GAME DAY | Canucks vs. Flames
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Vancouver Canucks
MATCH-UP INFO
QUICK NUMBERS
• Brock Boeser has nine points (5-4-9) in his last 10 games.
• J.T. Miller has 15 points (6-9-15) in his last 12 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 11 points (2-9-11) in his last 12 games.
• Elias Pettersson has 14 points (5-9-14) in his last 12 games.
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson has eight points (2-6-8) in his last 10 games.
• Conor Garland has five points (3-2-5) in his last six games.
LAST MEETING - JAN. 29/22: VAN 0 at CGY 1 (OT)
Thatcher Demko denied Johnny Gaudreau on a second period penalty shot to keep the game scoreless...Quinn Hughes set Canucks season-highs and personal career-highs in TOI (31:07) and shifts (38), including a career-high in shorthanded TOI (5:09)...Brock Boeser registered a team-high in shots (4)...Oliver Ekman-Larsson led all Canucks in blocked shots (4)...J.T. Miller went 17-for-27 in face-offs...Thatcher Demko made 31 saves.
LAST GAME PLAYED - FEB. 21/22: VAN 5 vs SEA 2
Tyler Motte opened up scoring with a goal only 11 seconds into the game...Juho Lammikko and Matthew Highmore recorded assists on the play...Travis Hamonic scored his first goal of the season, also his 200th career NHL point, at 3:45 in the second period to tie the game up...Juho Lammikko (0-2-2) and Tyler Motte (1-1-2) recorded multi-point games by assisting on the play...J.T. Miller (0-2-2) and Elias Pettersson (0-2-2) each recorded two assists, resulting in four Canucks players tallying multi-point games...Vasily Podkolzin scored the GWG at 16:41 in the second period..Bo Horvat collected his 50th career power play goal at 0:35 in the third period...Tanner Pearson scored an empty-netter to grant the Canucks their fifth goal of the night...The Canucks recorded a season high of 46 shots...J.T. Miller led the game in hits (7) and face-off wins (13)...Quinn Hughes led in TOI (25:47)...Thatcher Demko faced 27 shots.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Madison Bowey recalled from Abbotsford, Feb. 21
• Quinn Hughes removed from COVID non-roster, Feb. 17
• Travis Hamonic activated from IR, Feb. 12
NEED FOR SPEED
Tyler Motte (0:11) scored the fastest goal from the start of a game by any player this season on Feb. 21 vs SEA. It also equaled the fourth-fastest to begin a game in franchise history: Alex Burrows (Mar 16, 2013) :06 Trevor Linden (Jan 16, 1994) :09 Henrik Sedin (Oct 24, 2014) :10.
The Canucks scored in the opening 35 seconds of multiple periods in the same game for the seventh time in franchise history (Feb. 21 vs SEA) and second time in as many seasons. The last such instance was March 20, 2021 when they tallied 22 seconds into the second and third periods against Montreal.
THE HITS KEEP COMING
Luke Schenn leads all Canucks skaters in hits (152), having led or co-led the team in hits on 22 occasions so far this season, despite appearing in only 35 games. His 14.91 hits per 60 minutes currently rank fourth among defencemen League-wide (min. 5 GP). Schenn tied a Canucks franchise record in hits (12) on Jan. 31 at CHI, previously set by himself on Mar. 24/19 vs CBJ.
O.T. MILLER
Securing the win in overtime on Feb. 17 at SJS, J.T. Miller tied Alex DeBrincat for most overtime goals (6) since the start of the 2019.20 season. It was also Miller's 10th career overtime goal, tying him with Johnny Gaudreau for 4th-most OT goals all time by a US-born player, trailing Max Pacioretty (16), Brett Hull (12), and Phil Kessel (11).
BRICK WALL
Thatcher Demko made a career high of 51 saves in the 3-2 win over Toronto on Feb. 12, tying the franchise record for most saves in a win (51), matching Richard Brodeur on Feb. 10, 1985 vs the Jets.
MULTI-POINT MILLSY
With two assists on Feb. 21 vs SEA, J.T. Miller recorded his team-leading 14th multi-point outing of the season.
CLUB 400
With his first point of the night on Feb. 8 vs ARI, J.T. Miller (1-1-2) recorded his 400th career point. Oliver Ekman-Larsson collected 3 assists (0-3-3) to join Miller in the 400 point club.
BOY OH, BO!
Bo Horvat (1-1-2) recorded his 71st career multi-point game on Feb. 8 vs ARI. Since his NHL debut in 2014-15, Horvat leads the Canucks in multi-point outings, with the next closest player being Daniel Sedin (52 GP).
BANG, BANG, BANG
On Feb. 8 vs ARI, Conor Garland, Bo Horvat and Elias Pettersson each scored in a span of 142 seconds. The last time the Canucks tallied a trio of goals in a lesser span was on Jan. 13/19 (126 seconds - Boeser, Beagle & Granlund).
