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CANUCKS AT PENGUINS

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, SportsNet Pittsburgh

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second of two meetings between the Canucks and Penguins this season: Oct. 26 (home, 4-3 W) and Nov. 27 (road).
  • Vancouver is 45-66-11-5 all-time against Pittsburgh, including a 16-39-7-1 record on the road.
  • The Canucks are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games against the Penguins (3-1-1 in their last 5).
  • Brock Boeser leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Pittsburgh with 16 points (11-5-16) in 12 career games.
  • In 21 career games against the Penguins, Jake DeBrusk has 14 points (7-7-14).
  • Elias Pettersson has 11 points (5-6-11) in 10 career games against Pittsburgh.
  • Kevin Lankinen is 1-0-0 with a 2.21 goals-against average and a .900 save percentage in two career appearances against the Penguins.
  • Artūrs Šilovs has yet to face Pittsburgh in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Quinn Hughes has 12 points (2-10-12) in 11 games in November, tied for the second-most amongst defencemen.
  • Elias Pettersson has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last eight games.
  • Conor Garland has six points (2-4-6) on his current five game point streak.
  • Kiefer Sherwood has five points (3-2-5) in his last five games.
  • Jake DeBrusk has five points (3-2-5) in his last five games.

LAST MEETING – OCT. 26/24: VAN 4 vs PIT 3

Anthony Beauvillier opened the scoring for Pittsburgh in the first period…Bryan Rust doubled the lead early in the second…Elias Pettersson scored his first of the season just past the four-minute mark of the second to cut the lead in half…Conor Garland and Tyler Myers picked up the assists…Kiefer Sherwood evened the game just 43 seconds later…Teddy Blueger and Vincent Desharnais recorded the assists…J.T. Miller gave the Canucks the lead 22 seconds later…Brock Boeser had the only assist…Arshdeep Bains scored his first career NHL goal just before the 10-minute mark of the second…Daniel Sprong picked up the helper…Evgeni Malkin brought the Penguins within one with under seven minutes remaining in the third…Miller and Boeser co-lead the team with four shots…Sherwood led the team in hits with six…Carson Soucy blocked five shots…Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves.

2024.25 TEAM RANKS

 

VAN 

PIT

Goals For/Game

3.15 (14th)

2.52 (t-25th)

Goals Against/Game

3.05 (16th)

3.96 (32nd)

Power Play %

21.3 (11th)

20.6 (15th)

Penalty Kill %

79.7 (13th)

78.6 (t-17th)

Penalty Min./Game

9:06 (19th)

7:28 (7th)

*Rankings are accurate as of 8:00pm PT on November 26, 2024

LAST GAME PLAYED – NOV. 26/24: VAN 2 at BOS 0

Jake DeBrusk opened the scoring for the second-consecutive game at 5:53 of the second period…Conor Garland and Quinn Hughes had the assists…Garland scored an empty-netter with 13 seconds remaining to make it 2-0…Pius Suter had the lone helper…DeBrusk and Garland each had three shots…Dakota Joshua had nine hits…Carson Soucy, Noah Juulsen, and Tyler Myers each blocked four shots…Kevin Lankinen made 32 saves for his second shutout of the season.

LAST 5 – vs PITTSBURGH

  • Oct. 26/24: VAN 4 vs PIT 3
  • Feb. 27/24: VAN 3 vs PIT 4 (OT)
  • Jan. 11/24: VAN 4 at PIT 3 (OT)
  • Jan. 10/23: VAN 4 at PIT 5
  • Oct. 28/22: VAN 5 vs PIT 1

KEVIN BLANKINEN

  • Stopping all 32 shots he faced on Nov. 26/24 at BOS, Kevin Lankinen became the second Canucks goaltender to post a shutout against the Bruins, joining Corey Hirsch.
  • Recording his fifth-career shutout on Nov. 26/24 at BOS, Kevin Lankinen is now 8-0-0 on the road to start the 2024.25 season, the fifth goaltender in NHL history to start a season with such record.
  • Making 26 stops for his first shutout as a Canuck Oct. 19/24 at PHI, Kevin Lankinen became the seventh goaltender in franchise history to record a shutout within his first three starts as a Canuck, and the first since Anders Nilsson.

JAKE ‘N BAKE

  • Returning to Boston on Nov. 26/24 for the first time since signing with Vancouver on July 1, Jake DeBrusk continued his strong play on the road, scoring in his fifth-consecutive road contest, helping the Canucks to improve to 5-0-0 on the road when he scores.

ROAD WARRIORS

  • Emerging victorious on Nov. 26/24 at BOS, the Vancouver Canucks extended their road win streak to eight games, tied for the second-longest run in franchise history.
  • Defeating Ottawa by a score of 4-3 on Nov. 23/24, the Canucks have begun the 2024.25 season 7-1-0 on the road for the first time in franchise history.

