GAME DAY | Canucks at Flames
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Vancouver Canucks
MATCH-UP INFO
QUICK NUMBERS
• Bo Horvat has seven points (6-1-7) in his last nine games.
• Brock Boeser has five points (2-3-5) in his last six games.
• J.T. Miller has 15 points (6-9-15) in his last 11 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 11 points (0-10-10) in his last 14 games.
• Elias Pettersson has seven points (5-2-7) in his last six games.
• Tyler Motte has six points (3-3-6) in his last 10 games.
• Thatcher Demko has posted a .932 SV% and 2.06 GAA in his last 12 games (9-3-0).
LAST MEETING - MAY 19/21: VAN 2 at CGY 6
Bo Horvat tallied a power play goal at 8:34 in the second period...Brock Boeser and Jack Rathbone assisted on the play...J.T. Miller scored 58 seconds later to bring Vancouver within two goals...Brock Boeser and Tyler Myers recorded assists...Will Lockwood led the team in hits (3)...Braden Holtby faced 28 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - JAN. 27/22: VAN 5 at WPG 1
2.49 (27th) 2.72 (10th) 20.1 (15th) 68.6 (32nd) 8:43 (15th)
3.21 (t-10th) 2.54 (3rd) 22.6 (11th) 83.3 (t-6th) 9:09 (t-19th)
J.T. Miller opened the scoring on the power play at 13:23 in the first period, assisted by Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson...Miller tallied two more goals in the second period to earn his second career hat-trick and a third period assist for his third career four-point game (3-1-4)...Brock Boeser recorded three points (1-2-3), while Elias Pettersson (1-1-2) and Luke Schenn (0-2-2) each had two-point games...Tyler Motte led all skaters in blocked shots (4)...Spencer Martin made 33 saves for his first career NHL win.
LAST 5 vs CALGARY
• May 19/21: VAN 2 at CGY 6
• May 18/21: VAN 4 vs CGY 2
• May 16/21: VAN 5 vs CGY 6 (OT)
• May 13/21: VAN 1 at CGY 4
• Feb. 17/21: VAN 5 at CGY 1
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Sheldon Dries and Michael DiPietro assigned to Abbotsford, Jan. 28
• Michael DiPietro transferred to Taxi Squad, Jan. 27
• Thatcher Demko, Jaroslav Halak, and Conor Garland removed from COVID non-roster, Jan. 27
• Ashton Sautner recalled from Taxi Squad, Jan. 25
• Tanner Pearson placed into COVID-19 protocol, Jan. 25
• Ashton Sautner recalled and Sheldon Dries transferred to Taxi Squad, Jan. 25
• J.T. Miller removed from COVID non-roster status and Spencer Martin cleared to play, Jan. 25
HATS OFF TO MILLER
J.T. Miller recorded his second career hat trick on Jan. 27 vs WPG, matching career-highs in goals (3) and points (4). He became just the third American player in team history to register a hat trick, joining Ryan Kesler (3x) and teammate Brock Boeser (3x).
SPENCE-TACULAR
Registering his first NHL win during a 5-1 win on Jan. 27 at WPG, Spencer Martin became the 10th goaltender in Canucks history to earn at least a point in each of his first three starts with the club (1-0-2) and the first since Ryan Miller in 2014.15 (3-0-0).
FRONT OFFICE REFRESH
Vancouver Canucks President, Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford announced Wednesday that Patrik Allvin has been named the 12th General Manager in franchise history. Since Rutherford joined the club on Dec. 9, he has also filled two Assistant General Manager positions (Derek Clancey & Émilie Castonguay) and also added to the team's Analytics department (Rachel Doerrie).
WALL-MARTIN
Achieving career-highs in shots faced (50) and saves (47) on Jan. 25 vs EDM, Spencer Martin recorded the most saves by a Canucks goaltender with five or fewer games of NHL experience, besting Glen Hanlon's 43-save performance on Oct. 18/78 vs MNS. It also marked the 25th occasion in regular season franchise history that a goaltender faced 50 or more shots, with Martin's save percentage (.940) ranking 8th among that group.
A GRAND ACCOMPLISHMENT
Head Coach Bruce Boudreau coached his 1,000th NHL game (577-306-117) on Jan. 23 vs STL, becoming the 29th coach in NHL history and sixth active Head Coach (Trotz, Ruff, D. Sutter, Laviolette, Tippett) to reach the milestone. Only one head coach in NHL history (Scotty Bowman, 598 wins) had more wins than Boudreau's 577 at the 1,000 game mark.
PASSER PETEY
Assisting on Tanner Pearson's opening goal on Jan. 23 vs STL, Elias Pettersson recorded his 100th career assist in his 206th game, marking the sixth- fewest games needed to reach the milestone by a Canucks skater who debuted with the team, trailing teammate Quinn Hughes (151), Pavel Bure (187), Thomas Gradin (187), Stan Smyl (191), and Patrik Sundstrom (195).
HERO HUGHES
On Jan. 21 vs FLA, Quinn Hughes collected his 30th assist for the third consecutive season, in just his 39th game. This is the second fewest games required by a defenceman to reach 30 assists in a season in Canucks franchise history, behind only Paul Reinhart (33) in 1989.90.
