PREVIEW | Canucks at Kraken
MATCH-UP INFO
LAST MEETING - APR. 26/22: VAN 5 vs SEA 2
Sheldon Dries opened the scoring at 2:46 in the first period, assisted by Oliver Ekman-Larsson...J.T. Miller quickly extended Vancouver's lead just 48 seconds later, with Conor Garland and Quinn Hughes drawing the assists...Ekman-Larsson registered a multi- point game (1-1-2) with a power play marker at 15:05 in the first period...Garland and Nic Petan assisted on the play...Luke Schenn doubled the Canucks' lead at 13:10 in the third period, assisted by Matthew Highmore and Quinn Hughes...Hughes (1-2-3) and Garland (0-3-3) connected on Vancouver's fifth goal at 15:59 in the third to each record a three-point outing...Elias Pettersson led the team in shots (4)...Luke Schenn led in hits (4), while Kyle Burroughs and Tyler Myers shared the lead in blocks (4)...Spencer Martin made 30 saves for his second win of the season.
LAST GAME PLAYED - OCT. 24/22: VAN 2 vs CAR 3
J.T. Miller evened the score at 1-1 on the power play, at 12:30 in the first period...Bo Horvat and Elias Pettersson each recorded assists on the play...Miller added his second goal of the game on a slapshot at 10:40 in the third period, with Tyler Myers registering his first assist of the season and Oliver Ekman-Larsson contributing the second assist...Kyle Burroughs led all Canucks in hits (4) and blocked shots on the evening...Thatcher Demko faced a season-high 39 shots against.
GAME HISTORY vs SEATTLE
NOSE FOR THE NET
Bo Horvat has 18 goals in his last 25 games since March 9, 2022, ranking first in the NHL in goals per game (0.72) during that stretch (min. 7 GP). His four goals through seven games played this season are tied with J.T. Miller for the most by a Canucks skater.
CLOSING IN ON 600
Currently holding a career regular season coaching record of 599-322-127, Bruce Boudreau is just one win shy of becoming the 22nd coach in NHL history and just the fifth active head coach to reach 600 regular season wins. Among coaches with 600 wins to their name, Boudreau's .633 points percentage would rank second only to Scotty Bowman (.657).
ELIAS PETTER-CENT
Netting his third goal of the season on Oct. 18 at CBJ, Elias Pettersson registered his 100th career NHL goal, requiring the second- fewest games in Canucks history to reach the mark among players to debut with the franchise, trailing only Pavel Bure (154 GP).
• The goal also tied Pettersson with Jake Guentzel (PIT) and Brayden Point (TBL) as the ninth-fastest active player to reach 100 career goals. He also is the first player from the 2017 NHL draft class to reach the milestone.
SHORTHANDED SHOOTER
Opening the scoring with a shorthanded tally on Oct. 18 at CBJ, Bo Horvat passed Matt Cooke for sole possession of eighth-most shorthanded goals in franchise history (9), and now sits just one back of tying Ryan Kesler (10) for seventh-most. Pavel Bure holds the club record with 24 shorthanded goals.
SPENCE-TACULAR
Turning aside 29 shots in an overtime defeat on Oct. 18 at CBJ, Spencer Martin improved his record with the Canucks to 3-0-4, and now sits just one game back of tying Curt Ridley (6-0-2 in 1975.76) as the only goaltender in franchise history to earn at least a point in each of his eight starts with the team.
HOMEGROWN TALENT
Making his 137th NHL regular season appearance on Oct. 12 at EDM, Thatcher Demko gained sole possession of most games played in franchise history by a Canucks-drafted goaltender, surpassing Glen Hanlon's mark of 136 games. Demko also currently stands just five wins away from tying Gary Smith for sixth-most wins among all goalies in Canucks history.
