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Reducing lengthy homestands could help Canucks' home-ice advantage

The club’s first seven home games followed a six-game road trip to start the season. The Canucks came home off the road in pretty good shape at 3-2-1, and then proceeded to win just two of the seven games in front of their home fans. Beyond that, the leaks in their penalty kill started to emerge and when all was said and done, the team had gone 2-4-1 on that seven-game homestand and found itself playing catch-up in the Pacific Division and the Western Conference.