Canucks @ Golden Knights game notes

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

Tweet from @Canucks: Motte will not play tonight. Hutton did not travel and will not play on this trip because of his infection. Markstrom starts.

LAST MEETING - FEB. 23/18: VAN 3 at VGK 6

Sven Baertschi tied the game 1-1 at 11:30 of the first period...Thomas Vanek made it 2-1 2:18 later...Daniel Sedin notched his 6th PPG of the season at 4:28 of the third...Anders Nilsson made 20 saves and Jacob Markstrom stopped all 8 shots faced in relief...Boeser, Daniel Sedin, Edler, Henrik Sedin and Gagner each recorded an assist...Philip Holm played 15:12 in his NHL debut.

VS KNIGHTS TIDBITS:

• Daniel Sedin (1-1-2), Brock Boeser (1-1-2) and Sam Gagner lead the team in scoring against the Knights this season.
• Tonight's game marks Brendan Leipsic's first game against his former team. He collected 13 points (2-11-13) over the span of 44 games with Vegas.

LAST GAME: MAR. 17/18: VAN 3 vs SJ 5

Nikolay Goldobin opened the scoring at 10:48 of the first on the power play...The Canucks tied a season high for power play goals in a game with Horvat and Edler also notching PPGs...Sam Gagner (0-2-2) and Edler (1-1-2) led the team in scoring with two points each...the Canucks set a season high for most hits in a game (40)...Jacob Markstrom faced 29 shots.

THE GOING RATE:

• Derrick Pouliot has 7 assists/points over the past 17 games.
• Brendan Leipsic has 6 points (2-4-6) over the past 9 games as a Canuck.
• Jake Virtanen has 2 points (1-1-2) over the past 7 games.
• Brandon Sutter has 4 points (2-2-4) over the past 13 games.
• Daniel Sedin has 16 points (8-8-16) over the past 17 games.
• Alex Edler has 7 points (1-6-7) over the past 14 games.
• Henrik Sedin has 7 assists/points over the past 15 games.
• Jussi Jokinen has a goal in 2 of his last 4 games.
• Darren Archibald has 5 points (3-2-5) over the past 17 games.
• Bo Horvat has collected 14 points (7-7-14) over the past 19 games (7 points over the past 9 games).
• Nikolay Goldobin has 4 points (3-1-4) over the past 12 games.
• Sam Gagner has an assist in 3 of his last 6 games.

PLAYER QUICK HITS:

• Alex Edler collected his 326th career point on Mar. 2/18 vs NSH to become the leading scorer among defencemen in franchise history, surpassing Mattias Ohlund. He ranks 23rd among active NHL defencemen in career scoring.
• Alex Edler ranks 3rd in the NHL and has set a new single-season career-high with 169 blocked shots. His prevous career-high of 145 blocked shots occurred during the 2011.12 season.
• Daniel Sedin notched his 20th goal of the season on Feb. 28. He has now surpassed Markus Naslund for the most 20+ goal seasons in franchise history (Daniel has done it 11 times). Daniel ranks tied for 5th among active players for most 20+ goal seasons, behind Hossa (15), Marleau (15), Ovechkin (13) and Nash (12).
• Daniel Sedin collected his 136th career PPG on Feb. 25/18 at ARI, moving him into sole of possession of second for most career PPG among Swedish-born players in NHL history. Mats Sundin leads the way with 160 career PPG. Now with 137 PPG, Daniel ranks t-69th all-time for most PPG.
• Daniel Sedin collected his 85th career GWG on Feb. 25/18 at ARI to move into a tie for 26th all-time in NHL history (with Glenn Anderson and Marian Hossa). He is one GWG away from tying Joe Sakic and Pierre Turgeon for 24th most in history. 21.8% of Daniel Sedin's career goals have been been GWG. That is the 2nd highest percentage in NHL history among players with 250 career goals.
• 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 56th all-time with 1,320 games played.
• Michael Del Zotto ranks t-5th in the NHL and has set a new single-season career-high with 215 hits. His previous career-high of 173 hits occurred during the 2016.17 season.