Vancouver Canucks

GAME NOTES | CANUCKS VS STARS - MAR. 14/23

March 14, 2023



CANUCKS vs STARS

TV: SNP, BSSW

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second of three games meeting between the Canucks and Stars this season: Feb. 27 (5-4 OTW @ DAL), Mar. 14 (home), Mar. 25 (away).
  • Vancouver is 79-87-22-9 all-time against Dallas, including a 45-39-10-4 record at home.
  • The Canucks are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games against the Stars (2-2-1 in their last five).
  • Tyler Myers leads active Canucks skaters in career points (6-9-15) and games played (29) against Dallas.
  • Elias Pettersson has 11 points (5-6-11) in nine career games against the Stars.
  • Brock Boeser has nine points (2-7-9) in 10 career games against Dallas.
  • Vasily Podkolzin has four points (3-1-4) in four career games against the Stars.
  • Andrei Kuzmenko registered three points (1-2-3) in his first career game against Dallas this season.
  • Thatcher Demko is 4-0-0 with a 2.49 GAA and a .924 SV% in four career games against Dallas.
  • Collin Delia has a 0-0-1 record and .900 SV% in two career appearances against the Stars.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Elias Pettersson has 26 points (11-15-26) in his last 17 games.
  • Quinn Hughes has 16 points (0-16-16) in his last 15 games.
  • Andrei Kuzmenko has 15 points (10-5-15) in his last 12 games.
  • Anthony Beauvillier has 13 points (6-7-13) in his last 14 games.
  • J.T. Miller has 12 points (6-6-12) in his last 10 games.

LAST MEETING - FEB. 27/23: VAN 5 at DAL 4 (OT)

Anthony Beauvillier opened the scoring 3:27 into the first period...Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko recorded the assists...Sheldon Dries gave Vancouver their second lead of the game at the 9:00 mark...Conor Garland and Christian Wolanin picked up the assists...Vasily Podkolzin scored his second of the season to double the Canucks lead...Aatu Räty and Quinn Hughes were credited with the assists...Beauvillier re-established the two-goal lead just past the halfway point of the game...Hughes and Kuzmenko were awarded assists...Kuzmenko scored the game-winner 48 seconds into overtime...Beauvillier (2-1-3) and Hughes (0-3-3) each registered their third point of the game with the assists...Hughes led the team with six shots on goal...Dakota Joshua led the team with five hits...Thatcher Demko made 34 saves in his return to the Canucks lineup

LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 11/23: VAN 5 vs OTT 2

Andrei Kuzmenko opened the scoring with his 31st goal of the season at 15:05 in the first period...J.T. Miller and Tyler Myers recorded the assists...Miller doubled Vancouver's lead with his fourth shorthanded goal of the season at 4:26 in the second period...Nils Aman registered the lone assist on Miller's goal before adding one of his own just six minutes later (second career multi-point game)...Dakota Joshua and Conor Garland assisted on the play...Sheldon Dries netted a third period breakaway goal for his 10th of the season at 6:50...Joshua and Brisebois collected the assists...Kuzmenko added an empty net power play goal to end the game, with Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson drawing the assists...16 of 18 Canucks skaters registered a shot on goal...J.T. Miller and Noah Juulsen led the team in hits (5)...Tyler Myers blocked a team-high four shots...Thatcher Demko made 18 saves.

LAST 5 vs DALLAS

  • Feb. 27/23: VAN 5 at DAL 4 (OT)
  • Apr. 18/22: VAN 6 vs DAL 2
  • Mar. 26/22: VAN 4 at DAL 1
  • Nov. 7/21: VAN 6 vs DAL 3
  • Nov. 19/19: VAN 1 at DAL 6

SHINING AGAINST THE STARS

Entering tonight's game with an active four-game win streak vs Dallas, the Canucks will look to extend their streak against the Stars to five games for just the third time in franchise history (second time since the Stars relocated to Dallas from Minnesota). Vancouver's most recent winning streak of four or more games against the Stars franchise took place from Jan. 2/10 to Feb. 19/11 (6-0-0).

KEEP IT SHORT

Thanks to J.T. Miller's fourth shorthanded marker of the 2022.23 campaign (tied Elias Pettersson and four others atop the League), on Mar. 11 vs OTT, the Canucks have now scored 11 shorthanded goals on the season, which are the most by a Canucks team since 2002.03 and now ranks tied for second-most in the NHL this season.

  • Vancouver's shorthanded goal on Mar. 11 vs OTT also marked the first time since Apr. 1-9, 1998 that the Canucks have scored four or more shorthanded goals in a four-game span.
  • In addition to co-leading the League in shorthanded goals, Elias Pettersson currently has solo possession of the most shorthanded points in the NHL with eight (4-4-8) so far this season. He now trails only Pavel Bure (1992.93, 1997.98) and Russ Courtnall (1995.96) for most shorthanded points in a season (9) by a Canucks skater.

EIGHTY FOR ELIAS

Registering two assists on Mar. 8 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson registered his 80th and 81st points on the season (30-51-81), becoming the fifth-fastest player (sixth-fastest occasion) in franchise history to collect 80 points (62 games), behind only Alexander Mogilny (54 GP), Pavel Bure (55 GP, 59 GP), Henrik Sedin (60 GP) and Daniel Sedin (61 GP).

