PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Canadiens

CANUCKS VS CANADIENS PREVIEW

MATCH-UP INFO
QUICK NUMBERS
LAST MEETING - Nov. 29/21: VAN 2 at MTL 1
Elias Pettersson opened the scoring on the power play with his fourth goal of the season, at 8:00 in the first period...Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller each recorded assists on the play...Conor Garland scored the eventual game-winning goal at 6:27 in the second period, assisted by Bo Horvat...Conor Garland led the Canucks in shots (5)...Luke Schenn registered a team-high in hits (4)...Tyler Myers set a Canucks season-high for blocked shots (7)...Thatcher Demko made 33 saves.
LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 5/22: VAN 6 at TOR 4
J.T. Miller opened up scoring at 7:48 in the first period...Tanner Pearson and Travis Hamonic recorded assists on the play...Brock Boeser scored a power play goal at 4:12 in the second...Chiasson collected the GWG assisted by Bo Horvat and Vasily Podkolzin at 6:55 in the third period...13 made the score sheet with five players notching multi-point games: Brock Boeser (1-1-2), J.T. Miller (1-1-2), Travis Hamonic (1-1-2), Bo Horvat (0-2-2)and Tanner Pearson (1-1-2)...Alex Chiasson led the team in shots (5)...Luke Schenn led the team in blocked shots (3)...Thatcher Demko faced 38 shots.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Sheldon Rempal recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 7
• Phillip Di Giuseppe reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 6 • Tucker Poolman placed on LTIR, Feb. 26
• Kyle Burroughs placed on IR, Feb. 26
• Phillip Di Giuseppe recalled from Abbotsford, Feb. 25
STREAK-KING
On Mar. 5 at TOR J.T. Miller (6-10-16) scored to extend his point streak to nine games for the second time this season. He became the second player in 2021-22 to record multiple point streaks of at least nine games, joining Auston Matthews (10 GP &9 GP).
Extending his point streak to eight games (5-10-15) with a goal on Mar. 3 at NYI, J.T. Miller became the only player in the NHL to record three separate point streaks of 8+ games this season:
Miller is also the seventh player to have accomplished the feat in the last 10 years, joining Connor McDavid (x2), Leon Draisaitl (x2), Nikita Kucherov, Sidney Crosby, Ryan Johansen, and Evgeni Malkin.
QUINNTASTIC
On Mar. 5 at TOR Quinn Hughes joined Pavel Bure as the only players to get 2 career 40+ assist seasons with the Canucks by age 23 or younger. He also tied Paul Reinhart for the 2nd most by a VAN defenceman (Most: 3- Dennis Kearns, who owns the single season record with 55 in 1976-77).
HOMETOWN HUNT-ING
With Maple Ridge-native Brad Hunt netting his first goal of the season on Mar. 3 at NYI, the Canucks have received goals from multiple Greater Vancouver-born defenders (Kyle Burroughs - Vancouver) in the same season for the first time in club history.
PEARSON-AL BEST
Collecting his 11th goal of the season and fourth in five games on Feb. 28 at NJD, Tanner Pearson established a career-high five-game point streak (4- 2-6). It also represented his 100th point as a Canuck (51-49-100) in his 190th game.
SCORING IN BUNCHES
The Canucks scored at least five goals for the third straight game during a 5-2 win at NYR on Feb. 27, accomplishing the feat for just the fifth time in the past 25 years. The other instances occurred from Oct. 22-30/19 (4 GP), Dec. 1-6/11 (3 GP), Oct. 14-18/05 (3 GP), and Feb. 6-25/98 (3 GP).
PUTTING UP THE POINTS
Recording three points (2-1-3) on Feb. 24 vs CGY, Elias Pettersson registered his fourth consecutive multipoint game for the first time in his career. In four games from Feb. 17-24, Pettersson collected 10 points (3-7-10).
DIFFERENT FASHIONS
Trouncing the Flames 7-1 on home ice on Feb. 24, Vancouver scored four different types of goals for the first time in franchise history: Power play (Pettersson, Miller, Horvat), shorthanded (Pettersson), penalty shot (Miller), even strength (Horvat, Garland).
THREE CAN PLAY THAT GAME
J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson, and Bo Horvat each notched two goals on Feb. 24 vs CGY, marking the first time the Canucks had multiple goals from three or more players in a game since Oct. 29/11 vs WSH (Higgins, Lappiere, Edler).
STREAK SNAPPERS
Defeating Calgary by a score of 7-1 on Feb. 24, Vancouver became the first team in NHL history to beat an opponent on a 10+ game winning streak by six or more goals.
CURRENT INJURIES
Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 294 games