Game Notes: Canucks @ Knights - Game 5

It's win or go home for Vancouver, trailing Vegas 3-1 in the best-of-seven series. Tonight's game is presented by Toyota BC.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Bo Horvat has 11 points (9-2-11) in his last 13 games and leads the league in 2019.20 postseason goals scored.
• Quinn Hughes has 13 points (1-12-13) in his last 13 games.
• Elias Pettersson has 17 points (6-11-17) in his last 13 games and ranks 2nd in 2019.20 playoff scoring.
• J.T. Miller has 14 points (5-9-14) in his last 13 games.
• Tyler Toffoli has 4 points (2-2-4) in his last 3 games.

LAST GAME PLAYED - Aug. 30/20: VAN 3 vs VGK 5

Elias Pettersson (1-0-1) opened up scoring for the Canucks with a power play goal at 11:15 in the first period and led the team in shots (5)...Bo Horvat (1-0-1) recorded his 9th goal of the 2019.20 season, a league lead...Tyler Toffoli scored a power play goal at 11:26 in the second period, notching his 4th point in 4 GP...J.T. Miller (0-3-3) recorded an assist on each Canuck goal, tying a 2019.20 postseason team high in both assists and points...Quinn Hughes (0-2-2) recorded two assists, establishing a franchise record for most points in a playoff year by a Canucks rookie (1-12-13)...Hughes led the team in TOI (24:17)...The Canucks recorded a 2019.20 postseason team high in hits (47)...Alex Edler led the team in blocked shots (6)...Bo Horvat won 17 face-offs (71%)...Jacob Markstrom faced 33 shots.

LET THE EAGLE SOAR

• On Aug. 21/20, Alex Edler skated in his 75th career playoff game with Vancouver, eclipsing Sami Salo (74) for the most by a defenceman in Canucks franchise history.
• With 37 points (8-29-37) in 78 games, Alex Edler leads all active Canucks skaters in postseason scoring.
• Edler is also within reach of setting new franchise records by a Canucks defenceman.

HERO HORVAT

• Horvat leads the 2019.20 playoffs in goals scored (9)(through Aug. 30/20), and ranks third on the list for most goals in a postseason in Canucks franchise history.
• On Aug. 30/20 Bo Horvat scored his 9th goal of the 2019.20 postseason to reclaim the League lead. He now trails just two players for the most in a playoff year in Canucks history.
• 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).
• Bo Horvat currently leads the NHL in postseason faceoff wins (210) (Through Aug. 30/20).
• On Aug. 25/20 Horvat recorded a multi-goal game for the third time this post-season, making him the third Canucks player in team history to achieve that feat during a playoff run, behind Cliff Ronning's four multi-goal games in 1992 and Pavel Bure's five two-goal outings in 1994.

CALDER CONTENDER

• On Aug. 30/20 Quinn Hughes established a franchise record for most points in a playoff year by a Canucks rookie (1-12-13 in 14 GP), eclipsing the previous mark of 11 set by Lars Molin in 1982 (2-9-11 in 17 GP). Hughes also moved within three points of matching the NHL record for most points in a postseason by a rookie defenceman , a mark set by Boston's Glen Wesley in 1988 (8-8-16 om 24 GP).
• On Aug. 30/20 Hughes tied the NHL record for most assists by a rookie defenceman in a single postseason with 12, joining: Al MacInnis (1983-84 Flames) and Janne Niinimaa (1996-97 Flyers).
• Quinn Hughes currently ranks t-3rd among all defenceman in 2019.20 postseason points (1-12-13)(through Aug. 30/20).
• 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 ranks 2nd in 2019.20 postseason scoring (6-11-17)(Through Aug. 30/20).
• Pettersson recorded his first career three-point game in the postseason on Aug. 25/20. This set a Canucks record for the most playoff points in the first 12 games (16).
• Pettersson has six multi-point games this month - only three players in franchise history have posted more in a postseason: Thomas Gradin in 1982, Trevor Linden in 1994 and Henrik Sedin in 2011 (all w/ 7).
• On Aug. 25/20 Pettersson became the fifth player age 21 or younger to record at least six multi-point games in their first 12 career playoff games,joining Wayne Gretzky (7), Sidney Crosby (7), Don Maloney (6) &Ken Linseman (6). Pettersson's six multi-point games leads the NHL this post- season.

REMARKABLE

• Jacob Markstrom currently leads the league in 2019.20 postseason saves (451).
• 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.

NO PAIN, NO GAIN

• On Aug. 25/20 the Canucks recorded 40 blocked shots, a single-game franchise record in the playoffs. This is the 2nd most blocked shots recorded in a non-OT game in Stanley Cup Playoffs history - the record is 41 by the Canadiens on Apr 28, 2010 vs the Capitals.

GO SHORTY

• On Aug. 19/20, Tyler Motte joined 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.