhile, San Jose came on strong after multiple moves around the deadline to bolster their lineup to finish second in the division. They will face Anaheim, who squeaked in by tiebreaker over Edmonton, in the first round in a battle of mediocrity. Neither team would've made the playoffs in the Central. The Kings and Flames both made deadline trades to bolster their lineups for the playoffs, only to see their squads falter down the stretch and miss the postseason entirely.

Chicago cruised to a President's Trophy even with Patrick Kane injured for the final stretch. They look like the class of the league at this point and boast a +108 goal differential. Nashville finished with 53 wins and still only placed second in their division. Matt Moulson was a good addition at the deadline for them, and Shea Weber should be returning to the lineup soon. Filip Forsberg finished with 45 goals, tying Ovechkin for second in the NHL. Carter Hutton concluded his surprising campaign with an eye-popping 16 shutouts. How will he fare in the playoffs? They will face off against the Blues in round one - St. Louis had an impressive season as well, led by Backes and Steen up front and solid goaltending from Brian Elliott. The Wild are Vancouver's 'prize' for winning the Pacific. They have nine more points than the Canucks and an impressive +52 goal differential and with Backstrom backstopping them they look to go far in the postseason. The Avs take the final wildcard playoff spot with 101 points, they have potential even though they are missing some firepower up front with Tanguay and MacKinnon out.

Detroit just keeps getting better as the season goes on, and by the end of the year they were a legitimate challenger to the Blackhawks for the President's Trophy. Their +95 goal differential is also second to only Chicago. The powerhouse got even stronger at the deadline when they added Keith Yandle from the Coyotes, the second highest scoring defenseman this season (to, you guessed it, Chicago's Duncan Keith). Boston has been strong all year and they earned home ice advantage in their first round series against Tampa. With experienced winners like Bergeron and Marchand, young rising stars like Pastrnak and Hamilton (whose 25 goals led all blueliners this season) and Tuukka Rask manning the net, they are a formidable opponent. Toronto has earned the lowly distinction of finishing last in NHL with a measly 57 points, the only club to fail to win at least 30 games.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have been on fire with Crosby leading the way. His 27 game point streak (he hasn't been held off the scoresheet since February 12th, over two months ago) has vaulted him to the top of the league in goals (with 46 to Ovi's and Forsberg's 45), assists and points, despite having missed six games due to injury early in the year. He's a man on a mission and the Devils will have to find a way to slow him down if they want to come out on top in their first round series. The Islanders have looked good all year and pushed the Penguins. John Tavares finished the season tied for fifth in the NHL in scoring. He is going to have to lead their young forward group against the Flyers in round one, and Jaroslav Halak will need to come up big in net. Philly will be looking to recently extended captain Claude Giroux (29-49-78) to make sure that doesn't happen. Giroux drives their offense, on a line with Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek. With physical defenseman Luke Schenn injured, the Flyers will need everyone to step up physically and be hard to play against. The Capitals get into the final playoff spot with 86 points, five more than the Rangers who made a respectable push, but they will be desperately overmatched against Detroit. Scott Hartnell was a great add for them, and Ovechkin looked rejuvenated with the additional secondary scoring, sandpaper and leadership Hartnell brought, but they will need to pull off an incredible upset if they want to move past the first round. Columbus will look to reload next year after a rough season that saw them lead the league in man games lost and play much of the year without two of their top four defensemen. Even Nate Schmidt, acquired mid-season to step into the injury-vacated roles available, was bitten by the bug and missed the rest of the year after hurting his leg. Next year they could look much better simply by staying healthier.

Team Stat Leaders:
GF/gm - Chicago (3.06), Detroit (3.04), Boston (2.94), Minnesota (2.88), Pittsburgh (2.84), St. Louis (2.76), NY Islanders (2.73), Nashville, Philadelphia (2.63), Colorado, Tampa Bay (2.57)
GA/gm - Chicago (1.77), Detroit (1.94), St. Louis (2.07), Nashville, Vancouver (2.10), Minnesota (2.15), Boston, Pittsburgh (2.16), Colorado (2.18), Tampa Bay (2.23)
PP - Chicago (24.0%), Detroit (22.6%), Washington (21.5%), Carolina (21.2%), Pittsburgh (20.0%), Montreal (19.6%), Boston (18.6%), Philadelphia (17.9%), Minnesota (17.6%), Anaheim (17.3%)
PK - Detroit (90.0%), Minnesota (89.3%), San Jose (87.9%), Colorado (86.3%), Dallas (86.1%), Columbus (86.0%), Washington (85.6%), Chicago (85.3%), Nashville (85.2%), NY Islanders (85.0%)

