CDC - Gameday -_NOV.5

CANUCKS AT JETS

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, TSN 3

Radio: KiSS West Coast

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the first of three meetings between the Canucks and Jets this season: Nov. 5 (road), Feb. 13 (home), and Apr. 9 (road).
  • Vancouver is 73-71-17-4 all-time against Winnipeg, including a 29-43-8-2 record on the road.
  • The Canucks are 2-6-2 in their last 10 games against the Jets (1-2-2 in their last five).
  • Brendan Gallagher leads active Canucks skaters in scoring against Winnipeg with 22 points (8-14-22) in 30 career games.  
  • In 22 career games against the Jets, Elias Pettersson has 18 points (7-11-18).
  • Brock Boeser has 18 points (7-11-18) in 30 career games against Winnipeg.
  • In 16 career games against the Jets, Jake DeBrusk has 11 points (6-5-11).
  • Kevin Lankinen is 1-2-1with a 3.30 goals-against average and an .893 save percentage in four career games against Winnipeg.
  • Leevi Meriläinen has one career appearance against the Jets, going 1-0-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage.   

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Elias Pettersson leads all forwards in blocked shots (24).
  • D Elias Pettersson ranks fifth amongst all defencemen in hits (41).
  • Brock Boeser ranks tied for eighth in the NHL in power play points (9).

LAST MEETING – MAR. 7/26: VAN 2 at WPG 3 (OT)

Linus Karlsson opened the scoring 7:28 into the first period…Max Sasson and Teddy Blueger had the assists…Mark Scheifele tied the game with 12 seconds remaining in the second…Liam Öhgren re-took the lead for Vancouver 33 seconds into the third…Blueger and Karlsson were credited with the assists…Gabriel Vilardi tied the game with 4:48 left in regulation…Josh Morrissey scored the overtime winner 1:49 into the extra frame…Öhgren had four shots…Aatu Räty had four hits…Marcus Pettersson blocked three shots…Kevin Lankinen made 32 saves.

2026.27 TEAM RANKS

 

VAN

WPG

Goals For/Game

3.00 (t-19th)

2.44 (t-29th)

Goals Against/Game

4.53 (32nd)

3.63 (29th)

Power Play %

21.8 (15th)

17.0 (25th)

Penalty Kill %

63.2 (31st)

68.8 (28th)

Penalty Min./Game

10:56 (25th)

8:37 (t-10th)

LAST GAME PLAYED – NOV. 3/26: VAN 4 vs ANA 5

Mikael Granlund opened the scoring 4:04 into the first period on the power play…Liam Öhgren evened the game with a power play goal exactly two minutes later...Marco Rossi and Paul Cotter had the helpers…Cutter Gauthier gave the Ducks the lead with 2:53 left in the first…Leo Carlsson doubled the lead with a shorthanded goal 2:58 into the second…Linus Karlsson got one back for Vancouver with 8:17 gone in the second…Drew O’Connor had the only assist…Gauthier scored his second of the game with 1:35 left in the second…Gauthier completed his hat trick with a power play goal 4:11 into the final frame…Jake DeBrusk cut the deficit to two 1:19 later…Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser had the assists…DeBrusk scored his second of the night at 9:34 of the third…Jamie Oleksiak and Pettersson were awarded the assists…Boeser and DeBrusk each had three shots…D Elias Pettersson, Cotter, and Karlsson each had four hits…Pettersson blocked three shots…Kevin Lankinen made 17 saves.

LAST 5 – vs WINNIPEG

  • Mar. 7/26: VAN 2 at WPG 3 (OT)
  • Feb. 25/26: VAN 2 vs WPG 3 (OT)
  • Nov. 11/25: VAN 3 vs WPG 5
  • Mar. 30/25: VAN 1 at WPG 3
  • Mar. 18/25: VAN 6 vs WPG 2

ON THIS DATE

  • The Canucks have played 28 times on November 5 in the franchise’s history, going 13-10-2-3.
    • This includes a 7-5-0-1record on the road.
    • The Canucks have only faced the Jets franchise on November 5 on one occasion, a 2-2 tie in 1991.  

