PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Maple Leafs
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MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Maple Leafs this season: Feb. 12 (home), Mar. 5 (away).
• Vancouver is 4-6-0 in their last 10 games vs the Maple Leafs (3-2-0 in their last 5).
• The Canucks have a 69-63-22-3 all-time record in 157 games against the Maple Leafs. Vancouver holds a 43-24-11-2 record at home versus Toronto.
• Among active Canucks skaters, JT Miller leads the team in career scoring vs Toronto with 21 points (9-12-21) in 28 games.
• Thatcher Demko has played 5 career games vs Toronto (2-3-0), owning a .898 SV% and a 3.45 GAA.
• Jaroslav Halak has played 20 career games vs the Maple Leafs (10-4-5), owning a .910 SV% and a 2.90 GAA.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Brock Boeser has eight points (4-4-8) in his last 11 games.
• J.T. Miller has 17 points (7-10-17) in his last 16 games.
• Quinn Hughes has six points (0-6-6) in his last nine games.
• Tanner Pearson has six points (2-4-6) in his last 10 games.
• Elias Pettersson has 10 points (7-3-10) in his last 11 games.
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson has 5 points (2-3-5) in his last three games.
LAST MEETING - MAY. 1/21: VAN 1 at TOR 5
Tanner Pearson opened the scoring at 13:28 in the first period, becoming the fifth Canuck to reach the 10-goal mark this season...Quinn Hughes extended his point streak to three games with an assist on the play, while Bo Horvat collected the second assist...Brock Boeser and Travis Hamonic led the team in shots (4)...Jayce Hawryluk registered a team-high in hits (3)...Bo Horvat won 13 of 21 face-offs...Thatcher Demko faced 29 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - FEB. 9/22: VAN 3 vs NYI 6
Oliver Ekman-Larsson opened up scoring for the Canucks with an unassisted goal at 18:56 in the second period...Elias Pettersson followed up with a goal at 13:04 in the second assisted by Vasily Podkolzin...Luke Schenn was close behind with the Canucks third and final goal of the night at 14:35 in the second...Brad Hunt recorded an assist on the play...Luke Schenn led the game in hits (8) and blocked shots (4)...Brock Boeser and Vasily Podkolzin tied for most shots (5)...Thatcher Demko faced 15 shots in relief of Jaroslav Halak.
LAST 5 vs TORONTO
• May. 1/21: VAN 1 at TOR 5
• Apr. 29/21: VAN 1 at TOR 4
• Apr. 20/21: VAN 6 vs TOR 3
• Apr. 18/21: VAN 3 vs TOR 2 (OT)
• Mar. 6/21: VAN 4 vs TOR 2
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Justin Dowling placed on waivers and Ashton Sautner assigned to Abbotsford, Feb. 10
• Kyle Burroughs activated from IR, Feb. 8
• Tucker Poolman placed on injured IR, Feb. 8
• Noah Juulsen and Ashton Sautner recalled from Abbotsford, Feb. 7
CLUB 400
With his first point of the night on Feb. 8 vs ARI J.T. Miller (1-1-2) recorded his 400th career point. Oliver Ekman-Larsson collected 3 assists (0-3-3) to join Miller in the 400 point club.
HOME ICE ADVANTAGE
Thatcher Demko has posted a .964 SV% and a 1.16 GAA average in his last five starts at home (5-0-0).
BOY OH, BO!
Bo Horvat (1-1-2) recorded his 71st career multi-point game on Feb. 8 vs ARI. Since his NHL debut in 2014-15, Horvat leads the Canucks in multi-point outings, with the next closest player being Daniel Sedin (52 GP).
BANG, BANG, BANG
On Feb. 8 vs ARI, Conor Garland, Bo Horvat and Elias Pettersson each scored in a span of 142 seconds. The last time the Canucks tallied a trio of goals in a lesser span was on Jan. 13, 2019 (126 seconds from Brock Boeser, Jay Beagle & Markus Granlund).
STINGY DEFENCE
Since Bruce Boudreau officially took over as Head Coach on Dec. 6 vs LAK, the Canucks have led the NHL in fewest goals against per game (2.05), jumping the ranks from 23rd in the NHL in GA/GP (3.16) before Boudreau to seventh place on the season overall (2.64).
HIT MACHINE
Luke Schenn tied a Canucks franchise record in hits (12) on Jan. 31 at CHI, previously set by himself on Mar. 24/19 vs CBJ. His 12 hits were the highest single-game total by any skater in the NHL so far this season.
MINUTE MUNCHER
Logging 31:07 in time on ice on Jan. 29 at CGY, Quinn Hughes set both a Canucks season-high and a personal career-high in the category. Hughes has led the Canucks in TOI in 28 of 46 games so far this season, with the next closest player (Myers) leading in 10 games.
HATS OFF TO MILLER
J.T. Miller recorded his second career hat trick on Jan. 27 vs WPG, matching career-highs in goals (3) and points (4). He became just the third American player in team history to register a hat trick, joining Ryan Kesler (3x) and teammate Brock Boeser (3x).
QUICK STRIKES
Going 2-for-2 in just 0:17 of cumulative power play time on Jan. 27 at WPG, Vancouver set an NHL record for least power play time (tracked since 2009.10) required in a game to register two power play goals and became the only team to score twice in under 20 total seconds on the man-advantage.
A GRAND ACCOMPLISHMENT
Head Coach Bruce Boudreau coached his 1,000th NHL game (577-306-117) on Jan. 23 vs STL, becoming the 29th coach in NHL history and sixth active Head Coach (Trotz, Ruff, D. Sutter, Laviolette, Tippett) to reach the milestone. Only one head coach in NHL history (Scotty Bowman, 598 wins) had more wins than Boudreau's 577 at the 1,000 game mark.
