PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Flames
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MATCH-UP INFO
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LAST MEETING - DEC. 31/23: VAN 2 at CGY 3
Sheldon Dries got Vancouver on the board at 15:28 in the second period to cut the team's deficit to two goals...His fourth tally of the season was assisted by Conor Garland...Elias Pettersson extended his point streak to five games (4-6-10) with his 17th goal of the campaign to bring Vancouver within one...Bo Horvat and Ethan Bear registered the assists...Conor Garland led the team in shots (5)...Curtis Lazar recorded a team-high in hits (4)...Spencer Martin made 27 saves.
LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 28/23: VAN 5 at STL 6 (OT)
Quinn Hughes opened the scoring at 6:06 in the first period, assisted by Brock Boeser and J.T. Miller...Andrei Kuzmenko tied the game at 2-2 with his 36th goal of the season at 19:41 in the first, on the power play...Miller posted a multi-point game (0-2-2) with an assist while Elias Pettersson extended his point streak to 13 games with the second assist...Brock Boeser notched a late second period power play goal at 18:28, assisted by Hughes, to bring the Canucks within two goals...Kuzmenko (2-0-2) and Hughes (2-1-3) each tallied their second goals of the game in the third period to send the game to overtime...Boeser (1-2-3) registered three points oon the night...Conor Garland and Phillip Di Giuseppe co-led the Canucks in shots on goal (5)...Kyle Burroughs registered a team-high four hits and recorded a fight...Thatcher Demko faced 31 shots.
LAST 5 vs CALGARY
ANOTHER RECORD... BUT HUGHES COUNTING?
Recording two goals and adding an assist on Mar. 28 at STL, Quinn Hughes (7-65-72 in 70 GP) became the fifth NHL defenceman in the last 30 years to record a 70-point season before the age of 24. The three-point effort (2-1-3) was the 16th such occasion of Hughes' career, tying him with Jyrki Luume for the most three-point games by a Canucks blueliner in franchise history. Hughes has been on a tear all season, recently breaking the following records:
PETEY'S POINT STREAK
Nabbing two assists on Mar. 28 at STL, Elias Pettersson extended his career-high point streak to 13 games (7-12-19 in those games), tying Clayton Keller (Arizona Coyotes) for the longest active point streak in the NHL. He also matched teammate J.T. Miller and former Canucks Ryan Kesler, Pavel Bure, and Stan Smyl for the fourth-longest point streak in franchise history. Pettersson is now only two games shy of tying Petr Nedved (1992.93) and Todd Bertuzzi (2001.02) for the longest point streak in Canucks history at 15 games.
CLIMBING THE LEADERBOARD
Following his two assists on Mar. 28 at CHI, Elias Pettersson surpassed Henrik Sedin's 94-point campaign in 2010.11 for the ninth- most points by a Canucks skater in a single season. He now sits just five points shy of becoming the sixth player (seventh instance) in team history to reach the 100-point mark. Pettersson is also just the second Canuck (third instance) to register at least 95 points in a season by age 24 or younger (trailing only Pavel Bure who had 107 points in 1993.94 and 110 points in 1992.93).
CAN'T STOP KUZY
Burying two goals for his team-leading 36th and 37th goals of the season on Mar. 28 at STL, Andrei Kuzmenko became the Canucks' all-time leader for points in a season by a first year NHL player, surpassing Elias Pettersson's mark of 66 points in 2018.19. Previously, on Mar. 23 vs SJS, Kuzmenko scored his 35th goal of the season for the most in franchise history by a first-year player, surpassing Pavel Bure (34) in 1991.92.
"SCORING ON THE PK" - A CANUCKS' SHORT
Opening the Canucks' scoring on Mar. 25 at DAL, Dakota Joshua registered the team's 14th shorthanded marker of 2022.23 to lead the NHL this season (now tied with Edmonton) and is the most by a Canucks team since 2002.03.
MILLER'S SPECIAL SAUCE
Scoring both a shorthanded penalty shot and a power play goal on Mar. 21 vs VGK, J.T. Miller registered his fourth multi-goal game of the season, which ranks third on the team. This marked the fourth time in his career (four in 2016.17, four in 2021.22, five in 2019.20) that he has recorded at least four multi-goal games in the same season.
RAINING THREE'S FOR BOESER
Recording three assists on Mar. 14 vs DAL, Brock Boeser reached 300 career NHL points, becoming the 10th player from the 2015 NHL Draft class to reach this milestone. Boeser's three assists set a new career high for most assists in a season with 33 (previously 30 in 2018.19) and was his fifth career three-assist game (second this season).
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*