JAKE THE SNAKE

  • Scoring his 34th power play goal since joining the Canucks prior to the 2024.25 season on Nov. 3/26 vs ANA, Jake DeBrusk tied Pavel Dorofeyev for the third-most power play goals in the NHL in that timeframe.  

FIL-LING UP THE SCORESHEET

  • Assisting on Brock Boeser’s first period goal on Oct. 31/26 vs TOR, Filip Hronek reached the 250-assist mark for his career. He is the 10th player from the 2016 draft class to hit the mark, and the fourth defenceman.

MOVIN’ ON UP

  • Recording an assist on Liam Öhgren’s second period goal on Oct. 29/236 at SJS, Filip Hronek tied Dan Hamhuis for 15th on the Canucks all-time defencemen scoring list (142).
  • Recording the primary assist on Max Sasson’s third period goal on Oct. 25/26, Filip Hronek passed Tyler Myers for 17th on the Canucks all-time points list by a defenceman (139).
  • Assisting on Elias Pettersson’s first period goal on Oct. 22/26 vs DET, Filip Hronek passed Dan Hamhuis for sole possession of 14th on the Canucks all-time assists list by a defenceman (120).
  • With an assist on Oct. 3/26 vs CGY, Elias Pettersson passed Alex Edler for eighth on the franchise’s all-time assist list (311).

LEKKER-MÄGIC

  • Scoring two goals in 49 seconds to tie the game on Oct. 27/26 at ANA, Jonathan Lekkerimäki scored the fastest two goals by a single Canucks player since Pius Suter (23 seconds) on Apr. 8/25 at DAL.
    • This was Lekkerimäki’s first career multi-goal game, and first career three-point game (2-1-3).

MULTI-POINT PETEY

  • Recording two assists in the third period on Oct. 27/26 at ANA, Elias Pettersson recorded his 21st career multi-assist period, tying Brendan Morrison for the 10th most in franchise history.
  • With two assists on Oct. 27/26 at ANA, Elias Pettersson passed Trevor Linden and Andre Boudrias for the seventh-most multi-assist games in franchise history (69).

NEVER SAY NEVER

  • Despite trailing by three goals in the third period on Oct. 27/26 at ANA, the Canucks mounted a third period comeback and won the game in overtime, becoming the first team this season to record a three goal, third period comeback.
    • This was the sixth three goal, third period comeback in franchise history, and first since Apr. 8/25 at DAL (6-5 OTW).

BROCKSTAR

  • Registering a goal and two assists on Oct. 27/26 at ANA, Brock Boeser passed Don Lever for the 13th most games recording at least one goal and one assist in franchise history (57).
    • This was also Boeser’s 31st career three-point game, passing Patrik Sundstrom for the 13th most three-point games in franchise history.
  • Bringing Vancouver within two on Oct. 25/26 vs MIN, Brock Boeser tied Tony Tanti (147) for the eighth-most even-strength goals in franchise history.
    • Passed on Oct. 27/26 at ANA.
  • With an assist on Elias Pettersson’s power play goal on Oct. 17/26 at TBL, Brock Boeser tied Brendan Morrison for 15th on the Canucks all-time power play assist list (90). 
    • Passed on Oct. 20/26 vs CAR.
  • Recording an assist on Oct. 17/26 at TBL, Brock Boeser tied Todd Bertuzzi for 13th on the Canucks all-time assist list (261).
    • Passed on Oct. 20/26 vs CAR.

POWER PETEY

  • Doubling the Canucks lead on Oct. 17/26 at TBL via a power play goal, Elias Pettersson tied Greg Adams for 10th on the Canucks all-time power play goals list (65).
    • Pettersson passed Greg Adams on Oct. 22/26 vs DET.
  • Via his power play goal on Oct. 1726 at TBL, Elias Pettersson tied Alex Edler for the eighth-most power play points in franchise history (177).
    • Pettersson passed Alex Edler on Oct. 22/26 vs DET.

G-PETEY

  • Doubled Vancouver’s lead on Oct. 15/26 at FLA, D Elias Pettersson tied his career-high in goals (3), set in 2025.26.
  • Tying the game on Oct. 11/26 at NYR, D Elias Pettersson notched his first career shorthanded goal, becoming the fourth Canucks defenceman in the last decade to record a shorthanded goal.
  • Scoring his first goal of the season on Oct. 3/26 vs CGY, D Elias Pettersson recorded his first career game-winning goal.

