Vancouver Canucks

GAME NOTES | CANUCKS VS BLUE JACKETS - JAN. 27/23

January 27, 2023



CANUCKS vs BLUE JACKETS PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Bally Sports Ohio

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Canucks and Blue Jackets this season: Oct. 18 (4-3 OTL @ CBJ) and Jan. 27 (home).
  • Vancouver is 38-15-2-9 all-time against Columbus, including a 20-6-0-5 record at home.
  • The Canucks are 5-4-1 in their last ten meetings against the Blue Jackets (1-3-1 in their last five).
  • Among active Canucks skaters, J.T. Miller leads the team in career points against Columbus with 14 (2-12-14 in 24 GP).
  • Elias Pettersson has nine points (5-4-9) in seven career games against the Blue Jackets.
  • Quinn Hughes has five points (0-5-5) in five career games against the Blue Jackets.
  • Bo Horvat has 10 points (7-3-10) in 14 career games against the Blue Jackets.
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Luke Schenn lead active Canucks in career games played against Columbus with 26.
  • Spencer Martin is 0-0-1 in one career game against the Blue Jackets, posting a 3.79 GAA and .879 SV%.
  • Collin Delia has yet to face Columbus in his NHL career.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Elias Pettersson has 22 points (6-16-22) in his last 17 games.
  • Bo Horvat has 19 points (9-10-19) in his last 16 games.
  • J.T. Miller has 12 points (5-7-12) in his last 12 games.
  • Quinn Hughes has 12 points (3-9-12) in his last nine games.
  • Andrei Kuzmenko has 11 points (6-5-11) in his last 11 games.

LAST MEETING - OCT. 18/22: VAN 3 at CBJ 4 (OT)

Bo Horvat opened the scoring with a shorthanded marker at 7:51 in the first period, assisted by Elias Pettersson and Oliver Ekman- Larsson...Elias Pettersson quickly doubled Vancouver's lead with his 100th career NHL goal...Vasily Podkolzin and Nils Höglander registered the assists...Bo Horvat restored Vancouver's lead for his first multigoal game of the season at 7:00 in the third period...Tucker Poolman recorded his first point of the season with the primary assist while Quinn Hughes drew the secondary assist...Bo Horvat led all Canucks in shots (5)...Luke Schenn led the team in hits (3) and Curtis Lazar led in blocks (3)...Spencer Martin faced 33 shots.

LAST GAME PLAYED - JAN. 25/23: VAN 1 at SEA 6

Conor Garland scored the Canucks' lone goal at 19:52 in the second period extending his point streak to three games...Curtis Lazar registered his second assist of the season with the first helper...Dakota Joshua was credited with the second assist to extend his career-high in points to 11...Spencer Martin faced 35 shots...Tyler Myers led the team in shots (5)...Kyle Burroughs led the team in blocked shots (5)...Bo Horvat won 11 out of 19 faceoffs (57.9%).

LAST 5 vs COLUMBUS

  • Oct. 18/22: VAN 3 at CBJ 4 (OT)
  • Dec. 14/21: VAN 4 vs CBJ 3
  • Nov. 26/21: VAN 2 at CBJ 4
  • Mar. 8/20: VAN 1 vs CBJ 2
  • Mar. 1/20: VAN 3 at CBJ 5

HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT

Registering 48 shots in the team's 5-2 victory over Chicago on Jan. 24, the Canucks recorded a shot differential of +34. This has tied the team's highest recorded shot differential in franchise history with two other occasions:

  • November 18, 1980, vs original Winnipeg Jets
  • February 20, 1976, vs Minnesota North Stars

Chicago's 14 shots on goal are also tied for the seventh-fewest shots allowed in a game in franchise history (fewest allowed in a game since Dec. 12/10 at Edmonton [12 SA]).

TOCCH OF THE TOWN

On January 22nd, Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced that Rick Tocchet had been named the 21st Head Coach in franchise history. Tocchet joins the Canucks having most recently served four seasons as head coach of the Arizona Coyotes from 2017.18 to 2020.21. During his tenure in Arizona, Tocchet led the Coyotes to their first trip to the Stanley Cup Playoffs (2020) in eight years, when the team defeated the Nashville Predators in four games to advance from the Qualifying Round. That same season, he was selected to coach the Pacific Division at the NHL All-Star Game in St. Louis. Prior to his appointment in Arizona, Tocchet spent three seasons (2014.15 to 2016.17) as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins, winning back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and 2017.

  • In addition to Tocchet's appointment as Head Coach, the Canucks also introduced former NHL defencemen Adam Foote as an Assistant Coach and Sergei Gonchar as a Defensive Development Coach.
  • Tocchet, Foote, and Gonchar played a combined 3,596 regular season games in the NHL, winning four Stanley Cups between them as players, and an additional three Stanley Cups in coaching capacities.

QUICK QUINN

Registering two assists on Jan. 21 vs EDM, Quinn Hughes marked his 46th career multi-point game and is the fourth active defenceman to reach as many games before the age of 24 (Erik Karlsson [58 GP], Rasmus Dahlin [48 GP], and Cale Makar [47 GP]).

  • Recording one goal and one assist on Jan. 18 vs TBL, Quinn Hughes reached the 40-point mark this season in just 40 games, becoming the fastest defenceman in Canucks history to reach this mark, besting Paul Reinhart by four games (1988.98).
  • Thanks to his third period goal and assist on Jan. 12 at TBL, Quinn Hughes reached and surpassed the 200-point mark in his career (22-179-201) in just his 242nd NHL game, becoming the fastest defenceman in franchise history to ever reach this milestone, doing so in 106 fewer games than the next closest Canucks defenceman (Jyrki Lumme - 348 GP). Hughes is also the third-fastest active NHL defenceman to the mark behind only Cale Makar (195 GP) and Adam Fox (241 GP).

EXCEPTIONAL ELIAS

Scoring on Jan. 20 vs COL, Elias Pettersson registered his 19th goal of the season, with all 19 having come at even-strength. Pettersson ranks t-10th in the NHL in even-strength goals and is the only player with 15+ tallies to have scored all of his goals at even- strength.

  • Netting the game-deciding goal in the shootout by successfully executing "The Forsberg" on Jan. 15 at CAR, Elias Pettersson recorded his fifth career game-deciding goal, tying teammate Bo Horvat for most in franchise history.

BO'S BLAZIN' STREAK

Assisting on Quinn Hughes' goal on Jan. 18 vs TBL, Bo Horvat extended his point streak to nine games (4-6-10), setting a new personal career-high. Horvat has also tied J.T. Miller (Nov. 12-29) and Brock Boeser (Nov. 8-26) for the longest point streak by a Canucks player this season.

  • On Jan. 3 at NYI, Bo Horvat registered his ninth game with 2+ goals this season, to lead all NHL skaters. He also became the first Canuck since Ryan Kesler (9) in 2010.11 to post as many multi-goal performances in a single season. Horvat now has 28 career multi-goal games, passing Petri Skriko and Thomas Gradin for sole possession of eight place in that category in franchise history.

DOUBLE JEOPARDY - HORVAT FOR 200

With a power play goal on Jan. 14 at FLA, Bo Horvat registered his 200th career NHL goal in his 614th regular season game, becoming the sixth fastest player to reach this milestone in franchise history (fourth-fastest among players who started their career with the Canucks).

  • Scoring an empty-netter on Jan. 24 vs CHI, Bo Horvat hit 31 goals this season, matching his career-high (set in 2021.22) and solidifying consecutive seasons with 30 or more goals (posting 31-21-52 in 70 GP in 2021.22). Horvat is the first Canuck since Daniel Sedin in 2010.11 & 2011.12 to achieve this feat. Horvat is only one of eight active NHLers to break 30 goals this season and ranks t-6th in the NHL for goals.
  • Horvat's goal on Jan. 24 vs CHI was his 31st goal in 47 games, ranking him fifth in franchise history for most goals in the team's first 47 games of the season (trailing Pavel Bure [43] in 1992.93, Alexander Mogilny [37] in 1995.96, Markus Naslund [32] in 2002.03, and Tony Tanti [31] in 1983.84).

TYLER FINDS TWINE

Opening the second period scoring on Jan. 14 at FLA, Tyler Myers scored his first goal of the season to snap a 66-game goal-less streak. Myers scored that goal just 39 seconds into the period, becoming only the fourth Canucks defenceman to score a goal within the first 39 seconds of a period joining Kevin McCarthy (0:19 of P2 on March 8, 1983), Rick Lanz (0:32 of P2 on Nov. 11, 1985) and Ed Jovanovski (0:36 of P2 on Dec. 21, 2000).

  • Tyler Myers also registered seven shots on goal on Jan. 14 at FLA to match his career high for the second consecutive game (also Jan. 12 at TBL).

ROAD READY HUGHES

Posting a goal and two assists on Jan. 12 at TBL, Quinn Hughes collected his 19th career multi-point game on the road, tying Kevin Bieksa for sixth-most occurrences by a defenceman in franchise history. In those 19 games, Hughes has amassed 45 points (2.33 points per game), the highest points per game average among defenceman with 10 or more multi-point road games in Canucks history.

2022.23 CANUCKS MILESTONES

  • Bo Horvat recorded his 200th career NHL goal, Jan. 14 at FLA
  • Quinn Hughes recorded his 200th career NHL point, Jan. 12 at TBL
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson recorded his 300th career NHL assist, Jan. 5 vs COL
  • Luke Schenn appeared in his 900th career NHL game, Jan. 3 vs NYI
  • Bo Horvat recorded his 400th career NHL point, Dec. 23 at EDM
  • Bo Horvat appeared in his 600th career NHL game, Dec. 10 vs MIN
  • J.T. Miller recorded his 300th career NHL assist, Dec. 5 vs MTL
  • Luke Schenn claimed the NHL record for most all-time hits by a defenceman (2,947), Dec. 3 vs ARI
  • Ethan Bear appeared in his 200th career NHL game, Nov. 21 vs VGK
  • Bo Horvat recorded his 200th career NHL assist, Nov. 5 vs NSH
  • Elias Pettersson recorded his 100th career NHL goal, Oct. 18 at CBJ

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • Lane Pederson placed on waivers for the purpose of reassignment to Abbotsford, Jan. 27
  • Philip Di Giuseppe recalled from Abbotsford, Jan. 25
  • William Lockwood placed on Injured Reserve, Jan. 25

THREE STARS - JANUARY

  • Kuzmenko - 15 pts
  • Pettersson - 15 pts
  • Delia - 10 pts
  • Horvat - 5 pts
  • Boeser - 5 pts
  • Hughes - 5 pts
  • Joshua - 5 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