Game Notes: Canucks @ Knights - Game 1

This is the first time Vancouver and Vegas have faced off in the postseason. Tonight's game is presented by Toyota Pacific.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Quinn Hughes has 10 points (1-9-10) in his last 9 games.

• Elias Pettersson has 13 points (4-9-13) in his last 9 games and is tied for first in 2019.20 playoff scoring.

• Brock Boeser has 8 points (3-5-8) in his last 9 games.

• Bo Horvat has 8 points (6-2-8) in his last 9 games.

• J.T. Miller has 10 points (5-5-10) in his last 9 games.

• Tyler Motte has 4 points (4-0-4) in his last 2 games.

• Brandon Sutter has 4 points (0-4-4) in his last 2 games.

LAST GAME PLAYED - Aug. 19/20: VAN 4 at STL 3

Jay Beagle (1-1-2) opened up scoring with his first goal of this postseason to give the Canucks an early lead with an unassisted goal at 3:45 in the first period...Antoine Roussel (1-0-1) opened up scoring in the second period with a goal at 2:09...this created a domino effect with with Troy Stecher (1-0-1) tallying a goal at 6:49 and Brock Boeser (1-0-1) recording a power play goal at 8:06 in the second period...Tyler Motte (2-0-2) scored 2 goals in the third period, his second consecutive multi-goal game...Brandon Sutter (0-3-3) recorded 3 assists, setting a career postseason high...Alex Edler played in his 75th career postseason game and led the team in blocked shots (7) and TOI (24:46)...Jacob Markstrom made 34 saves...With a 6-2 victory, the Canucks advanced to Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2011.

DRAGON SLAYERS

• This is the second time the Canucks have ousted the reigning Stanley Cup champions. During the 2011 Conference Quarterfinals, Alexandre Burrows scored 5:22 into overtime to help the Canucks bounce the Blackhawks in Game 7 - Vancouver would later advance to the Stanley Cup Final.

• St. Louis' defeat guarantees that there will be a new Stanley Cup champion for the 20th time in the past 21 seasons

O CANADA

• Vancouver is the last Canadian team remaining in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

LET THE EAGLE SOAR

• On Aug. 21/20, Alex Edler Alexander skated in his 75th career playoff game with Vancouver, eclipsing Sami Salo (74) for the most by a defenceman in Canucks franchise history.
• With 35 points (8-27-35) in 75 games, Alex Edler leads all active Canucks skaters in postseason scoring.
• Edler ranks 20th among active defencemen in postseason points.
• Edler is also within reach of setting new franchise records by a Canucks defenceman, including:

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). Tyler Mott is now the 4th to achieve this milestone.
• 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 currently ranks 2nd among all defenceman in 2019.20 postseason points (1-9-10).

• Quinn Hughes (1-9-10 in 10 GP) became the fourth rookie defenceman to reach 10 career postseason points in 10 games or fewer, joining Gary Suter (2-8-10 in 9 GP), Al MacInnis (1-9-10 in 9 GP) and Ray Bourque (2-8-10 in 9 GP).

• 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.

STARTING OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT

• Elias Pettersson collected two assists on Aug. 21/20 to boost his 2020 postseason totals to 4-9-13 in 10 games. Among players to debut with the Canucks, his 13 points are the most by any player through his first 10 career playoff games with the franchise, besting the previous mark held by Thomas Gradin (5-6-11 in 10 GP). Only four active players collected more points through their first 10 career playoff games: David Pastrnak (6-9-15 w/ BOS), Nathan MacKinnon (5-10-15 w/ COL), Sidney Crosby (5-10-15 w/ PIT) and Eric Staal (4-10-14 w/ CAR).

REMARKABLE

• On Aug. 21/20 Jacob Markstrom joined Kirk McLean in 1994 as the only goalies in Canucks history to make 30+ saves in 5 straight playoff games. • With 213 saves in the St. Louis series, Jacob Markstrom surpasses Roberto Luongo (209) for most saves in the first 6 games.

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK

• On Aug. 19/20 the Canucks overcame a multi-goal deficit to win a contest for the second time this postseason, following Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Qualifiers (5-4 OT W at MIN). It marked the first time in which the Canucks recorded multiple multi-goal comeback wins in a single postseason.

GO SHORTY

• Giving his club the 4-3 lead on Aug. 19/20, Tyler Motte joins Bo Horvat (Gm2 of this series), Russ Courtnall (May 15, 1995), Pavel Bure (May 19/95), Trevor Linden (6/14/94) &Jyrki Lumme (4/12/91) as the only Canucks to get 2+ goals in a playoff game with at least 1 being a shorthanded tally.

• Tyler Motte &Bo Horvat are the first teammates with a 2-goal, 1-shorthanded goal game in the same playoff series since Claude Giroux &Max Talbot for the Flyers in their 2012 series vs the Penguins.