Specialty teams are a key component to a team’s success. They can make or break a team, especially in the playoffs. Last season, the Vancouver Canucks‘ powerplay and penalty kill were mediocre at best and they wanted to improve on it this time around.
The Canucks started the season extremely strong on the penalty kill and are currently third-best in the league in that department. They have killed 88.9% of all their penalties thanks to the hard work of the third and fourth line guys.
Brandon Sutter, Jay Beagle, and Tyler Motte lead Cancuck forwards in short-handed ice-time and they have been lights out for Vancouver.