PREVIEW | Canucks at Kraken

CANUCKS AT KRAKEN PREVIEW

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the first ever regular season meeting between Seattle and Vancouver.
• The Canucks and Kraken will meet four times this season: Oct. 23 (road), Dec. 27 (home), Jan. 1 (road), Apr. 26 (home).
• The Canucks have a 10-8-1-0 all-time record in inaugural games against NHL expansion teams since entering the league alongside Buffalo in 1970.71.
• Conor Garland enters the game on a five-game point streak (2-4-6) to start his Canucks tenure.
• Tanner Pearson enters tonight's contest on a three-game point streak (1-2-3).
• J.T. Miller (1-5-6) is tied with Conor Garland for the team lead in points (6) so far this season.
• Thatcher Demko has a 2-1-1 record to go alongside a .922 SV % and 2.66 GAA in four games this season.
• Jaroslav Halak has a 0-1-0 record to go alongside a .900 SV% and 2.08 GAA in one game this season.

LAST GAME PLAYED - OCT. 21/21: VAN 4 at CHI 1

Jason Dickinson opened the scoring with his first goal as a Canuck at 6:36 in the first period...Matthew Highmore and Nils Höglander collected the assists...Tanner Pearson extended his point streak to three games and restored Vancouver's one-goal lead on a goal assisted by Quinn Hughes and Conor Garland at 9:55 in the second period...Conor Garland extended his point streak to five games with the assist...Brock Boeser notched his first goal of the season on the power play at 18:21 in the second period, assisted by Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller...Conor Garland tallied an empty net goal at 18:58 to record his first multipoint game as a Canuck...Tucker Poolman (first point as a Canuck) and Tyler Myers recorded the assists...Kyle Burroughs led the team in blocked shots (3)...J.T. Miller registered a team-high in hits (4)...Bo Horvat won a season-high 16 face-offs...Thatcher Demko made 29 saves.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Brock Boeser reactivated from injured reserve, Oct. 19
• Nic Petan designated for assignment to Abbotsford Canucks, Oct. 19
• Travis Hamonic placed on temporary leave of absence, Oct. 18
• Alex Chiasson signed to a one-year contract, Oct. 12

QUINN-TESSENTIAL CANUCK

Registering an assist on Tanner Pearson's game-winning goal on Oct. 21 at CHI, Quinn Hughes became the fastest defenceman in Canucks history to reach 100 points (12-88-100), accomplishing the feat in just 133 games. No active NHL defenceman has reached the 100 point milestone in fewer games, and Hughes is the fastest NHL defenceman since Vladimir Malakhov (125 GP, 1993.94) to reach the mark.

BY THE HUNDREDS

Conor Garland (48-52-100 in 168GP) and Quinn Hughes (12-88-100 in 133 GP) each reached the 100-point milestone in consecutive games, with Garland doing so on Oct. 19 at BUF and Hughes on Oct. 21 at CHI. Brock Boeser is the next Canuck knocking on one hundred's door, this time in the goals category as Boeser's power play goal on Oct. 21 at CHI was his 99th career goal.

KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER

With Seattle's introduction to the NHL, the Kraken have become to closest team to the Canucks by proximity at just 230 kilometres (driving) between Rogers Arena and Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA. The closest geographical team to Vancouver before this season was the Calgary Flames at 973 kilometres (driving) between Rogers Arena and the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, AB.

CLIMBING THE COACHING RANKS

Tonight's game at Seattle marks Travis Green's 295th regular season game behind the Canucks bench, passing Bob McCammon (1988-91) for sole possession of fourth-most games coached in franchise history. Green now trails only Harry Neale (407), Marc Crawford (529), and Alain Vigneault (540) for games coached in Canucks history. His 127 wins also have him just 16 victories shy of passing Pat Quinn (141) and Harry Neale (142) for sole possession of third place for games won by a Canucks coach.

NOSE FOR THE NET

Opening the scoring with his first goal of the season on Oct. 19 at BUF, Bo Horvat notched his 140th career goal, surpassing Dennis Ververgaert and Alexander Mogilny for sole possession of 15th place in goals in franchise history.

J-THREE MILLER

Collecting three points (1-2-3) on Oct. 15 at PHI, J.T. Miller recorded his ninth game with three or more points since joining the Canucks in 2019. Miller now has 124 points (43-81-124) in 127 games with Vancouver, ranking third overall in Canucks history in points per game (0.98) among skaters with a minimum 120 games played.

FINDING THE SCORESHEET

Notching his team's first goal of the evening on Oct. 15 at PHI, Vasily Podkolzin became just the third Russian player in franchise history to score a goal within his first two career games, joining Vladimir Krutov (1989) and Artem Chubarov (1999).

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

• Quinn Hughes recorded his 100th career point (assist), Oct. 21 at Chicago
• Conor Garland recorded his 100th career point (assist), Oct. 19 at Buffalo