Tonight the Canucks showed they can ALSO win games by playing anti-hockey😂

Ian Cole blocking a shot with his leg and then his head to stop a sure goal in the same sequence was absolutely nuts on the 5-3

It's not delivery, it's DeSmith

Somehow the chaos giraffe has proven himself indispensable. What an arc he's had

I wonder if Miller having 50% of the total shots for a team in a game is a record of some sort.

Everyone owes DeSmith and the Canucks an apology

Zadorov was also super good this game. He brought the physicality and imposed himself well.

What a game from DeSmith!!❤

Tocchet did a reverse uno on the Preds. Everyone thought he wanted the team to pepper them with shots and tee it up, but instead, we played their game and was better at the shot blocking. DeSmith was absolutely dialed in. What a game!

Also, Vancouver broke the record for fewest shots on goal in a playoff win, with 12. PDO to the Moon, baby!

Everyone is saying this game was soo boring i was thoroughly entertained

Vancouver fans....You have a young, talented hockey team led by an excellent former player who knows what it takes to win in this league. Win or Lose...they are fun to watch. Enjoy and Go Canucks! 😊

Canucks special teams were at it's best all season here

What a performance by Desmith.

DeSmith. DeSaviour. DeGoat.

They did it for DeSmith. They did it for DePeople.

Your knowledge of hockey and awesome analysis is only outshone by your neat penmanship! 😂

At the season start i hoped at best that the Canucks be a wildcard team. They have excededed my expectations this year. Demco being out smacks the special team play importance in their face. Go Canucks

Man what a game, the only thing I was worried about was every single time DeSmith went out to play the puck it felt dangerous. Multiple times it almost went to a wide open Predator and in the open net.

would love to see a black version of this jersey with a white version for the canucks home and away, tat is my favorite design of theirs

Did you do your Brock Boeser dance Shannon?!

Watched this game with my dad but missed the 1st period. Very solid defensive game by Vancouver!

I've defended DeSmith this year, especially when he got stretched out during Demko's first injury. But he was as lucky as he was good last night. I didn't see if they were defensemen or not, but he had several Canucks helping him clean up the crease. That's the way they need to play from here on out. DeSmith left the net a couple of times and I thought he'd get burned, but he didn't. Good win for Vancouver, but Nashville ain't done yet. This is still a series...

I'm always impressed with how Shannon writes so neatly without lines on the board

Good win. Great tendin'

Love your stuff, agree with your take that that was the best playoff game we’ve seen Vancouver play in a long while. I’d quibble over saying Nashville outplayed them; maybe, maybe not. Absolutely loved this game for DeSmith, and I’m sorry to say that although that was certainly his best effort and a great game I’m still not sure he’s enough going forward. I’m just glad he got to have a good game after all the post-Thatcher stress of that 2nd game. I don’t know how much more of that kind of punishment Hughes can take, either. BUT very happy with that win.

Went to this game. It WAS A trainwreck to watch the preds not be able to do ANYTHING in the offensive zone. The shots say 31 Id say about 4 of those had traffic and one of them was a goal.

My favourite jersey. Love it Shannon. I often wear that one when I go to games.

Play Pods I dont understand this. Hes physical and built for Playoffs. Much better than the 2 4th line wingers

DeSmith, Cole, Zadorov and Blueger. The whole team did amazing but those are the players that stood out.

Nashville just flat out can’t beat the Canucks system. Evident in the regular season and now playoffs.

Vancouver isn't a done as we assumed after game 2.

My fav Canucks jersey, and one of my personal fav jerseys of all time.

Let's go Canucks 👍🏾👍🏾

I loved how the organist played "Blame Canada" from the South Park movie after the Boeser goal!

Happy for your Canuck’s!1 they are showing very well

Absolutely excellent defence from the canucks in game 3

The "Pettersson's invisible" argument is only valid because not all heroes wear capes. The guy is a great 2-way skater with lots of upside.

Very impressive game by the Canucks today. 🧡💛🧡

Desmith and Myers really bailed us out tonight.

It was good seeing Myers back this game, he was solid, sometimes gets deserved hate on and sometimes its habit to dump on myers Good gm by myers

Nice jersey Shannon 😆👍

I’m happy for DeSmith, good on him

Where can I get a jersey like that?

Canucks PKs have been so solid this series. When PP is also good like tonight, we’re tough to beat.

love your show ...but.... how you neatly write all that info on your board almost gives me a headache, I can't look at the screen, just thinking of myself attempting to do that lol

THG does not like Zadorov for some reason. He does not give him enough credits but super harsh when he makes mistakes

Casey smith flopping around like a cat fish on ice 😂😂 HEY! Jokes aside, amazing win. LETS GOOO!

Was there no mention of Zadorov absolutely clearing the track of Roman Josi in the open ice? 😳

12 SOG?!

What a game.

I felt after game 2 Nashville was getting too aggressive with the shot blocking against a team that can fire hard shots from many sources. That's when the lightbulb clicked on: All the Canucks have to do is keep basting their hardest shots. If for a while they hit Nashville skaters and don't get through, don't sweat it. Those cannons will leave their mark and wear the Predators down. Any time players who don't have goalie gear are making more saves then the actual goalie for a prolonged period of games, they're putting their health in danger and will slow down. Bruises and broken bones will force them to. Canucks just need to avoid the rut of fearing to shoot and passing all over the place looking for the elusive perfect shot. The shots will come when the Preds players all start hitting that one blocked shot too many and either start missing games to shot blocking injuries, or slowing down with too many leg bruises and are unable to keep up and the shooting lanes start opening up. Or the Preds will have to abandon that tactic and hope Saros can make saves after not seeing any rubber for several games.