PETTERSSZN

  • Assisting on two goals on Nov. 23/24 at OTT, Elias Pettersson now has 22 points (10-12-22) in 14 career games against Ottawa (1.57 P/GP), the fourth-highest points-per-game rate amongst active players (min. 5 GP).
  • Recording two assists on Nov. 23/24 vat OTT, Elias Pettersson passed Dennis Kearns for the 10th-most multi-assist games in franchise history (54).
  • With a goal and an assist on Nov. 12/24 vs CGY, Elias Pettersson has 421 career points, passing Bo Horvat for 10th on the franchise’s all-time scoring list.

PUSH IT TO THE MAX

  • Making his NHL debut on Nov. 23/24 at OTT, Max Sasson became the 46th player in franchise history to record a point in his NHL debut.

QUINN-TASTIC

  • Opening the scoring just 34 seconds into the game on Nov. 19/24 vs NYR, Quinn Hughes tied Jyrki Lumme and Dan Hamhuis for the fourth-fastest goal by a defenceman to open a game in franchise history.
  • Recording one assists on Nov. 16/24 vs CHI, Quinn Hughes reached the 350-point mark in his 381st career game, the ninth-fewest games to reach the 350-point mark by a defenceman in NHL history.
  • Scoring the game-winning goal on Nov. 7/24 at LAK, Quinn Hughes tied Rick Lanz, Christian Ehrhoff, and Chris Tanev for 8th on the franchise’s all-time game-winning goals list amongst defencemen.
  • Recording three assists in his 376th career game on Nov. 5/24 at ANA, Quinn Hughes reached the 300-assist benchmark. In doing so, he became the third fastest defenceman to reach the milestone, behind Bobby Orr (346) and Brian Leetch (368).
  • Posting three assists on Nov. 5 at ANA, Quinn Hughes now has 22 such games in his NHL career, the third-most in NHL history by a defenceman aged 25 or younger, trailing only Bobby Orr (48 games) and Paul Coffey (32 games).
  • With an assist on Jake DeBrusk’s third period goal on Nov. 2/24 at SJS, Quinn Hughes has 297 career assists, the fourth-most by a defenceman in their first 375 career games, trailing only Bobby Orr, Brian Leetch, and Paul Coffey.
  • Recording two assists on Oct. 22/24 at CHI, Quinn Hughes now has 148 career assists on the road, passing Alex Edler for the seventh-most in franchise history (H. Sedin leads with 406).
  • With an assist on the overtime winner on Oct. 17/24, Quinn Hughes now has 18 career overtime points, the third-most in franchise history, behind only Daniel Sedin (31) and Henrik Sedin (29).
  • Registering nine shots on goal on Oct. 17 at FLA, Quinn Hughes set a new career-high for most shots in a single game.
  • With two assists on Oct. 9/24 vs CGY, Quinn Hughes passed Dennis Kearns for the most points by a Canucks defenceman in season opening games (10, 1-9-10).

BESTING THE BLACKHAWKS

  • Defeating Chicago by a score of 4-1 on Nov. 16/24, the Vancouver Canucks have now won nine consecutive games in regulation against the Blackhawks dating back to 2022, tied for the longest such streak in franchise history (vs SJS from 1991-92 and vs WSH from 1974-76 are the others).

HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT

  • Scoring his first career NHL goal on Nov. 14/24 vs NYI, Jonathan Lekkerimäki became the 490th player to score a goal in a Canucks uniform.
  • With his goal on Nov. 14 vs NYI registering at 93.38 mph, Jonathan Lekkerimäki recorded the seventh-hardest goal (as of Nov. 14) in 2024.25.

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’

  • By defeating Los Angeles on Nov. 7/24, the Vancouver Canucks completed a three-game sweep of a California road trip, the first time in franchise history the team has swept a California-only road trip.

SHOOTER SUTER

  • Scoring his second goal of the game with just 26 seconds remaining in regulation on Nov. 2/24 at SJS, Pius Suter recorded the sixth-latest game-winning goal on the road in Canucks franchise history.
  • With two goals on Nov. 2/24 at SJS, Pius Suter now has seven goals in seven-career games against the Sharks, including four in three games as a member of the Canucks.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • Max Sasson recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 21
  • Jonathan Lekkerimäki reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 21
  • T. Miller placed on Non-Roster List, Nov. 19
  • Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 19
  • D Elias Pettersson reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 19
  • D Elias Pettersson recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 17
  • Derek Forbort placed on Injured Reserve, Nov. 17
  • Dakota Joshua activated from Injured Non-Roster, Nov. 14
  • Aatu Räty recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 14
  • Jonathan Lekkerimäki recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 14
  • Arshdeep Bains reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 13
  • Aatu Räty reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 13
  • Jonathan Lekkerimäki reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 13
  • Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 12
  • Artūrs Šilovs recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 11
  • Ty Young reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 11
  • Jonathan Lekkerimäki recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 10
  • Ty Young recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 10
  • Artūrs Šilovs assigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 10
  • Arshdeep Bains reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 10
  • Nils Åman reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 10
  • Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 9
  • Nils Åman recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 9

THE LAST TIME…

  • The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Nov. 23/24 at OTT
  • The Canucks lost when leading after 1P: Mar. 16/24 vs WSH
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 1P: Oct. 9/24 vs CGY
  • The Canucks won when leading after 2P: Nov. 26/24 at BOS
  • The Canucks lost when leading after 2P: Feb. 19/24 at MIN
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 2P: Oct. 11/24 vs PHI
  • The Canucks won when trailing after 1P: Nov. 16/24 vs CHI
  • The Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Nov. 9/24 vs EDM
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 1P: Oct. 28/24 vs CAR
  • The Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Feb. 24/24 vs BOS
  • The Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Nov. 17/24 vs NSH
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 2P: Oct. 28/24 vs CAR
  • The Canucks won when tied after 1P: Nov. 26/24 at BOS
  • The Canucks lost when tied after 1P: Nov. 19/24 vs NYR
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 1P: Oct. 11/24 vs PHI
  • The Canucks won when tied after 2P: Nov. 16/24 vs CHI
  • The Canucks lost when tied after 2P: Nov. 19/24 vs NYR
  • The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 2P: Dec. 21/23 at DAL

2024.25 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS

  • Most Goals Scored, Game: 6, Oct. 22/24 at CHI
  • Most Goals Scored, Period: 4, 3x, Latest Oct. 26/24 vs PIT, 2nd period
  • Most Goals Allowed, Game: 7, Nov. 9/24 vs EDM
  • Most Goals Allowed, Period: 4, Nov. 9/24 vs EDM, 3rd period
  • Fewest Goals Scored, Game: 0, Oct. 30/24 vs NJD
  • Fewest Goals Allowed, Game: 0, 2x, Latest Nov. 26/24 at BOS
  • Most PPG Scored, Game: 2, 2x, Latest Oct. 22/24 at CHI
  • Most PPG Allowed, Game: 2, 2x, Latest Nov. 23/24 at OTT
  • Most SHG Scored, Game: 0
  • Most SHG Allowed, Game: 1, 2x, Latest Oct. 30/24 vs NJD
  • Most Shots, Game: 37, Nov. 5/24 at ANA
  • Most Shots, Period: 20, Nov. 14/24 vs NYI, 3rd period
  • Most Shots, OT: 3, Oct. 17/24 at FLA
  • Fewest Shots, Game: 15, Nov. 26/24 at BOS
  • Fewest Shots, Period: 3, 2x, Latest Nov. 26/24 at BOS, 1st period
  • Fewest Shots, OT: 0, 2x, Latest Oct. 28/24 vs CAR
  • Most Shots Allowed, Game: 34, Oct. 22/24 at CHI
  • Most Shots Allowed, Period: 15, 4x, Latest Nov. 19/24 vs NSH, 1st period
  • Most Shots Allowed, OT: 2, 2x, Latest Oct. 11/24 vs PHI
  • Fewest Shots Allowed, Game: 22, Nov. 5/24 at ANA
  • Fewest Shots Allowed, Period: 2, Nov. 17/24 vs NSH, 3rd period
  • Fewest Shots Allowed, OT: 0, Oct. 17/24 at FLA
  • Most Hits, Game: 43, Oct. 30/24 vs NJD
  • Fewest Hits, Game: 13, Oct. 9/24 vs CGY
  • Most Blocked Shots, Game: 26, Nov. 26/24 at BOS
  • Fewest Blocked Shots, Game: 7, Nov. 5/24 at ANA
  • Largest Margin of Victory: 4 goals, Nov. 5/24 at ANA
  • Largest Margin of Defeat: 6 goals, Oct. 30/24 vs NJD
  • Longest Win Streak: 4 games, Oct. 17-26/24
  • Longest Point Streak: 5 games, Oct. 17-28/24 (4-0-1)
  • Longest Winless Streak: 2 games, 3x, Latest Nov. 17-19/24 (0-2-0)
  • Longest Pointless Streak: 2 games, Nov. 17-19/24

VANCOUVER 2024.25 RECORD WHEN…

  • Score 4+ Goals: 6-0-1
  • Score 3 Goals or Less: 5-6-2
  • Allow 4+ Goals: 0-6-2
  • Allow 3 Goals or Less: 11-0-1
  • Scoring First: 5-2-2
  • Allowing First Goal: 6-4-1
  • On 0 Days Rest: 0-1-0
  • On 1 Day Rest: 4-4-2
  • On 2 Days Rest: 5-0-0
  • On 3+ Days Rest: 2-1-1
  • Score a PPG: 6-3-1
  • Give up a PPG: 3-4-2
  • 25 or More Shots on Goal: 8-3-2
  • Less than 25 shots: 3-3-1

THREE STARS – NOVEMBER

  • DeBrusk – 20 pts
  • Pettersson – 15 pts
  • Hughes – 10 pts
  • Miller – 5 pts
  • Boeser – 5 pts
  • Suter – 5 pts
  • Brännström – 5 pts
  • Lekkerimäki – 5 pts
  • Šilovs – 5 pts
  • Räty – 5 pts
  • Sherwood – 5 pts
  • Lankinen – 5 pts

OCTOBER WINNER – Lankinen (25 pts)

*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection