Game Notes: Canucks @ Blues - Game 1

Vancouver faces off against the Blues for the first game in round 1 of the 2019.20 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Tonight's game is presented by Toyota Pacific.

BRING ON THE CHAMPS!

QUICK NUMBERS

• Quinn Hughes has 6 points (1-5-6) in his last 3 games.
• Brock Boeser has 3 points (2-1-3) in his last 3 games.
• Elias Pettersson has 4 points (1-3-4) in his last 3 games. • Bo Horvat has 4 points (2-2-4) in his last 3 games.
• J.T. Miller has 3 points (1-2-3) in his last 3 games.
• Chris Tanev has 3 points (1-2-3) in his last 1 game.

LAST GAME PLAYED - Aug. 7/20: VAN 5 at MIN 4 (OT)

Tanner Pearson opened up scoring for the Canucks at 12:52 in the first period...Pearson also recorded an assist (1-1-2), tying a career high for most playoff points scored in a game (2)...Brandon Sutter (1-0-1) scored the second Canucks goal...Antoine Roussel and Quinn Hughes recorded assists on the play...Quinn Hughes scored his first career playoff goal on the power play (1-1-2)...Bo Horvat scored 2 points and pushed the game into overtime with his goal at 14:14 in the third period (1-1-2)...Chris Tanev scored the game winning goal 11 seconds into overtime...This was Tanev's first career playoff goal and a personal record for most points scored in a playoff game (1-2-3)...Tanev also led the team in blocked shots (3)...Olli Juolevi made his NHL career debut...Jacob Markstrom faced 29 shots.

LET THE EAGLE SOAR

• With 33 points (8-25-33) in 69 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. Bieksa (71)
4. Edler (69)

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.
• The goal was also Tanev's first post season goal and game-winning goal of his career.
• 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.

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

• Brock Boeser scored the opening goal on Aug. 6/20, assisted by Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes. All three are Calder Trophy finalists. Hughes is a finalist in 2019.20, Pettersson won the award in 2018.19 and Boeser was a runner-up in 2017.18.
• 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).
• Quinn Hughes recorded 3 assists (0-3-3) on Aug. 6/20 at MIN becoming the third rookie in Canucks history to record 3 or more points in a postseason contest, joining Pavel Bure (3-0-3 in Game 6 and 1-3-4 in Game 5 of the 1992 DSF) and Trevor Linden (1-3-4 in Game 4 of the 1989 DSF).

RECORD BREAKING

• Tyler Motte blocked 7 shots on Aug. 6/20, a Canucks franchise playoff record for a game decided in regulation.
• Assisting on all three goals scored on Aug. 6/20 (0-3-3), Quinn Hughes is the youngest defenceman in Canucks history to have a multi-point playoff game. He's also the second youngest Canucks player to record 3-point playoff game. Only one younger is Trevor Linden with (1-2-4) on Apr. 9/89 vs CGY. Hughes is the 6th youngest defenceman in league history to have a 3-assist playoff game. Only younger: Ray Bourque, Glen Wesley, Drew Doughty and Al MacInnis.

POSTSEASON DEBUT

• 10 Canucks players have made their postseason debut: Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, Troy Stecher, Tyler Motte, Adam Gaudette, Jacob Markstrom, Jake Virtanen, Zack MacEwen and Olli Juolevi.
• 6 Canucks roster players have yet to make their postseason debut: Justin Bailey, Guillaume Brisebois, Jalen Chatfield, Thatcher Demko, Tyler Graovac, and Brogan Rafferty.