After being shut out twice this past week, the Vancouver Canucks will look to end the road trip with consecutive wins against the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning. With Captain Henrik Sedin out without a concrete timetable, Linden Vey is up from the AHL Utica Comets.
Jake Virtanen will be missing, away on duties with Team Canada for the World Junior Championship. D Luca Sbisa and C Brendan Sutter, alongside D Dan Hamhuis, are all out.
Week 12 does seem a bit easier after a week full of tough match-ups. But potentially without captain Henrik, the Canucks will need to take some risks — deploying their youth.