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MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the second of three meetings between the Canucks and Golden Knights this season: Nov. 21 (5-4 L), Nov. 26 (away), and Mar. 21 (home).
• The Canucks are now 4-9-2 all-time against the Golden Knights, including a 2-5-0 record on the road.
• Vancouver is 3-6-1 in their last 10 games vs Vegas (2-2-1 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, Bo Horvat (9-4-13 in 15 GP) and Elias Pettersson (7-6-13 in 10 GP) lead the team in points against the Golden Knights at 13.
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the Canucks in games played against Vegas with 21 (1-7-8 in those 21 games).
• Thatcher Demko is 2-2-1 in five career starts against the Golden Knights, posting a 3.64 GAA and .897 save-percentage.
• Demko faced 38 shots in the last meeting between the two teams, one short of tying his season high.
• Spencer Martin has yet to face Vegas in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Brock Boeser has nine points (2-7-9) in his last eight games and is on an eight-game point streak (2-7-9) since returning from injury.
• Bo Horvat has 12 goals (12-4-16) in the last 12 games and is tied with Connor McDavid and Jason Robertson for the league- lead in goals this season (16).
• Quinn Hughes has 18 points (0-18-18) this season and is tied for second in the NHL for assists among defencemen (18 in 16 GP).
• Andrei Kuzmenko has five points (1-4-5) in his last three games.
• J.T. Miller is averaging a point per game (5-5-10) in his last 10 games and is on a six-game point streak (3-3-6).
• Elias Pettersson leads the team with 24 points (10-14-24) this season and has tallied six points (4-2-6) in his last five games.
• Luke Schenn is 20 hits away from tying Brooks Orpik (2,946) for the NHL all-time record of most hits by a defenceman.

LAST MEETING - NOV. 21/22: VAN 4 vs VGK 5

Andrei Kuzmenko opened the scoring at 11:48 in the second period...Brock Boeser extended his point streak to seven games with an assist...Bo Horvat notched his team-leading 15th goal of the campaign at 1:47 in the third period to tie the game...J.T. Miller extended his point streak to five games with an assist while Riley Stillman recorded his first point as a Canuck on the play...Luke Schenn and Elias Pettersson each scored in quick succession in the third period to give Vancouver a two-goal lead...Quinn Hughes (0-2-2) and Andrei Kuzmenko (1-1-2) registered multi-point games...Six Canucks had three hits on the evening...Tyler Myers led in blocked shots (3)...Bo Horvat won 18 of 28 faceoffs...Thatcher Demko faced 38 shots.

LAST GAME PLAYED - 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 5 vs VEGAS

• Nov. 21/22: VAN 4 vs VGK 5
• Apr. 12/22: VAN 5 vs VGK 4 (OT)
• Apr. 6/22: VAN 5 at VGK 1
• Apr. 3/22: VAN 2 vs VGK 3 (OT)
• Nov. 13/21: VAN 4 at VGK 7

A GENTLEMAN'S GAME

Recording only one minor penalty (2:00) in the last meeting against Vegas on Nov. 21, the Canucks all-time average penalty minutes per game vs the Golden Knights dropped to 6:28, their lowest total average against a single opponent. The Golden Knights also have the lowest penalty minutes per game this season, league wide, at 5:31.

MOVIN' ON UP

With the team's 4-3 victory on Nov. 23 at COL, Bruce Boudreau tied Tom Renney 13th place on the Canucks all-time wins list with his 39th victory.

EV40

Scoring at 5-on-5 in the third period on Nov. 21 vs VGK, Elias Pettersson tallied his 10th goal of the season, all of which have come at even strength. He is tied for second in the league with five others (A. Svechnikov, M. Rantanen, E. Karlsson, C. Caufield, J. Eichel) for most even strength goals this season (10).

POWER PLAY PROWESS

Netting 16 power play goals on 47 opportunities in their last 14 games played, the Canucks' power play ranks second in the NHL since Oct. 24, producing at a rate of 34.0%. Vancouver also has the fifth-ranked power play in the league this season at 27.1% and second- ranked power play on home ice at 38.5%.

HUGHES' HELPING HANDS

• Collecting two assists on Nov. 21 vs VGK, Quinn Hughes passed Sami Salo for sole possession of 9th place on the Canucks all-time assists list among defencemen (164) in 346 fewer games played.
• Picking up a power play assist to extend his personal assist streak to 10 games (0-13-13) on Nov. 13 at BOS, Hughes passed Jiri Bubla (1983.84) for the second-longest assist streak by a defenceman in Canucks history. He is only one of two Canuck defencemen to ever hit a double-digit streak, being one game short of tying Dennis Kearns for the franchise record (11 games in 1976.77).

BO'S BLAZING START

Scoring his team-leading 16th goal on Nov. 23 at VGK, Bo Horvat became the four player (fifth instance) in Canucks history to notch as many goals in the team's first 20 games of the season.

• Scoring his sixth power play goal of the season, Horvat surpassed Ryan Kesler and Henrik Sedin for 9th most power play goals in franchise history (62).
• 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 30 goals in 38 games since March 9, 2022, Horvat has the highest goals per game (0.79) in the League during that stretch (minimum 5 GP).

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 2,926 career hits, Schenn is only 20 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 (86 in 20 GP).

*The NHL began tracking hits in 2005.06.

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

• 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

• Curtis Lazar activated from injured reserve, Nov. 18
• William Lockwood assigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 18
• Karel Plasek on loan to HC Olomouc, Nov. 17
• William Lockwood recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 15
• Jack Studnicka placed on injured reserve, Nov. 15

THREE STARS - NOVEMBER

• Horvat - 30 pts
• Pettersson - 10 pts
• Hughes - 5 pts
• Kuzmenko - 5 pts
• Martin - 5 pts
• Bear - 5pts
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson - 5 pts

OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)

*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection