PREVIEW | Canucks vs, Stars
Presented by Toyota Pacific
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LAST MEETING - FEB. 27/23: VAN 5 at DAL 4 (OT)
Anthony Beauvillier opened the scoring 3:27 into the first period...Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko recorded the assists...Sheldon Dries gave Vancouver their second lead of the game at the 9:00 mark...Conor Garland and Christian Wolanin picked up the assists...Vasily Podkolzin scored his second of the season to double the Canucks lead...Aatu Räty and Quinn Hughes were credited with the assists...Beauvillier re-established the two-goal lead just past the halfway point of the game...Hughes and Kuzmenko were awarded assists...Kuzmenko scored the game-winner 48 seconds into overtime...Beauvillier (2-1-3) and Hughes (0-3-3) each registered their third point of the game with the assists...Hughes led the team with six shots on goal...Dakota Joshua led the team with five hits...Thatcher Demko made 34 saves in his return to the Canucks lineup
LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 11/23: VAN 5 vs OTT 2
Andrei Kuzmenko opened the scoring with his 31st goal of the season at 15:05 in the first period...J.T. Miller and Tyler Myers recorded the assists...Miller doubled Vancouver's lead with his fourth shorthanded goal of the season at 4:26 in the second period...Nils Aman registered the lone assist on Miller's goal before adding one of his own just six minutes later (second career multi-point game)...Dakota Joshua and Conor Garland assisted on the play...Sheldon Dries netted a third period breakaway goal for his 10th of the season at 6:50...Joshua and Brisebois collected the assists...Kuzmenko added an empty net power play goal to end the game, with Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson drawing the assists...16 of 18 Canucks skaters registered a shot on goal...J.T. Miller and Noah Juulsen led the team in hits (5)...Tyler Myers blocked a team-high four shots...Thatcher Demko made 18 saves.
LAST 5 vs DALLAS
SHINING AGAINST THE STARS
Entering tonight's game with an active four-game win streak vs Dallas, the Canucks will look to extend their streak against the Stars to five games for just the third time in franchise history (second time since the Stars relocated to Dallas from Minnesota). Vancouver's most recent winning streak of four or more games against the Stars franchise took place from Jan. 2/10 to Feb. 19/11 (6-0-0).
KEEP IT SHORT
Thanks to J.T. Miller's fourth shorthanded marker of the 2022.23 campaign (tied Elias Pettersson and four others atop the League), on Mar. 11 vs OTT, the Canucks have now scored 11 shorthanded goals on the season, which are the most by a Canucks team since 2002.03 and now ranks tied for second-most in the NHL this season.
EIGHTY FOR ELIAS
Registering two assists on Mar. 8 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson registered his 80th and 81st points on the season (30-51-81), becoming the fifth-fastest player (sixth-fastest occasion) in franchise history to collect 80 points (62 games), behind only Alexander Mogilny (54 GP), Pavel Bure (55 GP, 59 GP), Henrik Sedin (60 GP) and Daniel Sedin (61 GP).
CAN'T STOP KUZY
Scoring his 30th goal of the season Mar. 8 vs ANA, Andrei Kuzmenko became only the eighth player in franchise history to register 30 or more goals in their first season with the Canucks, and joins Pavel Bure (34 in 1991.92) and Trevor Linden (30 in 1988.89) as the only players to accomplish the feat in their first season in the NHL.
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).
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.
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*
