The Vancouver Canucks arrived in the city of Boston having gathered points in each of their past six games. After a 4-3 shootout loss in Carolina erased a five-game winning streak, Vancouver knew they would have their hands full trying to find the win versus the league’s second-best team, the big bad Bruins.
The Tuesday night showdown would be the first of two meetings this season (Second meeting on home ice on February 22nd). Nine years removed from the 2011 finals, the Canucks roster looking entirely different, yet the hatred between these two clubs remains just beneath the surface.