GAME DAY | Canucks at Jets
MATCH-UP INFO
QUICK NUMBERS
LAST MEETING - DEC. 17/22: VAN 1 vs WPG 5
Bo Horvat scored his 22nd goal of the season with 5:24 remaining in the third period...Quinn Hughes and Conor Garland picked up the assists on the power play goal...Luke Schenn recorded nine hits, his second-highest total of the season, while also leading the team with five shots on goal...Horvat won 15 of 21 faceoffs for a win percentage of 71.4%, his fourth-highest win percentage of the season...Spencer Martin stopped 22 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - DEC. 27/22: VAN 6 vs SJS 2
Bo Horvat opened the scoring at 4:26 in the first period...Ilya Mikheyev registered his first of four points on the assist...Brock Boeser collected the second helper...Elias Pettersson would double the Canucks lead before the end of the period...Lane Pederson and Luke Schenn tallied assists on the play...Mikheyev reclaimed the two goal lead at 4:36 in the second period...Andrei Kuzmenko and Tyler Myers were both credited with assists...Quinn Hughes scored his first goal of the season less than two minutes later...Mikheyev and Horvat both got a point on the play...Horvat recorded his league-leading eighth multi-goal game of the season at 12:11 in the third...Boeser collected the lone assist...Boeser followed up with his own goal, the sixth of the season...Horvat and Mikheyev were once again on the helpers to both collect their fourth points of the contest...Schenn led the team in hits (7)...Riley Stillman led the team in blocked shots (4)...Spencer Martin stopped 24 shots.
LAST 5 vs WINNIPEG
• With Mikheyev's goal, the Canucks also became just the 2nd team in the NHL to possess five or more 12+ goal-scorers this season, joining Tampa Bay (5).
HOW ABOUT THAT HORVAT
Registering two goals and two assists for the second consecutive night on Dec. 27 vs SJS, Bo Horvat is the first Canuck to have 4+ points in back-to-back games since 2003 (Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi, and Brendan Morrison each did it Feb. 23rd-25th). Horvat is also only one of four Canucks to record at least two goals and two assists in two consecutive games with the likes of Todd Bertuzzi (Feb. 23-25, 2003), Alexander Mogilny (Dec. 31-Jan. 3, 1996), and Petri Skriko (Mar. 13-17, 1987).
MIKHEYEV'S MOVES
With one goal and three assists on Dec. 27 vs SJS, Ilya Mikheyev set a new career high for most points in a single game (4), with his previous record of three points coming in March of this year (Mar. 3 vs WPG - 1-2-3). Mikheyev also extended his point streak against the Sharks, now recording nine points (4-5-9) in just four career games.
EXCEPTIONAL ELIAS
Tallying two goals and three assists, in addition to the shootout winner, on Dec. 22 vs SEA, Elias Pettersson registered his second five-point outing of the season and the fourth such occasion in his career, setting a new Canucks franchise record. The previous mark was held by Alexander Mogilny with three five-point games.
SEATTLE CRACKIN'
With a 6-5 shootout victory on Dec. 22 vs SEA, the Canucks improved their record vs the Seattle Kraken to 6-0-0 all-time. This marks only the second time in franchise history that the Canucks have won each of their first six regular season games vs an opponent (also won first nine games vs the Washington Capitals from Dec. 17/74 - Oct. 13/76).
SEEING DOUBLE (DIGITS)
Thanks to Ilya Mikheyev's 12th goal of the season on Dec. 27 vs SJS, the Canucks have five 12+ goal-scorers on their roster (Horvat [26], Pettersson [16], Kuzmenko [14], Miller [13], Mikheyev [12]) through the team's first 34 games for the first time since 1992.93 (also five).
ALL ABOUT APPLES
Assisting on Brock Boeser's third period power play goal, Quinn Hughes registered his 28th assist of the season in his 28th game of the season and the 32nd team game for Vancouver. In doing so, he became the second player (third occasion) in franchise history to record 28 or more assists in the team's first 31 games, and first since Henrik Sedin (28) in 2011.12. Henrik Sedin has the most assists through the team's first 32 games in a season with 32 (2010.11).
• With two assists on Dec. 3 vs ARI, Quinn Hughes surpassed Doug Lidster for fourth most multi-assist games among defencemen in Canucks history at 35 games.
LET'S GET IT STARTED
Scoring two goals just 34 seconds apart on Dec. 14 at CGY, Bo Horvat and Conor Garland recorded the fifth fastest two goals to start a game in Canucks history at 1:48 in the first.
MARTY MART AND THE WINNING BUNCH
Collecting his ninth victory of the season on Dec. 14 at CGY, Spencer Martin ranks third in Canucks history for most wins through the first 15 appearances in a season behind Ryan Miller (12 in 2014.15) and Kirk McLean (10 in 1991.92).
BELIEVING IN BRUCE
With the team's 7-6 OT victory on Dec. 5 vs MTL, the Canucks overcame a 4-0 deficit for only the third time in franchise history to secure a 4-goal comeback win (Jan. 16/73 vs TOR 6-4 W & Oct. 15/71 vs CAL 9-6 W). Coincidentally, Bruce Boudreau also earned his third career win in a game where his team trailed by four-plus goals (Dec. 23/08 w/ WSH & Mar. 31/14 w/ ANA).
• With the team's 6-2 victory on Dec. 27 vs SJS, Bruce Boudreau surpassed Rick Ley for sole possession of 11th place on the Canucks all-time coaches wins list at 48.
PUTTING THE 'SUDDEN' IN SUDDEN DEATH
Elias Pettersson's game-winning overtime goal on Dec. 5 vs MTL came just 13 seconds into OT, making it the fastest goal to start a regular season overtime period in Canucks history. The previous record was held by Dixon Ward who scored 15 seconds into OT on Nov. 29/93.
SCHENN'S GREATEST HITS
Luke Schenn has collected the most hits among all skaters in the NHL this season (159 in 34 GP).
*The NHL began tracking hits in 2005.06.
