Canucks vs. Predators game notes

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

Tweet from @Canucks: No line-up changes for the #Canucks, confirms Coach Green. @j\_markstrom starts.

LAST MEETING - DEC. 13/17: VAN 1 vs NSH 7

Burmistrov scored on a power play rebound at 5:01 to cut the lead to 3-1 at 5:01 of the second...H. Sedin notched his 800th NHL assist and Boeser recorded his team-leading 29th point on the play...Edler had a game-high 5 blocked shots...Nilsson made 41 saves.

VS PREDATORS TIDBITS:

• Brock Boeser (2-2-4) and Henrik Sedin (0-4-4) lead the Canucks in scoring in the season series vs NSH.
• Henrik Sedin has 52 career points (9-43-52) in 57 games against the Predators.
• Daniel Sedin has 45 career points (15-30-45) in 58 games versus Nashville.
• Michael Del Zotto appeared in 25 games for the Predators during the 2013.14 season, regsitering 5 points (1-4-5).

LAST GAME: FEB. 28/18: VAN 5 at NYR 6 (OT)

Boeser scored at 14:12 to the cut the lead to 3-1; he scored his second of the game with 46 seconds left to tie it 5-5...Horvat scored on a power-play rebound with 48 seconds left in the first to make it 3-2; he also had 2 assists to record his third game of 3 or more points this season...D. Sedin scored his 20th goal of the season at 11:01 of the second period to tie it 3-3; he also added an assist...Goldobin tied it at 4-4 at 12:17 of the third period...Leipsic has 2 assists and a game-high 7 shots in 17:49 in his Canucks debut...Nilsson made 19 saves in relief...Motte also made his Canucks debut...the Canucks had a season-high 55 shots on goal.

THE GOING RATE:

• Derrick Pouliot has 5 assists/points over the past 6 games.
• Brock Boeser has 10 points (5-5-10) over the past 12 games.
• Daniel Sedin has at least a point in 8 of the past 9 games (12 points over the past 9 games (7-5-12)).
• Henrik Sedin has 8 assists/points over the past 11 games including an assist in 4 straight games.
• Sven Baertschi has 7 points (3-4-7) over the past 10 games.
• Bo Horvat has collected 10 points (5-5-10) over the past 11 games.
• Nikolay Goldobin has 3 points (2-1-3) over the past 5 games.

PLAYER QUICK HITS:

• Daniel Sedin notched his 20th goal of the season on Feb. 28. He has now surpassed Markus Naslund for the most 20+ goal seasons in franchise history (Daniel has done it 11 times). According to Elias Sports Bureau, Daniel ranks tied for 5th among active players for most 20+ goal seasons, behind Hossa (15), Marleau (15), Ovechkin (13) and Nash (12).
• Daniel Sedin collected his 136th career PPG on Feb. 25/18 at ARI, moving him into sole of possession of second for most career PPG among Swedish-born players in NHL history. Mats Sundin leads the way with 160 career PPG.
• Daniel Sedin collected his 85th career GWG on Feb. 25/18 at ARI to move into a tie for 26th all-time in NHL history (with Glenn Anderson and Marian Hossa). He is one GWG away from tying Joe Sakic and Pierre Turgeon for 24th most in history.
• Daniel Sedin has registered 12 goals since Jan. 7; it is tied for the 9th most in the League since that time.
• 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. He is currently 1 point from tying Mattias Ohlund for first all-time with 325 points.
• 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 60th all-time with 1,312 games played.
• Brock Boeser ranks t-10th in the NHL goal-scoring race and leads all rookies with 29 goals. Boeser also leads all rookies in PPG (10), PPP (23) and shots (176).
• 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.

THE NEW GUYS:

• Brendan Leipsic, 23, has registered 13 points (2-11-13) in 44 games with Vegas this season. In 2016.17, he recorded 51 points (18- 33-51) in 49 games with the Toronto Marlies finishing second on the team in scoring and tied for second in assists.
• Tyler Motte, 22, has split the 2017.18 between Columbus (3-2-5 in 31 games) and Cleveland (9-2-11 in 17 games). He split his rookie professional season in 2016.17 between Chicago (4-3-7 in 33 games) and Rockford (10-6-16 in 43 games).
• Jussi Jokinen, 34, has registered seven points (1-6-7) in 46 games this season split between Edmonton (0-1-1 in 14 games), Los Angeles (1-4-5 in 18 games) and Columbus (0-1-1 in 14 games). In 2016.17, he played with Florida, serving as an alternate captain and posting 28 points (11-17-28) in 69 games.