Petry says captain Henrik Sedin and his brother, Daniel, in particular, are always cause for concern when going up against the Canucks. They present a constant threat to their opponents on any given night.
"You've got to know where they are on the ice. They have the ability to kind of know where each other are with their backs turned. They like to make that play where it's rimmed in and just a little bump pass to the other one in the middle," explained Petry, on the subject of the Sedin twins' offensive prowess on this side of the pond dating back to their respective NHL debuts in 2001-01. "We have to prepared for that and know that they have the ability to find each other. We have to play them tight."
- While the Canadiens find themselves sitting atop the NHL standings right now, they aren't about to get complacent or take anything for granted in early November. At Wednesday's morning skate, members of the coaching staff put the players through drills focusing on everything from breakouts to line changes in an effort to keep them sharp heading into the 10th game of the year.
"We're not comfortable and we know that there's a lot of work to be done to improve our game and be where we want to be. You see us working on it daily. Today, pre-game skate, working on changes. We're paying attention to all the little details and just trying to make sure we improve every day," said captain Max Pacioretty, acknowledging that there are still areas of the Canadiens' overall game that require some fine-tuning.
