Canucks vs. Flyers game notes

CANUCKS VS FLYERS PREVIEW: (TV: Sportsnet Pacific; Radio: Sportsnet 650)

LAST MEETING: NOV. 21/17: VAN 5 at PHI 2

Daniel Sedin opened the scoring at 9:42 in the first period; he posted 1-1-2 on the night...Brock Boeser notched two goals, extending his goal scoring streak to three games...Sven Baertschi collected the Canucks second power play goal of the night...Loui Eriksson netted his first goal of the season...Jacob Markstrom faced 38 shots.

VS. FLYERS NOTES

• Michael Del Zotto appeared in 167 games for the Flyers over 3 seasons and registered 63 points (20-43-63). In 23 games versus his former team, Del Zotto has collected 10 points (2-8-10).
• Loui Eriksson's career-high for assists in a game occurred on Apr. 5/14 vs PHI. He has 15 points (2-13-15) in 19 career games versus the Flyers.
• Sam Gagner appeared in 53 games for the Flyers during the 2015.16 season, recording 16 points (8-8-16). In 14 games versus his former club, Gagner has collected 7 points (1-6-7) in 14 games.
• Markus Granlund has 3 goals in 4 career games versus the Flyers.
• In 3 career games versus Philadelphia, Jacob Markstrom has a record of 1-1-0 along with a 1.41 GAA and .957 save percentage.
• In 5 career games versus the Flyers, Anders Nilsson has a record of 3-0-1 along with a 2.11 GAA and .931 save percentage.
• Daniel Sedin made his NHL debut on Oct. 5/00 vs PHI. In 20 career games versus the Flyers, he has recorded 21 points (6-15-21).
• Henrik Sedin made his NHL debut on Oct. 5/00 vs PHI. In 20 career games versus the Flyers, he has collected 25 points (3-22-25).
• Troy Stecher has 2 assists in 2 career games versus the Flyers.
• Jake Virtanen has 2 points (1-1-2) in 2 career games versus Philadelphia.
• Thomas Vanek leads all active Canucks players in career scoring versus the Flyers with 32 points (14-18-32) in 40 games.

LAST GAME: DEC. 5/17: VAN 3 vs CAR 0

Jacob Markstrom earned his first career shutout after making 30 saves...Derrick Pouliott notched the eventual game-winner to make it 1-0 at 2:58 of the second period (he later added 2 assists to set a career-high for most points in a game)...Thomas Vanek made it 2-0 at 13:50 with a power play marker...Nikolay Goldobin scored his first goal of the season (and first at Rogers Arena) at 6:26 of the third...Henrik Sedin, Sam Gagner and Bo Horvat each notched an assist.

QUICK HITS (Through Dec. 5):

• Bo Horvat ranks tied for 7th in the League in faceoff wins (311) and 6th in offensive faceoff zone wins (116). His 118 defensive zone faceoff wins ranks him 8th (Brandon Sutter ranks 9th in this category).
• Michael Del Zotto leads the team in hits (66) and blocked shots (45) and ranks second in ice time (21:49 TOI/game) behind Alex Edler (21:53 TOI/game).
• Anders Nilsson ranks 15th in the League in save percentage (.922) and tied for 21st in GAA (2.67). Jacob Markstrom ranks 11th in GAA with 2.41 and 21st in save percentage (.917).
• According to Elias Sports, with Derrick Pouliot's opening goal on Dec. 5/17 vs CAR, he is now the only player in NHL history with (at least) 4 career goals, all being game winners.
• Jacob Markstrom's shutout on Dec. 5/17 was his first career shutout in 129 games (115 starts) over parts of 8 NHL seasons. The record for most games in an NHL career without a shutout is 132 by Pokey Reddick who played for Winnipeg, Edmonton and Florida from 1986-94.
• The Canucks rank 9th in defensive zone faceoff wins at 53.2%. When ahead, Vancouver has had 283 faceoff wins, good for 6th most in the League.
• Vancouver is tied for second most road wins this season (9 wins in 15 road games). According to Sportsnet Stats, the fewest road games to reach 9 road wins for the Canucks was 12 in 2002.03.
• The Canucks road power play ranks 3rd in the League at 26.5% (13-49).
• The Canucks penalty kill at home ranks 8th in the NHL at 87.2%.

THE GOING RATE:

• Brock Boeser has 25 points (13-12-25) over 25 games played; he has 11 points (8-3-11) over his past 11 games and 8 goals over his past 10 games.
• Henrik Sedin has 12 points (1-11-12) over the past 11 games including at least one assist in 7 of the last 8 games.
• Since returning from injury on Nov. 11, Loui Eriksson has collected 10 points (5-5-10) over his past 12 games.
• Bo Horvat has 13 points (6-7-13) over the past 16 games including 4 points in the last 6 games.
• Thomas Vanek has 12 points (3-9-12) over the past 15 games. He tied a career high for most consecutive games with an assist, collecting six assists in 5 straight games from Nov. 14-22; it marked the third time in his career he has achieved this feat.
• Daniel Sedin has 8 points (3-5-8) over the past 8 games.
• Alex Edler has 5 points (1-4-5) over the past 8 games.
• Nikolay Goldobin has 2 points (1-1-2) in 3 games played with Vancouver this season.