Game Notes: Canucks vs Oilers (6/10)

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QUICK NUMBERS

• Brock Boeser has 12 points (5-7-12) in his last 18 games.
• Nils Höglander has 8 points (4-4-8) in his last 13 games.
• Bo Horvat has 18 points (7-11-18) in his last 19 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 10 points (1-9-10) in his last 12 games.
• J.T. Miller has 13 points (5-8-13) in his last 18 games.
• Thatcher Demko (8-6-0) has posted a 2.48 GAA and .925 SV% over his last 14 starts.
• Braden Holtby (3-2-0) has registered a 2.62 GAA and .918 SV% over his last 5 starts.

LAST MEETING - MAR. 13/21: VAN 2 vs EDM 1

Bo Horvat opened the scoring on the power play with his 12th goal of the season at 12:59 in the second period...Tanner Pearson and J.T. Miller recorded the assists...Tyler Myers restored Vancouver's one goal lead with the eventual GWG at 9:23 in the third period, assisted by Jordie Benn and Nils Höglander...Tyler Myers recorded his 300th career point on the play...Tanner Pearson led all Canucks in shots (6)...Jake Virtanen, Alex Edler, and Tyler Myers shared the team-lead in hits (4)...Travis Hamonic and Alex Edler each blocked a team-high 6 shots as Vancouver set a new season-high with 25 blocked shots...Thatcher Demko made 34 saves for his fifth win in his last six starts.

LAST GAME PLAYED - MAY 1/21: VAN 1 at TOR 5

Tanner Pearson opened the scoring at 13:28 in the first period, becoming the fifth Canuck to reach the 10-goal mark this season...Quinn Hughes extended his point streak to three games with an assist on the play, while Bo Horvat collected the second assist...Brock Boeser and Travis Hamonic led the team in shots (4)...Jayce Hawryluk registered a team-high in hits (3)...Bo Horvat won 13 of 21 face-offs...Thatcher Demko faced 29 shots.

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HELPING HAND

Collecting the primary assist on Vancouver's lone goal on May 1/21 at TOR, Quinn Hughes recorded his 44th career primary assist, which ranks as thirdmost among all defencemen since making his NHL debut on Mar. 28/19. He trails only John Carlson (56) and Victor Hedman (48) for primary assists in that time.

FROM THE POINT

With Quinn Hughes recording an assist on Tanner Pearson's game-opening goal on May 1/21 at TOR, Vancouver has now received 90 points from their defencemen this season, which accounts for an NHL-high 30.1% of team points. The Canucks' 40.1% share of team assists from defencemen is also the highest in the NHL.

KILLER INSTINCT

Going 1-for-1 on the penalty kill on May 1/21 at TOR, the Canucks haven't surrendered a power play goal against in their past five games (11-for-11), marking their longest stretch of not allowing a power play goal this season. The five-game run began with Vancouver going 6-for-6 on the penalty kill on Apr. 24/21 vs Ottawa, killing off all penalties in a game when shorthanded six or more times for the first time since Oct. 3/18 when the team went 7-for-7 on the PK in a 5-2 win at Calgary.