GAME DAY - v1 - CDC -_APR.16

CANUCKS AT OILERS

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet West

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the fourth and final meeting between the Canucks and Oilers this season: Oct. 11 (road, 3-1 L), Oct. 26 (home, 4-3 W), Jan. 17 (home, 6-0 L) and Apr. 16 (road)
  • Vancouver is 115-126-19-15 all-time against Edmonton, including a 51-71-7-8 record on the road.
  • The Canucks are 3-7-0 in their last 10 games against the Oilers (2-3-0 in their last five).
  • Brock Boeser leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Edmonton with 34 points (19-15-34) in 36 career games.
  • In 28 career games against the Oilers, Elias Pettersson has 22 points (8-14-22).
  • Nils Höglander has 12 points (4-8-12) in 20 career games against Edmonton.
  • In 17 career games against the Oilers, Filip Hronek has 11 points (3-8-11).
  • Kevin Lankinen is 1-4-0 with a 4.37 goals-against average and an .859 save percentage in six career games against Edmonton.
  • Nikita Tolopilo has one career appearances against the Oilers, posting a 0-1-0 record with a 6.01 goals-against average and an .829 save percentage.   

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Brock Boeser has 11 points (5-6-11) in his last 10 games.
  • In his last eight games, Jake DeBrusk has seven goals.
  • Marco Rossi has four points (2-2-4) in his last three games.

LAST MEETING – JAN. 17/26: VAN 0 at EDM 6

Jack Roslovic opened the scoring 3:11 into the second period…Zach Hyman doubled Edmonton’s lead 3:38 later…Kasperi Kapanen made it 3-0 just before the 12-minute mark of the second…Roslovic scored his second of the game at 14:31 of the middle frame…Kapanen added his second of the night 37 seconds later…Vasily Podkolzin closed out the scoring with 3:26 left in the second…Linus Karlsson had five shots…Evander Kane had four hits…Filip Hronek blocked four shots…Nikita Tolopilo made 29 saves.

2025.26 TEAM RANKS

 

VAN

EDM

Goals For/Game

2.58 (30th)

3.41 (6th)

Goals Against/Game

3.80 (32nd)

3.26 (26th)

Power Play %

21.9 (14th)

30.1 (1st)

Penalty Kill %

72.0 (31st)

77.7 (21st)

Penalty Min./Game

8:30 (15th)

9:02 (20th)

*Rankings are accurate as of 12:00am PT on April 16, 2026

LAST GAME PLAYED – APR. 14/26: VAN 4 vs LAK 3 (OT)

D Elias Pettersson opened the scoring 9:21 into the first period…Kirill Kudryavtsev and Marco Rossi had the assists…Quinton Byfield tied the game with 2:45 left in the first…Jake DeBrusk re-took the lead for Vancouver 52 seconds into the second on the power play…Brock Boeser and Filip Hronek had the helpers…Adrian Kempe tied the game 12 seconds later…Alex Laferriere gave the Kings the lead 1:13 later…Zeev Buium evened the game at 9:20 of the middle frame…Nils Höglander and Elias Pettersson were awarded the assists…DeBrusk scored the overtime winner at 2:58 of the extra frame…Pettersson and Tom Willander had the assists…DeBrusk had six shots…D Elias Pettersson had four hits…Buium and Linus Karlsson each blocked two shots…Kevin Lankinen made 31 saves.

LAST 5 – vs EDMONTON

  • Jan. 17/26: VAN 0 vs EDM 6
  • Oct. 26/25: VAN 4 vs EDM 3 (OT)
  • Oct. 11/25: VAN 1 at EDM 3
  • Jan. 23/25: VAN 2 at EDM 6
  • Jan. 18/25: VAN 3 vs EDM 2

ON THIS DATE

  • The Canucks have played eight times on April 16 in the franchise’s history, holding a record of 1-5-1-1.
    • This includes a 0-2-0-1 record on the road.  
    • Vancouver has never faced the Oilers on April 16 in the franchise’s history.

JAKE AND BAKE

  • Putting home his 19th power play goal of the season on Apr. 14/26 vs LAK, Jake DeBrusk now has 33 power play goals over the last two seasons with Vancouver. He is the fourth player in Canucks history with at least 33 power play goals over a two-season span (Pavel Bure, Todd Bertuzzi, and Tony Tanti).
    • DeBrusk’s 19 power play goals this season are tied for the fifth-most in a single season in franchise history (Tony Tanti, 1983.84).
  • Scoring his 20th goal of the season on Apr. 11/26 at SJS, Jake DeBrusk became the third player since 1995.96 to score 20 goals in each of his first two seasons with the Canucks.

BROCKSTAR

  • With an assist on Jake DeBrusk’s power play goal on Apr. 14/26 vs LAK, Brock Boeser tied J.T. Miller for the 10th-most power play points in franchise history (165).
  • Recording an assist on Marco Rossi’s power play overtime winner on Apr. 12/26 at ANA, Brock Boeser passed Todd Bertuzzi for the 11th most power play points in franchise history (164).
  • With an assist on Apr. 9/26 at LAK, Brock Boeser passed Pavel Bure for the eighth-most points by a player in franchise history (479).
  • Recording an assist on Apr. 4/26 vs UTA, Brock Boeser tied Pavel Bure for eighth on the Canucks all-time scoring list (478).
  • Scoring three goals on Apr. 1/26 at COL, Brock Boeser posted his seventh career hat trick, tying Stan Smyl for the fourth-most in Canucks history.
    • Boeser also registered his 20th goal of the season, posting 20 goals for the seventh time in his career, one of only six players to do so in Canucks history (D. Sedin (11), Markus Naslund (10), Stan Smyl (8), Thomas Gradin (7), and Trevor Linden (7).
  • Giving the Canucks a 2-1 lead with a power play goal on Mar. 30/26 at VGK, Brock Boeser tied Todd Bertuzzi for the fifth-most power play goals in franchise history (79).
  • Scoring his 17th goal of the season on Mar. 24/26 vs ANA, Brock Boeser passed Tony Tanti for the ninth-most points in franchise history (471).
  • With an assist on March 19/26 vs TBL, Brock Boeser reached the 250-assist milestone in his career, becoming the seventh player in Canucks history with 200+ goals and 250+ assists (Stan Smyl, Trevor Linden, Markus Naslund, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, and Elias Pettersson are the others).
    • Boeser also became the 10th forward from the 2015 Draft to hit the 250-assist mark, and the eighth player with at least 200 career goals and 250 career assists.

OT? BETTER CALL PETEY

  • Assisting on Jake DeBrusk’s overtime winner on Apr. 14/26 vs LAK, Elias Pettersson tied Brendan Morrison for the eighth-most overtime points in franchise history (15).
    • Pettersson also tied Pavel Bure for the 11th-most game-winning points in franchise history (65).

DENIUS PETTERSHOTS

  • Recording two blocked shots (up to 107 on the season) on Apr. 12/26 at ANA, Elias Pettersson passed Ryan Johnson (2007.08) and Brandon Tanev (2024.25) for the third-most blocked shots by a forward in a single season.

TOLO TOPS THE CHARTS

  • Appearing in the 22nd game of his career on Apr. 9/26 at LAK, Nikita Tolopilo passed Alexei Kolosov for the most appearances in the NHL by a Belarusian goaltender in NHL history.
    • Tolopilo’s 23 appearances this season are a single-season record for a Belarisuan netminder.

CAN’T STOP KARLY

  • Scoring two goals on Apr. 4/26 vs UTA, Linus Karlsson is up to 13 even strength goals and 30 even strength points on the season, good for t-6th and t-6th amongst rookies this season (now 31 EVP and 7th and t-7th respectively as of Apr. 16/26).

1KANE

  • Scoring the opening goal on Mar. 30/26 at VGK, Evander Kane became the second player in franchise history to score a goal in his 1000th career game (Markus Naslund on Jan. 17/08 at DET).
  • Kane also became just the third player from Vancouver proper to appear in 1000 career games, joining Milan Lucic and Glenn Anderson.

MULTI-POINT PETEY

  • With two helpers on Mar. 28/26 at CGY, Elias Pettersson tied Pavel Bure (131) for the seventh-most 2+ point performances by a Canucks player.

PETEY FOR 200, 300, AND 500

  • Recording two assists on Mar. 24/26 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson reached the 300-assist and 500-point milestones in his career.
    • Pettersson becomes the second-fastest player in Canucks history to record 500 career points (533 games), trailing on Thomas Gradin (529).
  • Scoring two goals on Mar. 17/26 vs FLA, Elias Pettersson reached the 200-goal milestone in his career. He became the fourth-fastest Canuck to reach the mark (530 games), only behind Pavel Bure (328), Tony Tanti (387) and Markus Naslund (509).
    • Pettersson also became the sixth-fastest Swedish player in NHL history to reach the 200-goal plateau, trailing only Kent Nilsson (363), Mats Sundin (458), Henrik Setterberg (487), Mats Naslund (493) and Filip Forsberg (529).
    • With his second goal, Pettersson tied Todd Bertuzzi for 10th on the Canucks all-time power play points list (163).

