PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Lightning
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MATCH-UP INFO
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LAST MEETING - JAN. 13/22: VAN 2 at TBL 4
Matthew Highmore tied the game with his first goal of the season at 12:05 in the first period, assisted by Tyler Motte...Motte cut Vancouver's deficit to one goal at 15:46 in the third period, cementing two-point nights for himself (1-1-2) and Highmore (1-1-2)...Juho Lammikko also recorded an assist...Motte (2-2-4) and Lammikko (1-2-3) each established career-high three-game point streaks...Oliver Ekman-Larsson led the team in shots (5) and blocks (3)...Thatcher Demko faced 30 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 11/22: VAN 3 vs WSH 4 (OT)
Quinn Hughes scored 57 seconds into the third period to bring the Canucks within one goal...J.T. Miller (11 games) and Elias Pettersson (3 games) extended their point streaks with the assists...Bo Horvat tied the game on the power play at 3:19 in the third period, assisted by J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes...Horvat gave Vancouver its first lead less than two minutes later at 4:59, assisted by Travis Hamonic and Quinn Hughes (1-2-3 on the night)...Oliver Ekman-Larsson fired a team-high in shots (6)...Luke Schenn and Tyler Myers each registered five hits...Travis Hamonic had a team-high in blocks (6)...Bo Horvat won 19 of 22 face-offs (86.4%)...Thatcher Demko faced 34 shots.
ECENT TRANSACTIONS
STREAK-KING
J.T. Miller collected two assists (0-2-2) on Mar. 11 vs WSH to extend his point streak to a career-high 11 games (7-16-23), marking the longest Canucks point-streak since Henrik Sedin's 12-game streak in 2013-14. Previously, he became the second player in 2021-22 to record multiple point streaks of at least nine games, joining Auston Matthews (10 GP &9 GP).
Miller is also the only player in the NHL to record three separate point streaks of 8+ games this season, and only the seventh to do so in the last 10 years:
BO KNOWS GOALS
Potting consecutive goals on Mar. 11 vs WSH, Bo Horvat recorded his fifth career 20-goal season and his fifth in the last six seasons, becoming just the 13th player in franchise history to do so. He now has sole possession of third-most 20-goal seasons among primary centres in Canucks history (Gradin [7], Kesler [6])
QUINNTASTIC
Quinn Hughes (1-2-3) recorded his 11th career three-point outing on Mar. 11 vs WSH, tying Dennis Kearns for the third-most in Canucks history by a defenseman, behind Jyrki Lumme (16) and Alexander Edler (12).
On Mar. 5 at TOR, Hughes also joined Pavel Bure as the only player to get two career 40+ assist seasons with the Canucks by age 23 or younger.
ICE, ICE BABY
Logging 25:32 in TOI on Mar. 11 vs WSH, Quinn Hughes has now led the Canucks in ice time in 10 straight games (38 total) and has led all skaters on both teams in six straight contests. His 25:07 in TOI/GP this season is the highest by a Canuck since Mattias Ohlund logged 25:40 per game in 2005-06.
POWER PLAY PETEY
Netting the GWG on the power play on Mar. 9 vs MTL, Elias Pettersson tied Dennis Ververgaert for fifth-most PPG (29) by a Canucks player before age 24 (Tanti [69], Linden [59], Bure [47], Blight [33]).
FOUR POINT FRENZY
Collecting four-points (1-3-4) on Mar. 9 vs MTL, J.T. Miller became the first Canucks player with three four-point games in a season since Markus Naslund in 2003-04.
OUTSIDE THE BOX
Since Bruce Boudreau was named Head Coach on Dec. 5/21, the Canucks have taken the second-fewest penalties in the NHL (108) and have the second-best penalty differential in the League (+22).
PEARSON-AL BEST
Collecting his 11th goal of the season and fourth in five games on Feb. 28 at NJD, Tanner Pearson established a career-high five-game point streak (4- 2-6). It also represented his 100th point as a Canuck (51-49-100) in his 190th game.
SCORING IN BUNCHES
The Canucks scored at least five goals for the third straight game during a 5-2 win at NYR on Feb. 27, accomplishing the feat for just the fifth time in the past 25 years. The other instances occurred from Oct. 22-30/19 (4 GP), Dec. 1-6/11 (3 GP), Oct. 14-18/05 (3 GP), and Feb. 6-25/98 (3 GP).
DIFFERENT FASHIONS
Trouncing the Flames 7-1 on home ice on Feb. 24, Vancouver scored four different types of goals for the first time in franchise history: Power play (Pettersson, Miller, Horvat), shorthanded (Pettersson), penalty shot (Miller), even strength (Horvat, Garland).
RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES
CURRENT INJURIES
Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 304 games