CAN'T STOP KUZY

Scoring his 30th goal of the season Mar. 8 vs ANA, Andrei Kuzmenko became only the eighth player in franchise history to register 30 or more goals in their first season with the Canucks, and joins Pavel Bure (34 in 1991.92) and Trevor Linden (30 in 1988.89) as the only players to accomplish the feat in their first season in the NHL.

  • Kuzmenko now own's an NHL-best 26.9% shooting percentage (min. 50 shots). The first year NHLer is on pace to rank second for highest shooting percentage (min. 50 shots) in a season in team history, currently trailing only Gary Lupul (28.1%) in 1982.83.

HISTORY WAITS FOR NO ONE

Scoring the opening goal on Mar. 6 vs NSH, Elias Pettersson registered his 300th career NHL point becoming the first skater from the 2017 NHL Draft Class to reach this milestone. Pettersson achieved this feat in 306 games played also making him the second fastest Canuck in franchise history to reach 300 points, trailing only Pavel Bure who was able to do it in 264 games played.

DOWN A MAN, UP TWO GOALS

Burying back-to-back shorthanded goals in a span of just 44 seconds on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Elias Pettersson (6:49, 3rd period) and J.T. Miller (7:33, 3rd period) recorded the fourth-fastest pair of shorthanded goals in Canucks history to turn a 1-1 tie into a 3-1 lead. It also marked the sixth time in franchise history (second time this season: also Feb. 18 vs PHI) that the Canucks have scored multiple times on the same two-minute penalty against, and the first occasion not involving an empty net since Apr. 9/98 vs CGY.

HUGHES WRITES HISTORY

Thanks to one assist each on the power play and shorthanded on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Quinn Hughes registered his 200th career NHL assist in just his 263rd regular season game, becoming the fastest defenceman in NHL history to do so (previously Brian Leetch, 264 games). He is also the fastest player of any position in Canucks history to record 200 assists with the club (23 players total, six defencemen), smashing the previous record set by centre Cliff Ronning (333 games).

DOUBLE OR NOTHING

Collecting two assists on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Quinn Hughes registered his 17th multi-point game of the season, surpassing Doug Lidster (1986.87) and Paul Reinhart (1988.89) for the most such occurrences by a defenceman in a single season in franchise history. It also marked Hughes' 14th multi-assist game this season, tying Dennis Kearns (1976.77) for the most in one season by a defenceman in Canucks history.

  • Hughes is now also tied with Alexander Edler for most total multi-assist games in franchise history with 42, trailing only Dennis Kearns (53) for most all-time.

2022.23 CANUCKS MILESTONES

  • J.T. Miller appeared in his 700th career NHL game, Mar. 8 vs ANA
  • Elias Pettersson registered his 300th career NHL point, Mar. 6 vs NSH
  • Tyler Myers appeared in his 900th career NHL game, Mar. 6 vs NSH
  • Quinn Hughes became the fastest defenceman in NHL history to reach 200 assists (263 GP), Mar. 4 vs TOR
  • Dakota Joshua appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Mar. 2 vs MIN
  • Conor Garland appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Feb. 27 at DAL
  • Sheldon Dries appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Feb. 27 at DAL
  • Elias Pettersson appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Feb. 21 at NSH
  • Arturs Silovs recorded his 1st career NHL win, Feb. 18 vs PHI
  • Conor Garland recorded his 100th career NHL assist, Feb. 13 vs DET
  • Vasily Podkolzin appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Feb. 13 vs DET
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson appeared in his 900th career NHL game, Feb. 11 at DET
  • J.T. Miller registered his 500th career NHL point, Feb. 8 at NYR
  • Ilya Mikheyev recorded his 100th career NHL point, Jan. 27 vs CBJ
  • Quinn Hughes recorded his 200th career NHL point, Jan. 12 at TBL
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson recorded his 300th career NHL assist, Jan. 5 vs COL
  • Luke Schenn appeared in his 900th career NHL game, Jan. 3 vs NYI
  • 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
  • Elias Pettersson recorded his 100th career NHL goal, Oct. 18 at CBJ

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • Aidan McDonough signed to a two-year entry level contract, Mar. 13
  • Phillip Di Giuseppe signed to a two-year contract extension, Mar. 12
  • Kirill Kudryavtsev signed to a three-year entry level contract, Mar. 10
  • Guillaume Brisebois committed to a two-year contract extension, Mar. 7
  • Arturs Silovs reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 7
  • Arturs Silovs recalled under emergency conditions, Mar. 6
  • Wyatt Kalynuk traded to New York Rangers in exchange for future considerations, Mar. 3
  • Christian Wolanin, Noah Juulsen, Vasily Podkolzin, and Phillip Di Giuseppe assigned to Abbotsford (AHL), Mar. 3
  • Aatu Räty, Christian Wolanin, Noah Juulsen, and Vasily Podkolzin assigned to Abbotsford (AHL), Mar. 3
  • Curtis Lazar traded to New Jersey in exchange for a 2024 fourth-round pick, Mar. 3
  • Curtis Lazar activated from injured reserve, Mar. 2
  • Filip Hronek and a 2023 fourth-round draft pick acquired from Detroit Red Wings in exchange for conditional 2023 first-round draft pick and 2023 second-round draft pick, Mar. 1

THREE STARS - MARCH

  • Miller - 10 pts
  • Pettersson - 15 pts
  • Demko - 10 pts
  • Aman-5pts
  • Joshua - 5 pts
  • Kuzmenko - 5 pts

FEBRUARY WINNER - Pettersson (15 pts)
JANUARY WINNER - Pettersson (20 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