Game Notes: Canucks at Blues

CANUCKS AT BLUES

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, FanDuel Sports Network Midwest

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the second of three meetings between the Canucks and Blues this season: Oct. 13 (home, 5-2 L), Oct. 30 (road), and Mar. 21 (home).
• Vancouver is 80-101-18-9 all-time against St. Louis, including a 34-55-9-4 record on the road.
• The Canucks are 3-3-4 in their last 10 games against the Blues (1-1-3 in their last five).
• Elias Pettersson leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against St. Louis with 24 points (6-18-24) in 18 career games.
• In 36 career games against the Blues, Evander Kane has 22 points (10-12-22).
• Brock Boeser has 17 points (8-9-17) in 21 career games against St. Louis.
• In 14 career games against the Blues, Jake DeBrusk has seven points (4-3-7).
• Thatcher Demko is 3-2-3 with a 2.73 goals-against average, a .910 save percentage, and one shutout in eight career games against St. Louis.
• Kevin Lankinen has appeared in five career games against the Blues, holding a record of 3-1-1 with a 2.98 goals-against average and a .903 save percentage.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Elias Pettersson has six points (3-3-6) in his last six games.
• Brock Boeser has seven points (2-5-7) in his last five games against St. Louis.
• Kiefer Sherwood has five points (3-2-5) in his last five games against the Blues.

LAST MEETING – OCT. 13/25: VAN 2 vs STL 5

Jimmy Snuggerud opened the scoring for St. Louis just before the nine-minute-mark of the first period…Brayden Schenn doubled the Blues lead 2:10 into the second…Kiefer Sherwood got Vancouver on the board 3:23 later…Aatu Räty and Arshdeep Bains had the assists…Snuggerud got his second of the game at 8:13 of the middle frame…Sherwood got his second of the contest shorthanded at 12:12 of the second…Nick Bjugstad doubled St. Louis’ lead 1:33 later…Jake Neighbours made it 5-2 into an empty net with 2:13 remaining in the third…Conor Garland and Quinn Hughes each had five shots…Sherwood and Räty had five hits apiece, Filip Hronek, Drew O’Connor, Elias Pettersson, Hughes, Tyler Myers, and Victor Mancini each blocked two shots…Kevin Lankinen made 30 saves.

2025.26 TEAM RANKS

LAST GAME PLAYED – OCT. 28/25: VAN 0 vs NYR 2

Mika Zibanejad opened the scoring with just over two-and-a-half minutes remaining in the first…Sam Carrick doubled the Rangers lead with 1:33 remaining in the third with an empty-netter…Lukas Reichel had four shots…Kiefer Sherwood had five hits…Filip Hronek blocked two shots…Thatcher Demko made 23 saves.

LAST 5 – vs ST. LOUIS

• Oct. 13/25: VAN 2 vs STL 5
• Mar. 20/25: VAN 3 at STL 4 (OT)
• Jan. 27/25: VAN 5 at STL 2
• Dec. 10/24: VAN 3 vs STL 4 (OT)
• Jan. 24/24: VAN 3 vs STL 4 (OT)

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

• 2023 11th overall pick Tom Willander made his NHL debut on Oct. 28/25 vs NYR, becoming the sixth defenceman from the 2023 draft class to debut in the league, and the third defenceman selected in the first round.
• Newly acquired forward Lukas Reichel is the fifth-highest drafted German player in NHL history, following Tim Stutzle (3rd overall, 2020), Leon Draisaitl (3rd overall, 2014), Orest Romashyna (3rd overall, 1963) and Mortiz Seider (6th overall, 2019).
  • Reichel is the nephew of former NHLer and IIHF Hall of Famer Robert Reichel, who suited up for 830 NHL games across 11 seasons in the league.

BROCKSTAR

• Recording an assist on the overtime winner on Oct. 26/25 vs EDM, Brock Boeser tied Daniel Sedin for the third-most overtime assists (15) in franchise history.
  • The assist also moved Boeser past Sami Salo and Alex Edler for fourth on the Canucks all-time overtime points list (18).
• Scoring his first power play goal of the season on Oct. 16/25 at DAL, Brock Boeser became the fourth Canucks player in the last 10 years to score in each of the team’s first two road games of the season, joining Bo Horvat, Thomas Vanek, and Henrik Sedin.
• Getting on the board on Oct. 11/25 at EDM, Brock Boeser has goals in back-to-back games to open a season for the first time in his career.
• With his goal on Oct. 9/25 vs CGY, Brock Boeser passed Markus Naslund for the most goals in season-opening games in franchise history (9).
• Scoring the team’s fifth goal on Oct. 9/25 vs CGY, Brock Boeser passed Don Lever for the 10th most even-strength goals in franchise history (131).

KIEFER SCOREWOOD

• Scoring two goals on Oct. 26/25 vs EDM, Kiefer Sherwood now has five goals through the Canucks first four home games of the season, tying Thomas Gradin, Greg Adams, Geoff Courtnall, and Markus Naslund for the third-most goals in Vancouver’s first four home games of a season in franchise history.

