Game Notes: Canucks at Jets (5/9)

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LAST MEETING - MAR. 1/21: VAN 4 vs WPG 0

Nate Schmidt opened the scoring with his 3rd goal of the season at 8:28 in the first period...Brandon Sutter and Adam Gaudette each collected their first assists of the season on the play...J.T. Miller doubled Vancouver's lead with his 5th goal of the season just 18 seconds later, at 8:46 in the first period...Nate Schmidt and Elias Pettersson assisted on the play...Nils Höglander notched a power play goal at 14:50 in the first period, assisted by Tyler Myers and Adam Gaudette...Elias Pettersson added an empty-net goal at 16:26 in the third period to cap off the 4-0 win...Brock Boeser recorded the lone assist on the goal...Tanner Pearson and Tyler Myers each directed a team-high 3 shots on goal...Bo Horvat led the team in blocked shots (3)...Thatcher Demko made 27 saves for his first career regular season shutout.

SHUTTING THE DOOR

Thatcher Demko turned aside all 27 shots faced on Mar. 1/21 at Winnipeg to record his first career regular season shutout (one postseason shutout on Sep. 3/20 vs VGK). In doing so, Demko became the 35th goaltender in Canucks history to post a regular season shutout. He also joined Dan Cloutier (Feb. 25/03) as the only other Canucks goalie to record a shutout against the Jets/Thrashers franchise.

KILLER INSTINCT

Since Jan. 21/21, the Canucks are t-4th with Vegas in penalty kill percentage (86.1%), having killed off league-high 62 penalties in 72 chances against during that time.

FIRST THINGS FIRST

Scoring three goals in the first period on Mar. 1/21 at Winnipeg, the Canucks have now posted 25 first period goals this season, t-2nd in the NHL with Columbus and Toronto. Since Feb. 13, Vancouver has the 2nd-most first period goals (11) in the NHL as well as the 2nd-best first period goal differential (+8), trailing only Minnesota (12 GF, +10 GD) in both categories.

TAKING CENTRE STAGE

Tallying a late third period goal on Mar. 1/21 at Winnipeg, Elias Pettersson tied Mika Zibanejad for the 4th-most career goals by a Swedish-born centre before the age of 23 in NHL history. He trails only Mats Sundin (125), Nicklas Backstrom (76), and Patrik Sundstrom (68). At 22 years, 109 days, Pettersson also tied Zibanejad and Mikael Renberg for the 6th-most career goals by a Swedish-born player of any position before age 23.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

Despite starting the month with two games on the road in Winnipeg, the Canucks will play a season-high eight games at Rogers Arena in March, including a five-game homestand from Mar. 4-13. The eight games will be the most Vancouver has played at home in a single month since playing 10 games (7-3-0) at home in December 2019.