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MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and the Bruins this season: Nov. 13 (away) and Feb. 25 (home).
• The Canucks are 35-73-15-2 all-time against the Bruins including a 12-43-7-1 record on the road.
• Vancouver is 5-5-0 in their last 10 games vs Boston (3-2-0 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, J.T. Miller leads the team in career points vs Boston with 17 points (6-11-17) in 24 games.
• Bo Horvat has the highest career points-per-game rate vs Boston with 13 points (7-6-13) in 14 games (0.93 P/GP).
• Luke Schenn leads Vancouver skaters in games played against the Bruins (39 GP). Schenn's 16 points (3-13-16) in those 39
• games are his most against any single opponent in his career. Tonight marks Schenn's 100th game as a Canuck.
• Thatcher Demko is 1-0-0 in his career against Boston (2 GP), posting a 0.90 GAA and .972 save-percentage.
• Spencer Martin has yet to face the Bruins in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Bo Horvat has 11 points (9-2-11) in his last seven games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has nine points (6-3-9) in his last eight games.
• Ilya Mikheyev has eight points (4-4-8) in his last nine games.
• J.T. Miller has 11 points (6-5-11) in his last nine games.
• Elias Pettersson has 12 points (3-9-12) in his last nine games.
• Luke Schenn has six points (1-5-6) in his last eight games.

LAST MEETING - DEC. 8/21: VAN 2 vs BOS 1 (SO)

Brock Boeser opened up scoring with a power play goal at 15:01 in the second period...This marked his second consecutive power play goal...J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes recorded assists on the play...The Bruins tied it up in the third to push the game into overtime followed by a shootout...Thatcher Demko stopped all shootout shots and J.T. Miller (GDG) and Bo Horvat were both successful in their shootout efforts to collect the win...Jason Dickinson led the team in hits (5)...Quinn Hughes led the team in TOI (28:32)...Thatcher Demko made 35 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED - NOV. 12/22: VAN 2 at TOR 3

Bo Horvat deflected home the game's first goal with his team-leading 13th goal of the season just 3:41 into the first period...Luke Schenn and Vasily Podkolzin drew the assists on the play...J.T. Miller added to Vancouver's lead with a power play market at 12:11 in the first period...Quinn Hughes (9 games) and Brock Boeser (3 games) both extended their assist streaks on the goal...Boeser led the team in shots (5)...Luke Schenn set an NHL-high for hits (12) so far this season, matching his personal career-high and Canucks franchise-high...Spencer Martin faced 35 shots.

LAST 5 vs BOSTON

• Dec. 8/21: VAN 2 vs BOS 1 (SO)
• Nov. 28/21: VAN 2 at BOS 3
• Feb. 22/20: VAN 9 vs BOS 3
• Feb. 4/20: VAN 0 at BOS 4
• Nov. 8/18: VAN 8 at BOS 5

HUGHES' HELPING HANDS

Picking up a power play assist to extend his assist streak to nine games (0-12-12) on Nov. 12 at TOR, Quinn Hughes tied Jiri Bubla (1983.84) for the second-longest assist streak by a defenceman in Canucks history. He now trails only Dennis Kearns for the longest assist streak in franchise history (11 games in 1976.77).

• Hughes' next assist will also mark the 160th of his career and will tie him with Harold Snepsts for 10th-most assists by a defenceman in team history.

HARD HITTING SCHENN

Matching his personal career-high and the Canucks franchise-high (set by himself) with 12 hits on Nov. 12 at TOR, Luke Schenn became the first player in NHL history to record at least three games with 12+ hits in his career. With 2,909 career hits, Schenn is only 37 hits away from tying Brooks Orpik (2,946) for most in League-history by a defencemen. Schenn has collected the most hits in the NHL this season (69 in 15 GP).

*The NHL began tracking hits in 2005.06.

BO'S BLAZING START

Potting his team-leading 13th goal on Nov. 12 at TOR, Bo Horvat tied Darcy Rota (1983.84) and Greg Adams (1987.88) for fourth-most goals through the first 15 games of a season in Canucks history, trailing only Alexander Mogilny (14, 1995.96), Pavel Bure (15, 1992.93) and Tony Tanti (16, 1983.84).

• Tallying eight goals in five games (Oct. 28-Nov. 8), Horvat tied Mikael Samuelsson (2009.10) and Alexandre Burrows (2009.10) as the only Canucks to do so in the last 26 years.
• Horvat is also the first player in franchise history to have five multi-goal games in the first 13 games.
• With 27 goals in 33 games since March 9, 2022, Horvat has the highest goals per game (0.82) in the League during that stretch (minimum 5 GP).
• Scoring his fifth power play goal in three games (Oct. 28-Nov. 3), Horvat tied Ryan Kesler and Henrik Sedin for 10th most power play goals in franchise history (61). He also potted his 10th career shorthanded goal (EN), tying Kesler for seventh-most in club history.

HORVAT HITS 200

Picking up an assist on J.T. Miller's first period goal on Nov. 5 vs NSH, Bo Horvat recorded his 200th career assist, become the 22nd Canuck in team history to hit that mark.

HATS OFF TO KUZ

Recording a hat-trick with three goals, including the game-winner, on Nov. 3 vs ANA, Andrei Kuzmenko became just the fourth Russian-born skater in Canucks history to record a hat-trick, joining Pavel Bure (9x), Alexander Mogilny (4x), and Igor Larionov (2x). The winger became the fourth Canucks player in the past 20 years to record three goals in a single frame joining Horvat (Oct. 22/19), Mikael Samuelsson (Mar. 9/10) and Markus Naslund (Oct. 21/02).

FIVE-POINT PETEY

Posting one goal and four assists on Nov. 3 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson recorded his third career five-point game, joining Alexander Mogilny as the only other player in Canucks history to do so. He currently leads the team in assists (10) and points (15) in 11 games so far this season.

MARTIN'S MAGICAL RUN

Turning aside 26 shots in an 8-5 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Nov. 3, Spencer Martin improved his record with the Canucks to 5-0-4, passing Curt Ridley (6-0-2 in 1975.76) as the only goaltender in franchise history to earn at least a point in each of his first ten starts with the team.

• Martin extended this record to 6-0-4 with his regulation win against the Ottawa Senators on Nov. 8, facing 41 shots.

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

• Elias Pettersson recorded his 100th career NHL goal, Oct. 18 at CBJ
• Bo Horvat recorded his 200th career NHL assist, Nov. 5 vs NSH

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Sheldon Dries recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 10
• Tanner Pearson placed on injured reserve, Nov. 10
• Brock Boeser activated from injured reserve, Nov. 8
• Sheldon Dries assigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 8
• Sheldon Dries recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 3
• Quinn Hughes and Riley Stillman activated from injured reserve, Nov. 1

THREE STARS - NOVEMBER

• Horvat - 25 pts
• Kuzmenko - 5 pts
• Pettersson - 5 pts
• Martin - 5 pts

OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)

*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection