PREVIEW | Canucks at Sharks
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LAST MEETING - APR. 9/22: VAN 5 vs SJS 1
Jason Dickinson opened the scoring with an unassisted tally at 2:03 in the first period...Conor Garland restored Vancouver's lead at 4:49 in the second assisted by Alex Chiasson...Alex Chiasson then notched the eventual game-winning goal at 2:07 in the third period to record his second straight multipoint game (1-1-2)...Luke Schenn added a shorthanded empty-net goal, unassisted at 19:59 in the third period...Alex Chiasson led all Canucks in shots (7)...Luke Schenn led the team in hits (5)...Bo Horvat went 20-13 in face- offs...Thatcher Demko made 35 saves.
LAST GAME PLAYED - NOV. 26/22: VAN 5 at VGK 1
Brock Boeser opened the scoring on the power play at 9:22 in the first period to match a career-high nine game point streak (3-710)...Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Conor Garland registered the assists...J.T. Miller notched a power play goal at 18:57 in the first period...Quinn Hughes and Andrei Kuzmenko collected the assists...Elias Pettersson cashed in on the power play at 11:33 in the second period, before Kuzmenko and Bo Horvat each added goals of their own...J.T. Miller led the team with three points (1-2-3) while Hughes (0-2-2) and Kuzmenko (1-1-2) also had multi-point games...Elias Pettersson set a new career-high with nine shots on goal...Kyle Burroughs led all Canucks in hits (6)...Spencer Martin made 26 saves.
LAST 5 vs SAN JOSE
SHINING AGAINST THE SHARKS
KUZ CONTROL
Tallying his 9th goal and 9th assist of the season on Nov. 26 at VGK, first-year NHLer Andrei Kuzmenko recorded his third multi-point game in four games, and his sixth so far this season, tied for second-most on the team with Bo Horvat and Quinn Hughes (trailing Elias Pettersson, 7 games). With 18 points this season, Kuzmenko tied Brock Boeser and ranks behind Elias Pettersson (21), Igor Larionov (19) for most points through a player's first 20 career NHL games in Canucks history.
MOVIN' ON UP
With the team's 5-0 victory on Nov. 26 at SJS, Bruce Boudreau passed Tom Renney for sole possession of 13th place on the Canucks all-time coaches wins list with his 40th victory.
EV40
Scoring at 5-on-5 in the third period on Nov. 21 vs VGK, Elias Pettersson tallied his 10th goal of the season, all of which have come at even strength. He is tied with seven other NHL skaters for second-most even strength goals this season (10).
POWER PLAY PROWESS
Netting 19 power play goals on 52 opportunities in their last 15 games played, thanks to three on the man-advantage on Nov. 26 at VGK, the Canucks' power play ranks first in the NHL since Oct. 24, producing at a rate of 36.5%. Vancouver is also ranked tied for second in the league overall this season at 29.3% and has the second-ranked power play on home ice at 38.5%.
HUGHES' HELPING HANDS
BO'S BLAZING START
Scoring his team-leading 17th goal on Nov. 26 at VGK, Bo Horvat became the fourth player in Canucks history to notch at least as many goals in the team's first 21 games of the season.
HARD HITTING SCHENN
With 2,931 career hits, Schenn is only 15 hits away from tying Brooks Orpik (2,946) for most in League-history by a defencemen. Schenn has collected the second-most hits in the NHL this season (91 in 21 GP). Earlier this month, Schenn became the first player in NHL history to record at least three games with 12+ hits in his career following a franchise record-matching 12 hits on Nov. 12 at TOR.
\The NHL began tracking hits in 2005.06.
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THREE STARS - NOVEMBER
OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)
\5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection
