PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Blues
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MATCH-UP INFO
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LAST MEETING - MAR. 30/22: VAN 3 vs STL 4
Alex Chiasson opened the scoring just 31 seconds into the second period...Brad Richardson and Oliver Ekman-Larsson assisted on the play...Elias Pettersson restored Vancouver's one-goal lead at 12:42 in the second period...Nic Petan recorded his first point as a Canuck with the lone assist...Pettersson scored again at 15:11 in the third period, assisted by Conor Garland and J.T. Miller...Luke Schenn led the Canucks in hits (5)...Travis Dermott led the team in blocks (3)...Thatcher Demko faced 24 shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - DEC. 17/22: VAN 1 vs WPG 5
Bo Horvat scored his 22nd goal of the season with 5:24 remaining in the third period...Quinn Hughes and Conor Garland picked up the assists on the power play goal...Luke Schenn recorded nine hits, his second-highest total of the season, while also leading the team with five shots on goal...Horvat won 15 of 21 faceoffs for a win percentage of 71.4%, his fourth-highest win percentage of the season...Spencer Martin stopped 22 shots.
LAST 5 vs ST. LOUIS
LET'S GET IT STARTED
Scoring two goals just 34 seconds apart on Dec. 14 at CGY, Bo Horvat and Conor Garland recorded the fifth fastest two goals to start a game in Canucks history at 1:48 in the first.
MARTY MART AND THE WINNING BUNCH
Collecting his ninth victory of the season on Dec. 14 at CGY, Spencer Martin ranks third in Canucks history for most wins through the first 15 appearances behind Ryan Miller (12 in 2014.15) and Kirk McLean (10 in 1991.92).
BELIEVING IN BRUCE
With the team's 7-6 OT victory on Dec. 5 vs MTL, the Canucks overcame a 4-0 deficit for only the third time in franchise history to secure a 4-goal comeback win (Jan. 16/73 vs TOR 6-4 W & Oct. 15/71 vs CAL 9-6 W). Coincidentally, Bruce Boudreau also earned his third career win in a game where his team trailed by four-plus goals (Dec. 23/08 w/ WSH & Mar. 31/14 w/ ANA).
PERISTENT PETEY
Scoring one goal and tallying two assists on Dec. 5 vs MTL, Elias Pettersson registered 32 points in (12-20-32) 26 games played, becoming the first Canuck to reach this mark in 26 or fewer games played since Daniel and Henrik Sedin in 2010.11 (30 points in 24 GP). It also marked Pettersson's 20th career 3+ point game, tying him with Stan Smyl (1978-1983) for fifth-most 3+ point games in a player's first five NHL seasons in franchise history.
PUTTING THE 'SUDDEN' IN SUDDEN DEATH
Elias Pettersson's game-winning overtime goal on Dec. 5 vs MTL came just 13 seconds into OT, making it the fastest goal to start a regular season overtime period in Canucks history. The previous record was held by Dixon Ward who scored 15 seconds into OT on Nov. 29/93.
PRODUCTION LINE
With five combined points, including two multi-point efforts on Dec. 7 at SJS, Andrei Kuzmenko, Elias Pettersson, and Ilya Mikheyev have collectively tallied 38 points (18-20-38) in 11 games from Nov. 15 to Dec. 7. Between the trio, they have had 24 multi-point efforts this season including three games (Oct. 27 @ SEA, Nov. 27 @ SJS, Dec. 5 vs MTL) where all three skaters put up at least two points.
SCHENN'S GREATEST HITS
Recording six hits on Dec. 3 vs ARI, Luke Schenn claimed the NHL all-time record for most hits by a defenceman (2,948), surpassing Brooks Orpik (2,946), and is now ranked sixth all-time among all skaters. Schenn has collected the second-most hits in the NHL this season (125 in 29 GP). On Nov. 12 at TOR, Schenn matched a franchise record with 12 hits in a game and became the first player in NHL history to record at least three games with 12+ hits in his career.
\The NHL began tracking hits in 2005.06.
HUGHES' HELPING HANDS
With two assists on Dec. 3 vs ARI, Quinn Hughes surpassed Doug Lidster for fourth most multi-assist games among defencemen in Canucks history at 35 games.
RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
THREE STARS - DECEMBER
NOVEMBER WINNER - Horvat (40 pts)
OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)
\5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection
