PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Hurricanes
Presented by Rogers
MATCH-UP INFO
LAST MEETING - JAN. 15/22: VAN 1 at CAR 4
Bo Horvat collected a goal at 13:24 in the first period...Luke Schenn recorded an assist on the play...Bo Horvat and Brock Boeser led the game in shots (5)...Luke Schenn led the team in hits (6)...Brock Boeser led the game in blocked shots (4)...Bo Horvat won 15 face- offs (65%)...Quinn Hughes led the team in TOI (23:44)...Thatcher Demko faced 33 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - OCT. 22/22: VAN 1 vs BUF 5
Conor Garland scored on the power play for his second tally of the season, at 13:27 in the second period, to bring Vancouver within a goal...Tanner Pearson collected his fourth assist of the season, while Ilya Mikheyev recorded his first point (assist) in a Canucks uniform on the play...Garland, Brock Boeser, and Elias Pettersson each registered four shots on goal...Dakota Joshua and Kyle Burroughs each set new team-highs for most individual hits in a game (7)...Burroughs also led all Canucks in blocked shots (3)...Jack Rathbone played 17:55 (including 3:39 PP) in his season debut...Elias Pettersson (9/12) and Bo Horvat (12/17) each posted higher than a 70 percent success rate in the face-off circle...Thatcher Demko faced 26 shots.
LAST 5 vs CAROLINA
HOME COOKIN'
The Canucks bring a 24-11-6-0 all-time home record vs the Hurricanes franchise into tonight's contest, marking their highest all-time home winning percentage (.659) against active teams (excluding Seattle, 2-0-0 in 2 GP). Since the 2000-01 NHL season, the Canucks are 12-1-0 at home vs Carolina, which also represents their highest home winning percentage (.923) during that time (excluding Seattle, 2-0-0 in 2 GP).
NOSE FOR THE NET
Bo Horvat has 18 goals in his last 24 games since March 9, 2022, ranking first in the NHL in goals per game (0.75) during that stretch. His four goals through six games played this season lead all Canucks skaters.
CLOSING IN ON 600
Currently holding a career regular season coaching record of 599-321-127, Bruce Boudreau is just one win shy of becoming the 22nd coach in NHL history and just the fifth active head coach to reach 600 regular season wins. Among coaches with 600 wins to their name, Boudreau's .633 points percentage would rank second only to Scotty Bowman (.657).
ELIAS PETTER-CENT
Netting his third goal of the season on Oct. 18 at CBJ, Elias Pettersson registered his 100th career NHL goal, requiring the second- fewest games in Canucks history to reach the mark among players to debut with the franchise, trailing only Pavel Bure (154 GP).
SHORTHANDED SHOOTER
Opening the scoring with a shorthanded tally on Oct. 18 at CBJ, Bo Horvat passed Matt Cooke for sole possession of eighth-most shorthanded goals in franchise history (9), and now sits just one back of tying Ryan Kesler (10) for seventh-most. Pavel Bure holds the club record with 24 shorthanded goals.
SPENCE-TACULAR
Turning aside 29 shots in an overtime defeat on Oct. 18 at CBJ, Spencer Martin improved his record with the Canucks to 3-0-4, and now sits just one game back of tying Curt Ridley (6-0-2 in 1975.76) as the only goaltender in franchise history to earn at least a point in each of his eight starts with the team.
HOMEGROWN TALENT
Making his 137th NHL regular season appearance on Oct. 12 at EDM, Thatcher Demko gained sole possession of most games played in franchise history by a Canucks-drafted goaltender, surpassing Glen Hanlon's mark of 136 games. Demko also currently stands just five wins away from tying Gary Smith for sixth-most wins among all goalies in Canucks history.
QUICK START
Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller combined goals for a 2-0 Canucks lead just 2:40 into the season opener on Oct. 12 at EDM, marking the fastest two goals to begin a season in franchise history, 75 seconds faster than the previous team mark (3:55 on Oct. 5 vs CGY). The goals also marked the eighth-fastest two-goal start in any game in Canucks history.
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