Join Coach for his another NHL Playoffs game play by play commentatry. Tonight, he does the game between the Canucks vs Oilers.
The Vancouver Canucks look to take a 3-1 series lead with a win against the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 of the Western Conference Second Round at Rogers Place on Tuesday.
Vancouver will be going up against a different goalie, with Calvin Pickard making his first Stanley Cup Playoffs start for Edmonton after Stuart Skinner started each of the Oilers' first eight playoff games.
The Canucks scored 12 goals on 58 shots against Skinner through the first three games of the series.
Vancouver was outshot 45-18 in Game 3 and won 4-3.
McDavid and Draisaitl are expected to play on separate lines after making up two-thirds of the top line in the first three games.
McDavid played 28:12 in Game 2 (4-3 overtime win) and 29:42 in Game 3, and Draisaitl played 27:05 in Game 2 and 29:04 in Game 3.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is expected to move up to play with McDavid and Hyman, and Draisaitl will center right wing Evander Kane and left wing Dylan Holloway.
"I think tonight it's going to start like that and we can go back and forth in the game depending on how the flow is and how things are playing out," Knoblauch said. "Right now they'll center their own lines."
Draisaitl leads the NHL with 18 points (seven goals, 11 assists) in the playoffs, and McDavid is second with 17 points (two goals, 15 assists).
Draisaitl has eight points (two goals, six assists) and McDavid has five points (one goal, four assists) in the series against Vancouver.
"Whether they play together or they're split, it's a tough challenge for us," Tocchet said.
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