Game Notes: Canucks vs Oilers (4/10)

F21 Gameday - REVERSE RETRO - Feb25 - CDC media wall
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PRE-GAME UPDATE

PREGAME | Green vs. Oilers

PREGAME | Virtanen vs. Oilers

QUICK NUMBERS

LAST MEETING - FEB. 23/21: VAN 3 vs EDM 4

Bo Horvat opened the scoring with his 9th goal of the season at 1:06 in the first period, assisted by Nate Schmidt and Elias Pettersson...Tyler Myers doubled Vancouver's lead seven minutes later at 8:06 in the first period with an unassisted tally...Elias Pettersson increased the Canucks lead to three goals with his 8th goal of the season at 15:17 in the first period...J.T. Miller and Jordie Benn recorded the assists on the play...Bo Horvat led all skaters in shots on goal (5) and face-offs won (10)...Alex Edler registered a team-high 5 hits...J.T. Miller went 8-for-10 in the face-off circle...Thatcher Demko faced 29 shots.

VAN Recap: Pettersson earned two points in loss

SPEEDY PETEY

Recording a goal and an assist (1-1-2) on Feb. 23/21 vs Edmonton, Elias Pettersson reached the 150 career point mark (63-87-150) in just hist 162nd NHL game. In doing so, he tied Patrik Sundstrom for the second-fastest path to 150 career points in Canucks history, trailing only Pavel Bure (130 games).

EDM@VAN: Pettersson scores while falling to the ice

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Despite a 2-2-2 record over their last 6 games, the Canucks have scored first in 5 of their last 6 games, outscoring opponents 8-3 in the first period in that span. Vancouver's 8 first period goals since Feb. 13 are tied for the most in the NHL with the Edmonton Oilers.

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