Canucks vs. Bruins game notes

CANUCKS VS BRUINS PREVIEW: (TV: HNIC; Radio: Sportsnet 650)

LAST MEETING - OCT. 19/17: VAN 3 at BOS 6

Derek Dorsett opened the scoring at 2:58 of the first...Thomas Vanek scored on a power play tip-in at 16:06 of the second and Bo Horvat added a goal 34 seconds later to cut the Bruins lead to 5-3...Anders Nilsson made 13 saves on 17 shots while Jacob Markstrom made 16 saves on 18 shots in relief...Michael Del Zotto tied a career-high with 2 assists and registered a season/team-high 6 shots...Brock Boeser, Chris Tanev, Sven Baertschi and Sam Gagner each recorded an assist.

VS BRUINS TIDBITS:

• Thomas Vanek has 67 points (33-34-67) in 62 career games versus the Bruins.
• Daniel Sedin has 13 points (6-7-13) in 21 career games versus the Bruins. On Jan. 21/16, he scored to surpass Markus Naslund for most goals in franchise history (348).
• Brandon Sutter has 12 points (5-7-12) in 27 career games versus Boston.
• Henrik Sedin has 10 points (2-8-10) in 20 career games versus Boston.
• Michael Del Zotto has 11 points (3-8-11) in 23 career games versus the Bruins.
• Bo Horvat notched his 100th career NHL point on Feb. 11/17 at BOS. He has 5 points (2-3-5) in 7 career games versus the Bruins.
• Anders Nilsson made his NHL debut on Nov. 19/11 versus Boston. In 3 career games versus the Bruins, he has a record of 1-1-0 along with a .878 save percentage and 4.71 GAA.
• Jacob Markstrom has a record of 1-3-0 along with a .906 save percentage and 2.71 GAA in 5 career games versus the Bruins.
• Loui Eriksson appeared in 224 games in three seasons with the Bruins recording 147 points (62-85-147). Against his former team, he has recorded 3 points (1-2-3) in 5 games.

LAST GAME: FEB. 15/18: VAN 1 at SJS 4

Daniel Sedin scored at 6:43 of the third to get the Canucks on the board; he also had a game-high 6 shots and game/season-high 5 hits...Thomas Vanek and Henrik Sedin each netted an assist on the play...Anders Nilsson made 26 saves...Bo Horvat had a season- high 6 shots...The Canucks had a season-high 44 shots on goal.

THE GOING RATE:

• Michael Del Zotto has 2 goals over the past 4 games.
• Brock Boeser has 8 points (5-3-8) over the past 10 games.
• Jake Virtanen has 2 points (1-1-2) over the past 3 games.
• Brandon Sutter has 5 assists/points over the past 9 games.
• Daniel Sedin has a point in three straight games (1-2-3).
• Alex Edler has 3 assists/points over the past 5 games.
• Reid Boucher has 2 goals over the past 3 games.
• Thomas Vanek has collected 2 points (1-1-2) over the past 3 games.
• Henrik Sedin has 5 assists over the past 9 games.
• Sven Baertschi has 4 points (1-3-4) over the past 4 games.
• Bo Horvat has collected 5 points (2-3-5) over the past 5 games.

PLAYER QUICK HITS:

• Alex Edler collected his 321st career point on Feb. 11/18 at DAL to place him in a three-way tie with Jryki Lumme and Dennis Kearns for most points by a defenceman in franchise history. Mattias Ohlund ranks 1st with 325 points.
• Brock Boeser notched his 30th career goal (26th this season) on Feb. 18/18 at TB to become just the 3rd Canucks skater to reach 30 goals with rookie status, joining Pavel Bure and Trevor Linden.
• Brock Boeser ranks t-9th in the NHL goal-scoring race and leads all rookies with 27 goals. Boeser has scored 17.9% of the Canucks 151 goals this season.
• Boeser made his All-Star debut this year and registered 2-1-3 in two contests, including 1-1-2 in the final, to earn MVP honors and power the Pacific Division to victory. He became the first rookie since Mario Lemieux in 1985 to win NHL All Star MVP honours. Boeser also won the accuracy shooting during the Skills competition, becoming the third Canuck to accomplish that feat (Daniel Sedin in 2011 and Markus Naslund in 2002.
• Boeser won NHL Rookie of the Month honours in both November and December, becoming the first Canucks rookie to win it in back-to-back months. Boeser also won the NHL's first star of the week, ending Jan. 28.
• Henrik Sedin appeared in his 1,300th NHL game Feb. 3/18 vs TBL. He became just the 62nd player all-time and third Swedish born player in League history to achieve the feat. He now sits 61st all-time with 1,305 games played.
• Henrik Sedin notched his 800th career assist on Dec. 13 vs NSH. In doing so, he became the first Canucks player, the 31st player in NHL history, the 3rd active player and the 2nd Swedish-born player to accomplish the feat.
• Daniel Sedin collected his 83rd career GWG on Feb. 1/18 vs CHI to move into a tie for 30th all-time with Jean Beliveau.