Goalie Leaders (min 25gp):
GAA - Howard (DET) 1.72, Crawford (CHI) 1.76, Miller (VAN) 1.86, Backstrom (MIN) 1.93, Varlamov (COL) 1.96, Elliott (STL) 2.01, Rask (BOS) 2.02, Fleury (PIT) 2.06
Sv Pct - Miller (VAN) .938, Varlamov (COL) .931, Holtby (WSH) .930, Bishop (TBL) .928, Task (BOS), Neuvirth (BUF), Backstrom (MIN) .927
SO - Hutton (NSH) 16, Crawford (CHI) 14, Varlamov (COL) 11, Fleury (PIT), Howard (DET) 10, Bishop (TBL), Miller (VAN) 9, Elliott (STL), Rask (BOS) 8
GSAA - Miller (VAN) 35.67, Varlamov (COL) 25.21, Holtby (WSH) 24.47, Neuvirth (BUF) 18.14, Rask (BOS) 17.98, Bernier (TOR) 16.43, Bishop (TBL) 16.15,
Niemi (SJS) 14.31

Defensemen Leaders:
Points - Keith (CHI) 15-53-68, Yandle (DET) 17-44-61, Spurgeon (MIN) 9-50-59, Streit (PHI) 19-38-57, Shattenkirk (STL) 18-39-57, Josi (NSH) 10-47-57, Green (WSH) 17-39-56, Hamilton (BOS) 25-29-54, Barrie (COL) 11-43-54, Letang (PIT) 9-43-52

Rookie Leaders:
Points - Gaudreau (CGY) 64, Pastrnak (BOS) 54, Klingberg (DAL) 47, Akeson (PHI) 40, Larkin (DET) 39, Trocheck (FLA) 37, Draisatl (EDM) 36

Other Stat Leaders:
Takeaways - O'Reilly (COL) 75, Doughty (LAK) 66, Vlasic (SJS) 63, Suter (MIN) 61, Brodin (MIN) 59, Gorges (BUF) 58, Tanev (VAN) 56, Slavin (CAR) 55
Hits - L. Schenn (PHI) 431, Bortuzzo (PIT) 399, Borowiecki (OTT) 347, Bjugstad (FLA) 305, Maroon (ANA) 266, Clifford (LAK) 241, Kassian (VAN) 239, Backes (STL) 233
Blocked Shots - Greene (NJD) 330, Alzner (WSH) 273, Suter (MIN) 227, Gorges (BUF), Schultz (PHI) 222, Beauchemin (ANA) 218, Stuart (NJD) 215, Vlasic (SJS) 211, Brodin (MIN) 210
PIM - Borowiecki (OTT) 264, Bortuzzo (PIT) 250, L. Schenn (PHI) 176, Clarkson (SJS) 156, Clifford (LAK) 149, Bodie (TOR) 142, Maroon (ANA) 127, Kassian (VAN) 126
FO% - J. Staal (CAR) 59.9%, Carter (LAK) 57.7%, Elkins (CBJ), White (PHI) 56.6%, Tavares (NYI) 56.4%, Toews (CHI) 56.3%, Bergeron (BOS) 56.1%, Bellemare (PHI) 56.0%
+/- - Saad (CHI), Seabrook (CHI) +42, Toews (CHI) +41, Keith (CHI), Steen (STL) +39, Backes (STL) +36, Eriksson (BOS) +35, Lee (NYI) +34

