Scenes from morning skate: Lankinen starts, Kane sits as Canucks face league-leading Avalanche
The Vancouver Canucks (21-44-8) face the toughest test in hockey these days when they take on the league-leading Colorado Avalanche (49-14-10) at Ball Arena in Denver. Tonight’s game is set to begin at 5:30pm PT . There is a 58-point gap in the standings and a 188-goal chasm in goal differential separating the first-place team from the league’s 32nd-place franchise.
What we saw
No Evander Kane tonight vs. Colorado.
#Canucks forward has been managing an injury for the last large handful of games, Adam Foote says, with an eye toward playing in his 1000th game.
Joseph draws in for Mancini, Sasson for Kane.
One game after reaching the…