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LAST MEETING - OCT. 22/22: VAN 1 vs BUF 5
Conor Garland scored on the power play for his second tally of the season, at 13:27 in the second period, to bring Vancouver to within a goal...Tanner Pearson collected his fourth assist of the season, while Ilya Mikheyev recorded his first point (assist) in a Canucks uniform on the play...Garland, Brock Boeser, and Elias Pettersson each registered four shots on goal...Dakota Joshua and Kyle Burroughs each set new team-highs for most individual hits in a game (7)...Burroughs also led all Canucks in blocked shots (3)...Jack Rathbone played 17:55 (including 3:39 PP) in his season debut...Elias Pettersson (9/12) and Bo Horvat (12/17) each posted higher than a 70 percent success rate in the face-off circle...Thatcher Demko faced 26 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - NOV. 13/22: VAN 2 at BOS 5
J.T. Miller scored on the power play for his ninth goal of the season to tie the game at one 9:05 into the game...Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser picked up the assists...Hughes extended his personal point streak to 10 games on the goal...Sheldon Dries scored his first goal and second power play point of the season just 4:34 into the third period...Bo Horvat and Luke Schenn tied for the team lead with five shots on goal...Schenn and Miller tied for the team lead in hits with four...Thatcher Demko faced 32 shots.
LAST 5 vs BUFFALO
HUGHES' HELPING HANDS
Picking up a power play assist to extend his personal assist streak to 10 games (0-13-13) on Nov. 13 at BOS, Quinn Hughes passed Jiri Bubla (1983.84) for the second-longest assist streak by a defenceman in Canucks history. He now trails only Dennis Kearns for the longest assist streak in franchise history (11 games in 1976.77).
HARD HITTING SCHENN
Matching his personal career-high and the Canucks franchise-high (set by himself) with 12 hits on Nov. 12 at TOR, Luke Schenn became the first player in NHL history to record at least three games with 12+ hits in his career. With 2,913 career hits, Schenn is only 33 hits away from tying Brooks Orpik (2,946) for most in League-history by a defencemen. Schenn has collected the most hits in the NHL this season (73 in 16 GP).
\The NHL began tracking hits in 2005.06.
BO'S BLAZING START
Potting his team-leading 13th goal on Nov. 12 at TOR, Bo Horvat tied Darcy Rota (1983.84) and Greg Adams (1987.88) for fourth-most goals through the first 15 games of a season in Canucks history, trailing only Alexander Mogilny (14, 1995.96), Pavel Bure (15, 1992.93) and Tony Tanti (16, 1983.84).
HORVAT HITS 200
Picking up an assist on J.T. Miller's first period goal on Nov. 5 vs NSH, Bo Horvat recorded his 200th career assist, become the 22nd Canuck in team history to hit that mark.
HATS OFF TO KUZ
Recording a hat-trick with three goals, including the game-winner, on Nov. 3 vs ANA, Andrei Kuzmenko became just the fourth Russian-born skater in Canucks history to record a hat-trick, joining Pavel Bure (9x), Alexander Mogilny (4x), and Igor Larionov (2x). The winger became the fourth Canucks player in the past 20 years to record three goals in a single frame joining Horvat (Oct. 22/19), Mikael Samuelsson (Mar. 9/10) and Markus Naslund (Oct. 21/02).
FIVE-POINT PETEY
Posting one goal and four assists on Nov. 3 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson recorded his third career five-point game, joining Alexander Mogilny as the only other player in Canucks history to do so. He currently leads the team in assists (10) and points (15) in 11 games so far this season.
MARTIN'S MAGICAL RUN
Turning aside 26 shots in an 8-5 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Nov. 3, Spencer Martin improved his record with the Canucks to 5-0-4, passing Curt Ridley (6-0-2 in 1975.76) as the only goaltender in franchise history to earn at least a point in each of his first ten starts with the team.
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THREE STARS - NOVEMBER
OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)
\5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection
