Vancouver Canucks hope to visit the best NHL team will help them shake off their torpor of ice.
The Montreal Canadiens Jersey enter Tuesday's game at Rogers Arena having won nine consecutive games franchise regulatory record to open the season and are about to join elite company as one of only three teams to start a year with 10 consecutive wins.
The third period Canucks, meanwhile, blew leads in three of their five home defeats, including 3-2 overtime loss Saturday to the Detroit Red Wings.
"For us it is a great measuring stick [against] probably the best team in the league right now," Vancouver forward Alexandre Burrows said after practice Monday. "We will try to end this series."
Montreal is of course led by reining Vezina and Hart Trophy winner Carey Price, who won seven of nine of his team, including two shutouts, to go along with a 1.29 goals against average and a .961 save percentage . A victory Tuesday would see Canadians join 1993-1994 Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres 2006-07 that the only teams to start a season with 10 straight victories.
"We are not really focused on 10 to go 10, we're just focused on the first quarter of the game and running the way we want to play," said defenseman PK Subban Montreal. "I've said before and I'll say it again: all we have accomplished is to have a good start, and here.
"There are still a lot of hockey left to be played and we will not be the ones leading this type of show."
Canadians are coming off a 5-3 home victory over Toronto on Saturday, which came on the heels of a 7-2 victory in Buffalo yesterday. Tuesday marks the start of a three-game through Western Canada that will also see Montreal visit the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames.
"The majority of games we won, we won these victories by the way we played and how we performed," said Subban. "When we rested a group, I do not think there is a team in the league that can keep up with us when we play our style."
Canucks goaltender Ryan Miller was part of the Buffalo team that began the season with 10 straight wins back in 2006-07 and reflected on what this term did for the Sabres.
"It definitely helps to confidence when things went our way early," he said. "I think this has set us up for the rest of the season."
Vancouver forward Brandon Prust, who was a member of the Canadiens for three seasons before a trade to the Canucks this summer, said he is eager to face his former team and help end their impressive run.
"We try to do our rolling the identity of the house," Prust said. "We want teams to come here knowing they are in a long night. I do not think there's a better time to change the things [Tuesday] night. Playing a team that is 9-0-0, we have a lot to prove. "
The Canucks (3-2-3) lost two games in regulation and three in 3-on-3 overtime at home, with critical failures at key points the main culprit. max pacioretty jersey. Vancouver led Detroit with 40 minutes on Saturday before allowing inexplicably the Red Wings back in the game thanks to an early asleep in the third period.
"We did a lot of good things, but we have to clean turnovers and continue to get past teams," said Burrows. "We just play our game and continue to come in waves and have this mentality that we will finish them instead of waiting for the clock to run."
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