PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Kings
MATCH-UP INFO
QUICK NUMBERS
LAST MEETING - MAR. 18/23: VAN 3 at LAK 2 (SO)
Brock Boeser opened the scoring at 10:53 in the first period...J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes recorded assists...Thatcher Demko stopped Adrian Kempe's penalty shot attempt to keep the contest tied at one...Elias Pettersson scored six-seconds into the power play at 11:33 in the third period to tie the game at two...Hughes and Miller were credited with the assists...Andrei Kuzmenko scored the game deciding goal in the first round of the shootout...Demko faced 40 shots...Ethan Bear led the team in blocked shots (4) in his first game since returning from injury...Kyle Burroughs led the team in hits (8).
LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 31/23: VAN 4 vs CGY 5 (OT)
Conor Garland opened the scoring 8:30 into the contest on an unassisted breakway goal...Elias Pettersson doubled the lead 36 seconds into the second period on the power play...Quinn Hughes and Andrei Kuzmenko registered the assists...Aidan McDonough scored his first NHL goal at the 12:12 mark of the second period...Sheldon Dries and Jack Studnicka picked up the assists...Anthony Beauvillier put the Canucks up with 3:54 left in the second period...Pettersson led the team with five shots...Kyle Burroughs had seven hits...Tyler Myers blocked four shots...Thatcher Demko made 36 saves.
LAST 5 vs LOS ANGELES
PETEY'S POINT STREAK
Scoring his 36th goal of the season on Mar. 31 vs CGY, Elias Pettersson extended his career-high point streak to 14 games (8-12-20 in those games), matching Clayton Keller (ARI) for the longest active point streak in the NHL. He tied Darcy Rota (1982.83) for the third longest point streak in franchise history, only trailing Petr Nedved (1992.93) and Todd Bertuzzi (2001.02) who each had point streaks of 15 games.
ANOTHER RECORD... BUT HUGHES COUNTING?
Recording two goals and adding an assist on Mar. 28 at STL, Quinn Hughes (7-65-72 in 70 GP) became the fifth NHL defenceman in the last 30 years to record a 70-point season before the age of 24. The three-point effort (2-1-3) was the 16th such occasion of Hughes' career, tying him with Jyrki Luume for the most three-point games by a Canucks blueliner in franchise history. Hughes has been on a tear all season, recently breaking the following records:
CLIMBING THE LEADERBOARD
Following his two assists on Mar. 28 at CHI, Elias Pettersson surpassed Henrik Sedin's 94-point campaign in 2010.11 for the ninth- most points by a Canucks skater in a single season. He now sits just five points shy of becoming the sixth player (seventh instance) in team history to reach the 100-point mark. Pettersson is also just the second Canuck (third instance) to register at least 95 points in a season by age 24 or younger (trailing only Pavel Bure who had 107 points in 1993.94 and 110 points in 1992.93).
CAN'T STOP KUZY
Burying two goals for his team-leading 36th and 37th goals of the season on Mar. 28 at STL, Andrei Kuzmenko became the Canucks' all-time leader for points in a season by a first year NHL player, surpassing Elias Pettersson's mark of 66 points in 2018.19. Previously, on Mar. 23 vs SJS, Kuzmenko scored his 35th goal of the season for the most in franchise history by a first-year player, surpassing Pavel Bure (34) in 1991.92.
"SCORING ON THE PK" - A CANUCKS' SHORT
Opening the Canucks' scoring on Mar. 25 at DAL, Dakota Joshua registered the team's 14th shorthanded marker of 2022.23 to lead the NHL this season (now tied with Edmonton) and is the most by a Canucks team since 2002.03.
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.
MILLER'S SPECIAL SAUCE
Scoring both a shorthanded penalty shot and a power play goal on Mar. 21 vs VGK, J.T. Miller registered his fourth multi-goal game of the season, which ranks third on the team. This marked the fourth time in his career (four in 2016.17, four in 2021.22, five in 2019.20) that he has recorded at least four multi-goal games in the same season.
RAINING THREE'S FOR BOESER
Recording three assists on Mar. 14 vs DAL, Brock Boeser reached 300 career NHL points, becoming the 10th player from the 2015 NHL Draft class to reach this milestone. Boeser's three assists set a new career high for most assists in a season with 33 (previously 30 in 2018.19) and was his fifth career three-assist game (second this season).
2022.23 CANUCKS MILESTONES
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
THREE STARS - APRIL
MARCH WINNER - Miller/Pettersson (25 pts)
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*
