GAME DAY | Canucks vs. Blues
Presented by Rogers
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the third and final meeting between Vancouver and St. Louis this season: Jan. 23 (3-1 L), Mar. 28 (4-1 L) Mar. 30 (home).
• The Canucks have a 77-97-18-5 all-time record against the Blues, including a 45-44-9-3 record at home.
• The Canucks are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games vs St. Louis (2-2-1 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in career scoring vs St. Louis with 14 points (4-10-14) in 36 games.
• Thatcher Demko has faced the Blues three times in his career (2-0-1), owning an .945 SV% and a 1.90 GAA.
• Jaroslav Halak has faced St. Louis four times, posting a career .861 SV% and a 4.21 GAA.
QUICK NUMBERS
• J.T. Miller has 19 points (7-12-19) in his last 12 games.
• Elias Pettersson has nine points (3-6-9) in his last 10 games.
• Brock Boeser has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last 16 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 12 points (1-11-12) in his last 13 games.
• Tanner Pearson has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last 15 games.
• Bo Horvat has 13 points (9-4-13) in his last 12 games.
LAST MEETING - MAR. 28/22: VAN 1 at STL 4
Brad Hunt scored Vancouver's lone goal at 2:13 in the third period, assisted by Juho Lammikko and Vasily Podkolzin...Tanner Pearson and Conor Garland each had a team-high in shots (5)...Will Lockwood led the team in hits (4)...Luke Schenn recorded three blocked shots...Jaroslav Halak faced 28 shots.
LAST 5 vs ST. LOUIS
• Mar. 28/22: VAN 1 at STL 4
• Jan. 23/22: VAN 1 vs STL 3
• Jan. 27/20: VAN 3 vs STL 1
• Nov. 5/19: VAN 1 vs STL 2 (OT)
• Oct. 17/19: VAN 4 at STL 3 (SO)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
CANUCKS TO CELEBRATE FOURTH ANNUAL FIRST NATIONS NIGHT
The Vancouver Canucks will celebrate their fourth annual First Nations Night, presented by Rogers, tonight against the St. Louis Blues. As an organization, Canucks Sports &Entertainment is committed to supporting truth and reconciliation, and using its platform to amplify local First Nations communities.
The Canucks worked with Musqueam artist Chase Gray to create this year's limited-edition First Nations Night jersey, which will be warm during warmups, with a selection of player worn jerseys being up for auction at Vanbase.ca. Partial proceeds from all First Nations Night merchandise (available at the Canucks Team Store and Vanbase.ca) will support the Orange Jersey Project. Additionally, a $20,000 donation will be made to Native Education College on behalf of the Canucks for Kids Fund.
PHENOMENAL PETEY
POWER PLAY PERFORMERS
• Collecting an assist on the man-advantage on Mar. 26 at DAL, J.T. Miller recorded his 33rd power play point of the season (7-26-33), trailing only Connor McDavid (38) and Leon Draisaitl (36) for most PPP in the League.
• Also assisting on the play, Quinn Hughes set a new career-high for PPP in a season (0-27-27), besting his 2019-20 total (3-22-25).
QUINN-SPIRATIONAL
Quinn Hughes has registered a career-high 48 assists so far this season, ranking fourth among all defencemen in Canucks history (Kearns [55], Lidster [51], Reinhart [50]).
RED HOT HORVAT
Opening the scoring on Mar. 24 at MIN, Bo Horvat pieced together a three-game goal streak (3-0-3) for the third time in his career and reached the 25- goal plateau. On Mar. 26 at DAL, Horvat extended his goal streak to a new career-high four games with his ninth goal in 10 games.
POINT PRODUCER
This season, J.T. Milller has set career highs in goals (28), assists (52) and points (80).
HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?
J.T. Miller (25-50-75 in 62 GP) recorded 50 assists in a season for the first time in his career on Mar. 24 at MIN. Only three players in franchise history have reached the mark in fewer contests: Henrik Sedin (49 GP in 2010-11, 50 GP in 2009-10, 58 GP in 2011-12 &60 GP in 2007-08), Daniel Sedin (52 GP in 2009-10) and André Boudrias (59 GP in 1974-75).
STREAK-KING
With three assists on Mar. 15 vs NJD, J.T. Miller extended the NHL's longest active point streak to 13 games (8-19-27) becoming the seventh player in Canucks history to record a point streak of 13 or more games and first since Ryan Kesler in 2009-10 (6-9-15 in 13 GP). Miller also tied Stan Smyl, Pavel Bure, and Ryan Kesler for the third-longest point streak (13 games) in club history.
Previously during this streak, Miller became the second player in 2021-22 to record multiple point streaks of at least nine games, joining Auston Matthews (10 GP &9 GP), and the only player in the NHL to record three separate point streaks of 8+ games this season.
• Feb. 6-Mar. 15, 8-19-27, 13 GP
• Dec. 6-Jan. 1, 3-10-13, 9 GP
• Oct. 30-Nov. 14, 6-4-10, 8 GP
