PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Kraken
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MATCH-UP INFO
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LAST MEETING - JAN. 1/22: VAN 5 at SEA 2
Vasily Podkolzin opened the scoring (unassisted) at 8:53 in the opening frame...Nils Höglander added to Vancouver's lead on the power play at 14:49 in the first period...Brad Hunt and Oliver Ekman-Larsson recorded the assists...Tyler Motte restored the Canucks' two-goal lead at 4:46 in the third period...Matthew Highmore and Juho Lammikko assisted on the play...Conor Garland (assisted by Hughes and Pearson) and Tanner Pearson (assisted by Miller and Myers) added third period goals...Conor Garland led the team in shots (6) and Luke Schenn led all Canucks in hits (4)...Thatcher Demko made 30 saves.
LAST GAME PLAYED - FEB. 19/22: VAN 4 vs ANA 7
Tanner Pearson got Vancouver on the board at 4:52 in the second period, assisted by Conor Garland and Elias Pettersson...Elias Pettersson cut Vancouver's deficit to three with a power play marker at 15:47 in the second period...Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller picked up the assists...Conor Garland (goal) and Tanner Pearson (assist) combined on a third period tally to both record multiple points (1-1-2), while Elias Pettersson registered his third point of the game (1-2-3)...Quinn Hughes scored his second goal in as many games at 16:28 in the third period, assisted by Tyler Motte...Luke Schenn led both teams in hits (8) and blocked shots (7)...Four Canucks (Garland, Highmore, Hamonic, Pettersson) registered three shots.
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THE HITS KEEP COMING
Luke Schenn leads all Canucks skaters in hits (152), having led or co-led the team in hits on 22 occasions so far this season, despite appearing in only 35 games. His 15.25 hits per 60 minutes currently rank third among defencemen League-wide.
O.T. MILLER
Securing the win in overtime on Feb. 17 at SJS, J.T. Miller tied Alex DeBrincat for most overtime goals (6) since the start of the 2019.20 season. It was also Miller's 10th career overtime goal, tying him with Johnny Gaudreau for 4th-most OT goals all time by a US-born player, trailing Max Pacioretty (16), Brett Hull (12), and Phil Kessel (11).
BRICK WALL
Thatcher Demko made a career high of 51 saves in the 3-2 win over Toronto on Feb. 12, tying the franchise record for most saves in a win (51), matching Richard Brodeur on Feb. 10, 1985 vs the Jets.
MULTI-POINT MILLSY
With a goal and a helper on Feb. 17 at SJS, J.T. Miller recorded his team-leading 13th multi-point outing of the season and third such occasion in his last four games.
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.
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. 13/19 (126 seconds - Boeser, Beagle & Granlund).
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 30 of 51 games so far this season, with the next closest player (Myers) leading in 12 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.
RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES
CURRENT INJURIES
NHL COVID-19 PROTOCOL - N/A
Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 265 games
