Canucks @ Panthers game notes

CANUCKS VS PANTHERS PREVIEW: (TV: Sportsnet Pacific; Radio: Sportsnet 650)

LAST MEETING - Jan. 20/17: VAN 2 at FLA 1

Henrik Sedin tied the game with a goal at 5:50 of the second, recording his 1,000th point with the Canucks...Daniel Sedin and Alex Edler drew assists on the play...Luca Sbisa scored from the slot 3:07 into the third to record his first game-winner of the season...Ryan Miller made 34 saves to move into 20th all-time in wins.

VS PANTHERS TIDBITS:

• Thomas Vanek has 34 career points (21-13-34) in 40 games vs FLA. Vanek played part of one season (2016-17) with Florida, collecting 10 points (2-8-10 in 20 games).
• Henrik Sedin has 19 career points (3-16-19) in 18 games vs FLA. He also collected his first NHL point (an assist) on Oct. 6/00 at FLA and his 1000th NHL point on Jan. 20/17 vs FLA.
• Daniel Sedin has 14 career points (8-6-14) in 18 games vs FLA.
• Alex Biega collected his first assist Dec. 20/15 at FLA.
• Erik Gudbranson played five seasons with Florida, recording 43 points (11-32-43) in 309 games.
• Daniel and Henrik Sedin led the Canucks in the 2016.17 season series vs FLA, each collecting two points (1-1-2).

LAST GAME: FEB. 3/18: VAN 2 vs TB 4

Henrik Sedin appeared in his 1300th game...Thomas Vanek opened the scoring for the Canucks at the 10:00 mark in the third...Brock Boeser led the Canucks in scoring on the night with two points (1-1-2)...Michael Del Zotto tied a Canucks season high for most hits in a game (9)...Jacob Markstrom faced 28 shots.

THE GOING RATE:

• Michael Del Zotto has 2 points (1-1-2) over the last 5 games
• Brock Boeser has 6 points (3-3-6) over the last 7 games
• Chris Tanev has 5 assists/points over the past 8 games (including a career-high 3 assists on Jan. 30 vs COL)
• Brandon Sutter has 5 points (2-3-5) over the past 8 games
• Loui Eriksson has 7 points (3-4-7) over the past 9 games
• Daniel Sedin has collected 8 points (5-3-8) over the past 11 games
• Alex Edler has 9 points (1-8-9) in the past 11 games
• Thomas Vanek has collected 19 points (8-11-19) over the past 18 games
• Henrik Sedin has 8 assists/points in the last 12 games
• Sven Baertschi has 4 points (3-1-4) over the past 9 games
• Bo Horvat has collected 4 points (2-2-4) over the past 5 games

PLAYER QUICK HITS:

• On Feb. 3/18 vs TB, Brock Boeser tied Rick Blight for the 4th most goals by a Canucks rookie in one season (25). Boeser accomplished the feat in his 49th game, 25 fewer than Blight in 1975-76.
• Henrik Sedin appeared in his 1300th NHL game Feb. 3/18 vs TB. He became just the 62nd player all-time and third Swedish born player in League history to achieve 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. He is one away from tying Stan Mikita and Maurice Richard (84) in a two-way tie for 28th.
• Brock Boeser ranks tied tied for 8th in the NHL goal-scoring race and leads all rookies with 25 goals. Boeser has scored 18.2% of the Canucks 137 goals this season.
• Boeser made his All-Star debut this year and was the first Canucks rookie named to the game since Dale Tallon in 1971 and the youngest Canucks player named to the game since Trevor Linden in 1991. Boeser 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 also won the NHL's first star of the week, ending Jan. 28.
• 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.
• Daniel Sedin notched his 134th career PPG on Jan. 30 at COL, moving into a four-way tie for 74th all-time. He ranks 6th among active players for most PPG, moving ahead of teammate Thomas Vanek with 133 career PPG.
• 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.
• 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.