PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Ducks
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LAST MEETING - NOV. 3/22: VAN 8 vs ANA 5
Bo Horvat tied the game with his fifth powerplay goal in three games, at 19:40 in the first period...Elias Pettersson, and J.T. Miller each notched second period goals to give Vancouver a 3-2 lead after two periods...Dakota Joshua tallied his second goal of the season at 5:30 in the third period before Andrei Kuzmenko recorded a hat-trick for the first three-goal outing of his career...Horvat added an empty netter to seal an 8-5 victory for Vancouver...Elias Pettersson recorded his third career five-point game (1-4-5) and tied a career high for shots in a game (8)...Andrei Kuzmenko (3-1-4), Bo Horvat (2-1-3), and Quinn Hughes (0-2-2) also all recorded multi-point games...11 Canucks skaters factored on the scoresheet...Luke Schenn led the team in hits (5), while Ethan Bear led in blocks (5)...Vancouver had their most shots in a game (47) since Oct. 30/19 at LAK (49)...Spencer Martin faced 31 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 6/23: VAN 4 vs NSH 3 (SO)
Elias Petterson registered his 300th career NHL point with the first goal of the night at 4:28 in the first period...Andrei Kuzmenko and Anthony Beauvillier recorded assists on the play...Vasily Podkolzin would reclaim the Canucks' lead at 10:56 in the first...Kyle Burroughs got his first assist of the season with the primary helper...Christian Wolanin was credited with the secondary assist...Dakota Joshua scored his ninth of the season at 5:43 in the third period...Nils Åman and Quinn Hughes recorded assists...Elias Pettersson scored the game-deciding goal in the third round of the shootout...Arturs Silovs registered his first career shootout win by stopping all three Nashville attempts...J.T. Miller and Joshua co-led the team in hits (7).
LAST 5 vs ANAHEIM
HISTORY WAITS FOR NO ONE
Scoring the opening goal on Mar. 6 vs NSH, Elias Pettersson registered his 300th career NHL point becoming the first skater from the 2017 NHL Draft Class to reach this milestone. Pettersson achieved this feat in 306 games played also making him the second fastest Canuck in franchise history to reach 300 points, trailing only Pavel Bure who was able to do it in 264 games played.
DOWN A MAN, UP TWO GOALS
Burying back-to-back shorthanded goals in a span of just 44 seconds on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Elias Pettersson (6:49, 3rd period) and J.T. Miller (7:33, 3rd period) recorded the fourth-fastest pair of shorthanded goals in Canucks history to turn a 1-1 tie into a 3-1 lead. It also marked the sixth time in franchise history (second time this season: also Feb. 18 vs PHI) that the Canucks have scored multiple times on the same two-minute penalty against, and the first occasion not involving an empty net since Apr. 9/98 vs CGY.
HUGHES WRITES HISTORY
Thanks to one assist each on the power play and shorthanded on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Quinn Hughes registered his 200th career NHL assist in just his 263rd regular season game, becoming the fastest defenceman in NHL history to do so (previously Brian Leetch, 264 games). He is also the fastest player of any position in Canucks history to record 200 assists with the club (23 players total, six defencemen), smashing the previous record set by centre Cliff Ronning (333 games).
KEEP IT SHORT
Thanks to his two shorthanded points (1-1-2) on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Elias Pettersson is now tied for the League-lead in shorthanded goals (4) and points (7) so far this season. His seven shorthanded points this season are the most by a Canuck since Alex Burrows in 2009.10 and he now sits tied for fourth with seven other players for most shorthanded points by a Canucks skater in a single season, two shy of the mark set by Pavel Bure (1992.93, 1997.98) and Russ Courtnall (1995.96).
SHOOT TO SCORE, KUZY
Deflecting home a power play marker for his 29th goal of the season on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Andrei Kuzmenko now own's an NHL-best 25.7% shooting percentage (min. 50 shots). The first year NHLer is on pace to rank second for highest shooting percentage (min. 50 shots) in a season in team history, currently trailing only Gary Lupul (28.1%) in 1982.83.
DOUBLE OR NOTHING
Collecting two assists on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Quinn Hughes registered his 17th multi-point game of the season, surpassing Doug Lidster (1986.87) and Paul Reinhart (1988.89) for the most such occurrences by a defenceman in a single season in franchise history. It also marked Hughes' 14th multi-assist game this season, tying Dennis Kearns (1976.77) for the most in one season by a defenceman in Canucks history.
"MR. CLUTCH"
Scoring the game-tying goal at 19:31 of the third period on Feb. 23 at STL, (just two days after he tied the game at 19:44 of the third period on Feb. 21 at NSH), Andrei Kuzmenko became the first player in Canucks history and fourth player in NHL history to score the game-tying goal in the final minute of regulation in consecutive games. In doing so, he joined Sawn McEachern (Dec. 28-30, 1998 w/ OTT), Mikko Makela (Feb. 28 - Mar. 3, 1987 w/ NYI) and Phil Esposito (Jan. 7-9, 1977 w/ NYR) to accomplish the feat.
PETEY KEEPS PUTTING UP THE POINTS
Notching one goal and two assists on Feb. 23 at STL, Elias Pettersson recorded his 24th career three-plus point game, surpassing Cliff Ronning for sole possession of fourth place in franchise history for most three-plus point games among Canucks centreman (trailing Patrik Sundstrom [29], Thomas Gradin [38], and Henrik Sedin [62]).
NO QUIT CANUCKS
Despite beginning the third period on Feb. 23 at STL with a 2-0 deficit, the Canucks notched two third period goals and the overtime winner to earn their seventh multi-goal comeback win this season, trailing only Chicago (8) for the most such instances in the NHL. The number is also the second-most in a single season Canucks franchise history behind only 2009.10 (8).
FAST FIFTY
Registering two assists on Feb. 21 at NSH, Quinn Hughes became the fifth U.S.-born defenceman to record at least 50 multi-point games before the age of 24 and only the third active defenceman to hit this milestone, tying Rasmus Dahlin (50) and trailing Erik Karlsson (58). Hughes is also only one of six Canucks blueliners to reach at least 50 multi-point games in their career joining Doug Lidster (52), Mattias Ohlund (54), Dennis Kearns (59), Jyrki Lumme (67), and Alexander Edler (68).
FANTASTIC FIVE
Thanks to his fifth career five-point game (2-3-5) on Feb. 18 vs PHI, Elias Pettersson became the fifth-fastest player in franchise history to reach 70 points (27-44-71 in 54 GP) in a season, behind Pavel Bure (46 GP), Henrik Sedin (49), Alexander Mogilny (49), and Bure again (52).
2022.23 CANUCKS MILESTONES
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
THREE STARS - MARCH
FEBRUARY WINNER - Pettersson (15 pts)
JANUARY WINNER - Pettersson (20 pts)
DECEMBER WINNER - Pettersson (20 pts)
NOVEMBER WINNER - Horvat (40 pts)
OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)
\5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection*
