Canucks vs. Coyotes game notes

CANUCKS VS COYOTES PREVIEW: (TV: Sportsnet Pacific; Radio: Sportsnet 650)

Tweet from @Canucks: Hutton and Archibald are in tonight & Markstrom starts, confirms Coach Green.

LAST MEETING - MAR. 11/18: VAN 0 at ARI 1

Alex Edler tied a Canucks season high for most blocked shots in a game (7)...Darren Archibald recorded seven hits...Bo Horvat led the team with five shots...The Canucks did not allow a goal at even stength...Jacob Markstrom faced 24 shots.

VS COYOTES TIDBITS:

-Henrik Sedin leads Canucks skaters in career points against the Coyotes (11-41-52 in 67 GP).
-Daniel Sedin has collected 51 (17-34-51) career points in 67 games against Arizona.
-Alex Edler has 14 points (2-12-14) in 41 career games versus ARI.
-Sam Gagner has 15 points (5-10-15) in 31 career games versus ARI.
-Jacob Markstrom has a record of 4-3-0 along with a .947 save percentage and 1.71 GAA in 7 career games versus ARI.
-Anders Nilsson has a record of 0-2-1 along with a .864 save percentage and 3.58 GAA in 3 career games versus ARI.

LAST GAME: Apr. 3/18: VAN 4 vs VGK 5 (SO)

Nikolay Goldobin tied it 1-1 with 21 seconds left in the first; he scored his second goal (career-high for goals in a game) to tie it 4-4 at 10:53 of the third...Bo Horvat scored on the power-play to make it 4-2 and 4:06 and Brandon Sutter scored at 8:21 (and also added an assist on the first goal) to make it 4-3 in the third...Jacob Markstrom made 35 saves...Daniel Sedin, Alex Edler, Jussi Jokinen, Brendan Gaunce, Alex Biega and Ashton Sautner each netted an assist...Jake Virtanen had a game-high 4 hits.

THE GOING RATE:

-Derrick Pouliot has 4 assists and one goal over the past 9 games.
-Brandon Sutter has 8 points (5-3-8) over the past 8 games.
-Daniel Sedin has 6 assists over the past 9 games.
-Alex Edler has 6 points (4-2-6) over the past 9 games.
-Reid Boucher has 2 points (1-1-2) over the past 4 games.
-Henrik Sedin has 5 points (1-4-5) over the past 7 games.
-Jussi Jokinen has 7 points (1-6-7) over the past 5 games.
-Bo Horvat has collected 6 points (4-2-6) over the past 9 games.
-Sam Gagner has 6 points (3-3-6) over the past 9 games.
-Nikolay Goldobin has 7 points (4-3-7) over the past 9 games.

PLAYER QUICK HITS:

-Derrick Pouliot collected his 5th career goal, which was also his 5th career game-winner, on Mar. 29/18 vs EDM. He is the only player in League history to have scored 5 goals, with all of them being game-winners.
-Daniel Sedin appeared in his 1,300th career NHL game on Mar. 25. He became just the 63rd player in NHL history to reach the feat, the fourth Swedish-born player and the 13th player to do so with one team. Henrik Sedin appeared in his 1,300th NHL game on Feb. 3. He became just the 62nd player all-time, the 12th do so with one team and the third Swedish born player in League history to achieve the feat.
-Henrik and Daniel Sedin have combined for 198 goals since the start of the 2013.14 season (2nd most by teammates during that span).
-Daniel Sedin recorded his 50th point on Mar. 23, tying him for the 4th most 50-point-plus seasons (11) among Swedish-born players in NHL history.
-Henrik Sedin also has 11 50-point-plus seasons and is 2 points away from setting a new Canucks franchise record with 12 50-point-plus seasons.
-Daniel Sedin notched his 20th goal of the season on Feb. 28. He has now surpassed Markus Naslund for the most 20+ goal seasons in franchise history (Daniel has done it 11 times). Daniel ranks tied for 5th among active players for most 20+ goal seasons.
-Alex Edler collected his 326th career point on Mar. 2 to become the leading scorer among defencemen in franchise history, surpassing Mattias Ohlund. He ranks 23rd among active NHL defencemen in career scoring with 322 points.
-Alex Edler ranks 3rd in the NHL and has set a new single-season career-high with 197 blocked shots. His previous career-high of 145 blocked shots occurred during the 2011.12 season.
-Michael Del Zotto ranks 5th in the NHL and has set a new single-season career-high with 239 hits. His previous career-high of 173 hits occurred during the 2016.17 season.