Canucks @ Golden Knights game notes

CANUCKS AT GOLDEN KNIGHTS PREVIEW: (TV: Sportsnet Pacific; Radio: Sportsnet 650)

LAST MEETING - NOV. 16/17: VAN 2 vs VGK 5

Brock Boeser got the Canucks on the board with an unassisted goal at 12:31 of the second period...Bo Horvat tied the game 2-2 with his team-leading 8th goal of the season at 17:18 of the second...Sam Gagner and Thomas Vanek drew assists on the play...Jacob Markstrom made 25 saves...Brandon Sutter tied a career-high with 5 hits...Alex Edler and Derek Dorsett each had 4 hits.

LAST GAME: FEB. 17/18: VAN 4 vs COL 5

Darren Archibald gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead 34 second into the second period with his first of the season...Nikolay Goldobin notched his first career goal on the power-play at 13:01 to make it 2-0; he also added an assist to record his first career multi-point game...Brandon Sutter (13:52) and Bo Horvat (15:42) scored to make it 4-1 in the second...Anders Nilsson made 29 saves in his fourth consecutive start...Pouliot, Boeser, Sutter, Eriksson and Baertschi each netted an assist...Michael Del Zotto, Alex Edler and Alex Biega each recorded 4 hits.

THE GOING RATE:

• Derrick Pouliot has 3 assists/points over the past 2 games.
• Brock Boeser has 9 points (5-4-9) over the past 12 games.
• Jake Virtanen has 3 points (1-2-3) over the past 5 games.
• Brandon Sutter has 7 points (1-6-7) over the past 11 games.
• Loui Eriksson has 3 points (2-1-3) over the past 2 games.
• Daniel Sedin has a point in 4 of the past 5 games (5 points over the past 5 games (2-3-5)).
• Alex Edler has 4 assists/points over the past 7 games.
• Thomas Vanek has collected 3 points (1-2-3) over the past 5 games.
• Henrik Sedin has 6 assists/points over the past 11 games.
• Sven Baertschi has 6 points (2-4-6) over the past 6 games.
• Darren Archibald has 2 points (1-1-2) over the past 5 games.
• Bo Horvat has collected 7 points (4-3-7) over the past 7 games.

PLAYER QUICK HITS:

• Brock Boeser ranks t-10th in the NHL goal-scoring race and leads all rookies with 27 goals. Boeser has scored 16.8% of the Canucks 161 goals this season.
• 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.
• Boeser made his All-Star debut this year and registered 2-1-3 in two contests, including 1-1-2 in the final, to earn MVP honors and power the Pacific Division to victory. He became the first rookie since Mario Lemieux in 1985 to win NHL All Star MVP honours. Boeser also won the accuracy shooting during the Skills competition, becoming the third Canuck to accomplish that feat (Daniel Sedin in 2011 and Markus Naslund in 2002).
• Boeser won NHL Rookie of the Month honours in both November and December, becoming the first Canucks rookie to win it in back-to-back months. Boeser also won the NHL's first star of the week, ending Jan. 28.
• 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. Mattias Ohlund ranks 1st with 325 points.
• Daniel Sedin collected his 84th career GWG on Feb. 17/18 vs BOS to move into a tie for 28th all-time with Maurice Richard.
• 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 61st all-time with 1,305 games played.