Injuries:
F Corey Perry (ANA) OUT 1-2 months (foot)
F Jakob Silfverberg (ANA) OUT 1-2 months (hand)
D Justin Faulk (CAR) OUT 1-2 months (hernia)
D Brett Pesce (CAR) DTD (shoulder)
D Jack Johnson (CBJ) OUT indefinitely (back)
D Fedor Tyutin (CBJ) OUT 1-2 months (knee)
D Nate Schmidt (CBJ) OUT 2-3 months (leg)
D Deryk Engelland (CGY) OUT 1-2 months (neck)
D Corey Potter (CGY) OUT 3-4 months (leg)
F Sven Baertschi (CGY) OUT 1-2 weeks (foot)
F Patrick Kane (CHI) OUT 1-2 weeks (knee)
F Alex Tanguay (COL) OUT 1-2 weeks
F Nathan MacKinnon (COL) OUT 2-3 months (elbow)
D Trevor Daley (DAL) OUT 2-3 weeks
F Stephen Weiss (DET) DTD (knee)
F Scottie Upshall (FLA) OUT 2-3 weeks (back)
D Erik Gudbranson (FLA) OUT 1-2 months (knee)
D Alec Martinez (LAK) OUT 1-2 weeks (shoulder)
F Jason Pominville (MIN) OUT 1-2 months (neck)
D Shea Weber (NSH) DTD (back)
F Craig Smith (NSH) OUT 1-2 months (knee)
D Seth Jones (NSH) DTD (leg)
F Mike Cammalleri (NJD) DTD (eye)
F Casey Cizikas (NYI) OUT 2-3 months (back)
D John Moore (NYR) OUT indefinitely (head)
F Chris Kreider (NYR) DTD (abdomen)
D Luke Schenn (PHI) OUT 1-2 months (leg)
D Mark Streit (PHI) OUT 2-3 months (ribs)
F Maxim Lapierre (STL) DTD (elbow)
F Ryan Reaves (STL) OUT 3-4 months (elbow)
D Jason Garrison (TBL) DTD (hamstring)
D Korbinian Holzer (TOR) OUT 1-2 months (knee)
D Dustin Byfuglien (WPG) OUT 3-4 months (elbow)
F Andrew Ladd (WPG) OUT 2-3 weeks (leg)
D Ben Chiarot (WPG) OUT 1-2 weeks (back)

