The Canucks need to get on a roll to have any hope of qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and winning consecutive games in regulation for the first time this season would be a good start. "We need to put a string of wins together," center Bo Horvat said. "I know we have been saying that for a long time." They are coming off a 2-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday but have won consecutive games once since starting the season with four straight wins, the first three of which included one shootout win and two victories in overtime. Coach Willie Desjardins will continue to split defensemen Alexander Edler, who returned against the Kings after missing 13 games because of a broken finger, and Chris Tanev. The Canucks are 5-2-1 in eight games with their top two defensemen healthy this season, but the game against the Kings was their first one on different pairs. "When you have one really dominant line maybe you go back to them as a shutdown pair," Desjardins said. "But teams we're playing now always have two lines." Forward Alexandre Burrows will play his 800th NHL game, becoming the third active player to reach the milestone without being drafted. Burrows remembers his first game in the ECHL, where he spent parts of three seasons before making his Canucks debut in 2005-06. "It was in Greenville, South Carolina, for the Grrrowl with three Rs," Burrows said. "I was probably a fourth liner in the ECHL, just trying to make it there."
