Vancouver Canucks

GAME NOTES | CANUCKS VS AVALANCHE - JAN. 5/23

January 5, 2023



CANUCKS VS AVALANCHE PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet ONE

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second of three meetings between the Canucks and Avalanche this season: Nov. 23 (4-3 W @ COL), Jan. 5 (home), Jan. 20 (home).
  • The Canucks are 77-65-15-13 all-time against the Avalanche, including a 40-31-7-7 record at home.
  • Vancouver is 5-3-2 in their last 10 games vs Colorado (3-2-0 in their last 5).
  • Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in games played (41) against the Avalanche and scoring with 22 points (8-14-22).
  • Sheldon Dries (1-1-2) and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (0-2-2) lead the Canucks in points against Colorado this season.
  • Brock Boeser has 11 points (5-6-11) in 11 career games against the Avalanche.
  • Elias Pettersson has 10 points (2-8-10) in nine career games against the Avalanche.
  • Spencer Martin is 1-0-0 with a 3.00 GAA and .917 save percentage in one career game vs Colorado.
  • Collin Delia is 2-2-0 with a 3.02 GAA and .910 save percentage in four career games against the Avalanche.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Elias Pettersson has 17 points (6-11-17) in his last 11 games.
  • Bo Horvat has 18 points (11-7-18) in his last 13 games, including 11 points (6-5-11) in his last five games.
  • Andrei Kuzmenko has 11 points (4-7-11) in his last 12 games.
  • Quinn Hughes has 10 points (1-8-9) in his last 13 games.
  • Conor Garland has eight points (3-5-8) in his last 12 games.

LAST MEETING - NOV. 23/22: VAN 4 at COL 3

Ilya Mikheyev opened the scoring 21 seconds into the game for his fifth of the season...Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko both recorded assists on the play...Bo Horvat would tie the game at 10:34 in the second, while also tying for league-leading in goals (16)...Ethan Bear and J.T. Miller were credited with the assists...Sheldon Dries scored his second goal of the season just over five minutes into the third...Oliver Ekman-Larsson got his first of two helpers on the night with the first assist while Brock Boeser got the secondary...Bear would score the game-winning goal at 12:00 in the third, with Ekman-Larsson and Dries collecting the assists...Bear, Dries, and Ekman-Larsson all put up a multi-point game (2)...Spencer Martin got his fifth win of the season, turning away 33 shots on the evening.

LAST GAME PLAYED - JAN. 3/23: VAN 2 vs NYI 6

Bo Horvat opened the scoring with his team-leading 27th goal of the season at 18:23 in the first period to give the Canucks a 1-0 lead entering the second period...Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Brock Boeser collected the assists...Horvat notched his second goal of the game at 18:54 in the second period, on the power play, for his ninth multi-goal game of the season...J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes assisted on the play...William Lockwood led the team in hits (4) in his third game of the season...J.T. Miller won 10 of 13 faceoffs...Spencer Martin faced 28 shots.

LAST 5 vs COLORADO

  • Nov. 23/22: VAN 4 at COL 3
  • Mar. 23/22: VAN 3 at COL 1
  • Nov. 17/21: VAN 2 vs COL 4
  • Nov. 11/21: VAN 1 at COL 7
  • Mar. 6/20: VAN 6 vs COL 3

HOW ABOUT THAT HORVAT

Potting each of his team's two goals on Jan. 3 vs 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.

  • Horvat's second goal of the game on Jan. 3 vs NYI was his 28th goal of the season in just the 37th game of the season, making him the fastest Canucks skater to reach 28 goals in a season since Alexander Mogilny in 1995.96 (37 team GP, 35 personal GP).
  • On Dec. 27 vs SJS, Horvat recorded two goals and two assists for the second consecutive game, becoming the first Canuck to register 4+ points in back-to-back games since 2002.03 (Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi, and Brendan Morrison each did so Feb. 23-25).

NO FLUKE FOR LUKE

Canucks defenceman Luke Schenn appeared in his 900th career regular season game on Jan. 3 vs NYI, becoming the sixth player and only the fourth defenceman from the 2008 draft class to reach the milestone joining fellow first-round selections Drew Doughty (D), Josh Bailey (RW), Steven Stamkos (C), John Carlson (D), and Alex Pietrangelo (D).

