Vancouver Canucks

GAME NOTES | CANUCKS AT JETS - DEC. 29/22

December 29, 2022



CANUCKS @ JETS PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, TSN3

Radio: Sportsnet 650 

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second of three meetings between the Canucks and Jets this season, all occurring over the course of a month: Dec. 17 (5-1 L vs WPG), Dec. 29 (away), Jan. 8 (away).
  • The Canucks are 19-23-1-2 all-time against the Jets, including a 9-13-0-1 record on the road.
  • Vancouver is 5-5-0 in their last 10 games vs Winnipeg (3-2-0 in their last 5).
  • Among active Canucks skaters, Luke Schenn leads the team in games played against the Jets (34).
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson has the most career points against the Jets with 21 (9-12-21) in 26 games played, among active skaters.
  • Elias Pettersson has 10 points (6-4-10) in 13 career games against Winnipeg.
  • Ilya Mikheyev has seven points (3-4-7) in 11 career games against the Jets.
  • Conor Garland has four points (3-1-4) in seven career games against Winnipeg.
  • Spencer Martin is 1-1-0 with a 3.00 GAA and .902 SV% in two career games against the Jets.
  • Collin Delia is 1-0-0 with a 2.61 GAA and .926 SV% in one career game against the Jets.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Bo Horvat has 15 points (9-6-15) in his last ten games, including two consecutive nights with four points, and is tied for second in the NHL in goals (26) this season.
  • Quinn Hughes has eight points (1-7-8) in his last ten games and ranks t-3rd in the NHL in assists among defencemen this season (28 in 30 GP).
    • Hughes is also ranked third among NHL defencemen in power play assists with 15.
  • Elias Pettersson has 15 points (5-10-15) in his last eight games and is tied for first in the NHL for even-strength goals (16), among centremen.
  • Ilya Mikheyev has six points (3-3-6) in his last four games.
  • Luke Schenn holds the NHL all-time record of most hits (2,999) by a defenceman.

LAST MEETING – DEC. 17/22: VAN 1 vs WPG 5

Bo Horvat scored his 22nd goal of the season with 5:24 remaining in the third period…Quinn Hughes and Conor Garland picked up the assists on the power play goal…Luke Schenn recorded nine hits, his second-highest total of the season, while also leading the team with five shots on goal…Horvat won 15 of 21 faceoffs for a win percentage of 71.4%, his fourth-highest win percentage of the season…Spencer Martin stopped 22 shots.  

LAST GAME PLAYED – DEC. 27/22: VAN 6 vs SJS 2  

Bo Horvat opened the scoring at 4:26 in the first period…Ilya Mikheyev registered his first of four points on the assist…Brock Boeser collected the second helper…Elias Pettersson would double the Canucks lead before the end of the period…Lane Pederson and Luke Schenn tallied assists on the play…Mikheyev reclaimed the two goal lead at 4:36 in the second period…Andrei Kuzmenko and Tyler Myers were both credited with assists…Quinn Hughes scored his first goal of the season less than two minutes later…Mikheyev and Horvat both got a point on the play…Horvat recorded his league-leading eighth multi-goal game of the season at 12:11 in the third…Boeser collected the lone assist…Boeser followed up with his own goal, the sixth of the season…Horvat and Mikheyev were once again on the helpers to both collect their fourth points of the contest…Schenn led the team in hits (7)…Riley Stillman led the team in blocked shots (4)…Spencer Martin stopped 24 shots.

LAST 5 vs WINNIPEG

  • 17/22: VAN 1 vs WPG 5
  • 27/22: VAN 5 @ WPG 1
  • 10/21: VAN 4 vs WPG 3 (SO)
  • 19/21: VAN 3 vs WPG 2
  • May 11/21: VAN 0 @ WPG 5

HOW ABOUT THAT HORVAT

Registering two goals and two assists for the second consecutive night on Dec. 27 vs SJS, Bo Horvat is the first Canuck to have 4+ points in back-to-back games since 2003 (Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi, and Brendan Morrison each did it Feb. 23rd-25th). Horvat is also only one of four Canucks to record at least two goals and two assists in two consecutive games with the likes of Todd Bertuzzi (Feb. 23-25, 2003), Alexander Mogilny (Dec. 31-Jan. 3, 1996), and Petri Skriko (Mar. 13-17, 1987).

  • 27 vs SJS was also Horvat’s eighth multi-goal game this season, a career high (previously six games), and the most multi-goal games by a Canuck since Ryan Kesler in 2010.11 (9). Horvat is currently the league-leader in multi-goal games for the 2022.23 season, with Roope Hintz sitting two back at six.
  • Earlier this season, Horvat became the first player in franchise history to have five multi-goal games in the first 13 games.
  • Scoring his 25th and 26th goals on Dec. 27 vs SJS, Horvat is ranked second in Canucks history with the most goals in a player’s first 34 games, trailing Pavel Bure with 29 in 1992.93.

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.

EXCEPTIONAL ELIAS

Tallying two goals and three assists, in addition to the shootout winner, on Dec. 22 vs SEA, Elias 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.

  • Pettersson now has 42 points (16-26-41) in 32 games played this season, which is 11th in the NHL. His 42 points are also the most by a Canucks skater through the team’s first 34 games of a season since Henrik Sedin (41 pts) in 2010.11.
  • With all 16 of his goals so far this season coming at even-strength, Pettersson ranks t-3rd in the NHL in even-strength goals and is the only player with 11+ tallies to have scored all of his goals at even-strength.

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).

SEEING DOUBLE (DIGITS)

Thanks to Ilya Mikheyev’s 12th goal of the season on Dec. 27 vs SJS, the Canucks have five 12+ goal-scorers on their roster (Horvat [26], Pettersson [16], Kuzmenko [14], 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, joining Tampa Bay (5).

ALL ABOUT APPLES

Assisting on Brock Boeser’s third period power play goal, 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. Henrik Sedin has the most assists through the team’s first 32 games in a season with 32 (2010.11).

  • 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

LET’S GET IT STARTED

Scoring two goals just 34 seconds apart on Dec. 14 at CGY, Bo Horvat and Conor Garland recorded the fifth fastest two goals to start a game in Canucks history at 1:48 in the first.

MARTY MART AND THE WINNING BUNCH

Collecting his ninth victory of the season on Dec. 14 at CGY, Spencer Martin ranks third in Canucks history for most wins through the first 15 appearances in a season behind Ryan Miller (12 in 2014.15) and Kirk McLean (10 in 1991.92).

BELIEVING IN BRUCE

With the team’s 7-6 OT victory on Dec. 5 vs MTL, the Canucks overcame a 4-0 deficit for only the third time in franchise history to secure a 4-goal comeback win (Jan. 16/73 vs TOR 6-4 W & Oct. 15/71 vs CAL 9-6 W). Coincidentally, Bruce Boudreau also earned his third career win in a game where his team trailed by four-plus goals (Dec. 23/08 w/ WSH & Mar. 31/14 w/ ANA).

  • With the team’s 6-2 victory on Dec. 27 vs SJS, Bruce Boudreau surpassed Rick Ley for sole possession of 11th place on the Canucks all-time coaches wins list at 48.

PUTTING THE ‘SUDDEN’ IN SUDDEN DEATH

Elias Pettersson’s game-winning overtime goal on Dec. 5 vs MTL came just 13 seconds into OT, making it the fastest goal to start a regular season overtime period in Canucks history. The previous record was held by Dixon Ward who scored 15 seconds into OT on Nov. 29/93.

SCHENN’S GREATEST HITS

Luke Schenn has collected the most hits among all skaters in the NHL this season (159 in 34 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.

THREE STARS – DECEMBER
• Pettersson (20 pts)
• Horvat (15 pts)
• Mikheyev (10 pts)
• Pederson (5 pts)
• Höglander (5 pts)
• Miller (5 pts)
• Delia (5 pts)
• Martin (5 pts)

NOVEMBER WINNER – Horvat (40 pts)
OCTOBER WINNER – Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)
*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection