With the playoffs just days away, the Canucks and Jets both rested some star players in their final regular season game.
The Vancouver Canucks have approached this entire season with a day-by-day, game-by-game approach. They have preached never getting too high or too low based on what’s happened in the past and never getting ahead of themselves by looking too far into the future.
That’s why both teams gave a handful of players a rest: J.T. Miller, Brock Boeser, Ian Cole, and Filip Hronek were the Canucks healthy scratches, while Connor Hellebuyck, Mark Scheifele, Kyle Connor, Adam Lowry, Vladislav Namestnikov, Josh Morrissey, and Brenden Dillon were all healthy scratches for the Jets.
“In the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Final, home-ice advantage goes to the team that had the better regular-season record,” reads the NHL website, “regardless of the teams' final standing in their respective divisions.” Hughes got an assist, which was ultimately unnecessary with Makar only tallying one assist himself, while Demko wasn’t perfect but made some big saves along the way. Call that mission accomplished.
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