READY TO BROCK & ROLL

  • Entering 2026.27, Brock Boeser is close to moving up the franchise list in a number of different categories:
    • Tied with Todd Bertuzzi for fifth on the Canucks all-time power play goals list (79).
      • Passed on Oct. 13/26 at NYI
    • Tied with J.T. Miller for 10th on the Canucks all-time power play points list (165).
      • Passed on Sept. 29/26 at EDM
    • One assist behind Brendan Morrison for 14th on the Canucks all-time assists list (257).
      • Tied on Sept. 29/26 at EDM
      • Passed on Oct. 1/26 vs EDM
    • Two goals behind Tony Tanti for eighth on the Canucks all-time even-strength goals list (147). 

SWEDE START TO THE SEASON

  • Recording an assist on Oct. 20/26 vs CAR, Elias Pettersson extended his season-opening home assist streak to four games, tied for the fourth-longest streak to begin a season in franchise history (H. Sedin: 5 games in 2010.11, Hronek: 6 games in 2023.24, Gradin 8 games in 1983.84).
  • With two points (0-2-2) on Oct. 8/26 at CAR, Elias Pettersson extended his season-opening point streak to five games (2-6-8), tied for the longest of his career and tied for the eighth-longest season-opening point streak in franchise history.

CZECH OUT FIL

  • Assisting on Paul Cotter’s goal on Oct. 4/26 vs VGK, Filip Hronek tied Doug Halward (118) for 15th on the Canucks all-time assist list by a defenceman.
  • With his first of two assists on Oct. 1/26 vs EDM, Filip Hronek passed Michal Rozsival for the eighth-most assists by a Czech-born defenceman in NHL history (240).
  • Recording two points (0-2-2) on Oct. 1/26 vs EDM, Filip Hronek tied Jaroslav Spacek (58) for the fifth-most multipoint games by a Czech defenceman in NHL history.
  • Notching two assists on Oct. 1/26 vs EDM, Filip Hronek tied Marek Zidlicky for the fourth-most multi-assist games by a Czech defenceman in NHL history (45).

BETTER CALL PAUL

  • Opening the scoring on Oct. 4/26 vs VGK, Paul Cotter notched his fourth goal in his fourth game as a Canuck, matching Curt Fraser (1978), Elias Pettersson (2018) and Tyler Toffoli (2020) for the second-most goals scored by a player in their first four games as a Canuck.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • Jacob Quillan recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 30
  • Filip Chytil placed on Injured Reserve, Oct. 30
  • Jack Thompson activated from Injured Non-Roster and assigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 26
  • Jack Thompson placed on waivers, Oct. 25
  • Filip Chytil activated from Injured Reserve, Oct. 15
  • Jacob Quillan and Brandon Buhr acquired from Toronto in exchange for Aatu Räty, Oct. 15
  • Aatu Räty placed on waivers, Oct. 14
  • Nikita Tolopilo assigned to Abbotsford, Sept. 28

THE LAST TIME…

  • The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Apr. 12/26 at ANA
  • The Canucks lost when leading after 1P: Oct. 29/26 at SJS
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 1P: Oct. 15/26 at FLA
  • The Canucks won when leading after 2P: Apr. 12/26 at ANA
  • The Canucks lost when leading after 2P: Oct. 29/25 at SJS
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 2P: Oct. 15/26 at FLA
  • The Canucks won when trailing after 1P: Oct. 27/26 at ANA
  • The Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Nov. 3/26 vs ANA
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 1P: Jan. 3/26 vs BOS
  • The Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Oct. 27/26 at ANA
  • The Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Nov. 3/26 vs ANA
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 2P: Jan. 2/26 vs SEA
  • The Canucks won when tied after 1P: Sept. 29/26 at EDM
  • The Canucks lost when tied after 1P: Oct. 31/26 vs TOR
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 1P: Feb. 25/26 vs WPG
  • The Canucks won when tied after 2P: Sept. 29/26 at EDM
  • The Canucks lost when tied after 2P: Oct. 20/26 vs CAR
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 2P: Mar. 7/26 at WPG

