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MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Canadiens this season: Nov. 9 (away) and Dec. 5 (home).
• The Canucks are 37-90-13-3 all-time against the Canadiens including a 15-48-5-2 record on the road.
• Vancouver is 4-5-1 in their last 10 games vs Montreal (3-1-1 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, J.T. Miller leads the team in career points vs Montreal with 21 points (5-16-21) in 31 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 14 points (0-14-14) in 13 career games against the Canadiens.
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson has 13 points (5-8-13) in 17 career games against Montreal.
• Tyler Myers leads active Canucks skaters in games played against Montreal at 49 (2-15-17 in those 49 games).
• Thatcher Demko is 5-3-0 in his career against the Canadiens with a 3.22 GAA and .907 save-percentage.
• Spencer Martin has yet to face Montreal in his career.

LAST MEETING - MAR. 9/22: VAN 5 vs MTL 3

Travis Hamonic knotted the game at 13:35 in the first period with his second goal in as many games...Brad Hunt (4 games) and J.T. Miller (10 games) each extended their point streaks with assists...Brock Boeser gave Vancouver the lead on a power play marker at 10:34 in the second, from Miller and Quinn Hughes...Miller broke the tie with his team-leading 23rd goal of the season at 3:44 in the third period, unassisted...Elias Pettersson added a power play tally at 15:35 in the third, assisted by Miller (1-3-4) and Bo Horvat...Horvat added an empty net goal to secure the win...Tanner Pearson and Pettersson recorded the assists...Luke Schenn led the team in hits (6) and blocks (3)...Pettersson led in shots (6)...Thatcher Demko made 22 saves for his sixth consecutive win.

LAST GAME PLAYED - NOV. 8/22: VAN 6 vs OTT 4

Bo Horvat tied the game at 19:07 in the first...Ethan Bear and Jack Rathbone both collected their first assists of the season on the play...Ilya Mikheyev scored his fourth of the season at 13:50 in the second period to tie the game back up at 2-2...Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson both tallied their 11th assists of the season...Horvat would score the go-ahead goal, his 12th of the season, to open the third...Conor Garland recorded the sole assist...Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored his first goal of the season at 8:18 in the third...Garland and Brock Boeser were credited with assists on the play...Jack Studnicka scored his first goal as a Canuck at 14:59, unassisted...Pettersson put away an empty-netter with J.T. Miller adding the assist...Pettersson led in shots (6)...Spencer Martin made 37 saves (faced 41 shots) to set a record of most consecutive games (10) without a regulation loss since joining a team by a goaltender.

LAST 5 vs MONTREAL

• Mar. 9/22: VAN 5 vs MTL 3
• Nov. 29/21: VAN 2 at MTL 1
• Mar. 20/21: VAN 4 vs MTL 5 (SO)
• Mar. 19/21: VAN 3 vs MTL 2 (OT)
• Mar. 10/21: VAN 1 vs MTL 5

HORVAT'S HOT STREAK

Tallying eight goals in his last five games (Oct. 28-Nov.8), Bo Horvat ties Mikael Samuelsson (2009.10, March) and Alexandre Burrows (2009.10, January) for the most goals over a five-game span and are the only Canucks to achieve this record 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 of the season. He now ranks second in goals in the NHL this season at 12, only two behind Connor McDavid (14) for first place.

• With 24 goals in 29 games since March 9, 2022, Horvat has the highest goals per game (0.83) in the League during that stretch (minimum 5 GP).
• Scoring his fifth power play goal in his last three games on Nov. 3 vs ANA, Horvat tied Ryan Kesler and Henrik Sedin for 10th most power play goals in franchise history (61), accomplishing the feat in 64 fewer games than Kesler (583 GP vs 647 GP) and 588 fewer games than Henrik (1,171 GP). 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 extends this record to 6-0-4 with his regulation win against the Ottawa Senators on Nov. 8 facing 41 shots

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.

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

• Brock Boeser active 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
• Guillaume Brisebois assigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 31
• Sheldon Dries and Noah Juulsen assigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 29
• Ethan Bear and Lane Pederson acquired from Carolina in exchange for a 2023 fifth-round draft pick, Oct. 28
• William Lockwood assigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 28
• Jack Studnicka acquired from Boston in exchange for Michael DiPietro and Jonathan Myrenberg, Oct. 27
• Travis Dermott placed on LTIR, Oct. 27
• Riley Stillman placed on injured reserve, Oct. 27

THREE STARS - NOVEMBER

• Horvat - 20 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