PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Oilers

CANUCKS VS OILERS PREVIEW

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the second of four meetings between Vancouver and Edmonton this season: Oct. 13 (3-2 SOL), Oct. 30 (home), Jan. 25 (home), Apr. 29 (road).
• Vancouver is 3-6-1 in their last 10 games vs Edmonton (2-2-1 in their last 5).
• The Canucks have a 108-119-19-13 all-time record in 259 games against the Oilers. Vancouver owns a 60-51-12-6 record at home against Edmonton.
• Nils Höglander leads the Canucks in scoring vs the Oilers this season with two points (0-2-2).
• Among active Canucks skaters Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in career points vs Edmonton with 29 points (12-17-29) in 40 games.
• Thatcher Demko has faced the Oilers 10 times in his career, posting a 3-6-1 record with a .916 SV% and a 2.91 GAA.
• Jaroslav Halak has faced the Oilers 17 times in his career (9-4-3) and has a .908 SV% and a 2.17 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Conor Garland has eight points (3-5-8) in his hast eight games.
• J.T. Miller has eight points (1-7-8) in his last eight games. • Bo Horvat has five points (4-1-5) in his last six games.
• Quinn Hughes has six points (1-5-6) in his last seven games.
• Elias Pettersson has four points (1-3-4) in his last seven games.

LAST MEETING - OCT. 13/21: VAN 2 at EDM 3 (SO)

Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored Vancouver's first goal of the season for his first as a Canuck, on the power play, at 12:28 in the third period...Nils Höglander and Conor Garland recorded assists on the play for Garland's first point as a Canuck...Quinn Hughes notched the game-tying goal at 17:11 in the third period...Nils Höglander registered his second assist of the game and J.T. Miller picked up the second assist...Bo Horvat scored the tying goal in the shootout...Elias Pettersson led all Canucks in shots on goal (6)...Tyler Myers led the team in hits (4) and blocked shots (3)...Quinn Hughes logged a team-high 27:02 in TOI...Thatcher Demko made 32 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED - OCT. 28/21: VAN 1 vs PHI 2

Quinn Hughes tied the game with his second goal of the season at 2:15 in the first period, just 113 seconds after Philadelphia opened the scoring...Luke Schenn and Matthew Highmore both collected assists on the play...Oliver Ekman-Larsson registered a team-high in shots (5)...Luke Schenn recorded a Canucks season-high in hits (7)...Bo Horvat won a season-high 17 face-offs...Quinn Hughes led the club in TOI (28:06) for the second consecutive game and fifth time this season...Jaroslav Halak made 26 saves.

LAST 5 vs EDMONTON

• Oct. 13, 2021: VAN 2 at EDM 3 (SO)
•May 15, 2021: VAN 4 at EDM 1
• May 8, 2021: VAN 3 at EDM 4
• May 6, 2021: VAN 6 at EDM 3
• May 4, 2021: VAN 1 vs EDM 4

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Nic Petan recalled from Abbotsford Canucks, Oct. 29
• Matthew Highmore placed on injured reserve, Oct. 29
• Justin Bailey recalled from Abbotsford Canucks, Oct. 26
• Justin Dowling placed on injured reserve, Oct. 26
• Brock Boeser reactivated from injured reserve, Oct. 19
• Nic Petan designated for assignment to Abbotsford Canucks, Oct. 19

HIT PARADE

Despite falling 2-1 in regulation on Oct. 28 vs PHI, Vancouver registered a season-high 41 hits, which is the team's highest single-game total since Nov. 27/19 at PIT (45). According to NHL Stats, Vancouver's +28 hit differential (41-13=28) on Oct. 28 vs PHI is also the third-largest differential in team history (since being tracked), trailing only a +32 differential (53-21=32) on Dec. 29/99 vs PHI and a +29 differential (45-16=29) on Mar. 20/98 at OTT.

APPROACHING 800

After appearing in his 799th career regular season game on Oct. 28 vs PHI, Luke Schenn will become the 46th Saskatchewan-born player (45th skater, 18th defenceman) in NHL history to play 800 games in his next game.

DISHING IT OUT

Collecting the primary assist on Alex Chiasson's power play marker on Oct. 26 vs MIN, Elias Pettersson passed Patrik Sundstrom for the most career assists (91) by a primary centre under the age of 23 in Canucks history. Ranking ninth among all Canucks skaters in assists before the age of 23, Pettersson has seven games and 15 days to close the gap between himself and Dale Tallon (93), Dennis Ververgaert (97), Stan Smyl (98), Tony Tanti (102), Rick Blight (109), Rick Lanz (110), Pavel Bure (122), and Trevor Linden (176).

RECORD SETTING STREAKS

Posting 1G-1A in his team's 4-2 win at Seattle's inaugural home opener on Oct. 23, Conor Garland became the first player in Canucks history to record a season-opening, six-game point streak to start his tenure with the franchise. Garland joined Mike Walton (1977-78), Tony Tanti ('83-84), Barry Pederson ('88-89), Trevor Linden ('95-96), Henrik Sedin ('10-11) &Daniel Sedin ('10-11) as the only Canucks to start a season with a 6+ game point streak.

QUINN-TESSENTIAL CANUCK

Registering an assist on Tanner Pearson's game-winning goal on Oct. 21 at CHI, Quinn Hughes became the fastest defenceman in Canucks history to reach 100 points (12-88-100), accomplishing the feat in just 133 games. No active NHL defenceman has reached the 100 point milestone in fewer games, and Hughes is the fastest NHL defenceman since Vladimir Malakhov (125 GP, 1993.94) to reach the mark. Hughes also reached 90 career assists in fewer games (134) than all but 4 defencemen in NHL history: Mark Howe (116), Sergei Zubov (118), Stefan Persson (120) and Larry Murphy (129).

NOSE FOR THE NET

Opening the scoring with his first goal of the season on Oct. 19 at BUF, Bo Horvat notched his 140th career goal, surpassing Dennis Ververgaert and Alexander Mogilny for sole possession of 15th place in goals in franchise history.

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

• Quinn Hughes recorded his 100th career point (assist), Oct. 21 at Chicago
• Conor Garland recorded his 100th career point (assist), Oct. 19 at Buffalo 88 797