PREVIEW | Canucks at Maple Leafs
MATCH-UP INFO
LAST MEETING - MAR. 5/22: VAN 6 at TOR 4
J.T. Miller opened up scoring at 7:48 in the first period...Tanner Pearson and Travis Hamonic recorded assists on the play...Brock Boeser scored a power play goal at 4:12 in the second...Chiasson collected the GWG assisted by Bo Horvat and Vasily Podkolzin at 6:55 in the third period...13 made the score sheet with five players notching multi-point games: Brock Boeser (1-1-2), J.T. Miller (1-1-2), Travis Hamonic (1-1-2), Bo Horvat (0-2-2) and Tanner Pearson (1-1-2)...Alex Chiasson led the team in shots (5)...Luke Schenn led the team in blocked shots (3)...Thatcher Demko faced 38 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - NOV. 9/22: VAN 2 at MTL 5
Luke Schenn scored the Canucks' first goal at 4:45 in the third to make it 1-4...Brock Boeser recorded the solo assist...Nils Höglander scored his first goal of the season at 8:57...Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes both registered their 12th assist of the season on the play...Boeser led the team in shots (5)...Nils Aman led the team in blocked shots (3)...Thatcher Demko faced 29 shots.
LAST 5 vs TORONTO
HUGHES' HELPING HANDS
Recording his 12th assist of the season against the Canadiens on Nov. 9, Quinn Hughes tied Jiri Bubla (1983.84) for the Canucks' record of most assists in a 10-game span. Hughes also became the fourth defenceman in franchise history to record at least one assist in eight straight games played, and now sits only one game away from also tying Bubla (9 GP in 1983.83). Dennis Kearns is the only Canuck defenceman to reach a double digit assist streak at 11 games in 1976.77.
HARD HITTING SCHENN
Registering three hits against Montreal on Nov. 9, Luke Schenn ranks second in NHL history for most career hits among defencemen at 2,897, sitting 49 hits away from Brooks Orpik for first. Schenn has collected the most hits amongst the Canucks (57 in 14 games) this season, nearly doubling Dakota Joshua and J.T. Miller who are tied for second at 29 apiece.
HORVAT'S HOT STREAK
Tallying eight goals in five games (Oct. 28-Nov.8), Bo Horvat tied Mikael Samuelsson (2009.10, March) and Alexandre Burrows (2009.10, January) for the most goals over a five-game span and are the only Canucks to achieve this record in the last 26 years. Horvat is also the first player in franchise history to have five multi-goal games in the first 13 games. He now ranks second in goals in the NHL this season at 12, only two behind Connor McDavid (14) for first place.
HORVAT HITS 200
Picking up an assist on J.T. Miller's first period goal on Nov. 5 vs NSH, Bo Horvat recorded his 200th career assist, become the 22nd Canuck in team history to hit that mark.
HATS OFF TO KUZ
Recording a hat-trick with three goals, including the game-winner, on Nov. 3 vs ANA, Andrei Kuzmenko became just the fourth Russian-born skater in Canucks history to record a hat-trick, joining Pavel Bure (9x), Alexander Mogilny (4x), and Igor Larionov (2x). The winger became the fourth Canucks player in the past 20 years to record three goals in a single frame joining Horvat (Oct. 22/19), Mikael Samuelsson (Mar. 9/10) and Markus Naslund (Oct. 21/02).
FIVE-POINT PETEY
Posting one goal and four assists on Nov. 3 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson recorded his third career five-point game, joining Alexander Mogilny as the only other player in Canucks history to do so. He currently leads the team in assists (10) and points (15) in 11 games so far this season.
MARTIN'S MAGICAL RUN
Turning aside 26 shots in an 8-5 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Nov. 3, Spencer Martin improved his record with the Canucks to 5-0-4, passing 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 first ten starts with the team.
BOUDREAU REACHES 600 WINS
Thanks to Vancouver's 5-3 win on Oct. 27 at SEA, Canucks Head Coach Bruce Boudreau became the 22nd coach in NHL history and just the fifth active head coach to reach 600 regular season wins with a record of 600-322-127. Among coaches with 600 wins to their name, Boudreau's 1,049 games coached were the second-fewest required to reach the mark, while his .633 points percentage ranks second only to Scotty Bowman (.657).
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THREE STARS - NOVEMBER
OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)
\5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection*
