Following a frustrating 4-1 road loss to the Arizona Coyotes, the banged-up Vancouver Canucks return home and will try to hand the Pittsburgh Penguins a second loss in less than two weeks.
The Canucks swept the season series last year and barely pulled off a 3-2 overtime road win on Oct. 16, without rookie Elias Pettersson. Vancouver may be playing at home this time, but it won’t be as easy beating the Penguins this time around.
Chris Tanev is injured. Alexander Edler and Sven Baertschi won’t play. The Canucks hope Brock Boeser — who has six career goals in three games vs.