PREVIEW | Canucks at Blues
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LAST MEETING - FEB. 23/23: VAN 3 at STL 2 (OT)
J.T. Miller brought the Canucks within one with his first shorthanded goal of the season just past the nine-minute mark of the third period...Elias Pettersson recorded the only assist...Andrei Kuzmenko tied the game with 28.6 seconds left in regulation...Pettersson and Miller had the assists...Pettersson scored his third overtime winner of the season with 15 seconds left in the extra frame... Anthony Beauvillier and Ethan Bear recorded the assists...Pettersson set a career-high with 10 shots on goal...Jack Studnicka and Kyle Burroughs both led the team with two hits...Burroughs and Tyler Myers co-led the team with three blocked shots...Arturs Silovs made 20 saves.
LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 26/23: VAN 4 at CHI 2
Phillip Di Giuseppe scored the Canucks' first goal at 19:43 in the second period to tie the game at one...J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes registered assists...Elias Pettersson scored his first of two goals at 12:06 in the third...Ethan Bear and Andrei Kuzmenko were both credited with the assists...Pettersson extended the Canucks' lead sixty-three seconds later on the power play...Kuzmenko tied the franchise record for most points in by a first year NHL-er (66) with the first helper...Brock Boeser recorded the second helper...Boeser regained the two goal lead with an empty netter at 18:57...Bear registered the sole assist on the play...Delia recorded his second career win against his former team stopping 29 shots...Pettersson led the team in shots (7)...Dakota Joshua led the team in hits (4) and blocked shots (3).
LAST 5 vs ST. LOUIS
QUINN HUGHES IS ON FIRE
Registering one assist on Mar. 26 vs CHI, Quinn Hughes notched his 69th point of the season to break another one of his own franchise records, this time for the most points by a defenceman in a single season (previously 68 in 2021.22). Hughes' helper was also his 234th career point, ranking him tied-eighth with Ed Jovanovski for the most career points by a defenceman in franchise history.
ELIAS IS ELITE
Scoring two goals on Mar. 26 vs CHI, Elias Pettersson extended his career-high point streak to 12 games (7-10-17 in those games), tying Clayton Keller for the longest active point streak in the league. Pettersson's point streak also ranks him tied-eighth in Canucks history for longest point streak in a season and is only the sixth Canuck (seventh instance) since the turn of the century to record a point streak of at least 12 games or longer (Henrik Sedin in 2013.14 [12 GP], Todd Bertuzzi in 2002.03 [12 GP] & 2001.02 [15 GP], Alexandre Burrows in 2009.10 [12 GP], Ryan Kesler in 2009.10 [13 GP], and J.T. Miller in 2021.22 [13 GP]).
CAN'T STOP KUZY
Recording two assists on Mar. 26 vs CHI, Andrei Kuzmenko tallied his 66th point this season to tie Elias Pettersson's franchise record for most points in a season by a first-year NHL player (set in 2018.19). The assists were also his 30th and 31st in 2022.23, making Kuzmenko only the second Canucks skater in the last 40 years to have at least as many helpers in their first NHL season (also trailing Pettersson who had 38 in 2018.19).
"SCORING ON THE PK" - A CANUCKS' SHORT
Opening the Canucks' scoring on Mar. 25 at DAL, Dakota Joshua registered the team's 14th shorthanded marker of the season to lead in the NHL this season and is the most by a Canucks team since 2002.03.
MILLER'S SPECIAL SAUCE
Scoring both a shorthanded penalty shot and a power play goal on Mar. 21 vs VGK, J.T. Miller registered his fourth multi-goal game of the season, which ranks third on the team. This marked the fourth time in his career (four in 2016.17, four in 2021.22, five in 2019.20) that he has recorded at least four multi-goal games in the same season.
RAINING THREE'S FOR BOESER
Recording three assists on Mar. 14 vs DAL, Brock Boeser reached 300 career NHL points, becoming the 10th player from the 2015 NHL Draft class to reach this milestone. Boeser's three assists set a new career high for most assists in a season with 33 (previously 30 in 2018.19) and was his fifth career three-assist game (second this season).
HISTORY WAITS FOR NO ONE
Scoring the opening goal on Mar. 6 vs NSH, Elias Pettersson registered his 300th career NHL point becoming the first skater from the 2017 NHL Draft Class to reach this milestone. Pettersson achieved this feat in 306 games played also making him the second fastest Canuck in franchise history to reach 300 points, trailing only Pavel Bure who was able to do it in 264 games played.
2022.23 CANUCKS MILESTONES
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THREE STARS - MARCH
FEBRUARY WINNER - Pettersson (15 pts)
JANUARY WINNER - Pettersson (20 pts)
DECEMBER WINNER - Pettersson (20 pts)
NOVEMBER WINNER - Horvat (40 pts)
OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)
\5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection*
