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MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the second of two meetings between the Canucks and the Sabres this season: Oct. 22 (5-1 L) and Nov. 15 (away).
• The Canucks are 55-49-19-4 all-time against the Sabres including a 22-30-8-3 record on the road.
• Vancouver is 5-3-2 in their last 10 games vs Buffalo (2-2-1 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, J.T. Miller leads the team in career points vs Buffalo with 20 points (8-12-20) in 25 games.
• Luke Schenn leads Vancouver skaters in games played against the Sabres (44 GP).
• Thatcher Demko is 2-2-1 in his career against Buffalo, posting a 3.76 GAA and .884 save-percentage.
• Spencer Martin has yet to face the Bruins in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Bo Horvat ranks second in the NHL in goals (13 in 16 games).
• Andrei Kuzmenko has nine points (6-3-9) in his last eight games.
• Quinn Hughes has points in 10 straight games (0-13-13).
• J.T. Miller has 12 points (7-5-12) in his last 10 games.
• Elias Pettersson has 12 points (3-9-12) in his last 10 games.
• Brock Boeser has recorded an assist in four straight games.

LAST MEETING - OCT. 22/22: VAN 1 vs BUF 5

Conor Garland scored on the power play for his second tally of the season, at 13:27 in the second period, to bring Vancouver to within a goal...Tanner Pearson collected his fourth assist of the season, while Ilya Mikheyev recorded his first point (assist) in a Canucks uniform on the play...Garland, Brock Boeser, and Elias Pettersson each registered four shots on goal...Dakota Joshua and Kyle Burroughs each set new team-highs for most individual hits in a game (7)...Burroughs also led all Canucks in blocked shots (3)...Jack Rathbone played 17:55 (including 3:39 PP) in his season debut...Elias Pettersson (9/12) and Bo Horvat (12/17) each posted higher than a 70 percent success rate in the face-off circle...Thatcher Demko faced 26 shots.

LAST GAME PLAYED - NOV. 13/22: VAN 2 at BOS 5

J.T. Miller scored on the power play for his ninth goal of the season to tie the game at one 9:05 into the game...Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser picked up the assists...Hughes extended his personal point streak to 10 games on the goal...Sheldon Dries scored his first goal and second power play point of the season just 4:34 into the third period...Bo Horvat and Luke Schenn tied for the team lead with five shots on goal...Schenn and Miller tied for the team lead in hits with four...Thatcher Demko faced 32 shots.

LAST 5 vs BUFFALO

• Oct. 22/22: VAN 1 vs BUF 5
• Mar. 3/22: VAN 2 vs BUF 3 (OT)
• Oct. 19/21: VAN 2 at BUF 5
• Jan. 11/20: VAN 6 at BUF 3
• Dec. 7/19: VAN 6 vs BUF 5 (OT)

HUGHES' HELPING HANDS

Picking up a power play assist to extend his personal assist streak to 10 games (0-13-13) on Nov. 13 at BOS, Quinn Hughes passed 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 161th of his career and will break a tie 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 2,913 career hits, Schenn is only 33 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 (73 in 16 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 34 games since March 9, 2022, Horvat has the highest goals per game (0.79) 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

• William Lockwood recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 15
• Jack Studnicka placed on injured reserve, Nov. 15
• 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