PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Sharks
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Vancouver Canucks
MATCH-UP INFO
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LAST MEETING - DEC. 27/22: VAN 6 vs SJS 2
Bo Horvat opened the scoring at 4:26 in the first period...Ilya Mikheyev registered his first of four points on the assist...Brock Boeser collected the second helper...Elias Pettersson would double the Canucks lead before the end of the period...Lane Pederson and Luke Schenn tallied assists on the play...Mikheyev reclaimed the two goal lead at 4:36 in the second period...Andrei Kuzmenko and Tyler Myers were both credited with assists...Quinn Hughes scored his first goal of the season less than two minutes later...Mikheyev and Horvat both got a point on the play...Horvat recorded his league-leading eighth multi-goal game of the season at 12:11 in the third...Boeser collected the lone assist...Boeser followed up with his own goal, the sixth of the season...Horvat and Mikheyev were once again on the helpers to both collect their fourth points of the contest...Schenn led the team in hits (7)...Riley Stillman led the team in blocked shots (4)...Spencer Martin stopped 24 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 21/23: VAN 3 vs VGK 4
J.T. Miller scored the Canucks' first goal with a successful shorthanded penalty shot in the second period...The goal was Miller's second successful career penalty shot...Miller would bring the Canucks within one on the power play at 12:42...Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson registered assists on the play...Phillip Di Giuseppe scored at 11:43 in the third period with his fourth of the season...Miller collected an assist for a three-point contest...Hughes was credited with the second assist...Thatcher Demko faced 27 shots...Tyler Myers led the team in blocked shots (5).
LAST 5 vs SAN JOSE
STREAKING AGAINST THE SHARKS
Entering play tonight, Vancouver has won eight straight games against the San Jose Sharks for their longest active winning streak against on opponent, dating back to Jan. 18, 2020. During that stretch they have outscored the Sharks 39-21, tallying at least four goals in each contest. With a win tonight, the Canucks could match their franchise-best winning streak of nine games against San Jose which took place from Dec. 28, 1991 to Dec. 29, 1992.
QUINN HUGHES IS ON FIRE
Collecting two assists on Mar. 21 vs VGK, Quinn Hughes broke his own franchise record for most assists in a single season by a defenceman with 62 (formerly 60 in 2021.22) and previously, on Mar. 4 vs TOR, became the fastest defenceman in NHL history to reach 200 career NHL assists in just 263 games. Tuesday's contest against the Golden Knights was also Hughes' 17th multi-assist game of the season to become only the second Canuck (fifth instance) in franchise history to register at least as many multi-assist performances in a single season (joining Henrik Sedin in 2006.07 [19], 2009.10 [23], 2010.11 [20], and 2011.12 [19]).
MILLER'S SPECIAL SAUCE
Scoring both a shorthanded penalty shot and a power play goal on Mar. 21 vs VGK, J.T. Miller registered his fourth multi-goal game of the season, which ranks third on the team. This marked the fourth time in his career (four in 2016.17, four in 2021.22, five in 2019.20) that he has recorded at least four multi-goal games in the same season.
CAN'T STOP KUZY
Thanks to his opening tally on Mar. 16 at ARI, Andrei Kuzmenko owns an NHL-best 26.8% shooting percentage (min. 50 shots) so far this season, and currently possesses the highest shooting percentage in NHL history (min. 100 shots) since the stat started being tracked in 1959.60. He is also just the second player in the League since 1994.95 with a minimum of 100 shots to hold a shooting percentage above 25.0%, joining Mike Ribeiro (25.2% in 2007.08).
RAINING THREE'S FOR BOESER
Recording three assists on Mar. 14 vs DAL, Brock Boeser reached 300 career NHL points, becoming the 10th player from the 2015 NHL Draft class to reach this milestone. Boeser's three assists set a new career high for most assists in a season with 33 (previously 30 in 2018.19) and was his fifth career three-assist game (second this season).
EIGHTY FOR ELIAS
Registering two assists on Mar. 8 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson registered his 80th and 81st points on the season (30-51-81), becoming the fifth-fastest player (sixth-fastest occasion) in franchise history to collect 80 points (62 games), behind only Alexander Mogilny (54 GP), Pavel Bure (55 GP, 59 GP), Henrik Sedin (60 GP) and Daniel Sedin (61 GP).
HISTORY WAITS FOR NO ONE
Scoring the opening goal on Mar. 6 vs NSH, Elias Pettersson registered his 300th career NHL point becoming the first skater from the 2017 NHL Draft Class to reach this milestone. Pettersson achieved this feat in 306 games played also making him the second fastest Canuck in franchise history to reach 300 points, trailing only Pavel Bure who was able to do it in 264 games played.
DOWN A MAN, UP TWO GOALS
Burying back-to-back shorthanded goals in a span of just 44 seconds on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Elias Pettersson (6:49, 3rd period) and J.T. Miller (7:33, 3rd period) recorded the fourth-fastest pair of shorthanded goals in Canucks history to turn a 1-1 tie into a 3-1 lead. It also marked the sixth time in franchise history (second time this season: also Feb. 18 vs PHI) that the Canucks have scored multiple times on the same two-minute penalty against, and the first occasion not involving an empty net since Apr. 9/98 vs CGY.
2022.23 CANUCKS MILESTONES
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
THREE STARS - MARCH
FEBRUARY WINNER - Pettersson (15 pts)
JANUARY WINNER - Pettersson (20 pts)
DECEMBER WINNER - Pettersson (20 pts)
NOVEMBER WINNER - Horvat (40 pts)
OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)
\5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection*
