NHL playoffs: Canucks vs Predators schedule released [Video]

It’s been nine long years since the Vancouver Canucks have played an NHL playoff game at Rogers Arena and fans are ready to see this season’s Pacific Division champions take on the Nashville Predators.

The round one matchup was announced Wednesday with the first game scheduled for Sunday at Rogers Arena.

“I think for our group we just have to worry about game one. You can’t look at the big thing, what if we gotta win a series … it’s dangerous when you think that way,” Rick Tocchet, Canucks head coach, told media after Thursday’s game against the Winnipeg Jets. “I think we, honestly, prepare for that first period against Nashville and be ready to play.”

The full round one schedule, in Pacific daylight time, follows:

• Game 1: Sunday, April 21 at 7 p.m. (Rogers Arena)
• Game 2: Tuesday, April 23 at 7 p.m. (Rogers Arena)
• Game 3: Friday, April …