Game Notes: Canucks vs. Devils

The Canucks face off against the New Jersey Devils tonight in their second of two match ups this season. Vancouver has gone 0-1-0 against the Devils in the season series to date.
Vancouver is 0-4-1 in their last five games versus the Devils (2-6-2 in their last 10).

MORNING SKATE UPDATE

Loui Eriksson, who was a healthy scratch last game for the first time in his NHL career, returns to the line-up tonight against the Devils. "When you scratch a guy, you hope when you put him back in, you get a response," said Coach Green, adding that Eriksson will play alongside Bo Horvat and Nikolay Goldobin.
Eriksson isn't proud of being a healthy scratch and is looking to rebound with a strong game.

Josh Teves, who was signed as a college free agent this past Tuesday, hit the ice with the Canucks for the first time today. Teves, speaking to the media for the first time since joining the team, said he's happily overwhelmed and that he's not sure when he'll make his NHL debut. Off the ice, he still has three classes to finish before graduating from Princeton and actually has a mid-term this afternoon.

LAST MEETING - DEC. 31/18: VAN 0 at NJ 4

The Canucks set a season high for fewest shots allowed (23)...Alex Edler led the team in hits (4)...Josh Leivo and Bo Horvat each posted four shots...Anders Nilsson faced 25 shots.

LAST GAME - Mar. 13/19: VAN 4 vs NYR 1

Brock Boeser opened the scoring on the power-play at 6:07 of the second...Tyler Motte scored on a breakaway at 9:34 of the second to make it 2-0 and again on a slap shot at 9:45 to extend the lead to 3-0 (his first multigoal game in the NHL)...Jake Virtanen notched his 13th of the year with an empty-net goal (also appeared in his 200th career NHL game)...Jacob Markstrom made 21 saves to move into fifth all-time in wins in Canucks history...Chris Tanev logged 19:01 after missing 11 games due to injury.
Motte's two goals were the second fastest in Canucks history. Gerry O'Flaherty scored two goals in nine seconds on March 15, 1974 in a 3-0 win against the Atlanta Flames.

THE 800 CLUB

Canucks defenceman Alex Edler appeared in his 800th career game on Mar. 7 at EDM. Only 26 active defencemen and 11 Swedish born NHL defencemen all-time have reached the 800 game milestone.
Edler ranks first among Canucks defenceman in games played (802) and points (357) and second in goals (91), assists (266), and power play goals (43). He also ranks 7th all-time for games played in franchise history.

HIGH MARK

Since Dec. 6, Jacob Markstrom has posted a record of 17-11-5. This includes a .923 SV%, 1016 shots against and 938 saves. Markstrom ranks 10th in the League in wins (25) and third in shots against (1,664) and total saves (1,519). His .924 save percentage since Feb. 1 ranks fourth in the League (min. 15 GP).

THE ROOKIE

With his 13th multi-point game this season on Feb. 14 at LAK, Elias Pettersson moved into a tie with Thomas Gradin for 4th all-time in Canucks rookies multi-point games (Pavel Bure leads the way with 18).
Petterson is within 2 points of tying the franchise record for most points in a rookie season; Pavel Bure and Ivan Hlinka share the title with 60 each.
Pettersson not only leads his team but all rookies in goals (26), points (58), assists (32), power-play goals (8), power-play points (16), game-winning goals (7), and points per game (0.98).
Elias Pettersson joins an elite list of 10 players who have scored at least 25 goals in thier first 44 games played, aged 20 or younger (Ovechkin, Martin, Murdoch, Bossy, Lindros, Robitaille, Yzerman, Gretzky, Hawerchuk, Boeser).
Pettersson was named to Team Pacific Division for the 2019 NHL All-Star Game. He became the youngest Canucks player and just the third Canucks rookie (Tallon, Boeser) named to the honour. He participated in the Fastest Skater and Puck Control Relay.
With his seventh GWG Jan. 2 at OTT, Pettersson established a new Canucks single-season record for most GWG scored by a rookie.
With a hat trick on Jan. 2 at OTT, Pettersson became just the fourth active player to accumulate 40 or more career points within his first 40 NHL games. He also became the first rookie in Canucks franchise history to score a hat trick that included an OTG. He is the eighth Canucks rookie to net a hat trick.
Pettersson, who led all rookies with seven goals and 10 points in eight games (7-3-10) in October, was named the NHL's Rookie of the Month for October. He was named the NHL's second star of the week ending November 4th (sharing the League lead with four goals and ranked third overall with seven points in three games) and was named first star of the week ending December 9th (after leading the NHL with eight points (2-6-8) in three games).
With five points (1-4-5) on Dec. 9 at STL, Pettersson became the sixth rookie since 1967-68 to record multiple outings with at least five points in a single season. He also registered five points (2-3-5) on Nov. 2 vs COL.

FACE THE FACTS

Bo Horvat ranks second in the NHL in face-off wins (927), first in even-strength face-off wins (762) and first in face-offs taken (1739). He also ranks t-7th in PP face-off wins (125).
Horvat ranks second on the team in goals (24), power play goals (6), points (50), assists (26), power play points (14), face-off win percentage (53.3%; min. 10 GP), and first in shots (204) and TOI (among forwards; 21:00).
With two goals Feb. 25 vs ANA, Horvat has also set a new career high for most goals in a season.

GOOD-BETTER-BOES

Brock Boeser notched his 20th goal of the season on Feb. 14 at LAK, becoming the fifth Canucks player with multiple 20-goal seasons before turning 22 years old, joining Linden, Bure, Blight and Tanti.
Among players to debut with the Canucks franchise, Brock Boeser required the second fewest games played to score his 50th career goal (110 GP), trailing only Pavel Bure (82 GP) (source: NHL PR).

THE GOING RATE

• Brock Boeser has five points (2-3-5) over the past four games (current four game point streak)
• Josh Leivo has four points (2-2-4) over the past eight games
• Alex Edler has three points (2-1-3) over the past four games
• Elias Pettersson has two assists over the past three games
• Bo Horvat has a point (1-1-2) in two straight games
• Alex Biega has six points (1-5-6) over the past eight games
• Adam Gaudette has two assists over the past four games