Canucks @ Oilers game notes

CANUCKS AT OILERS PREVIEW: (TV: HNIC; Radio: Sportsnet 650)

Tweet from @Canucks: Markstrom starts vs. Oilers.

LAST MEETING - OCT. 7: VAN 3 vs EDM 2

Bo Horvat notched two goals including the game-winner...Brandon Sutter notched his first of the season at 9:29 of the first...Ben Hutton, Jacob Markstrom, Loui Eriksson and Alex Edler each registered an assist...Markstrom also made 33 saves...Travis Green became the 7th coach in Canucks history to make his NHL debut while with Vancouver and of those coaches, he became the sixth coach to register a win in his NHL debut.

VS OILERS TIDBITS:

• Sven Baertschi has recorded 4 goals and 4 assists in 13 career games versus the Oilers
• Alex Edler has 26 points (6-20-26) in 51 career games versus EDM
• Loui Eriksson has 19 points (4-15-19) in 34 career games versus EDM
• Sam Gagner was drafted by EDM 6th overall in the 2007 NHL Draft. In 7 seasons with the club, he registered 295 points (101-194- 295) in 481 games. Against his former team, Gagner has collected 7 points (3-4-7) in 10 career games.
• Bo Horvat has collected 3 goals and 4 assists in 13 career games versus EDM
• Jacob Markstrom has faced the Oilers on 8 occasions, posting a record of 4-3-1 along with a .905 save percentage and 3.04 GAA
• Anders Nilsson appeared in one season with EDM in 2015.16, posting a record of 10-12-2 along with a 3.14 GAA and .901 save percentage. Nilsson has faced his former team once in his career, collecting a win along with a .919 save percentage.
• Daniel Sedin has collected 82 points (36-46-82) in 90 career games versus EDM (his second highest point total against a single team; has 88 against CGY)
• Henrik Sedin has 83 points (17-66-83) in 93 career games versus EDM (his highest point total against a single team) • Brandon Sutter has 3 goals and 3 assists in 14 career games versus EDM
• Thomas Vanek has 12 points (3-9-12) in 13 career games versus the Oilers.

LAST GAME: JAN. 14/18: VAN 3 at MIN 2 (OT)

Loui Eriksson tied the game at 16:57 of the first period and later added an assist on the game-winner...Thomas Vanek tied the game with 3:12 remaining in the third...Brandon Sutter scored 2:50 into OT; it was his first game back after missing 21 due to injury...Alex Edler notched two assists...Henrik Sedin, Sam Gagner and Chris Tanev also netted a helper each...Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves.

THE GOING RATE:

• Brock Boeser has 10 points (5-5-10) over his last 11 games.
• Henrik Sedin has 20 assists/points over the past 20 games. He is currently on a 5-game point/assist steak (0-6-6).
• Alex Edler has 5 points (1-4-5) during a current season-high 4-game point streak.
• Thomas Vanek has 14 points (6-8-14) over the past 11 games.
• Daniel Sedin has collected 5 points (2-3-5) during a current 4-game point streak.
• Loui Eriksson has 3 points (1-2-3) over the past 2 games.
• Sam Gagner has 10 points (4-6-10) over the past 13 games and has collected an assist in 2 straight games.

PLAYER QUICK HITS:

• Brock Boeser ranks tied for 7th in the NHL goal-scoring race and leads all rookies with 22 goals. Boeser has scored 18.5% of the Canucks 119 goals this season.
• Brock 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.
• Notable goal achievements: Boeser is the 8th rookie in the past 28 years to score 16+ goals within his first 28 games of a season. His 20th goal in game #37 broke the Canucks record for quickest 20 goals scored in a rookie season. His 17 goals through the first 30 games are the most by a Canuck through his first 30 games of a season. His 15 goals through the Canucks first 30 games are also the 2nd most by a US-born rookie through his team's first 30 games of a season.
• Thomas Vanek notched his 10th career hat trick against Montreal on Dec. 19. According to Sportsnet Stats, he is also tied for the 3rd most in the NHL since the start of 2007-08.
• 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. He is now at 812 assists and ranks tied for 30th all-time with P. Turgeon (t-28th is M. Modano and J. Bucyk with 813 assists).
• Daniel Sedin notched his 132nd career PPG on Jan.9 at WSH, moving into a tie for 79th all-time with Nicklas Lidstrom. He ranks 7th among active players for most career PPG and is one behind Thomas Vanek in 6th place (133).
• Jacob Markstrom has recorded 3 assists this season, which leads all goaltenders in that category. The last goaltenders to record 3 or more assists in a season were Jonathan Quick (3), Kari Lehtonen (3) and Henrik Lundqvist (4) who all accomplished the feat during the 2015.16 season.