PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Ducks
MATCH-UP INFO
LAST MEETING - FEB. 19/22: VAN 4 vs ANA 7
Tanner Pearson got Vancouver on the board at 4:52 in the second period, assisted by Conor Garland and Elias Pettersson...Elias Pettersson cut Vancouver's deficit to three with a power play marker at 15:47 in the second period...Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller picked up the assists...Conor Garland (goal) and Tanner Pearson (assist) combined on a third period tally to both record multiple points (1-1-2), while Elias Pettersson registered his third point of the game (1-2-3)...Quinn Hughes scored his second goal in as many games at 16:28 in the third period, assisted by Tyler Motte...Luke Schenn led both teams in hits (8) and blocked shots (7)...Four Canucks (Garland, Highmore, Hamonic, Pettersson) registered three shots.
LAST GAME PLAYED - NOV. 1/22: VAN 2 vs NJD 5
Bo Horvat notched his seventh goal of the season, on the power play, at 16:23 in the second period...J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes collected the assists...Horvat added another power play marker at 17:12 in the third period for the 60th power play goal of his career...J.T. Miller recorded his second assist on the evening while Elias Pettersson registered the secondary assist...Horvat led all Canucks in shots (5)...Luke Schenn led the team in hits (4)...Nils Aman had a team-high in blocks (3)...Thatcher Demko faced 36 shots.
LAST 5 vs ANAHEIM
JUICE IS BACK
Kevin Bieksa makes his return to Rogers Arena, signing a one-day contract with the team to officially mark his retirement from the National Hockey League as a member of the Vancouver Canucks. Originally selected by the Canucks in the fifth round, 151st overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Bieksa spent parts of 12 seasons playing in the Canucks organization, including 10 at the NHL level from 2005.06 to 2014.15.
WELCOMING THE NEW GUYS
Jack Studnicka and Ethan Bear each made their Canucks debuts on Nov. 1 vs NJD, after Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin made trades on consecutive days last week to acquire the skaters.
BO KNOWS GOALS
Netting two power play goals for the second consecutive game on Nov. 1 vs NJD, Bo Horvat now has 60 career power play goals, ranking 11th among all skaters in franchise history, just one back of Ryan Kesler and Henrik Sedin (61).
MARTIN'S MAGICAL RUN
Turning aside 34 shots in a 5-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Oct. 28, Spencer Martin improved his record with the Canucks to 4-0-4, tying Curt Ridley (6-0-2 in 1975.76) as the only other goaltender in franchise history to earn at least a point in each of his eight starts with the team.
BOUDREAU REACHES 600 WINS
Thanks to Vancouver's 5-3 win on Oct. 27 at SEA, Canucks Head Coach Bruce Boudreau became the 22nd coach in NHL history and just the fifth active head coach to reach 600 regular season wins with a record of 600-322-127. Among coaches with 600 wins to their name, Boudreau's 1,049 games coached were the second-fewest required to reach the mark, while his .633 points percentage ranks second only to Scotty Bowman (.657).
ELIAS PETTER-CENT
Netting his third goal of the season on Oct. 18 at CBJ, Elias Pettersson registered his 100th career NHL goal, requiring the second- fewest games in Canucks history to reach the mark among players to debut with the franchise, trailing only Pavel Bure (154 GP).
HOMEGROWN TALENT
Making his 137th NHL regular season appearance on Oct. 12 at EDM, Thatcher Demko gained sole possession of most games played in franchise history by a Canucks-drafted goaltender, surpassing Glen Hanlon's mark of 136 games. Following Vancouver's 5-4 win at Seattle on Oct. 27, Demko now stands just four wins away from tying Gary Smith for sixth-most wins among all goalies in team history.