Man the hit by Zadorov on Josi ,wow

Great play tongiht by the New Hampshire product (DeSmith)!

Hopefully the strong special teams gives them a confidence boost so they can be more consistent

The way the canucks played, I expected that type game from the jets. Good on Vancouver for the win, but i found it hard to watch.

Vancouvers special teams were incredible..but holding off Nashville pressure..is a time bomb..I see Hughes minutes drastically reduced...hoping tochette..has left some fuel in canucks tank for game 4..I would definitely think Nashville was way more depleted after game 3..interesting game of chess from teams coaches

Gutsy.

If a Vancouver player hit their goalie like that it would be 5, game, plus 2 game suspension. Edler says hi.

I guarantee that we will never hear about Nashville going 0-5 on the PP, but will hear about Toronto going 0-5 until the end of time

Looking at the score in the third period and realizing they are about to win a hockey game in the playoffs having only 12 shots on net... Thats something.

desmith legacy game

GGs Vancouver, we will get you next time... maybe lol

I'm glad you pointed out those games in the first half of the season, where they were outshot, didn't get many shots, and still won the game by controlling the middle of the ice. The Canucks can beat their opposition in a lot of ways. If you want to play low event hockey against them, their tree sized defencemen can force you to the perimeter and they'll let you shoot from there all night and still probably block the shot.

I would have liked to seen the refs just pull a pred out of a pile.they were getting away with some extra curricular rough stuff, incl a few attempts to injure Hughes Canucks showed great restraint

Question did the Canucks just played defence after first. They did not look like they were willing to leave their zone.

It’s MERIGOLD not yellow! What a jersey

Desmith proved alot of us wrong.

Wow 12 Shots. Wow. Huge Win.

Wheres podkolzin? Switch him up for mikayev

Ya'll counted them out.

Wow

Why can’t the PK play like this all the time absolutely phenomenal penalty killing it was like watching a completely different team

Canucks special teams get a 👏👏👏

6:35 lmao you’re absolutely right they don’t, they never do

A lot of credit to DeSmith playing great and a lot to Saros for stinking. 12 shots by the Canucks? YIKES

I apologize DeSmith, i wasnt familiar with your game

12 shots? Where is the whole year offence? If yu ask me that is bad.

DeSmith stole that one for the Nucks. He had a fantastic game. We Preds fans hope he can't sustain that.

If Vancouver plays like this against a non wildcard team they will lose lol, but damn Desmith played well

Impresssive by the Canucks, but I wouldn't make a steady diet of it the rest of the series

Casey DeSmythe

12 shots 12 shots 12 shots.

You need a video man to add to your commentary

I don't know if Vancouver can hold off the likes of Florida, Edmonton, Carolina, or the NYRs, but I hope they do. Good luck Canuckies !! 👍👍

See you in round 2 boys, that is gonna be a riot. Signed, Oilers fan

all finns in comment section: saros god mode :D

Happy with the win, but this game was BORING, game 2 was basically the same but that was FRUSTRATING

I am not impressed with 12 shots

Boring but they win!!!!!! And Casey DS was amazing. So happy for him, he had big shoes to fill, especially since they were psychological shoes to fill 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Winning with 12 shots on net is unbelievable. I don’t think Vancouver makes it passed a team like the Avs or Florida. No shot. That combined with the copious amounts of blocked shots.. they are going to be pulverized by the second round.

Hate to be a damper, but I think tonight's strategy can only go so far. Reminiscent of the Canadiens 3 years ago...with Carey Price. They were eventually badly humbled by the Lightning. Having only 12 shots in a game.....is just not a winning strategy in playoff hockey. WIthout over the top goaltending, this strategy completely falls apart. I predict the Canucks will likely be out by next round of playoffs. A teams like the Avs would have destroyed them in a game like this one. A very biased assessment, in my opinion. If the game would have been tied, I think the Canucks would have lost.

Yup they stole one last night! I mean good for them games like this happen. If they meet Edmonton next round gotta get through Nashville so just saying if they continue to take 5 or 6 penalties a game I can’t see it going well against the Edmonton power play. Feel sorry for Hughes he must be black and blue this morning they were smoking him pretty good.

Casey desmith shutout, goal interference

You got a pretty low bar if you think that was a good game by the Canucks & EP. They were under siege far too often. Hughes was getting pummeled. It’s not a sustainable way to play. Boeser’s penalty was not legitimate. He had stick position & their player grabbed the stick to fall over it. Also Boeser & Miller were the clear standouts. Boeser made many intelligent plays throughout the game. Petey’s skating, vision & decision making is still subpar on the whole.

If the Canucks figure that they can win more games with only 12 shots on goal, they're dreaming. Good game by them but they had better not do this again. As a Flames fan, I'm cheering for the Canucks but Pederson needs to get going.

GG Nucks. Preds in 6 still

Joshua should have received a Major for that boarding hit. It was blatant and targeted. I really do not like Joshua now. I'm also disappointed about DeSmith getting hit.

Boy, the Canucks look terrible today! Totally got outplayed and lucky not to lose.

What 2 power play goals and 12 shots is the most impressive nucks game you’ve seen since 2011? Yeeesh shans