Canucks vs. Panthers game notes

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

Tweet from @Canucks: Same #Canucks line-up tonight as the team iced Sunday against the Stars. Holm will not play, "we're taking him day-by-day," said coach Green.

LAST MEETING - FEB. 6/18: VAN 1 at FLA 3

Markus Granlund tied the game 1-1 with a shorthanded breakaway goal at 11:40 of the second...Brandon Sutter notched an assist on the play...Jacob Markstrom made 37 saves...Loui Eriksson notched a team-high 4 shots...Michael Del Zotto recorded a game-high 6 hits...Alex Edler had a game-high 5 blocked shots...Troy Stecher logged a career-high 24:58 TOI.

VS PANTHERS TIDBITS:

• Thomas Vanek has 34 career points (21-13-34) in 41 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 19 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 19 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.

LAST GAME: FEB. 11/18: VAN 6 at DAL 0

Reid Boucher opened the scoring at 2:11 of the first and later added a goal at 14:35 of the second period to tie a career-high...Jake Virtanen had an unassisted breakaway goal at 11:38 of the first..Thomas Vanek made it 3-0 less than 2 minutes later...Erik Gudbranson added a 6th goal at 7:48 of the third...Derrick Pouliot, Brock Boeser, Brandon Sutter, Daniel Sedin, Alex Edler, Henrik Sedin and Darren Archibald each added an assist...Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves to record the second shutout of his career.

THE GOING RATE:

• Brock Boeser has 7 points (4-3-7) over the past 8 games.
• Chris Tanev has 3 assists/points over the past 6 games.
• Brandon Sutter has an assist in 5 of his last 7 games.
• Loui Eriksson has 4 points (2-2-4) over the past 9 games.
• Alex Edler has 12 points (1-11-12) in the past 15 games.
• Thomas Vanek has collected 6 points (3-3-6) over the past 9 games.
• Henrik Sedin has 4 assists over the past 7 games.
• Troy Stecher has 3 assists over the past 6 games.
• Bo Horvat has collected 6 points (3-3-6) since returning from injury on Jan. 21 (10 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-10th in the NHL goal-scoring race and leads all rookies with 26 goals. Boeser has scored 17.7% of the Canucks 147 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.
• With his 2nd SHG of the season collected on Feb. 6 at FLA, Markus Granlund became just the 6th Canuck since 2011.12 to record 2 or more SHG in a season.
• 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 1,304 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.