MOVIN’ ON UP

• Recording three points on Oct. 26/25 vs EDM, Brock Boeser passed J.T. Miller for 11th on the Canucks all-time scoring list (440).
• With an assist on Kiefer Sherwood’s power play goal on Oct. 19/25 at WSH, Quinn Hughes became the fourth defenceamn in Canucks history to record a point in each of the team’s first four road games of a season, joining Jason Garrison (2013.14), Jeff Brown (1995.96), and Dennis Kearns (1977.78).
• Recording an assist on Oct. 19/25 at WSH, Quinn Hughes passed Thomas Gradin (354) for sixth on the Canucks all-time assist list.
• With an assist on Jake DeBrusk’s power play goal on Oct. 17/25 at CHI, Quinn Hughes recorded his 181st career power play point, tying Stan Smyl for the sixth-most in franchise history.

MR. 300

• With a goal and an assist on Oct. 25/25 vs MTL, Conor Garland reached the 300-career point milestone. He becomes only the fourth player drafted outside the first round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft to hit the mark.

THREE-POINT-PETEY

• Registering three points (1-2-3) on Oct. 25/25 vs MTL, Elias Pettersson now has 38 such games in his career, tying Thomas Gradin for the seventh-most in franchise history.

FIL THE THRILL

• Assisting on Conor Garland’s first period goal on Oct. 21/25 at PIT, Filip Hronek passed Jaroslav Modry for the for the ninth-most assists by a Czech-born defenceman in NHL history (202).
• With two assists on Oct. 16/25 at DAL, Filip Hronek reached the 200-assist mark for his career. He becomes the 10th Czech defenceman in NHL history to reach the 200-assist mark.

CENTURY MARK

• Scoring his first goal of the season on Oct. 19/25 at WSH, Tyler Myers registered the 100th goal of his career. He becomes the seventh defenceman from the 2008 NHL draft to hit the mark, following Erik Karlsson, Roman Josi, Drew Doughty, John Carlson, Alex Pietrangelo, and Jared Spurgeon.
• Scoring Vancouver’s first goal on Oct. 13/25 vs STL, Kiefer Sherwood hit the 100-point mark for his career. His is one of only three players in NHL history from Columbus, alongside Jack Roslovic and Cole Sillinger, with all three having at least 100 career points.

WIN-DY CITY

• Defeating the Blackhawks via shootout on Oct. 17/25, the Canucks have now won 11 consecutive games against Chicago, tied for the longest win streak against a single opponent in franchise history (San Jose, Jan. 18/20 to Nov. 20/24 and Toronto, Jan. 10/06 to Nov. 2/13).

TOP TIER

• With an assist on Brock Boeser’s goal on Oct. 11/25 at EDM, Quinn Hughes recorded career point number 410, passing Alex Edler for the most in franchise history by a defenceman.
  • Hughes reached the mark in 435 games, while Elder skated in 925 games to set the original mark.

DEMMER TIME

• Recording the win on Oct. 9/25 vs CGY, Thatcher Demko passed Richard Brodeur for the third-most wins by a goaltender in franchise history.
• Fresh off signing a three-year contract extension on July 1/25, Thatcher Demko enters the 2025.26 season one win away from passing Richard Brodeur for third on the Canucks all-time win list.

FOOTE IN THE DOOR

• Recording his first win in his Head Coaching debut on Oct. 9/25 vs CGY, Adam Foote became the 14th coach in franchise history to win in his debut with the team.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Aku Koskenvuo assigned to Kalamazoo from Abbotsford, Oct. 29
• Mackenzie MacEachern recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 29
• Nils Åman reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 29
• Tom Willander recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 28
• Derek Forbort placed on LTIR, retroactive to Oct. 11, Oct. 28
• Victor Mancini placed on Injured Reserve, retroactive to Oct. 26, Oct. 28
• Kirill Kudryavtsev recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 26
• Joseph LaBate reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 26
• Victor Mancini recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 25
• Tom Willander reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 25
• Lukas Reichel acquired from Chicago in exchange for a 2027 fourth-round pick, Oct. 24
• Teddy Blueger placed on Injured Reserve, retroactive to Oct. 19, Oct. 24
• Tom Willander recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 20
• Nils Åman recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 20
• Jimmy Schuldt reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 20
• Nils Höglander played on Long-Term Injured Reserve retroactive to Oct. 7, Oct. 20
• Joseph LaBate recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 20
• Jimmy Schuldt recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 20
• Victor Mancini reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 20
• Filip Chytil placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to Oct. 19, Oct. 20
• Jonathan Lekkerimäki placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to Oct. 19, Oct. 20
• Pierre-Olivier Joseph activated from Injured Reserve, Oct. 16
• Derek Forbort placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to Oct. 11, Oct. 15
• Max Sasson recalled from Abbotsford (AHL), Oct. 15
• Braeden Cootes assigned to Seattle (WHL), Oct. 14
• Pierre-Olivier Joseph placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to Sept. 30, Oct. 7
• Victor Mancini recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 7

THE LAST TIME…

• The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Oct. 26/25 vs EDM
• The Canucks lost when leading after 1P: Oct. 25/25 vs MTL
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 1P: Apr. 12/25 vs MIN
• The Canucks won when leading after 2P: Oct. 26/25 vs EDM
• The Canucks lost when leading after 2P: Oct. 25/25 vs MTL
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 2P: Apr. 12/25 vs MIN
• The Canucks won when trailing after 1P: Oct. 17/25 at CHI
• The Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Oct. 28/25 vs NYR
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 1P: Jan. 8/25 at WSH
• The Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Apr. 14/25 vs SJS
• The Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Oct. 28/25 vs NYR
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 2P: Mar. 20/25 at STL
• The Canucks won when tied after 1P: Apr. 14/25 vs SJS
• The Canucks lost when tied after 1P: Oct. 23/25 at NSH
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 1P: Mar. 20/25 at STL
• The Canucks won when tied after 2P: Oct. 17/25 at CHI
• The Canucks lost when tied after 2P: Oct. 23/25 at NSH
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 2P: Jan. 8/25 at WSH

2025.26 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS

• Most Goals Scored, Game: 5, 2x, Latest Oct. 16/25 at DAL
• Most Goals Scored, Period: 4, 2x, Latest Oct. 16/25 at DAL, 2nd period
• Most Goals Allowed, Game: 5, Oct. 13/25 vs STL
• Most Goals Allowed, Period: 3, 3x, Latest Oct. 25/25 vs MTL, 3rd period
• Fewest Goals Scored, Game: 0, Oct. 28/25 vs NYR
• Fewest Goals Allowed, Game: 1, Oct. 9/25 vs CGY
• Most PPG Scored, Game: 2, Oct. 16/25 at DAL
• Most PPG Allowed, Game: 2, 3x, Latest Oct. 25/25 vs MTL
• Most SHG Scored, Game: 1, Oct. 13/25 vs STL
• Most SHG Allowed, Game: 1, Oct. 23/25 at NSH
• Most Shots, Game: 32, Oct. 17/25 at CHI
• Most Shots, Period: 13, Oct. 17/25 at CHI, 1st period
• Most Shots, OT: 3, Oct. 17/25 at CHI
• Fewest Shots, Game: 15, Oct. 11/25 at EDM
• Fewest Shots, Period: 3, Oct. 21/25 at PIT, 2nd period
• Fewest Shots, OT: 1, Oct. 26/25 vs EDM
• Most Shots Allowed, Game: 37, Oct. 11/25 at EDM
• Most Shots Allowed, Period: 17, Oct. 13/25 vs STL, 2nd period
• Most Shots Allowed, OT: 1, Oct. 17/25 at CHI
• Fewest Shots Allowed, Game: 18, Oct. 9/25 vs CGY
• Fewest Shots Allowed, Period: 4, Oct. 25/25 vs MTL, 1st period
• Fewest Shots Allowed, OT: 0, Oct. 26/25 vs EDM
• Most Hits, Game: 29, Oct. 13/25 vs STL
• Fewest Hits, Game: 14, Oct. 26/25 vs EDM
• Most Blocked Shots, Game: 23, Oct. 19/25 at WSH
• Fewest Blocked Shots, Game: 10, 2x, Latest Oct. 28/25 vs NYR
• Largest Margin of Victory: 4 goals, Oct. 9/25 vs CGY
• Largest Margin of Defeat: 4 goals, Oct. 21/25 at PIT
• Longest Win Streak: 2 games, Oct. 16-19/25 (3-0-0)
• Longest Point Streak: 2 games, Oct. 16-19/25 (3-0-0)
• Longest Winless Streak: 3 games, Oct. 21-25/25 (0-3-0)
• Longest Pointless Streak: 3 games, Oct. 21-25/25 (0-3-0)

VANCOUVER 2025.26 RECORD WHEN…

• Score 4+ Goals: 4-0-0
• Score 3 Goals or Less: 1-6-0
• Allow 4+ Goals: 0-3-0
• Allow 3 Goals or Less: 5-3-0
• Scoring First: 3-2-0
• Allowing First Goal: 2-4-0
• On 0 Days Rest: 2-0-0
• On 1 Day Rest: 1-6-0
• On 2 Days Rest: 1-0-0
• On 3+ Days Rest: 1-0-0
• Score a PPG: 4-1-0
• Give up a PPG: 4-3-0
• 25 or More Shots on Goal: 4-2-0
• Less than 25 shots: 1-4-0

THREE STARS – OCTOBER

• Demko (20 pts)
• Sherwood (15 pts)
• Boeser (10 pts)
• Hughes (5 pts)
• Chytil (5 pts)
• Lankinen (5 pts)
• Myers (5 pts)
• Garland (5 pts)
• Pettersson (5 pts)

*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars Selection

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

• Saturday, November 1: Vancouver at Minnesota, 4:00pm PT
• Monday, November 3: Vancouver at Nashville, 5:30pm PT
• Wednesday, November 5: Vancouver vs Chicago, 7:00pm PT
• Saturday, November 8: Vancouver vs Columbus, 7:00pm PT
• Sunday, November 9: Vancouver vs Colorado, 7:00pm PT