Game Notes: Canucks vs Oilers (7/10)

Tonight's game is presented by Nutrl.
The Canucks will host their annual Armed Forces Appreciation Night on May 4 when they face off against the Edmonton Oilers. The team sets aside one game each year to honour the individuals of the Canadian Armed Forces who serve the frontlines of our country with bravery and dedication.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Brock Boeser has 13 points (6-7-13) in his last 19 games.
• Nils Höglander has 9 points (4-5-9) in his last 14 games.
• Bo Horvat has 19 points (7-12-19) in his last 20 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 10 points (1-9-10) in his last 13 games.
• J.T. Miller has 15 points (6-9-15) in his last 19 games.
• Thatcher Demko (8-6-0) has posted a 2.48 GAA and .925 SV% over his last 14 starts.
• Braden Holtby (3-3-0) has registered a 2.87 GAA and .910 SV% over his last 6 starts.

LAST MEETING - MAY 3/21: VAN 3 vs EDM 5

Nate Schmidt tied the game with his 5th goal of the season at 13:04 in the first period...J.T. Miller and Nils Höglander recorded the assists on the play...J.T. Miller scored his 12th goal of the season, unassisted, at 17:16 in the second period to record his ninth multi-point game of the season...Brock Boeser extended his team-lead in goals with his 18th of the season at 16:33 in the third period to bring Vancouver to within one...Bo Horvat extended his point streak to three games (0-3-3) with an assist on the play...Bo Horvat recorded 5 shots and went 18-for-27 in the face-off circle...Jayce Hawryluk led the team in hits (3)...Alex Edler, Travis Hamonic, and Olli Juolevi each registered 3 blocked shots...Braden Holtby faced 31 shots.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

ARMED FORCES APPRECIATION NIGHT

The Canucks host their annual Armed Forces Appreciation Night tonight to honour the individuals of the Canadian Armed Forces who serve the frontlines of our country with bravery and dedication. The team will continue its tradition of wearing limited edition camo jerseys during warmup, to be auctioned off afterwards on Vanbase.ca. Players will also wear yellow ribbons on their helmets to commemorate the evening.

NOT SO GREEN

Head Coach Travis Green is set to coach his 280th regular season game behind the Canucks bench tonight, tying Pat Quinn for fifth-most regular season games coached in franchise history. Coach Green took sole possession of fifth place on the Canucks all-time regular season coaching wins list on Mar. 1/21 in a 4-0 victory at Winnipeg.

SACRIFICING THE BODY

Recording three blocked shots each on May 3/21 vs Edmonton, Travis Hamonic (7.63 Bks/60) and Alex Edler (6.38 BkS/60) both rank inside the top 10 in the NHL for blocked shots per 60 minutes at second and ninth place, respectively.

FROM THE POINT

With Nate Schmidt notching Vancouver's first goal on May 3/21 vs Edmonton, Vancouver has now received 91 points from their defencemen this season, which accounts for an NHL-high 29.8% of team points. The Canucks' 40.3% 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 3/21 vs EDM, the Canucks haven't surrendered a power play goal against in their past six games (12-for-12), marking their longest stretch of not allowing a power play goal this season. The six-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.