PREVIEW | Canucks at Predators
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LAST MEETING - NOV. 5/22: VAN 3 vs NSH 4 (SO)
Ilya Mikheyev scored his third of the season 1:56 into the first period to give Vancouver a 1-0 lead...Quinn Hughes and Luke Schenn recorded the assists...J.T. Miller extended his point streak to six games with his seventh of the season, assisted by Nils Hoglander and Bo Horvat at 3:41 to make it 2-0...Andrei Kuzmenko got Vancouver's third goal of the first period at 17:32... the assists went to Miller and Hughes...Bo Horvat is now on a four-game point streak (6-2-8)... Quinn Hughes is now on a three-game point streak (0-5-5) and has points in all but one game he has played in this season (0-10-10 in eight game)...Vancouver recorded their second-most shots in a game this season (45)...Thatcher Demko faced 30 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - FEB. 18/23: VAN 6 vs PHI 2
Anthony Beauvillier opened the scoring late in the first period with his 12th of the season...Luke Schenn and Elias Pettersson each recorded assists...Andrei Kuzmenko re-took the lead for Vancouver 1:53 into the second period...Schenn and Pettersson recorded their second assists of the night...Beauvillier deflected home his second of the evening with 6:25 left in the second...Pettersson and Quinn Hughes recorded assists...Philip Di Giuseppe scored his second of the season just past the 10 minute mark of the third period...Brock Boeser picked up the only assist...Pettersson netted two shorthanded empty-net tallies in the final two minutes...J.T. Miller collected assists on both, while Schenn (career-high three assists) and Bear posted the other helpers...Pettersson and Beauvillier led the team with four shots each...Luke Schenn led the team with six hits...Nils Åman set a new career-high with 12 faceoff wins...Arturs Silovs made 35 saves for his first NHL victory.
LAST 5 vs NASHVILLE
FANTASTIC FIVE
Thanks to his fifth career five-point game (2-3-5) on Feb. 18 vs PHI, Elias Pettersson became the fifth-fastest player in franchise history to reach 70 points (27-44-71 in 54 GP) in a season, behind Pavel Bure (46 GP), Henrik Sedin (49), Alexander Mogilny (49), and Bure again (52).
JOINING THE RANKS
Recording one goal and one assist on Feb. 15 vs NYR, Andrei Kuzmenko collected 47 points (23-24-47) in his first 54 career NHL games, ranking him tied for third for most points through as many games to start a career in franchise history. Kuzmenko is tied with Ivan Hlinka (47) and trails fellow teammates Brock Boeser (48) and Elias Pettersson (56).
PETEY KEEPS PUTTING UP THE POINTS
Registering two assists on Feb. 15 vs NYR, Elias Pettersson tied Petri Skriko for sixth-most assists (165) by a Canuck in their first five career NHL seasons, trailing Trevor Linden (179), Quinn Hughes (192), Stan Smyl (203), Patrik Sundstrom (209), and Thomas Gradin (227).
KNACK FOR THE NET
Extending his goal streak to three games with a third period tally on Feb. 11 at DET, Elias Pettersson reached the 25-goal mark for the fourth time in his young career, becoming just the third player in Canucks history to record as many 25-goal campaigns in his first five career NHL seasons, joining Stan Smyl (4) and Petri Skriko (4).
FAST FIFTY
Collecting a power play assist on Feb. 11 at DET, Quinn Hughes reached the 50-point plateau (5-45-50) in just his 49th game of the 2022.23 season, becoming the fastest defenceman in franchise history to reach 50 points. The previous record belonged to Paul Reinhart, who put up 50 points in his first 52 games played in 1988.89.
• Hughes now also has the most 50+ point seasons by a defenceman in franchise history with three such campaigns, surpassing Dennis Kearns, Jyrki Lumme, and Paul Reinhart (two each).
PUT A BEAU ON IT
Scoring the game-winning goal in a 6-5 victory on Feb. 9 at NYI, former Islander Anthony Beauvillier became the 26th player in franchise history to register a goal in his first game against the team he was acquired from (via trade) and is one of only three players to net the game-winner in that scenario, joining Alexander Mogilny (Mar. 3/96 at BUF) and Jerry Butler (Oct. 26/80 vs TOR).
• Beauvillier has now registered at least one goal against 31 of 32 NHL teams, only missing a goal against the Los Angeles Kings. The Canucks will face the Kings three more times this season (Mar. 18 at LAK, Apr. 2 at VAN, Apr. 10 at LAK).
GOING FOR TWO
Posting two assists on Feb. 9 at NYI, Quinn Hughes recorded his 39th career multi-assist game to pass Jyrki Lumme for sole possession of third in franchise history for such occurrences among defensemen, trailing only Alexander Edler (42) and Dennis Kearns (53). The assists pushed Hughes to 44 on the season in his first 48 games, becoming only the third Canuck (fourth instance) to register at least 44 assists in the player's first 48 games (joining Daniel Sedin in 2009.10 [46] and Henrik Sedin in 2009.10 [46] and in 2010.11 [48]).
• Hughes collected his 21st career multi-point game on the road, tying Doug Lidster for fifth-most such occurrences by a defenceman in franchise history. The occasion also marked his 49th career multi-point game (home and road), to rank him sixth for most such occurrences, collecting 113 points (15-98-113) in those 49 games.
NO QUIT CANUCKS
Trailing 4-2 in the second period on Feb. 9 at NYI, the Canucks earned their sixth multi-goal comeback win this season which tied them with the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Ducks for most multi-goal come-from-behind victories this season through Feb. 9. Vancouver's 15 overall comeback wins ranked tied for second in the League through Feb. 9 while their eight third-period comeback wins were tied for first with Vegas.
MILLSY'S MILESTONE
Recording the lone assist on Vasily Podkolzin's first goal of the year on Feb. 8 at NYR, J.T. Miller registered his 500th career NHL point (187-313-500), becoming the eighth player and second American-born skater from the 2011 NHL Draft class to achieve the milestone. Miller, who was drafted by the Rangers, recorded 172 points (72-100-72) with New York, before collecting 65 (23-42-65) with Tampa Bay and 263 (92-171-263) with Vancouver to reach the 500-point mark.