07-25-2023, 12:02 AM	#31
CanuckJohnny All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 554	April Recap and Season Summary Ryan Miller carried his Canucks to top berth in the Pacific Division. Without much run support, he was a workhorse, playing 63 games while posting top numbers in almost every goaltending statistical category. Vancouver has been strong at home, with a 28-8-5 record there, but on the road they have struggled with a losing record of 17-22-2. Meanwhile, San Jose came on strong after multiple moves around the deadline to bolster their lineup to finish second in the division. They will face Anaheim, who squeaked in by tiebreaker over Edmonton, in the first round in a battle of mediocrity. Neither team would've made the playoffs in the Central. The Kings and Flames both made deadline trades to bolster their lineups for the playoffs, only to see their squads falter down the stretch and miss the postseason entirely. Chicago cruised to a President's Trophy even with Patrick Kane injured for the final stretch. They look like the class of the league at this point and boast a +108 goal differential. Nashville finished with 53 wins and still only placed second in their division. Matt Moulson was a good addition at the deadline for them, and Shea Weber should be returning to the lineup soon. Filip Forsberg finished with 45 goals, tying Ovechkin for second in the NHL. Carter Hutton concluded his surprising campaign with an eye-popping 16 shutouts. How will he fare in the playoffs? They will face off against the Blues in round one - St. Louis had an impressive season as well, led by Backes and Steen up front and solid goaltending from Brian Elliott. The Wild are Vancouver's 'prize' for winning the Pacific. They have nine more points than the Canucks and an impressive +52 goal differential and with Backstrom backstopping them they look to go far in the postseason. The Avs take the final wildcard playoff spot with 101 points, they have potential even though they are missing some firepower up front with Tanguay and MacKinnon out. Detroit just keeps getting better as the season goes on, and by the end of the year they were a legitimate challenger to the Blackhawks for the President's Trophy. Their +95 goal differential is also second to only Chicago. The powerhouse got even stronger at the deadline when they added Keith Yandle from the Coyotes, the second highest scoring defenseman this season (to, you guessed it, Chicago's Duncan Keith). Boston has been strong all year and they earned home ice advantage in their first round series against Tampa. With experienced winners like Bergeron and Marchand, young rising stars like Pastrnak and Hamilton (whose 25 goals led all blueliners this season) and Tuukka Rask manning the net, they are a formidable opponent. Toronto has earned the lowly distinction of finishing last in NHL with a measly 57 points, the only club to fail to win at least 30 games. The Pittsburgh Penguins have been on fire with Crosby leading the way. His 27 game point streak (he hasn't been held off the scoresheet since February 12th, over two months ago) has vaulted him to the top of the league in goals (with 46 to Ovi's and Forsberg's 45), assists and points, despite having missed six games due to injury early in the year. He's a man on a mission and the Devils will have to find a way to slow him down if they want to come out on top in their first round series. The Islanders have looked good all year and pushed the Penguins. John Tavares finished the season tied for fifth in the NHL in scoring. He is going to have to lead their young forward group against the Flyers in round one, and Jaroslav Halak will need to come up big in net. Philly will be looking to recently extended captain Claude Giroux (29-49-78) to make sure that doesn't happen. Giroux drives their offense, on a line with Brayden Schenn and Jakub Voracek. With physical defenseman Luke Schenn injured, the Flyers will need everyone to step up physically and be hard to play against. The Capitals get into the final playoff spot with 86 points, five more than the Rangers who made a respectable push, but they will be desperately overmatched against Detroit. Scott Hartnell was a great add for them, and Ovechkin looked rejuvenated with the additional secondary scoring, sandpaper and leadership Hartnell brought, but they will need to pull off an incredible upset if they want to move past the first round. Columbus will look to reload next year after a rough season that saw them lead the league in man games lost and play much of the year without two of their top four defensemen. Even Nate Schmidt, acquired mid-season to step into the injury-vacated roles available, was bitten by the bug and missed the rest of the year after hurting his leg. Next year they could look much better simply by staying healthier. Team Stat Leaders: GF/gm - Chicago (3.06), Detroit (3.04), Boston (2.94), Minnesota (2.88), Pittsburgh (2.84), St. Louis (2.76), NY Islanders (2.73), Nashville, Philadelphia (2.63), Colorado, Tampa Bay (2.57) GA/gm - Chicago (1.77), Detroit (1.94), St. Louis (2.07), Nashville, Vancouver (2.10), Minnesota (2.15), Boston, Pittsburgh (2.16), Colorado (2.18), Tampa Bay (2.23) PP - Chicago (24.0%), Detroit (22.6%), Washington (21.5%), Carolina (21.2%), Pittsburgh (20.0%), Montreal (19.6%), Boston (18.6%), Philadelphia (17.9%), Minnesota (17.6%), Anaheim (17.3%) PK - Detroit (90.0%), Minnesota (89.3%), San Jose (87.9%), Colorado (86.3%), Dallas (86.1%), Columbus (86.0%), Washington (85.6%), Chicago (85.3%), Nashville (85.2%), NY Islanders (85.0%) Goalie Leaders (min 25gp): GAA - Howard (DET) 1.72, Crawford (CHI) 1.76, Miller (VAN) 1.86, Backstrom (MIN) 1.93, Varlamov (COL) 1.96, Elliott (STL) 2.01, Rask (BOS) 2.02, Fleury (PIT) 2.06 Sv Pct - Miller (VAN) .938, Varlamov (COL) .931, Holtby (WSH) .930, Bishop (TBL) .928, Task (BOS), Neuvirth (BUF), Backstrom (MIN) .927 SO - Hutton (NSH) 16, Crawford (CHI) 14, Varlamov (COL) 11, Fleury (PIT), Howard (DET) 10, Bishop (TBL), Miller (VAN) 9, Elliott (STL), Rask (BOS) 8 GSAA - Miller (VAN) 35.67, Varlamov (COL) 25.21, Holtby (WSH) 24.47, Neuvirth (BUF) 18.14, Rask (BOS) 17.98, Bernier (TOR) 16.43, Bishop (TBL) 16.15, Niemi (SJS) 14.31 Defensemen Leaders: Points - Keith (CHI) 15-53-68, Yandle (DET) 17-44-61, Spurgeon (MIN) 9-50-59, Streit (PHI) 19-38-57, Shattenkirk (STL) 18-39-57, Josi (NSH) 10-47-57, Green (WSH) 17-39-56, Hamilton (BOS) 25-29-54, Barrie (COL) 11-43-54, Letang (PIT) 9-43-52 Rookie Leaders: Points - Gaudreau (CGY) 64, Pastrnak (BOS) 54, Klingberg (DAL) 47, Akeson (PHI) 40, Larkin (DET) 39, Trocheck (FLA) 37, Draisatl (EDM) 36 Other Stat Leaders: Takeaways - O'Reilly (COL) 75, Doughty (LAK) 66, Vlasic (SJS) 63, Suter (MIN) 61, Brodin (MIN) 59, Gorges (BUF) 58, Tanev (VAN) 56, Slavin (CAR) 55 Hits - L. Schenn (PHI) 431, Bortuzzo (PIT) 399, Borowiecki (OTT) 347, Bjugstad (FLA) 305, Maroon (ANA) 266, Clifford (LAK) 241, Kassian (VAN) 239, Backes (STL) 233 Blocked Shots - Greene (NJD) 330, Alzner (WSH) 273, Suter (MIN) 227, Gorges (BUF), Schultz (PHI) 222, Beauchemin (ANA) 218, Stuart (NJD) 215, Vlasic (SJS) 211, Brodin (MIN) 210 PIM - Borowiecki (OTT) 264, Bortuzzo (PIT) 250, L. Schenn (PHI) 176, Clarkson (SJS) 156, Clifford (LAK) 149, Bodie (TOR) 142, Maroon (ANA) 127, Kassian (VAN) 126 FO% - J. Staal (CAR) 59.9%, Carter (LAK) 57.7%, Elkins (CBJ), White (PHI) 56.6%, Tavares (NYI) 56.4%, Toews (CHI) 56.3%, Bergeron (BOS) 56.1%, Bellemare (PHI) 56.0% +/- - Saad (CHI), Seabrook (CHI) +42, Toews (CHI) +41, Keith (CHI), Steen (STL) +39, Backes (STL) +36, Eriksson (BOS) +35, Lee (NYI) +34 Injuries: F Corey Perry (ANA) OUT 1-2 months (foot) F Jakob Silfverberg (ANA) OUT 1-2 months (hand) D Justin Faulk (CAR) OUT 1-2 months (hernia) D Brett Pesce (CAR) DTD (shoulder) D Jack Johnson (CBJ) OUT indefinitely (back) D Fedor Tyutin (CBJ) OUT 1-2 months (knee) D Nate Schmidt (CBJ) OUT 2-3 months (leg) D Deryk Engelland (CGY) OUT 1-2 months (neck) D Corey Potter (CGY) OUT 3-4 months (leg) F Sven Baertschi (CGY) OUT 1-2 weeks (foot) F Patrick Kane (CHI) OUT 1-2 weeks (knee) F Alex Tanguay (COL) OUT 1-2 weeks F Nathan MacKinnon (COL) OUT 2-3 months (elbow) D Trevor Daley (DAL) OUT 2-3 weeks F Stephen Weiss (DET) DTD (knee) F Scottie Upshall (FLA) OUT 2-3 weeks (back) D Erik Gudbranson (FLA) OUT 1-2 months (knee) D Alec Martinez (LAK) OUT 1-2 weeks (shoulder) F Jason Pominville (MIN) OUT 1-2 months (neck) D Shea Weber (NSH) DTD (back) F Craig Smith (NSH) OUT 1-2 months (knee) D Seth Jones (NSH) DTD (leg) F Mike Cammalleri (NJD) DTD (eye) F Casey Cizikas (NYI) OUT 2-3 months (back) D John Moore (NYR) OUT indefinitely (head) F Chris Kreider (NYR) DTD (abdomen) D Luke Schenn (PHI) OUT 1-2 months (leg) D Mark Streit (PHI) OUT 2-3 months (ribs) F Maxim Lapierre (STL) DTD (elbow) F Ryan Reaves (STL) OUT 3-4 months (elbow) D Jason Garrison (TBL) DTD (hamstring) D Korbinian Holzer (TOR) OUT 1-2 months (knee) D Dustin Byfuglien (WPG) OUT 3-4 months (elbow) F Andrew Ladd (WPG) OUT 2-3 weeks (leg) D Ben Chiarot (WPG) OUT 1-2 weeks (back) Attached Images