Game Notes: Canucks at Kraken

CANUCKS AT KRAKEN

TV: CBC, Sportsnet, CITY, KONG, Kraken Hockey Network, TVAS

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the third of four meetings between the Canucks and Kraken this season: Dec. 29 (road, 3-2 SOW), Jan. 2 (road, 4-3 SOL), Feb. 28 (road), and Mar. 14 (home).
• Vancouver is 9-6-2 all-time against Seattle, including a 6-3-0 record on the road.
• The Canucks are 3-5-2 in their last 10 games against the Kraken (2-2-1 in their last five).
• Conor Garland leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Seattle with 14 points (6-8-14) in 16 career games.
• In 14 career games against the Kraken, Elias Pettersson has 13 points (5-8-13).
• Evander Kane has 11 points (6-5-11) in eight career games against Seattle.
• In 10 career games against the Kraken, Jake DeBrusk has nine points (5-4-9).
• Kevin Lankinen is 2-2-0 with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage in five career games against Seattle.
• Nikita Tolopilo has yet to face the Kraken in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Drew O’Connor ranks t-9th in the NHL in shorthanded goals this season (2).
• In his last five games, Teddy Blueger has five points (2-3-5).
• Brock Boeser has four points (2-2-4) in his last four games.

LAST MEETING – JAN. 2/26: VAN 3 vs SEA 4 (SO)

Cale Fleury opened the scoring with 2:26 remaining in the opening frame…Chandler Stephenson doubled Seattle’s lead just before the nine-minute-mark of the second…Kiefer Sherwood got Vancouver on the board with 6:54 left in the middle frame with a power play goal…Jake DeBrusk and Tom Willander had the helpers…Ben Meyers scored the Kraken’s third of the contest with 1:47 remaining in the second…DeBrusk scored a power play goal with 38 seconds left in the middle period…Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson had the assists…Linus Karlsson tied the game with 6:15 gone in the third…Filip Hronek and DeBrusk were credited with the assists…Matty Beniers scored the lone goal in the shootout for Seattle…DeBrusk had five shots…Sherwood had five hits…Marcus Pettersson blocked two shots…Thatcher Demko made 25 saves through 65 minutes and another two in the shootout. 

2025.26 TEAM RANKS

LAST GAME PLAYED – FEB. 25/26: VAN 2 vs WPG 3 (OT)

Drew O’Connor opened the scoring 1:58 into the first period…Brock Boeser had the lone assist…Kyler Connor tied the game at the 11:42 mark of the opening frame…Evander Kane gave Vancouver the lead 38 seconds into the second…Elias Pettersson was credited with the only assist…Gabriel Vilardi tied the game with 1:15 left in the second…Cole Perfetti scored the overtime winner 1:37 into the extra frame…Kane and Filip Hronek each had four shots…Marcus Pettersson had four hits…Pettersson blocked seven shots…Nikita Tolopilo made 25 saves.

LAST 5 – vs SEATTLE

• Jan. 2/26: VAN 3 vs SEA 4 (SO)
• Dec. 29/25: VAN 3 at SEA 2 (SO)
• Apr. 2/25: VAN 0 vs SEA 5
• Mar. 1/25: VAN 3 at SEA 6
• Jan. 2/25: VAN 4 at SEA 3 (SO)

ON THIS DATE

• The Canucks have played 26 times on February 28 in the franchise’s history, holding a record of 8-10-3-5.
  • This includes a 3-6-0-1 record on the road.  
  • Tonight marks the first ever matchup between Vancouver and Seattle on February 28.

DENIUS PETTERSHOTS

• With the 2026 Winter Olympics concluding on February 22, the seven members of the Canucks organization completed their first Olympic experience:

ARRIVEDERCI MILANO CORTINA

• With the 2026 Winter Olympics concluding on February 22, the seven members of the Canucks organization completed their first Olympic experience:
  • Kevin Lankinen captured a bronze medal with Team Finland.
  • Filip Hronek recorded five points (0-5-5) in five games with Team Czechia.
  • Elias Pettersson scored two goals and had a +2 rating in five games with Team Sweden.
  • Teddy Blueger appeared in four games for Team Latvia, registering one assist.
  • David Kämpf skated in five games for Team Czechia, posting three points (1-2-3).
  • Lukas Reichel scored two goals and added an assist in five games for Team Germany.
  • Anri Ravinskis played in all four of Team Latvia’s games, averaging 6:29 of time on ice.

TWO OF A KIND

• Recording two assists on Feb. 2/26 at UTA, Conor Garland recorded his 22nd multi-assist game as a Canuck, the fourth-most amongst Canucks skaters since he arrived in Vancouver in 2021.22.

IT’S TOLO TIME

• Stopping a career-high 39 shots on Jan. 31/26 vs TOR, Nikita Tolopilo set a new record for most saves by a Belarusian goaltender in an NHL game.

TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK

• Combining for 33 saves on Jan. 29/26 vs ANA, Nikita Tolopilo (32 saves) and Kevin Lankinen (one save) posted the fourth shared shutout in franchise history.
  • This is the first shared shutout in Canucks history in which one goaltender had yet to record his first individual shutout.

FIL FOR 200

• Filip Hronek played his 200th game as a Canuck on Jan. 29/26 vs ANA, recording one assist, the 99th assist and 114th point of his Canucks career. His 99 assists are the second-most by a Canucks defenceman through 200 games with the franchise, and his 114 points are tied for fourth-most.

MOVIN’ ON UP

• Posting two assists on Jan. 27/26 vs SJS, Elias Pettersson passed Dennis Kearns for ninth on the franchise’s all-time assist list (291, now 292).
• With an assist on Jake DeBrusk’s third period goal on Jan. 25/26 vs PIT, Elias Pettersson tied Dennis Kearns for ninth on the Canucks all-time assist list (290).
• Recording an assist on Drew O’Connor’s second period goal on Jan. 21/26 vs WSH, Brock Boeser posted the 243rd assist of his career, passing Doug Lidster for 15th on the Canucks all-time assist list.
• Scoring his 75th career power play goal on Jan. 15/26 at CBJ, Brock Boeser broke a tie with Stan Smyl for the sixth-most power play goals in franchise history.
• With his third period goal on Jan. 13/26 at OTT, Elias Pettersson passed Thomas Gradin for sole possession of 10th on the Canucks all-time goals list (198).
  • Upon reaching the Top 10 in goals for the Canucks, Elias Pettersson became the sixth player in franchise history to Top 10 in goals, assists, and points, joining Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin, Markus Naslund, Trevor Linden, and Stan Smyl.
• Suiting up for his 598th career game on Jan. 13/26 at OTT, Brock Boeser passed Kevin Bieksa for 16th on the Canucks all-time games played list.

DOC’S ON THE CASE

• With an assist on Teddy Blueger’s shorthanded tally on Jan. 23/25 vs NJD, Drew O’Connor now has three shorthanded points this season, tied for fifth in the league (t-11th as of Feb. 28/26).
• Scoring his second shorthanded goal of the season on Dec. 27/25 vs SJS, Drew O’Connor is now tied for the fifth-most shorthanded goals in the league this season (t-9th as of Feb. 28/26).

“HEY EVERYONE, CZECH OUT FIL!”

• Filip Hronek played his 200th game as a Canuck on Jan. 29/26 vs ANA, recording one assist, the 99th assist and 114th point of his Canucks career. His 99 assists are the second-most by a Canucks defenceman through 200 games with the franchise, and his 114 points are tied for fourth-most.
• Jan. 19/26 vs NYI saw Filip Hronek appear in his 500th career game. His 266 points (43-223-266) rank as the third-most by a Czech defenceman through their first 500 career games, only trailing Marek Zidlicky (282) and Tomas Kaberle (269).  

RARE COMPANY

• Appearing in his 600th career game on Jan. 17/26 vs EDM, Brock Boeser became the 16th player to play as many games with the Canucks.
  • Boeser also became only the 12th player to be drafted by Vancouver to play at least 600 career games with the franchise.

JAKE THE SNAKE

• Scoring Vancouver’s first goal on Jan. 8/26 at DET, Jake DeBrusk now has 11 power play goals this season, tied for the third-most in the NHL (t-6th as of Feb 28/26).
  • Amongst players with at least 10 goals this season, DeBrusk has the highest percentage of goals coming with the man advantage (84.6%).
  • DeBrusk’s 25 power play goals since the start of the 2024.25 season rank 5th in the NHL over that span.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Zeev Buium activated from Injured Reserve, Feb. 25
• Marco Rossi activated from Injured Reserve, Feb. 25
• Brock Boeser activated from Injured Reserve, Feb. 25
• Filip Chytil placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to Feb. 18, Feb. 25
• Jiri Patera reassigned to Abbotsford, Feb. 25
• Nikita Tolopilo recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Feb. 23
• Aku Koskenvuo reassigned to Kalamazoo from Abbotsford, Feb. 23
• Aku Koskenvuo reassigned to Abbotsford, Feb. 23
• Ty Young recalled from Kalamazoo to Abbotsford, Feb. 17
• Aku Koskenvuo recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Feb. 17
• Jiri Patera recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Feb. 4
• Nikita Tolopilo reassigned to Abbotsford, Feb. 4
• Victor Mancini reassigned to Abbotsford, Feb. 4
• Jonathan Lekkerimäki reassigned to Abbotsford, Feb. 4

THE LAST TIME…

• The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Dec. 19/25 at NYI
• The Canucks lost when leading after 1P: Jan. 19/26 vs NYI
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 1P: Apr. 12/25 vs MIN
• The Canucks won when leading after 2P: Jan. 21/26 vs WSH
• The Canucks lost when leading after 2P: Oct. 25/25 vs MTL
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 2P: Jan. 31/26 vs TOR
• The Canucks won when trailing after 1P: Dec. 29/25 at SEA
• The Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Feb. 2/26 at UTA
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 1P: Jan. 3/26 vs BOS
• The Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Dec. 20/25 at BOS
• The Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Feb. 4/26 at VGK
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 2P: Jan. 2/26 vs SEA
• The Canucks won when tied after 1P: Jan. 29/26 vs ANA
• The Canucks lost when tied after 1P: Feb. 4/26 at VGK
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 1P: Feb. 25/26 vs WPG
• The Canucks won when tied after 2P: Jan. 29/26 vs ANA
• The Canucks lost when tied after 2P: Jan. 12/26 at MTL
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 2P: Feb. 25/26 vs WPG

2025.26 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS

• Most Goals Scored, Game: 6, Nov. 16/25 at TBL
• Most Goals Scored, Period: 5, Nov. 16/25 at TBL, 3rd period
• Most Goals Allowed, Game: 8, Nov. 17/25 at FLA
• Most Goals Allowed, Period: 6, Jan. 17/26 vs EDM, 2nd period
• Fewest Goals Scored, Game: 0, 3x, Latest Jan. 17/26 vs EDM
• Fewest Goals Allowed, Game: 0, Dec. 16/25 at NYR
• Most PPG Scored, Game: 2, 6x, Latest Jan. 2/26 vs SEA
• Most PPG Allowed, Game: 2, 13x, Latest Jan. 27/26 vs SJS
• Most SHG Scored, Game: 1, 7x, Latest Jan. 29/26 vs ANA
• Most SHG Allowed, Game: 1, 5x, Latest Jan. 6/26 at BUF
• Most Shots, Game: 45, Nov. 5/25 vs CHI
• Most Shots, Period: 19, 2x, Latest Nov. 5/25 vs CHI, 2nd period
• Most Shots, OT: 4, Jan. 31/26 vs TOR
• Fewest Shots, Game: 15, 2x, Latest Nov. 17/25 at FLA
• Fewest Shots, Period: 1, 2x, Latest Dec. 14/25 at NJD, 3rd period
• Fewest Shots, OT: 0, 3x, Latest Dec. 29/25 at SEA
• Most Shots Allowed, Game: 42, Dec. 20/25 at BOS
• Most Shots Allowed, Period: 19, Dec. 30/25 vs PHI, 2nd period
• Most Shots Allowed, OT: 6, Dec. 20/25 at BOS
• Fewest Shots Allowed, Game: 18, 2x, Latest Dec. 5/25 vs UTA
• Fewest Shots Allowed, Period: 2, Dec. 11/25 vs BUF, 3rd period
• Fewest Shots Allowed, OT: 0, Oct. 26/25 vs EDM
• Most Hits, Game: 33, Dec. 22/25 at PHI
• Fewest Hits, Game: 10, 3x, Latest Jan. 29/26 vs ANA
• Most Blocked Shots, Game: 29, Nov. 14/25 at CAR
• Fewest Blocked Shots, Game: 6, Jan. 2/26 vs SEA
• Largest Margin of Victory: 4 goals, 2x, Latest Nov. 16/25 at TBL
• Largest Margin of Defeat: 6 goals, Jan. 17/26 vs EDM
• Longest Win Streak: 4 games, Dec. 14-20/25 (4-0-0)
• Longest Point Streak: 4 games, Dec. 14-20/25 (4-0-0)
• Longest Winless Streak: 11 games, Dec. 30/25 - Jan. 19/26 (0-9-2)
• Longest Pointless Streak: 8 games, Jan. 6-19/26 (0-8-0)

VANCOUVER 2025.26 RECORD WHEN…

• Score 4+ Goals: 12-1-1
• Score 3 Goals or Less: 6-32-6
• Allow 4+ Goals: 2-25-2
• Allow 3 Goals or Less: 16-8-5
• Scoring First: 9-10-3
• Allowing First Goal: 9-23-4
• On 0 Days Rest: 4-3-3
• On 1 Day Rest: 8-23-1
• On 2 Days Rest: 5-6-2
• On 3+ Days Rest: 1-1-1
• Score a PPG: 11-11-4
• Give up a PPG: 11-19-4
• 25 or More Shots on Goal: 10-22-3
• Less than 25 shots: 8-11-4

THREE STARS – FEBRUARY

• Tolopilo – 5 pts

JANUARY WINNER – Lankinen, DeBrusk, Tolopilo (10 pts)

DECEMBER WINNER – Demko, Öhgren (15 pts)

NOVEMBER WINNER – Hughes (20 pts)

OCTOBER WINNER – Demko, Sherwood (20 pts)

\5 points are awarded for each Three Stars Selection*

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

• Monday, March 2: Vancouver vs Dallas, 7:00pm PT
• Wednesday, March 4: Vancouver vs Carolina, 7:00pm PT
• Friday, March 6: Vancouver at Chicago, 5:30pm PT
• Saturday, March 7: Vancouver at Winnipeg, 4:00pm PT
• Monday, March 9: Vancouver vs Ottawa, 6:00pm PT