MATCH-UP INFO
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LAST MEETING - JAN. 27/20: VAN 3 vs STL 1
J.T. Miller scored 2 goals including the GWG...Bo Horvat led the Canucks in shots (5) and scored a goal...Jake Virtanen and Chris Tanev both recorded 2 assists...Antoine Roussel played in his 500th career game...Tyler Motte recorded 6 hits...12 Canucks players recorded at least 1 blocked shot for a total of 23 blocked shots...Bo Horvat won 14 face-offs (70%)...Thatcher Demko made 36 saves.
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A GRAND OCCASSION
Tonight marks Bruce Boudreau's 1,000th NHL game coached (577-305-116), having coached 999 career regular season games with Vancouver (15), Minnesota (303), Anaheim (352), and Washington (329). He is poised to become the 29th coach in NHL history and sixth active Head Coach (Trotz, Ruff, D. Sutter, Laviolette, Tippett) to reach the milestone.
On Jan. 1 at SEA, Boudreau (8-0-1) became the third coach in NHL history to begin his tenure with a new team on a nine-game point streak. In December, Boudreau also tied the NHL coaching record for most consecutive wins (7) to start a tenure with a new team.
GOOD COMPANY
Making 31 saves during a 4-2 win on Jan. 16 at WSH, Thatcher Demko (103 GP) required the fourth-fewest games to reach 50 career wins with the Canucks, behind only Roberto Luongo (81 GP), Corey Schneider (88 GP) and Dan Cloutier (102 GP).
DEMKO'S DECEMBER
Making 22 saves in the 2-1 OT win at ANA on Dec. 29, Demko extended his career-best winning streak to six games (later seven games). During the month of December, Demko posted a record of 7-1-0 to go along with a .946 SV% and 1.72 GAA, ranking first in the NHL in saves (243), shots faced (257), and t-1st in wins (7). On Dec. 13, he was named the NHL's First Star of the Week and on Jan. 1, he was named the NHL's Third Star of the Month.
HERO HUGHES
MAGNIFICENT MILLER
Collecting an assist on Jan. 1 at SEA, J.T. Miller set a career-high nine-game point streak (3-10-13), besting his previous eight-game mark (twice). Miller also ranks t-3rd with Mike Walton for highest points-per-game (0.98) by a player with the Canucks franchise (min. 20 GP), trailing only Pavel Bure (1.12) and Alexander Mogilny (0.99).
RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES
CURRENT INJURIES
NHL COVID-19 PROTOCOL
Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 194 games
