GAME DAY: Canucks vs Predators

After a frustrating loss to the Red Wings Sunday night, the Canucks look to get back on track tonight on TSN with a matchup against the surging Nashville Predators. They played well against Detroit, except for on the PK, where Detroit was able to score all 3 of their goals. Nashville comes into this game 3-0-1 in their last 4, behind the strong play of Dman Shea Weber, who was named 3rd star of the month on nhl.com, and leads all defencemen with 11 points. The Canucks will again be without Janick Hansen, who suffered a groin pull in the 7-6 shootout win over Anaheim Friday night. Rick Rypien and Pavol Demitra are still on the IR and the Canucks have put Michel Ouellet on recall to get him up for the game, hopefully no one grabs him before they get a chance to get him in the line up for a chance to see what he can do. Roberto Luongo will get the nod for the Canucks again tonight, while Pekka Rinne has started the last 2 games, as #1 guy Dan Ellis has been on the bench with back stiffness, I bet we see Ellis tonight though. One good thing is the Preds special teams are atrocious, even worse on the road, and that may be just the thing to get the Nux back on track. Mason Raymond and Kevin Bieksa have been stellar lately for the Canucks, Raymond with 9 points in his last 9 games and Bieksa returning to the form he showed in his rookie season, playing with edge and composure. It's nice to see him with his confidence back.