PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Lightning
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MATCH-UP INFO
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LAST MEETING - JAN. 12/23: VAN 4 at TBL 5
Conor Garland opened the scoring just 4:14 in with his eighth of the season...Bo Horvat and Luke Schenn recorded the assists...J.T. Miller tied the game 5:44 into the second on the power play...Quinn Hughes and Collin Delia (first career assist) picked up the helpers...Hughes brought the Canucks back within two at 14:40 of the third...Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko got the assists...Pettersson made it a one goal game with 2:08 remaining...Hughes and Miller were credited with the assists...Schenn recorded nine hits...Tyler Myers tied a career-high with seven shots on goal...Delia made 30 saves.
LAST GAME PLAYED - JAN. 14/23: VAN 4 at CAR 3 (SO)
Ethan Bear scored Vancouver's first goal of the game to cut the deficit to 2-1 at 17:52 in the second period...Andrei Kuzmenko and Jack Studnicka collected the assists...J.T. Miller tied the game at two with his 17th goal of the season at 7:35 in the third period...Quinn Hughes extended his point streak to four games (2-5-7) with the lone assist...Brock Boeser scored the game-tying goal with just 17 seconds remaining in regulation, with Bo Horvat and Kuzmenko each recording assists...Kuzmenko and Elias Pettersson (GDG) each scored in the shootout to give the Canucks the win...Collin Delia made 29 saves and turned aside two more in the shootout.
LAST 5 vs TAMPA BAY
EXCEPTIONAL ELIAS
Netting the game-deciding goal in the shootout by successfully executing "The Forsberg" on Jan. 15 at CAR, Elias Pettersson recorded his fifth career game-deciding goal, tying teammate Bo Horvat for most in franchise history.
HORVAT STAYS HOT
Assisting on Brock Boeser's game-tying goal in the final minute on Jan. 15 at CAR, Bo Horvat extended his point streak to eight games (4-5-9), setting a new personal career-high. With a point tonight vs TBL, Horvat will tie J.T. Miller (Nov. 12-29) and Brock Boeser (Nov. 8-26) for the longest point streak by a Canucks player this season.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY - HORVAT FOR 200
With a power play goal on Jan. 14 at FLA, Bo Horvat registered his 200th career NHL goal in his 614th regular season game, becoming the sixth fastest player to reach this milestone in franchise history (fourth-fastest among players who started their career with the Canucks). The goal was also Horvat's 30th of the season, solidifying consecutive season with 30 or more goals (posting 31-21-52 in 70 GP in 2021.22) to become the first Canuck since Daniel Sedin in 2010.11 & 2011.12 to achieve this feat. Horvat is only one of five active NHLers to break 30 goals this season and ranks t-4th in the NHL for goals.
TYLER FINDS TWINE
Opening the second period scoring on Jan. 14 at FLA, Tyler Myers scored his first goal of the season to snap a 66-game goal-less streak. Myers scored that goal just 39 seconds into the period, becoming only the fourth Canucks defenceman to score a goal within the first 39 seconds of a period joining Kevin McCarthy (0:19 of P2 on March 8, 1983), Rick Lanz (0:32 of P2 on Nov. 11, 1985) and Ed Jovanovski (0:36 of P2 on Dec. 21, 2000).
QUICK QUINN
Thanks to his third period goal and assist on Jan. 12 at TBL, Quinn Hughes reached and surpassed the 200-point mark in his career (22-179-201) in just his 242nd NHL game, becoming the fastest defenceman in franchise history to ever reach this milestone, doing so in 106 fewer games than the next closest Canucks defenceman (Jyrki Lumme - 348 GP). Hughes is also the third-fastest active NHL defenceman to the mark behind only Cale Makar (195 GP) and Adam Fox (241 GP).
ROAD READY HUGHES
Posting a goal and two assists on Jan. 12 at TBL, Quinn Hughes collected his 19th career multi-point game on the road, tying Kevin Bieksa for sixth-most occurrences by a defenceman in franchise history. In those 19 games, Hughes has amassed 45 points (2.33 points per game), the highest points per game average among defenceman with 10 or more multi-point road games in Canucks history.
MR. 300
Recording his first of two assists Jan. 5 vs COL, Oliver Ekman-Larsson recorded his 300th career assist. He became the ninth player and fourth defenceman from the 2009 draft class to record at least 300 career assists.
NO FLUKE FOR LUKE
Canucks defenceman Luke Schenn appeared in his 900th career regular season game on Jan. 3 vs NYI, becoming the sixth player and only the fourth defenceman from the 2008 draft class to reach the milestone joining fellow first-round selections Drew Doughty (D), Josh Bailey (RW), Steven Stamkos (C), John Carlson (D), and Alex Pietrangelo (D).
2022 YEAR IN REVIEW
2022.23 CANUCKS MILESTONES
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
THREE STARS - JANUARY
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*
