PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Oilers
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MATCH-UP INFO
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LAST MEETING - DEC. 23/22: VAN 5 at EDM 2
J.T. Miller got the Canucks on the board just 41 seconds into the second period...Conor Garland and Oliver Ekman-Larsson recorded the assists...Miller scored his second of the contest on the power play with 1:27 left in the second...Elias Pettersson and Bo Horvat picked up the assists...Bo Horvat gave Vancouver their first lead just over halfway through the third...Tyler Myers and Garland recorded the assists...Ilya Mikheyev doubled the Canucks lead with under three minutes left in the third...Horvat picked up the only assist...Horvat added an empty netter to make it 5-2...Pettersson and Myers added assists...Pettersson and Miller each ed the team with five shots each...Miller tied his season-high with nine faceoff wins...Collin Delia made 31 stops in his first start in a Canucks uniform.
LAST GAME PLAYED - JAN. 20/23: VAN 1 vs COL 4
Elias Pettersson got the Canucks on the board just past the halfway mark in the game to bring the Canucks within two...Brock Boeser and Andrei Kuzmenko picked up the assists on Pettersson's 19th of the season...Luke Schenn had a game-high eight hits...J.T. Miller led the team with four shots on goal...Collin Delia stopped 25 shots.
LAST 5 vs EDMONTON
QUICK QUINN
Registering a multi-point effort with one goal and one assist on Jan. 18 vs TBL, Quinn Hughes reached the 40-point mark this season in just 40 games, becoming the fastest defenceman in Canucks history to reach this mark, besting Paul Reinhart by four games (1988.98). Jan. 18th was also Hughes' 45th career multi-point game and is the fourth active defenceman to reach as many games before the age of 24 (Erik Karlsson [58 GP], Cale Makar [47 GP], and Rasmus Dahlin [46 GP]).
EXCEPTIONAL ELIAS
Netting the game-deciding goal in the shootout by successfully executing "The Forsberg" on Jan. 15 at CAR, Elias Pettersson recorded his fifth career game-deciding goal, tying teammate Bo Horvat for most in franchise history.
BO'S BLAZIN' STREAK
Assisting on Quinn Hughes' goal on Jan. 18 vs TBL, Bo Horvat extended his point streak to nine games (4-6-10), setting a new personal career-high. Horvat has also tied J.T. Miller (Nov. 12-29) and Brock Boeser (Nov. 8-26) for the longest point streak by a Canucks player this season.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY - HORVAT FOR 200
With a power play goal on Jan. 14 at FLA, Bo Horvat registered his 200th career NHL goal in his 614th regular season game, becoming the sixth fastest player to reach this milestone in franchise history (fourth-fastest among players who started their career with the Canucks). The goal was also Horvat's 30th of the season, solidifying consecutive seasons with 30 or more goals (posting 31-21-52 in 70 GP in 2021.22) to become the first Canuck since Daniel Sedin in 2010.11 & 2011.12 to achieve this feat. Horvat is only one of seven active NHLers to break 30 goals this season and ranks t-5th in the NHL for goals.
TYLER FINDS TWINE
Opening the second period scoring on Jan. 14 at FLA, Tyler Myers scored his first goal of the season to snap a 66-game goal-less streak. Myers scored that goal just 39 seconds into the period, becoming only the fourth Canucks defenceman to score a goal within the first 39 seconds of a period joining Kevin McCarthy (0:19 of P2 on March 8, 1983), Rick Lanz (0:32 of P2 on Nov. 11, 1985) and Ed Jovanovski (0:36 of P2 on Dec. 21, 2000).
ROAD READY HUGHES
Posting a goal and two assists on Jan. 12 at TBL, Quinn Hughes collected his 19th career multi-point game on the road, tying Kevin Bieksa for sixth-most occurrences by a defenceman in franchise history. In those 19 games, Hughes has amassed 45 points (2.33 points per game), the highest points per game average among defenceman with 10 or more multi-point road games in Canucks history.
MR. 300
Recording his first of two assists Jan. 5 vs COL, Oliver Ekman-Larsson recorded his 300th career assist. He became the ninth player and fourth defenceman from the 2009 draft class to record at least 300 career assists.
NO FLUKE FOR LUKE
Canucks defenceman Luke Schenn appeared in his 900th career regular season game on Jan. 3 vs NYI, becoming the sixth player and only the fourth defenceman from the 2008 draft class to reach the milestone joining fellow first-round selections Drew Doughty (D), Josh Bailey (RW), Steven Stamkos (C), John Carlson (D), and Alex Pietrangelo (D), and later joined by Jordan Eberle (RW).
2022.23 CANUCKS MILESTONES
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
THREE STARS - JANUARY
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*
