PREVIEW | Canucks at Golden Knights

CANUCKS AT GOLDEN KNIGHTS PREVIEW

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the first of four meetings between the Canucks and Golden Knights this season: Nov. 13 (road), Apr. 3 (home), Apr. 6 (road), Apr. 12 (home).
• Vancouver is 2-7-1 in their last 10 games vs Vegas (1-4-0 in their last 5).
• The Canucks have a 2-7-1 all-time record in 10 games against the Golden Knights. Vancouver holds a 1-4-0 record as the visiting team against Vegas.
• Among active Canucks skaters Brock Boeser leads the team in career points and points per game vs Vegas with nine points (5-4-9) in seven games.
• Thatcher Demko has appeared in one game against the Golden Knights in his career, owning a .941 SV% and 1.31 GAA.
• Jaroslav Halak has faced the Golden Knights five times in his career (5-0-0) and has a .948 SV% and 1.77 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Brock Boeser has eight points (4-4-8) in his last 10games.
• Conor Garland has eight points (2-6-8) in his last 11 games.
• J.T. Miller has 11 points (5-6-11) in his last 10 games.
• Bo Horvat has eight points (4-4-8) in his last 10 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 10 points (1-9-10) in his last 10 games.
• Elias Pettersson has seven points (2-5-7) in his last 10 games.

LAST MEETING - DEC. 19/19: VAN 5 vs VGK 4 (OT)

Antoine Roussel opened the scoring at 2:49 in the first period before Tanner Pearson doubled Vancouver's lead on the power play at 7:08 in the first period...Elias Pettersson restored Vancouver's two-goal lead at 19:32 in the first period, assisted by J.T. Miller...Elias Pettersson notched his second goal of the game at 9:19 in the third period, assisted by Brock Boeser...Chris Tanev scored the overtime winner on a play assisted by Bo Horvat and Brock Boeser...J.T. Miller led the team in shots (5)...Tanner Pearson and Tyler Motte tied Oscar Fantenberg for the team lead in hits (4)...Bo Horvat went 13-for-22 in the face-off circle...Elias Pettersson was named first star...Jacob Markstrom faced 43 shots.

LAST GAME PLAYED - NOV. 11/21: VAN 1 at COL 7

Nils Höglander got Vancouver on the board with his second goal of the season at 1:08 in the third period...J.T. Miller extended his point streak to six games (5-3-8) with an assist on the play...Quinn Hughes led all Canucks in TOI (23:14) and shots on goal (4)...J.T. Miller and Kyle Burroughs each registered a team-high in hits (4)...Oliver Ekman-Larsson blocked two shots...J.T. Miller went 10-for-13 in the face-off circle (77%)...Jaroslav Halak made eight saves in relief for Thatcher Demko.
LAST 5 vs VEGAS
• Dec. 19, 2019: VAN 5 vs VGK 4 (OT)
•Dec. 15, 2019: VAN 3 at VGK 6
•Mar. 9, 2019: VAN 2 vs VGK 6
•Mar. 3, 2019: VAN 0 at VGK 3
•Nov. 29, 2018: VAN 3 vs VGK 4

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Madison Bowey recalled from Abbotsford Canucks, Nov. 12
• Jack Rathbone recalled from Abbotsford Canucks, Nov. 10
• Travis Hamonic loaned to Abbotsford Canucks, Nov. 10
• Luke Schenn placed on injured reserve, Nov. 10
• Justin Dowling activated from injured reserve, Nov. 7
• Nic Petan loaned to Abbotsford Canucks, Nov. 7

PETEY'S PRODUCTION

Potting his first career shorthanded goal to force overtime on Nov. 9 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson (22 years, 362 days) tied Patrik Sundstrom for second most goals (68) by a primary centre in Canucks history before the age of 23. Bo Horvat leads the franchise in most goals by a centre before the age of 23 with 71 goals in 294 games (compared to Pettersson's 178 GP).

AT FACE VALUE

Bo Horvat leads all NHL skaters in face-offs taken (336) and face-off wins (192) so far this season. Among centremen with at least 200 face-offs taken, Horvat's face-off percentage (57.1%) ranks eighth League-wide.

THE ICEMAN QUINN-ETH

Despite missing one game earlier in the season, Quinn Hughes has led the Canucks in time on ice (TOI) in 10 of 14 games so far this season, including seven of the last eight. Averaging 25:34 in TOI so far this season, Hughes currently ranks 10th in the NHL for TOI/GP.

ON THE COUNT OF THREE

Quinn Hughes collected his first three-point outing of the season (0-3-3) and seventh career three-assist game on Nov. 7 vs DAL, with all assists coming on the power play. At just 22 years old, Hughes ranks t-7th all time among NHL defencemen for most games (7) with three or more assists before the age of 23, and t-1st among NHL defencemen for most games with three or more assists in their first 140 career games.

POWERING THROUGH

After failing to score a power play goal in their previous four contests (0-for-17), the Canucks combined for three power play goals (Miller x2, Pettersson) on six opportunities on Nov. 7 vs DAL, marking Vancouver's first game with three or more power play goals since Jan. 20/21 vs MTL.

CALL IT A COMEBACK

Netting two third-period goals to force overtime on Nov. 2 vs NYR, the Canucks erased a third period two-goal deficit to win in overtime for the first time since Mar. 6/19 vs TOR (3-2 OTW).

KEEPING PACE

Registering two assists during Vancouver's 3-2 overtime win on Nov. 2 vs NYR, Conor Garland became the first player to record at least 10 points (3-7- 10) in 10 games to start his Canucks tenure since Tyler Toffoli (6-4-10) and J.T. Miller (4-7-11) in 2019.20.

OT MILLER

Tallying the overtime winner on Nov. 2 vs NYR, J.T. Miller moved into a tie for third-most overtime goals (4) in the NHL since the start of the 2019.20 season. Since joining the Canucks in 2019.20, Miller has netted four of Vancouver's nine overtime tallies.