Canucks @ Jets game notes

CANUCKS AT JETS PREVIEW: (TV: Sportsnet; Radio: Sportsnet 650)

LAST MEETING - DEC. 11: VAN 1 at WPG 5

Brock Boeser notched his team-leading and NHL rookie leading 16th goal at 6:53 to tie the game 1-1...Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin notched an assist on the play...Michael Del Zotto had a game-high 5 hits...Henrik Sedin also had a team and season-high 5 shots...Jacob Markstrom made 19 saves.
VS JETS TIDBITS:
• Michael Del Zotto has registered 14 points (2-12-14) in 21 career games versus the Jets.
• Jacob Markstrom has a record of 2-6-1 along with a .887 save percentage and 3.50 GAA in 9 career games versus the Jets. • Anders Nilsson is 1-0-0 along with a .947 save percentage and 1.88 GAA in 1 career game versus Winnipeg.
• Daniel Sedin has 20 points (10-10-20) in 24 career games versus the Jets.
• Henrik Sedin has 18 points (6-12-18) in 24 career games versus the Jets.
• Thomas Vanek leads all active Canucks in scoring versus the Jets with 33 points (21-12-33) in 43 career games.

LAST GAME: JAN. 20/18: VAN 2 at EDM 5

Daniel Sedin got the Canucks on the board 1:46 into the second period on the power-play; the PPG tied him with Thomas Vanek (133) for 6th most among active players...Brandon Sutter scored his second goal in as many nights to tie the game 2-2 at 8:56 of the second...Brock Boeser, Chris Tanev, Alex Edler and Sven Baertschi each netted an assist...Jacob Markstrom made 30 saves in his 100th game as a Canuck.

THE GOING RATE:

• Brock Boeser has 11 points (5-6-11) over his last 12 games.
• Henrik Sedin has 20 assists/points over the past 21 games including at least one assist in 5 of the last 6 games.
• Alex Edler has 6 points (1-5-6) during a current season-high 5-game point streak.
• Thomas Vanek has 14 points (6-8-14) over the past 12 games.
• Daniel Sedin has collected 6 points (3-3-6) over 5 straight games.
• Loui Eriksson has 3 points (1-2-3) over the past 3 games.
• Sam Gagner has 10 points (4-6-10) over the past 14 games and has collected an assist in 2 of the last 3 games.
• Brandon Sutter has collected a goal in back-to-back games (last time he did so was Jan. 10-12/17).
• Sven Baertschi has 2 points (1-1-2) over the past 3 games.
• Chris Tanev has recorded an assist in back-to-back games.

PLAYER QUICK HITS:

• Brock Boeser ranks tied for 8th in the NHL goal-scoring race and leads all rookies with 22 goals. Boeser has scored 18.2% of the Canucks 121 goals this season.
• Brock Boeser won NHL Rookie of the Month honours in both November and December, becoming the first Canucks rookie to win it in back-to-back months.
• Notable goal achievements: Boeser is the 8th rookie in the past 28 years to score 16+ goals within his first 28 games of a season. His 20th goal in game #37 broke the Canucks record for quickest 20 goals scored in a rookie season. His 17 goals through the first 30 games are the most by a Canuck through his first 30 games of a season. His 15 goals through the Canucks first 30 games are also the 2nd most by a US-born rookie through his team's first 30 games of a season.
• Daniel Sedin notched his 133rd career PPG on Jan. 20 at EDM, moving into sole of possession of 79th all-time. He ranks tied with teammate Thomas Vanek for 6th among active players.
• Thomas Vanek notched his 10th career hat trick against Montreal on Dec. 19. According to Sportsnet Stats, he is also tied for the 3rd most in the NHL since the start of 2007-08.
• Henrik Sedin notched his 800th career assist on Dec. 13 vs NSH. In doing so, he became the first Canucks player, the 31st player in NHL history, the 3rd active player and the 2nd Swedish-born player to accomplish the feat. He is now at 812 assists and ranks tied for 30th all-time with P. Turgeon (t-28th is M. Modano and J. Bucyk with 813 assists).
• Jacob Markstrom has recorded 3 assists this season, which leads all goaltenders in that category. The last goaltenders to record 3 or more assists in a season were Jonathan Quick (3), Kari Lehtonen (3) and Henrik Lundqvist (4) who all accomplished the feat during the 2015.16 season.