2022 YEAR IN REVIEW

  • Elias Pettersson led the Canucks in scoring for the calendar year of 2022 with 95 points (43-52-95 in 81 GP), besting J.T. Miller (34-60-94 in 83 GP) by just one point.
  • J.T. Miller posted the most power play points among Canucks skaters in 2022 with 37 (11-26-37).
  • Bo Horvat led all Canucks in goals in 2022 with 46 and is the sixth different player in franchise history to score at least 46 goals in a calendar year, joining Pavel Bure (2x), Tony Tanti (2x), Darcy Rota, Markus Naslund, and Todd Bertuzzi.
    • Horvat ranked t-10th in the NHL in goals in 2022.
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Luke Schenn tied for the most games played by a Canucks skater in 2022 with 85 GP.
  • Quinn Hughes led the Canucks for most assists in 2022 (64 in 76 GP) and ranked fourth in the League among defencemen in this category.

SCHENN'S GREATEST HITS

Recording five hits on Dec. 29 at WPG, Luke Schenn became the first defenceman to reach 3,000 career hits. He currently leads all skaters in the NHL in hits this season (168 in 37 GP).

  • Recording six hits on Dec. 3 vs ARI, Luke Schenn claimed the NHL all-time record for most hits by a defenceman (2,948), surpassing Brooks Orpik (2,946), and is now ranked sixth all-time among all skaters.
  • On Nov. 12 at TOR, Schenn matched a franchise record with 12 hits in a game and became the first player in NHL history to record at least three games with 12+ hits in his career.

*The NHL began tracking hits in 2005.06.

MIKHEYEV'S MOVES

With one goal and three assists on Dec. 27 vs SJS, Ilya Mikheyev set a new career high for most points in a single game (4), with his previous record of three points coming in March of this year (Mar. 3 vs WPG - 1-2-3). Mikheyev also extended his point streak against the Sharks, now recording nine points (4-5-9) in just four career games vs San Jose.

EXCEPTIONAL ELIAS

Scoring on Dec. 31 at CGY, Elias Pettersson registered his 17th goal of the season, with all 17 having come at even-strength. Pettersson ranks t-4th in the NHL in even-strength goals and is the only player with 12+ tallies to have scored all of his goals at even- strength.

  • Tallying two goals and three assists, in addition to the shootout winner, on Dec. 22 vs SEA, Pettersson registered his second five-point outing of the season and the fourth such occasion in his career, setting a new Canucks franchise record. The previous mark was held by Alexander Mogilny with three five-point games.

CANUCK'S DOZEN

Thanks to Ilya Mikheyev's 12th goal of the season on Dec. 27 vs SJS, the Canucks had five 12+ goal-scorers on their roster (Horvat [26], Pettersson [16], Kuzmenko [15], Miller [13], Mikheyev [12]) through the team's first 34 games for the first time since 1992.93 (also five).

  • With Mikheyev's goal, the Canucks also became just the 2nd team in the NHL to possess five or more 12+ goal-scorers this season, with Tampa Bay (5), and later joined by the Ottawa Senators (5).

SEATTLE CRACKIN'

With a 6-5 shootout victory on Dec. 22 vs SEA, the Canucks improved their record vs the Seattle Kraken to 6-0-0 all-time. This marks only the second time in franchise history that the Canucks have won each of their first six regular season games vs an opponent (also won first nine games vs the Washington Capitals from Dec. 17/74 - Oct. 13/76).

ALL ABOUT APPLES

Assisting on Brock Boeser's third period power play goal on Dec. 22 vs SEA, Quinn Hughes registered his 28th assist of the season in his 28th game of the season and the 32nd team game for Vancouver. In doing so, he became the second player (third occasion) in franchise history to record 28 or more assists in the team's first 31 games, and first since Henrik Sedin (28) in 2011.12.

  • With two assists on Dec. 3 vs ARI, Quinn Hughes surpassed Doug Lidster for fourth most multi-assist games among defencemen in Canucks history at 35 games.

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

  • 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

  • William Lockwood recalled from Abbotsford, Dec. 30
  • Nils Åman assigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 30
  • Travis Dermott activated from LTIR, Dec. 29
  • Travis Dermott recalled from Abbotsford (conditioning loan) and kept on LTIR, Dec. 27
  • Collin Delia recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Dec. 22
  • Arturs Silovs reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 22

THREE STARS - JANUARY

  • Horvat - 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