Friday, November 21, 2008

Game 20- Vancouver Canucks @ Penguins

Roberto Luongo and the Northwest Division leading Vancouver Canucks will be in town on Saturday afternoon for a daytime tilt with the Penguins. Luongo, widely regarded as the NHL's top netminder, will be sure to have his hands full with Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal, Miro Satan, and the Penguins' potent offensive attack.

Dany Sabourin will be in goal for the Penguins, and he'll have no easy task himself. He will be dealing with brothers Daniel and Henrik Sedin, as well as underrated snipers like Mason Raymond and Ryan Kesler. Steve Bernier and Kyle Wellwood have made solid offensive contributions to Vancouver this year as well.

Marc-Andre Fleury is still injured and will not play.

On the back end for the Canucks, Kevin Bieksa leads a defensive corps with loads of depth. Behind Bieksa, Matthias Ohlund and Sami Salo are fine offensive defensemen, while Willie Mitchell has quitely been a model of consistency in the league over the last few years. Rob Davison provides a steady physical presence.

Penguins-
Dupuis-Crosby-Satan
Fedotenko-Malkin-Sykora
Cooke-Staal-Kennedy
Talbot-Zigomanis-Godard

Letang-Orpik
Boucher-Goligoski
Scuderi-Gill

Sabourin

Canucks-
D. Sedin-H. Sedin-Raymond
Pyatt-Wellwood-Demitra
Burrows-Kesler-Hansen
Hordichuk-Johnson-Bernier

Bieksa-Ohlund
Mitchell-Salo
O'Brien-Davison

Luongo

GO PENS!


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