Game Notes: Canucks vs. Blues - Game 6

Vancouver leads the best of seven series 3-2. The Canucks were 2-0-1 against the Blues in the 2019.20 Regular Season.

• This is the fourth time Vancouver and St. Louis have faced off in the postseason. Vancouver has won all three previous series: 1995 Western Conference Quarter-Final (4-3), 2003 Western Conference Semi-Final (4-3) and 2009 Western Conference Quarter-Final (4-0).

• Vancouver has won the last 10 out of 12 games played between the Canucks vs St. Louis in postseason.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Quinn Hughes has 9 points (1-8-9) in his last 8 games.
• Elias Pettersson has 11 points (4-7-11) in his last 8 games. • Brock Boeser has 7 points (2-5-7) in his last 8 games.
• Bo Horvat has 8 points (6-2-8) in his last 8 games.
• J.T. Miller has 10 points (5-5-10) in his last 8 games.
• Chris Tanev has 5 points (1-4-5) in his last 6 games.
• Tanner Pearson has 5 points (2-3-5) in his last 6 games.

LAST GAME PLAYED - Aug. 19/20: VAN 4 at STL 3

Tyler Motte (2-0-2) opened up scoring with an unassisted shorthanded goal at 13:15 in the first period...This was Motte's first career playoff goal...Motte also scored the game winning goal to record his first multi-point postseason game, tying a 2019.20 postseason team high for most goals scored in a game...Jake Virtanen (1-1-2) also collected his first career postseason goal and assist for a 2-point game...J.T. Miller (1-1-2) scored a goal and assist to bring his point total up to 7 this series...Elias Pettersson (0-2-2) recorded his first postseason multi-assist game...Troy Stecher (0-1-1) recorded his first postseason assist...Miller tied a Canucks 2019.20 postseason high in shots (6)...Quinn Hughes led the team in TOI (26:43)...Jacob Markstrom faced 39 shots.

SERIES STATS

• Canucks went 163:57 before trailing in this series, setting a franchise record for longest duration to begin a series without trailing.
• Canucks scored a PP goal in 6 straight games of a single postseason (Aug. 4 - Aug. 16) for the first time since 1995.
• The Canucks hold a 3-2 lead in a best-of-seven Stanley Cup Playoffs series for the ninth time in franchise history. They went 6-2 in the previous eight series, including three instances where the clinching win was earned in Game 6.

LET THE EAGLE SOAR

• With 35 points (8-27-35) in 74 games, Alex Edler leads all active Canucks skaters in postseason scoring.

• On Aug. 19/20 Edler tied a career high for most games played by a Canucks defenceman (74). • Edler is also within reach of setting new franchise records by a Canucks defenceman, including:

GAMES PLAYED

1. Salo (74)
2. Edler (74)

GOALS

1. Bieksa (10)
2. 5 players tied with 9
3. Edler (8)

POINTS

1. Lumme (40)
2. Edler (35)

HERO HORVAT

• On Aug. 14/20, Bo Horvat scored in overtime to mark his sixth goal in as many playoff games this year. Only one player in Canucks history has recorded more goals through their first six games of a postseason: Mikael Samuelsson (7-4-11 in 6 GP in 2010).
• Horvat also become the third player in Canucks history to record a multi-goal game in two or more consecutive contests, joining Geoff Courtnall (2 GP in 1994) and Cliff Ronning (2 GP in 1992).
• Bo Horvat scored his fifth goal of the 2020 postseason on Aug. 14/20 to extends his goal streak to three games - the longest playoff goal streak by a Canucks player since Alexandre Burrows in 2011 (3 GP).

CALDER CONTENDER

• Quinn Hughes currently leads all defenceman in 2019.20 postseason points (1-8-9).
• Quinn Hughes is the third rookie defenceman in NHL history with 9 points thru his first 7 career playoff games, joining: Ray Bourque (Bruins in 1980) and Gary Suter (Flames in 1986).
• On Aug. 16/20 Quinn Hughes matched the longest point streak by a rookie defenseman in NHL history, set by Al MacInnis (6 GP in 1984 w/ CGY) and equaled by Zarley Zalapski (6 GP in 1989 w/ PIT).
• Hughes tied Henrik Sedin for a Canucks franchise record with six consecutive postseason games with an assist.

STARTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT

• Credited with 2 assists on Aug. 19/20, Elias Pettersson surpassed Thomas Gradin (1979-81) and Trevor Linden (1989-91) for most Canucks postseason points within their first 9 career playoff appearances (11).

REMARKABLE

• With 179 saves this series, Jacob Markstrom ranks 2nd in Canucks history for most saves in the first 5 games falling short only to Roberto Luongo who made 181 saves in his first 5 games of 2007 series vs Dallas. Luongo posted a total of 209 saves by the end of game 6 and 228 by the end of the series.

DEFENCE!

• Canucks are tied for the 2nd-most points from defencemen this postseason with 20 (through Aug. 19).

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK

• On Aug. 19/20 the Canucks overcame a multi-goal deficit to win a contest for the second time this postseason, following Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers (5-4 OT W at MIN). It marked the first time in which the Canucks recorded multiple multi-goal comeback wins in a single postseason.

GO SHORTY

• Giving his club the 4-3 lead on Aug. 19/20, Tyler Motte joins Bo Horvat (Gm2 of this series), Russ Courtnall (May 15, 1995), Pavel Bure (May 19/95), Trevor Linden (6/14/94) &Jyrki Lumme (4/12/91) as the only Canucks to get 2+ goals in a playoff game with at least 1 being a shorthanded tally.

• Tyler Motte &Bo Horvat are the first teammates with a 2-goal, 1-shorthanded goal game in the same playoff series since Claude Giroux &Max Talbot for the Flyers in their 2012 series vs the Penguins.

• Canucks are 5-0-1 this season (including playoffs) when scoring a short-handed goal.