PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Flyers

CANUCKS VS FLYERS PREVIEW

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the last of two meetings between the Canucks and Flyers this season: Oct. 15 (5-4 SOW at PHI), Oct. 28 (home).
• Vancouver is 4-5-1 in their last 10 games vs Philadelphia (3-2-0 in their last 5).
• The Canucks have a 37-72-13-4 all-time record in 126 games against the Flyers. Vancouver owns a 15-32-12-2 record at home against Philadelphia. • Among active Canucks skaters J.T. Miller leads the team in career points vs Philadelphia with 16 points (9-7-16) in 25 games.
• Jaroslav Halak has faced the 20 times in his career (11-6-3) and has a .915 SV% and a 2.40 GAA.
• Thatcher Demko has faced the Flyers twice in his career, posting a 1-1-0 record with a .913 SV% and a 2.94 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Conor Garland has eight points (3-5-8) in his hast seven games with the Canucks.
• J.T. Miller has eight points (1-7-8) in his last seven games.
• Bo Horvat has five points (4-1-5) in his last five games.
• Quinn Hughes has five points (0-5-5) in his last six games.
• Elias Pettersson has four points (1-3-4) in his last six games.

LAST MEETING - OCT. 15/21: VAN 5 at PHI 4 (SO)

Vasily Podkolzin notched his first NHL goal at 2:36 in the second period, assisted by Tyler Myers and Oliver Ekman-Larsson...Elias Pettersson gave Vancouver their first lead of the game less than two minutes later on the power play...J.T. Miller and Alex Chiasson drew the assists...Alex Chiasson scored his first goal as a Canuck on the power play at 9:36 in the second period...J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes registered the assists...J.T. Miller notched his first goal of the season to extend Vancouver's lead to two at 17:07 in the third period...Elias Pettersson and Conor Garland assisted on the play...Elias Pettersson (GDG) and J.T. Miller each scored in the shootout as Thatcher Demko stopped both shooters faced...Quinn Hughes led all Canucks in TOI (26:46) while Elias Pettersson led the team in shots (6) for the second straight game...Kyle Burroughs led all skaters in hits (6)...Thatcher Demko made 31 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED - OCT. 26/21: VAN 2 vs MIN 3

The Canucks played a regular season game in front of their home fans for the first time in 595 days...Alex Chiasson scored on the power play to cut Vancouver's deficit to one goal at 10:46 in the second period...Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes recorded the assists...Bo Horvat pulled the Canucks within one goal at 15:53 in the third period on a backhand tally assisted by Tyler Myers...Bo Horvat led all skaters in shots (5)...Quinn Hughes led all skaters in TOI (28:38)...J.T. Miller registered a team-high in hits (4) while Justin Bailey paced all Canucks in blocked shots (3) in his season debut...Thatcher Demko made 27 saves.

LAST 5 vs PHILADELPHIA

• Oct. 15, 2021: VAN 5 at PHI 4 (SO)
• Nov. 25, 2019: VAN 1 at PHI 2
• Oct. 12, 2019: VAN 3 vs PHI 2 (SO)
• Feb. 4, 2019: VAN 1 at PHI 2
• Dec. 15, 2018: VAN 5 vs PHI 1

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Justin Bailey recalled from Abbotsford Canucks, Oct. 26
• Justin Dowling placed on injured reserve, Oct. 26
• Brock Boeser reactivated from injured reserve, Oct. 19
• Nic Petan designated for assignment to Abbotsford Canucks, Oct. 19

DISHING IT OUT

Collecting the primary assist on Alex Chiasson's power play marker on Oct. 26 vs MIN, Elias Pettersson passed Patrik Sundstrom for the most career assists (91) by a primary centre under the age of 23 in Canucks history. Ranking ninth among all Canucks skaters in assists before the age of 23, Pettersson has seven games and 15 days to close the gap between himself and Dale Tallon (93), Dennis Ververgaert (97), Stan Smyl (98), Tony Tanti (102), Rick Blight (109), Rick Lanz (110), Pavel Bure (122), and Trevor Linden (176).

RETURN OF THE MAC

Former Canucks forward Zack MacEwen makes his return to Rogers Arena tonight with the Flyers after being claimed by Philadelphia on Oct. 13. MacEwen spent his first four professional seasons with the Canucks organization, compiling nine points (6-3-9) and 69 penalty minutes in 55 games with Vancouver and an additional 96 points (37-59-96) and 156 penalty minutes in 155 games with the Utica Comets.

RECORD SETTING STREAKS

Posting 1G-1A in his team's 4-2 win at Seattle's inaugural home opener on Oct. 23, Conor Garland became the first player in Canucks history to record a season-opening, six-game point streak to start his tenure with the franchise. Garland joined Mike Walton (1977-78), Tony Tanti ('83-84), Barry Pederson ('88-89), Trevor Linden ('95-96), Henrik Sedin ('10-11) &Daniel Sedin ('10-11) as the only Canucks to start a season with a 6+ game point streak.

QUINN-TESSENTIAL CANUCK

Registering an assist on Tanner Pearson's game-winning goal on Oct. 21 at CHI, Quinn Hughes became the fastest defenceman in Canucks history to reach 100 points (12-88-100), accomplishing the feat in just 133 games. No active NHL defenceman has reached the 100 point milestone in fewer games, and Hughes is the fastest NHL defenceman since Vladimir Malakhov (125 GP, 1993.94) to reach the mark. Hughes also reached 90 career assists in fewer games (134) than all but 4 defencemen in NHL history: Mark Howe (116), Sergei Zubov (118), Stefan Persson (120) and Larry Murphy (129).

BY THE HUNDREDS

Conor Garland (50-54-104 in 170 GP) and Quinn Hughes (12-89-101 in 134 GP) each reached the 100-point milestone in consecutive games, with Garland doing so on Oct. 19 at BUF and Hughes on Oct. 21 at CHI. Brock Boeser's next goal will also be the 100th of his career.

NOSE FOR THE NET

Opening the scoring with his first goal of the season on Oct. 19 at BUF, Bo Horvat notched his 140th career goal, surpassing Dennis Ververgaert and Alexander Mogilny for sole possession of 15th place in goals in franchise history.

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

• Quinn Hughes recorded his 100th career point (assist), Oct. 21 at Chicago
• Conor Garland recorded his 100th career point (assist), Oct. 19 at Buffalo