Canucks vs. Avalanche game notes

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

Tweet from @Canucks: Same #Canucks line-up tonight, Gagner will not play.

LAST MEETING - JAN. 30/18: VAN 4 vs COL 3 OT

Bo Horvat opened the scoring on a breakaway at 6:36 of the first period...Michael Del Zotto made it 2-0 with a point shot just over 5 minutes later...Daniel Sedin scored as the first penalty in a 5-on-3 power play expired to tie it 3-3 two minutes into the third period...Sven Baertschi scored 1:07 into OT (his first OTG)...Chris Tanev registered a career-high 3 assists...Brock Boeser, Jake Virtanen, Brandon Sutter, Thomas Vanek and Henrik Sedin each recorded an assist...Jacob Markstrom made 27 saves.

VS AVALANCHE TIDBITS:

• Henrik Sedin has 73 points (22-51-73) in 85 career games vs COL.
• Daniel Sedin has 67 points (30-37-67) in 79 career games vs COL.
• Sam Gagner has 40 points in (15-25-40) in 45 career games vs COL.
• Thomas Vanek has 13 points (7-6-13) in 21 career games versus COL.
• Alex Edler appeared in his first NHL game on Nov. 4/06 at COL. Against Colorado, he has collected 21 points (4-17-21) in 48 career games.
• Loui Eriksson appeared in his first NHL game and collected his first NHL goal against the Avalanche on Oct. 4/06. Against Colorado, he has collected 21 points (10-11-21) in 37 career games.
• Bo Horvat played in his first NHL game Nov. 4/14 at COL. He has 6 points (3-3-6) in 9 career games versus COL.
• Chris Tanev appeared in his first NHL game Jan. 18/11 at COL.
• Jacob Markstrom is 4-1-0 along with a .929 save percentage and 2.16 GAA in 5 career games versus COL.
• Anders Nilsson is 01-0 along with a .878 save percentage and 3.60 GAA in 2 career games versus COL.

LAST GAME: FEB. 17/18: VAN 6 vs BOS 1

Loui Eriksson opened the scoring at 2:00 of the first; he added a shorthanded goal at 11:53 of the third...Daniel Sedin and Bo Horvat scored 56 seconds apart to make it 3-0...Nic Dowd scored his second of the season to make it 5-0 at 2:44 of the second...Derrick Pouliot recorded 2 assists...Virtanen, Daniel Sedin, Edler, Vanek, Henrik Sedin and Troy Stecher also netted an assist...Anders Nilsson made 44 saves and also added an assist.

THE GOING RATE:

• Michael Del Zotto has 2 goals over the past 5 games.
• Derrick Pouliot has 3 assists/points over the past 4 games.
• Brock Boeser has 8 points (5-3-8) over the past 11 games.
• Jake Virtanen has 3 points (1-2-3) over the past 4 games.
• Brandon Sutter has 5 assists/points over the past 10 games.
• Daniel Sedin has a point in 4 straight games (2-2-4).
• Alex Edler has 4 assists/points over the past 6 games.
• Thomas Vanek has collected 3 points (1-2-3) over the past 4 games.
• Henrik Sedin has 6 assists/points over the past 10 games.
• Sven Baertschi has 5 points (2-3-5) over the past 5 games.
• Bo Horvat has collected 6 points (3-3-6) over the past 6 games.

PLAYER QUICK HITS:

• Brock Boeser ranks t-9th in the NHL goal-scoring race and leads all rookies with 27 goals. Boeser has scored 17.2% of the Canucks 157 goals this season.
• Boeser notched his 30th career goal (26th this season) on Feb. 18/18 at TBL to become just the 3rd Canucks skater to reach 30 goals with rookie status, joining Pavel Bure and Trevor Linden.
• 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.
• Alex Edler collected his 322nd career point on Feb. 17/18 vs BOS to place him in sole possession of second for most points by a defenceman in franchise history. Mattias Ohlund ranks 1st with 325 points.
• Daniel Sedin collected his 84th career GWG on Feb. 17/18 vs BOS to move into a tie for 28th all-time with Maurice Richard.
• 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.