2026.27 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS

  • Most Goals Scored, Game: 7, Oct. 1/26 vs EDM
  • Most Goals Scored, Period: 4, 3x, Latest Oct. 27/26 at ANA, 3rd period
  • Most Goals Allowed, Game: 9, Oct. 1/26 vs EDM
  • Most Goals Allowed, Period: 4, Oct. 1/26 vs EDM, 2nd & 3rd period
  • Fewest Goals Scored, Game: 1, Oct. 10/26 at NJD
  • Fewest Goals Allowed, Game: 1, Oct. 3/26 vs CGY
  • Most PPG Scored, Game: 2, Nov. 3/26 vs ANA
  • Most PPG Allowed, Game: 3, 3x, Latest Nov. 3/26 vs ANA
  • Most SHG Scored, Game: 1, 2x, Latest Oct. 11/26 at NYR
  • Most SHG Allowed, Game: 2, Oct. 1/26 vs EDM
  • Most Shots, Game: 33, Oct. 27/26 at ANA
  • Most Shots, Period: 13, 2x, Latest Oct. 31/26 vs TOR, 1st period
  • Most Shots, OT: 4, Oct. 27/26 at ANA
  • Fewest Shots, Game: 13, Oct. 22/26 vs DET
  • Fewest Shots, Period: 0, Oct. 22/26 vs DET, 2nd period
  • Fewest Shots, OT: 0, Oct. 15/26 at FLA
  • Most Shots Allowed, Game: 44, Oct. 20/26 vs CAR
  • Most Shots Allowed, Period: 19, Oct. 13/26 at NYI, 3rd period
  • Most Shots Allowed, OT: 2, Oct. 15/26 at FLA
  • Fewest Shots Allowed, Game: 24, 2x, Latest Oct. 29/26 at SJS
  • Fewest Shots Allowed, Period: 2, Oct. 4/26 vs VGK, 3rd period
  • Fewest Shots Allowed, OT: 0, 2x, Latest Oct. 27/26 at ANA
  • Most Hits, Game: 33, 2x, Latest Oct. 13/26 at NYI
  • Fewest Hits, Game: 13, Sept. 29/26 at EDM
  • Most Blocked Shots, Game: 21, 2x, Latest Oct. 3/26 vs CGY
  • Fewest Blocked Shots, Game: 7, Oct. 8/26 at CAR
  • Largest Margin of Victory: 3 goals, Oct. 3/26 vs CGY
  • Largest Margin of Defeat: 5 goals, Oct. 8/26 at CAR
  • Longest Win Streak: n/a
  • Longest Point Streak: n/a
  • Longest Winless Streak: 10 games, Oct 4-25/26 (0-9-1)
  • Longest Pointless Streak: 5 games, Oct 4-13/26 (0-5-0)

VANCOUVER 2026.27 RECORD WHEN…

  • Score 4+ Goals: 3-2-0
  • Score 3 Goals or Less: 0-11-1
  • Allow 4+ Goals: 2-10-0
  • Allow 3 Goals or Less: 1-3-1
  • Scoring First: 1-4-1
  • Allowing First Goal: 2-9-0
  • On 0 Days Rest: 0-2-0
  • On 1 Day Rest: 2-7-1
  • On 2 Days Rest: 0-3-0
  • On 3+ Days Rest: 1-1-0
  • Score a PPG: 2-9-0
  • Give up a PPG: 3-10-0
  • 25 or More Shots on Goal: 2-3-0
  • Less than 25 shots: 1-10-1

THREE STARS – NOVEMBER

  • DeBrusk (2 pts)

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER WINNER – Pettersson (4 pts)

\3 points are awarded for a First Star selection, 2 points for a Second Star selection, 1 point for a Third Star selection*

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

  • Saturday, November 7: Vancouver at Edmonton, 8:00pm PCT
  • Monday, November 9: Vancouver vs Philadelphia, 7:30pm PCT
  • Friday, November 13: Vancouver vs New York Rangers, 7:00pm PCT
  • Sunday, November 15: Vancouver at Vegas, 7:00pm PCT
  • Monday, November 16: Vancouver at Utah, 7:30pm PCT