PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Rangers

CANUCKS VS RANGERS PREVIEW

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and the Rangers this season: Nov. 2 (home), Feb. 27 (road).
• Vancouver is 5-2-3 in their last 10 games vs New York (3-1-1 in their last 5).
• The Canucks have a 36-78-8-3 all-time record in 125 games against the Rangers. Vancouver owns a 20-37-3-1 record at home against New York.
• Among active Canucks skaters Travis Hamonic leads the team in career points vs New York with 14 points (1-13-14) in 31 games.
• Thatcher Demko has yet to face the Rangers in his career.
• Jaroslav Halak has faced the Rangers 35 times (most against any team) in his career (24-9-1) and has a .927 SV% and a 2.33 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Conor Garland has eight points (3-5-8) in his hast nine games.
• J.T. Miller has nine points (1-7-8) in his last nine games.
• Bo Horvat has six points (4-2-6) in his last seven games.
• Quinn Hughes has six points (1-5-6) in his last eight games.
• Thatcher Demko has a .936 SV% and 2.05 GAA in his last four games.

LAST MEETING - JAN. 4/20: VAN 2 vs NYR 1

Antoine Roussel opened the scoring at 1:46 in the first period, assisted by Loui Eriksson and Bo Horvat...Tyler Myers notched the game-winning goal at 18:31 in the third period...Bo Horvat and Quinn Hughes recorded the assists as Horvat posted a multi-point game (0-2-2)...Tyler Motte led the team in hits (5)...Quinn Hughes paced all Canucks skaters in shots (4)...Bo Horvat won 20 of 29 face-offs...Jacob Markstrom made 36 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED - OCT. 30/21: VAN 1 vs EDM 2

Brock Boeser spoiled Edmonton's shutout bid with his 100th career NHL goal at 19:53 in the third period...J.T. Miller and Bo Horvat registered the assists on the play, as Miller overtook Conor Garland for the team lead in scoring (1-8-9)...Conor Garland tied a Canucks season-high with in shots (6)...Tucker Poolman led the team in blocked shots (3)...Luke Schenn and J.T. Miller each had four hits...Bo Horvat won 16 of 23 face-offs...Thatcher Demko made 28 saves.

LAST 5 vs NY RANGERS

• Jan. 4, 2020: VAN 2 vs NYR 1
• Oct. 20, 2019: VAN 4 at NYR 2
• Mar. 13, 2019: VAN 4 vs NYR 1
• Nov. 12, 2018: VAN 1 at NYR 2
• Feb. 28, 2018: VAN 5 vs NYR 6 (OT)

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Travis Hamonic recalled from Abbotsford Canucks, Nov. 1
• Jack Rathbone loaned to the Abbotsford Canucks, Nov. 1
• 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

GOING 'FOUR' IT

Having won their last three contests against the Rangers (Mar. 13/19 - Jan. 4/20), the Canucks are looking to win four consecutive games vs New York for the first time since Nov. 3/09 as part of a four-game streak that began on Dec. 13/05.

CENTURY GOAL MARK

Tallying Vancouver's lone goal late in his team's contest on Oct. 30 vs EDM, Brock Boeser reached 100 career NHL goals, becoming the third-fastest player (259 GP) in Canucks history to reach that milestone after making his NHL debut with the club, trailing only Pavel Bure (154 GP) and Petri Skriko (253 GP).

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.

SEASONED VETERAN

Luke Schenn appeared in his 800th career regular season game on Oct. 30 vs EDM, becoming the 46th Saskatchewan-born player (45th skater, 18th defenceman) in NHL history to play 800 career games (21 with Vancouver).

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

• Luke Schenn appeared in his 800th career game, Oct. 30 vs Edmonton
• Brock Boeser recorded his 100th career goal, Oct. 30 vs Edmonton
• Quinn Hughes recorded his 100th career point (assist), Oct. 21 at Chicago
• Conor Garland recorded his 100th career point (assist), Oct. 19 at Buffalo