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MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the first of four meetings between the Canucks and Ducks this season: Nov. 3 (home), Mar. 8 (home), Mar. 19 (away), Apr. 11 (away).

• The Canucks are 51-49-9-7 all-time against the Ducks, including a 27-27-2-3 record at home against Anaheim.

• Vancouver is 2-6-2 in their last 10 games vs Anaheim (1-3-1 in their last 5).

• Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in career points vs Anaheim with 23 points (5-18-23) in 56 games.

• Thatcher Demko is 1-2-0 in his career against Anaheim with a 4.56 GAA and .831 save-percentage.

• Spencer Martin has yet to face the Ducks in his career.

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

• Feb. 19/22: VAN 4 vs ANA 7

• Dec. 29/21: VAN 2 at ANA 1 (OT)

• Nov. 14/21: VAN 1 at ANA 5

• Nov. 9/21: VAN 2 vs ANA 3 (OT)

• Feb. 16/20: VAN 1 vs ANA 5

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.

• Among players originally drafted by Vancouver, Bieksa ranks 11th all-time in games played with the Canucks (597 GP).

• Bieksa also ranks inside the top 10 in the following categories among Canucks defencemen: Games played (597 - 7th), goals (56 - t-7th), assists (185 - 6th), points (241 - 6th).

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.

• Bear logged 18:01 in TOI in his Canucks debut, posting one shot on goal and two hits.

• Studnicka registered two hits and one takeaway in 9:02 of TOI in his Canucks debut.

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).

• Recording the game-winning goal on Oct. 28 vs PIT, Horvat (22) also trails Ryan Kesler (25) by three GWGs for a share of 10th all-time in Canucks history. He is currently two GWGs shy of tying Todd Bertuzzi for 11th in team history.

• Opening the scoring with a shorthanded tally on Oct. 18 at CBJ, Horvat also passed Matt Cooke for sole possession of eighth- most shorthanded goals in franchise history (9), and now sits just one back of tying Ryan Kesler (10) for seventh-most. Pavel Bure holds the club record with 24 shorthanded goals.

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).

•  The goal also tied Pettersson with Jake Guentzel (PIT) and Brayden Point (TBL) as the ninth-fastest active player to reach 100 career goals. He also is the first player from the 2017 NHL draft class to reach the milestone.

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.