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Maple Leafs vs. Canucks Gameday LIVE CHAT Open Thread

Found February 18, 2012 on NorthWest Sports Beat: Yardbarker Blogger Network
TEAMS: Toronto Maple Leafs,  Vancouver Canucks
This is the OPEN thread for the Canucks vs. Maple Leafs gameday!

Stop by and leave some comments.

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Puck Drop is at 4 pm and you can catch the action on Sportsnet Pacific or Team 1040 Radio.

Recent Trends

Toronto:
  • TOR are 2-6 in their last 8 Sat. games.
  • Over is 14-5 in TOR last 19 road games.
  • TOR are 3-8 in their last 11 road games.
Vancouver:
  • VAN are 10-2 in their last 12 Sat. games.
  • VAN are 27-11 in their last 38 overall.
  • VAN are 102-47 in their last 149 home games.
Head to Head:
  • TOR are 0-9 in the last 9 meetings.
  • Over is 11-3 in the last 14 meetings in Vancouver.

Toronto at Vancouver

Feb 18-7:00 PM ET Record TOR 29-23-6 (13-14-2 V) VAN 36-15-6 (17-6-4 H)

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