CANUCKS @ COYOTES
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LAST MEETING - DEC. 3/22: VAN 3 vs ARI 2 (OT)
Bo Horvat scored the Canucks' first goal at 16:49 in the first period to tie the game at 1-1...Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes recorded assists on the play...Brock Boeser tied the game again at 2-2 in the third period with his fourth goal of the season...Pettersson tallied his second assist on the contest...Horvat scored the game-winning goal at 4:09 in OT with his 19th of the season...Hughes and J.T. Miller were credited with the assists...Luke Schenn recorded six hits on the night to claim the NHL record for most all-time hits (among defencemen)...Horvat led the team in shots (7)...Spencer Martin faced 23 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 14/23: VAN 5 vs DAL 2
Phillip Di Giuseppe scored the game's first goal at 1:35 in the first period...J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser both collected their first of multiple points on the play...Andrei Kuzmenko scored his 33rd goal of the season on the power play at 6:00 in the first...Conor Garland was credited with the first helper and Boeser hit 300 NHL career points with the second assist...Anthony Beauvillier reclaimed a two- goal lead at 11:53 in the second period... Christian Wolanin and Elias Pettersson recorded assists...Guillaume Brisebois scored his first NHL goal to extend the Canucks lead at 4:09 in the third...Nils Åman and Garland collected points on the play...Miller would score the
Canucks' fifth goal to bring the final tally to 5-2...Boeser closed out his three-point night with the sole assist on the play...Dakota Joshua led the team in hits (6)...Thatcher Demko extended his season-high winning streak to four games and faced 27 shots on goals.
LAST 5 vs ARIZONA
WINNING WAYS WITH ARIZONA
The Vancouver Canucks are 4-1-0 in their last five games against the Arizona Coyotes, dating back to Mar. 4, 2020, making it the Canucks' fourth-longest streak without a regulation loss against a single opponent at 1,106 days. The only opponents that Vancouver holds longer streaks without a regulation loss against are the San Jose Sharks (1,187 days), Dallas Stars (1,212 days), and Los Angeles Kings (1,829 days).
RAINING THREE'S FOR BOESER
Recording three assists on Mar. 14 vs DAL, Brock Boeser reached 300 career NHL points, becoming the 10th player from the 2015 NHL Draft class to reach this milestone. Boeser's three assists set a new career high for most assists in a season with 33 (previously 30 in 2018.19) and was his fifth career three-assist game (second this season).
CAN'T STOP KUZY
Scoring a power play goal on Mar. 14 vs DAL, Andrei Kuzmenko registered his 33rd goal in his 65th game to tie with Ivan Boldirev for the third most goals in a Canucks' first 65 games, trailing only Pavel Bure (34) and Alexander Mogilny (52).
Scoring his 30th goal of the season Mar. 8 vs ANA, Andrei Kuzmenko became only the eighth player in franchise history to register 30 or more goals in their first season with the Canucks, and joins Pavel Bure (34 in 1991.92) and Trevor Linden (30 in 1988.89) as the only players to accomplish the feat in their first season in the NHL.
Kuzmenko now own's an NHL-best 27.3% shooting percentage (min. 50 shots). The first year NHLer is on pace to rank second for highest shooting percentage (min. 50 shots) in a season in team history, currently trailing only Gary Lupul (28.1%) in 1982.83.
KEEP IT SHORT
Thanks to J.T. Miller's fourth shorthanded marker of the 2022.23 campaign (tied Elias Pettersson and four others atop the League), on Mar. 11 vs OTT, the Canucks have now scored 11 shorthanded goals on the season, which are the most by a Canucks team since 2002.03 and now ranks tied for second-most in the NHL this season.
Vancouver's shorthanded goal on Mar. 11 vs OTT also marked the first time since Apr. 1-9, 1998 that the Canucks have scored four or more shorthanded goals in a four-game span.
In addition to co-leading the League in shorthanded goals, Elias Pettersson currently has solo possession of the most shorthanded points in the NHL with eight (4-4-8) so far this season. He now trails only Pavel Bure (1992.93, 1997.98) and Russ Courtnall (1995.96) for most shorthanded points in a season (9) by a Canucks skater.
EIGHTY FOR ELIAS
Registering two assists on Mar. 8 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson registered his 80th and 81st points on the season (30-51-81), becoming the fifth-fastest player (sixth-fastest occasion) in franchise history to collect 80 points (62 games), behind only Alexander Mogilny (54 GP), Pavel Bure (55 GP, 59 GP), Henrik Sedin (60 GP) and Daniel Sedin (61 GP).
HISTORY WAITS FOR NO ONE
Scoring the opening goal on Mar. 6 vs NSH, Elias Pettersson registered his 300th career NHL point becoming the first skater from the 2017 NHL Draft Class to reach this milestone. Pettersson achieved this feat in 306 games played also making him the second fastest Canuck in franchise history to reach 300 points, trailing only Pavel Bure who was able to do it in 264 games played.
DOWN A MAN, UP TWO GOALS
Burying back-to-back shorthanded goals in a span of just 44 seconds on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Elias Pettersson (6:49, 3rd period) and J.T. Miller (7:33, 3rd period) recorded the fourth-fastest pair of shorthanded goals in Canucks history to turn a 1-1 tie into a 3-1 lead. It also
marked the sixth time in franchise history (second time this season: also Feb. 18 vs PHI) that the Canucks have scored multiple times on the same two-minute penalty against, and the first occasion not involving an empty net since Apr. 9/98 vs CGY.
HUGHES WRITES HISTORY
Thanks to one assist each on the power play and shorthanded on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Quinn Hughes registered his 200th career NHL assist in just his 263rd regular season game, becoming the fastest defenceman in NHL history to do so (previously Brian Leetch, 264 games). He is also the fastest player of any position in Canucks history to record 200 assists with the club (23 players total, six defencemen), smashing the previous record set by centre Cliff Ronning (333 games).
DOUBLE OR NOTHING
Collecting two assists on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Quinn Hughes registered his 17th multi-point game of the season, surpassing Doug Lidster (1986.87) and Paul Reinhart (1988.89) for the most such occurrences by a defenceman in a single season in franchise history. It also marked Hughes' 14th multi-assist game this season, tying Dennis Kearns (1976.77) for the most in one season by a defenceman in Canucks history.
Hughes is now also tied with Alexander Edler for most total multi-assist games in franchise history with 42, trailing only Dennis Kearns (53) for most all-time.
2022.23 CANUCKS MILESTONES
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
THREE STARS - MARCH
FEBRUARY WINNER - Pettersson (15 pts)
JANUARY WINNER - Pettersson (20 pts)
DECEMBER WINNER- Pettersson (20 pts)
NOVEMBER WINNER- Horvat (40 pts)
OCTOBER WINNER- Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)
*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection
