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The Vancouver Canucks seem to be making some big changes to their lineup ahead of a crucial Game 5 tonight.
The team showed off some of these new line combinations at a fully attended morning skate.
Suter – Miller – Boeser
Joshua – Blueger – Garland
Höglander – Lindholm – Pettersson
Di Giuseppe – Åman – Podkolzin
Ilya Mikheyev, Sam Lafferty, and Linus Karlsson were the odd men out. They appear to be healthy scratches for tonight.
Despite saying yesterday that he didn’t want to break up the team’s top two lines, Rick Tocchet did so today. Elias Pettersson has been moved to the wing on an all-Swedish line with Elias Lindholm and Nils Höglander.
The coach has also reunited the team’s third line from earlier this season, with Teddy Blueger centring Dakota Joshua and Conor Garland. The trio was extremely successful until they were split up following Joshua’s hand injury.
Dakota Joshua, Conor Garland, and Teddy Blueger all in red this morning.
The line looks to be back together. #Canucks pic.twitter.com/tcfucB1xdB
— Noah Strang (@noahstrang_) May 16, 2024
The defence group looked a lot more familiar as the Canucks went back to some common pairings they’ve been using as of late:
Hughes – Hronek
Soucy – Myers
Zadorov – Cole
The extra defencemen were Noah Juulsen and Mark Friedman, who appear to be healthy scratches tonight.
Carson Soucy will return to the lineup after missing Game 4 due to suspension.
The puck drops at 7 pm PT as the Canucks and Edmonton Oilers battle to take the series lead. With the series tied at two games apiece, this crucial Game 5 offers a huge chance to come within a single game of advancing.