POWER PETEY ACTIVATED

  • Recording two power play assists on Mar. 24/26 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson passed J.T. Miller for the ninth-most power play points in franchise history (167).
  • With an assist on Filip Hronek’s power play goal on Mar. 21/26 vs STL. Elias Pettersson tied J.T. Miller for the ninth-most power play points in franchise history (165).
  • Recording two power play points on Mar. 17/26 vs FLA, Elias Pettersson passed Todd Bertuzzi for the 10th-most power play points by a Canucks player in franchise history (164).

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • Jiri Patera reassigned to Abbotsford, Apr. 11
  • Kirill Kudryavtsev recalled from Abbotsford, Apr. 11
  • Riley Patterson assigned to Abbotsford from Niagara, Apr. 6
  • Jiri Patera recalled under emergency conditions, Apr. 4
  • Ty Mueller recalled from Abbotsford, Apr. 1
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph activated from Injured Reserve, Mar. 21
  • Victor Mancini re-signed to a two-year contract extension, Mar. 20
  • Jayden Grubbe acquired from Edmonton in exchange for Josh Bloom, Mar. 13

THE LAST TIME…

  • The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Apr. 12/26 at ANA
  • The Canucks lost when leading after 1P: Apr. 2/26 at MIN
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 1P: Mar. 7/26 at WPG
  • The Canucks won when leading after 2P: Apr. 12/26 at ANA
  • 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: Apr. 11/26 at SJS
  • The Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Apr. 9/26 at LAK
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 1P: Jan. 3/26 vs BOS
  • The Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Mar. 12/26 vs NSH
  • The Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Apr. 9/26 at LAK
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 2P: Jan. 2/26 vs SEA
  • The Canucks won when tied after 1P: Apr. 14/26 vs LAK
  • The Canucks lost when tied after 1P: Apr. 7/26 vs VGK
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 1P: Feb. 25/26 vs WPG
  • The Canucks won when tied after 2P: Apr. 14/26 vs LAK
  • The Canucks lost when tied after 2P: Apr. 7/26 vs VGK
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 2P: Mar. 7/26 at WPG

2025.26 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS

  • Most Goals Scored, Game: 8, Apr. 1/26 at COL
  • 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, 6x, Latest Mar. 26/26 vs LAK
  • Fewest Goals Allowed, Game: 0, 2x, Latest Jan. 29/26 vs ANA
  • Most PPG Scored, Game: 2, 11x, Latest Apr. 12/26 at ANA
  • Most PPG Allowed, Game: 2, 14x, Latest Mar. 28/26 at CGY
  • Most SHG Scored, Game: 1, 9x, Latest Apr. 12/26 at 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: 7, Apr. 12/26 at ANA
  • Fewest Shots, Game: 11, Apr. 7/26 vs VGK
  • 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, 2x, Latest Apr. 14/26 vs LAK
  • Most Hits, Game: 33, Dec. 22/25 at PHI
  • Fewest Hits, Game: 3, 4x, Latest Feb. 28/26 at SEA
  • Most Blocked Shots, Game: 29, Nov. 14/25 at CAR
  • Fewest Blocked Shots, Game: 6, 2x, Latest Mar. 19/26 vs TBL
  • 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: 17-3-1
  • Score 3 Goals or Less: 8-45-7
  • Allow 4+ Goals: 3-37-2
  • Allow 3 Goals or Less: 22-11-6
  • Scoring First: 13-15-4
  • Allowing First Goal: 12-33-4
  • On 0 Days Rest: 5-4-4
  • On 1 Day Rest: 12-34-1
  • On 2 Days Rest: 7-9-2
  • On 3+ Days Rest: 1-1-1
  • Score a PPG: 17-18-4
  • Give up a PPG: 12-28-5
  • 25 or More Shots on Goal: 15-28-3
  • Less than 25 shots: 10-20-5

THREE STARS – APRIL

  • Blueger (10 pts)
  • Boeser (5 pts)
  • Karlsson (5 pts)
  • Tolopilo (5 pts)
  • Rossi (5 pts)
  • DeBrusk (5 pts)
  • Buium (5 pts)

MARCH WINNER – Hronek (15 pts)

FEBRUARY WINNER – 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