Rick Tocchet expects boos to rain down when his Vancouver Canucks take the ice on Friday.
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The Canucks will be in hostile territory as their first-round playoff series with the Predators shifts to Nashville for Game. Being the despised opponent is a role players should relish, Tocchet said.
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The Canucks head to Tennessee with the series tied at 1-1 after the Predators won Game 2 on Tuesday.
Vancouver took a pair of victories in Nashville during the regular season, but the atmosphere inside Bridgestone Arena is sure to be different come playoffs.
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The first five minutes of Game 3 will be key, Tocchet said. The coach wants his team to start with a smart game where they get a good hit or a good shot in while settling into the rhythm of play.
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Frustration crept into Vancouver香蕉视频直播檚 play during Game 2 when the Canucks struggled to get shots on net. The home team had 84 shot attempts but saw the Predators block 33 of them and another 33 miss the net.
Elias Pettersson dropped to his knees in apparent disbelief late in the first period when he got a golden opportunity on a mostly empty net, only to see his shot skitter off the outside of the post.
The star centre bobbled pucks several times in Game 2 and failed to register a single shot on net.
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Part of the struggles come from Pettersson experiencing his first real playoff series, Tocchet said.
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The way to deal with frustration in the playoffs is to stay level-headed, said Blueger, a veteran of 26 playoff games who won the Stanley Cup with the Vegas Golden Knights last year.
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If the group can weather the challenge of a tough road matchup, it will be an experience they can lean on going forward, Blueger added.
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