Game Notes: Canucks vs Blues - Game 4

Vancouver faces off against the Blues for the fourth game in round 1 of the 2019.20 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

• The Canucks were 2-0-1 against the Blues in the 2019.20 Regular Season.

• This is the fourth time Vancouver and St. Louis have faced off in the postseason. Vancouver has won all three previous series: 1995 Western Conference Quarter-Final (4-3), 2003 Western Conference Semi-Final (4-3) and 2009 Western Conference Quarter-Final (4-0).

• Prior to 2019.20, the Canucks won their last 7 consecutive postseason games against St. Louis.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Quinn Hughes has 9 points (1-8-9) in his last 6 games and is currently on a six-game point streak.
• Elias Pettersson has 9 points (4-5-9) in his last 6 games and is currently on a six-game point streak.
• Brock Boeser has 7 points (2-5-7) in his last 6 games.
• Bo Horvat has 8 points (6-2-8) in his last 6 games.
• J.T. Miller has 7 points (3-4-7) in his last 6 games.
• Chris Tanev has 5 points (1-4-5) in his last 4 games.
• Tanner Pearson has 5 points (2-3-5) in his last 4 games.

LAST GAME PLAYED - Aug. 16/20: VAN 3 vs STL 2 (OT)

J.T. Miller opened up scoring with a power play goal at 1:19 in the second period...The Canucks have scored a PP goal in 6 straight games of a single postseason for the first time since 1995...Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes recorded assists on the play, extending their point streaks to 6 games...Elias Pettersson (1-1-2) recorded his second consecutive multi-point game...Pettersson recorded a Canucks 2019.20 postseason high in shots (6)...Alex Edler led the team in TOI (28:35) and tied the Canucks 2019.20 postseason high for blocked shots (7)...Tyler Motte tied the Canucks 2019.20 postseason high for hits (7), previously set by him...Jordie Benn made his Canucks postseason debut...Jacob Markstrom faced a career postseason high of 49 shots.

SERIES STATS

• Canucks went 163:57 before trailing in this series, setting a franchise record for longest duration to begin a series without trailing.

• Canucks scored a PP goal in 6 straight games of a single postseason for the first time since 1995.

LET THE EAGLE SOAR

• With 33 points (8-25-33) in 72 games, Alex Edler leads all active Canucks skaters in postseason scoring.
• Edler ranks 21st among active defencemen in postseason points.
• Edler is also within reach of setting new franchise records by a Canucks defenceman, including:

GAMES PLAYED

1. Salo (74)
2. Lumme (72)
3. Edler (72)

GOALS

1. Bieksa (10)
2. 5 players tied with 9
3. Edler (8)

POINTS

1. Lumme (40)
2. Edler (33)

TAN MAN CAN

• Chris Tanev became the fifth Canuck defenceman in franchise history to notch an overtime goal in the postseason on Aug. 7/20 against MIN. He joins Kevin Bieksa, Brent Sopel, Colin Campbell and Paul Reinhart.
• On Aug. 7/20 Chris Tanev (1-2-3) tallied just 11 seconds into overtime after the Canucks overcame deficits of 1-0, 3-1 and 4-3 in regulation to power Vancouver to its first postseason series win since 2011 when they reached the Stanley Cup Final. The goal was tied for the second-fastest from the start of a postseason overtime period in NHL history, behind only the mark of nine seconds set by Montreal's Brian Skrudland in Game 2 of the 1986 Stanley Cup Final.

HERO HORVAT

• On Aug. 14/20, Bo Horvat scored in overtime to mark his sixth goal in as many playoff games this year. Only one player in Canucks history has recorded more goals through their first six games of a postseason: Mikael Samuelsson (7-4-11 in 6 GP in 2010).
• Horvat also become the third player in Canucks history to record a multi-goal game in two or more consecutive contests, joining Geoff Courtnall (2 GP in 1994) and Cliff Ronning (2 GP in 1992).
• Bo Horvat scored his fifth goal of the 2020 postseason on Aug. 14/20 to extends his goal streak to three games - the longest playoff goal streak by a Canucks player since Alexandre Burrows in 2011 (3 GP).

CALDER CONTENDER

• Quinn Hughes is the third rookie defenceman in NHL history with 9 points thru his first 7 career playoff games, joining: Ray Bourque (Bruins in 1980) and Gary Suter (Flames in 1986).

• On Aug. 16/20 Quinn Hughes matched the longest point streak by a rookie defenseman in NHL history, set by Al MacInnis (6 GP in 1984 w/ CGY) and equaled by Zarley Zalapski (6 GP in 1989 w/ PIT).

• Hughes tied Henrik Sedin for a Canucks franchise record with six consecutive postseason games with an assist.

• Quinn Hughes (1-1-2) scored the first postseason goal of his NHL career on Aug. 7/20 at MIN and became the fourth rookie blueliner with a playoff marker with Vancouver, joining Neil Belland (Game 3 of 1982 CF), Garth Butcher (Game 4 of 1983 DSF) and Adrian Aucoin (Game 7 of 1995 COF).

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK

On Aug. 7/20 at MIN the Canucks overcame a multi-goal deficit to win a postseason game for the fifth time in franchise history, following Game 1 of the 1991 Division Semifinals, Game 5 of the 1994 Conference Finals, Game 2 of the 1995 Conference Quarterfinals and Game 1 of the 2003 Conference Semifinals. Game 5 of the 1994 Conference Finals was the only other instance in which Vancouver did so in series-clinching fashion.

STARTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT

• On Aug. 16/20 Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes extended their point streaks to six games (2-4-6) - tied for the longest point streak of the 2020 postseason.

RECORD BREAKING

• Tyler Motte blocked 7 shots on Aug. 6/20, a Canucks franchise playoff record for a game decided in regulation.