Vancouver Canucks

GAME NOTES | CANUCKS AT LIGHTNING - JAN. 12/23

January 12, 2023



CANUCKS @ LIGHTNING PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Lightning this season: Jan. 12 (away), Jan. 18 (home).

  • The Canucks are 20-15-2-2 all-time against Tampa Bay, including a 10-10-0-0 record on the road.

  • Vancouver is 3-6-1 in their last 10 games vs Tampa Bay (1-4-0 in their last 5).

  • Among active Canucks skaters, Tyler Myers leads the team in games played (28) and points (5-5-10) against the Lightning.

  • Brock Boeser has five points (3-2-5) in seven career games against the Lightning.

  • Conor Garland has five points (2-3-5) in five career games vs Tampa Bay.

  • Spencer Martin has yet to face the Lightning in his career.

  • Collin Delia is 0-1-0 with an .865 save percentage in one career game vs Tampa Bay.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Elias Pettersson has 14 points (4-10-14) in his last nine games.

  • Bo Horvat has 14 points (7-7-14) in his last eight games.

  • Andrei Kuzmenko has nine points (4-5-9) in his last nine games.

  • Ilya Mikheyev has nine points (3-6-9) in his last 10 games.

  • Brock Boeser has seven points (3-4-7) in his last seven games.

  • J.T. Miller has five points (2-3-5) in his last four games.

  • Spencer Martin is 6-4-1 with an .894 save percentage on the road this season.

LAST MEETING - MAR. 13/22: VAN 1 vs TBL 2

J.T. Miller extended his point streak to 12 games (8-16-24) with his 24th goal of the season at 5:54 in the third period...Conor Garland and Tanner Pearson registered the assists...J.T. Miller led all skaters in shots (8) and hits (6)...Bo Horvat won 16 of 24 face- offs...Thatcher Demko was named second star of the game with 30 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED - JAN. 10/23: VAN 4 at PIT 5

Conor Garland opened the scoring with his seventh goal of the season, just 4:46 into the first period...Brock Boeser doubled Vancouver's lead at 6:40 in the first period...Bo Horvat extended his point streak to five games (3-3-6) with an assist while Ilya Mikheyev was also credited with an assist...Quinn Hughes notched his second goal of the season just 25 seconds later to give the Canucks a 3-0 lead...Travis Dermott collected his first goal of the season at 12:52 in the third period to bring the Canucks within one...Luke Schenn (0-2-2), Brock Boeser (1-1-2) and Quinn Hughes (1-1-2) each had two-point nights...Elias Pettersson registered an assist and led in shots (6)...Luke Schenn, J.T. Miller, and Dakota Joshua each collected four hits...Spencer Martin faced 36 shots.

LAST 5 vs TAMPA BAY

  • Mar. 13/22: VAN 1 vs TBL 2

  • Jan. 13/22: VAN 2 at TBL 4

  • Jan. 7/20: VAN 2 at TBL 9

  • Dec. 18/18: VAN 2 vs TBL 5

  • Oct. 11/18: VAN 4 at TBL 1

TAMPA TIES

Tonight's Canucks roster features three players with previous ties to the Tampa Bay Lightning:

  • J.T. Miller appeared in 94 regular season games across parts of two seasons with the Lightning from 2017.18 to 2018.19, recording 23 goals and 42 assists for 65 points. He also added 10 points (2-8-10) in 21 playoff games.

  • Luke Schenn appeared in 63 regular season games with Tampa Bay over two seasons from 2019.20 to 2020.21, accumulating seven points (3-4-7) and 74 penalty minutes. Schenn also won two Stanley Cups with the club, playing in 19 playoff games (1-2-3) across their consecutive championship runs.

  • Spencer Martin was a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning organization from 2019.20 to 2020.21, appearing primarily with the AHL's Syracuse Crunch (19-16-7 in 48 GP).

TWO HUNDRED HUNTING

Canucks forward Bo Horvat and defenceman Quinn Hughes are both within reach of significant 200-based milestones.

  • Bo Horvat has 199 career goals in 612 games played and could become the sixth-fastest player to reach the milestone in franchise history (fourth-fastest among players who started their career with the Canucks).

  • Quinn Hughes is one point away from 200 in his career (21-178-199) and is set to become the fastest Canucks defenceman to reach 200 points in team history.

ROAD READY HUGHES

Posting a goal and an assist on Jan. 10 at TBL, Quinn Hughes collected his 18th career multi-point game on the road, passing Rick Lanz for seventh-most occurrences by a defenceman in franchise history, one shy of Kevin Bieksa (19) for sixth-most. In those 18 games, Hughes has amassed 42 points (2.33 points per game), trailing only Rick Lanz in points per game (2.35) among defencemen with 10 or more multi-point road games in Canucks history.

MR. 300

Recording his first of two assists Jan. 5 versus Colorado, Oliver Ekman-Larsson recorded his 300th career assist. He became the ninth player and fourth defenceman from the 2009 draft class to record at least 300 career assists.

HOW ABOUT THAT HORVAT

Bo Horvat's goal on Jan. 8 at WPG was his 29th goal of the season in 39 games, ranking him third in franchise history for most goals before the team's 40th game of the season (trailing Alexander Mogilny [33] in 1995.96 and Pavel Bure [35] in 1992.93).

  • Previously 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.

  • 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.
  • 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 (184 in 40 GP). Previously, 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.

*The NHL began tracking hits in 2005.06.

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-9th in the NHL in even-strength goals and is the only player with 13+ 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.

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.