Vancouver Canucks

GAME NOTES | CANUCKS VS RED WINGS - FEB. 13/23

February 13, 2023



CANUCKS VS RED WINGS

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Bally Sports Detroit

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second and final game between the Canucks and Red Wings this season: Feb. 11 (5-2 L @ DET) and Feb. 13 (home).

  • Vancouver is 66-86-18-9 all-time against Detroit, including a 39-35-10-5 record at home.

  • The Canucks are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games against the Red Wings, including 2-3-0 in their last five.

  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads all active Canucks in both games played (26) and career points (3-11-14) against the Red Wings.

  • Elias Pettersson has nine points (4-5-9) in seven career games against Detroit.

  • Anthony Beavillier has eight points (4-4-8) in his last nine games vs Detroit.

  • J.T. Miller has six points (2-4-6) in his last six games vs Detroit.

  • Brock Boeser has six points (0-6-6) in seven career games against Detroit.

  • Spencer Martin is 0-1-0 in one game vs Detroit in his career.

  • Collin Delia has yet to play against the Red Wings in his career.

  • Vasily Podkolzin could play in his 100th career NHL game this evening.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Quinn Hughes has 19 points (4-15-19) in his last 14 games.

  • Elias Pettersson has 12 points (7-5-12) in his last nine games.

  • Brock Boeser has seven points (1-6-7) in his last five games.

  • J.T. Miller has 11 points (2-9-11) in his last 11 games.

  • Conor Garland has six points (2-4-6) in his last eight games.

  • Anthony Beauvillier has three points (2-1-3) in his first four games with the Canucks and has power play goals in back-to-backgames.

LAST MEETING - FEB. 11/23: VAN 2 at DET 5

Anthony Beauvillier scored his second power play goal in as many games to cut the Canucks' deficit to one goal at 2:02 in the second period...J.T. Miller extended his point streak to five games (0-6-6) with the primary assist and Quinn Hughes reached the 50-point mark with the secondary assist...Elias Pettersson added a third period tally to extend his point streak to five games (6-2-8), while Anthony Beauvillier registered his fifth multi-point game (1-1-2) of the season with the lone assist...J.T. Miller and Phillip Di Giuseppe shared the team-lead in shots (5)...Luke Schenn and Tyler Myers each recorded three hits...Spencer Martin faced 25 shots.

LAST 5 vs DETROIT

  • Feb. 11/23: VAN 2 at DET 5

  • Mar. 17/22: VAN 0 vs DET 1

  • Oct. 16/21: VAN 1 at DET 3

  • Oct. 22/19: VAN 5 at DET 2

  • Oct. 15/19: VAN 5 vs DET 1

KNACK FOR THE NET

Extending his goal streak to three games with a third period tally on Feb. 11 at DET, Elias Pettersson reached the 25-goal mark for the fourth time in his young career, becoming just the third player in Canucks history to record as many 25-goal campaigns in his first five career NHL seasons, joining Stan Smyl (4) and Petri Skriko (4).

FAST FIFTY

Collecting a power play assist on Feb. 11 at DET, Quinn Hughes reached the 50-point plateau (5-45-50) in just his 49th game of the 2022.23 season, becoming the fastest defenceman in franchise history to reach 50 points. The previous record belonged to Paul Reinhart, who put up 50 points in his first 52 games played in 1988.89.

• Hughes now also has the most 50+ point seasons by a defenceman in franchise history with three such campaigns, surpassing Dennis Kearns, Jyrki Lumme, and Paul Reinhart (two each).

PETEY KEEPS PUTTING UP THE POINTS

Registering two goals and one assists on Feb. 9 at NYI, Elias Pettersson reached 63 points (24-39-63) in his first 50 games this season becoming the sixth Canucks skater (eighth instance) in franchise history to have 63 or more points in a player's first 50 games (Pavel Bure in 1992.93 [75] and in 1993.94 [66], Alexander Mogilny in 1995.96 [72], Markus Naslund in 2002.03 [63], Henrik Sedin in 2009.10 [71] and Daniel Sedin in 2009.10 [66] and in 2010.11 [64]).

  • Pettersson's performance against the Islanders was his 22nd career three-plus point game, ranking him fifth in franchise history for most three-plus point games among Canucks centreman (Cliff Ronning [23], Patrik Sundstrom [30], Thomas Gradin [38], and Henrik Sedin [62]).

  • With his two goals on Feb. 9 vs NYI, Pettersson recorded his 20th career multi-goal performance to tie Patrik Sundstrom for fifth most multi-goal games in a player's first five NHL seasons in Canucks history. Other Canucks to have registered at least 20 multi-goal games in their first five NHL seasons include Tony Tanti (21), Thomas Gradin (23), Petri Skriko (27), and Pavel Bure (40).

PUT A BEAU ON IT

Scoring the game-winning goal in a 6-5 victory on Feb. 9 at NYI, former Islander Anthony Beauvillier became the 26th player in franchise history to register a goal in his first game against the team he was acquired from (via trade) and is one of only three players to net the game-winner in that scenario, joining Alexander Mogilny (Mar. 3/96 at BUF) and Jerry Butler (Oct. 26/80 vs TOR).

• Beauvillier has now registered at least one goal against 31 of 32 NHL teams, only missing a goal against the Los Angeles Kings. The Canucks will face the Kings three more times this season (Mar. 18 at LAK, Apr. 2 at VAN, Apr. 10 at LAK).

GOING FOR TWO

Posting two assists on Feb. 9 at NYI, Quinn Hughes recorded his 39th career multi-assist game to pass Jyrki Lumme for sole possession of third in franchise history for such occurrences among defensemen, trailing only Alexander Edler (42) and Dennis Kearns (53). The assists pushed Hughes to 44 on the season in his first 48 games, becoming only the third Canuck (fourth instance) to register at least 44 assists in the player's first 48 games (joining Daniel Sedin in 2009.10 [46] and Henrik Sedin in 2009.10 [46] and in 2010.11 [48]).

• Hughes collected his 21st career multi-point game on the road, tying Doug Lidster for fifth-most such occurrences by a defenceman in franchise history. The occasion also marked his 49th career multi-point game (home and road), to rank him sixth for most such occurrences, collecting 113 points (15-98-113) in those 49 games.

NO QUIT CANUCKS

Trailing 4-2 in the second period on Feb. 9 at NYI, the Canucks earned their sixth multi-goal comeback win this season which tied them with the New Jersey Devils and Anaheim Ducks for most multi-goal come-from-behind victories this season through Feb. 9. Vancouver's 15 overall comeback wins ranked tied for second in the League through Feb. 9 while their eight third-period comeback wins were tied for first with Vegas.

MILLSY'S MILESTONE

Recording the lone assist on Vasily Podkolzin's first goal of the year on Feb. 8 at NYR, J.T. Miller registered his 500th career NHL point (187-313-500), becoming the eighth player and second American-born skater from the 2011 NHL Draft class to achieve the milestone. Miller, who was drafted by the Rangers, recorded 172 points (72-100-72) with New York, before collecting 65 (23-42-65) with Tampa Bay and 263 (92-171-263) with Vancouver to reach the 500-point mark.

PETEY'S ALL-STAR WEEKEND

All-Star Game: Despite a 6-4 loss to the Central Division in the semi-final, Elias Pettersson notched two goals to lead the Pacific Division in goals, points (2-0-2; t-1st), and shots (6).

Skills Competition: Elias Pettersson was crowned as the NHL Hardest Shot winner at the 2023 NHL All-Star Skills competition on Feb. 3 in Sunrise, Florida with his winning blast registering at 103.2 mph. Pettersson was the only player to break 100 mph on both of his shots, and his winning shot was the second-hardest ever by a forward at the event, just behind Steven Stamkos' 103.9 mph shot in 2016.

IN SHORT ORDER

Opening the scoring with a shorthanded marker just 1:25 into the first period on Jan. 27 vs CBJ, Elias Pettersson scored the third earliest shorthanded goal in Canucks history (85 seconds in), trailing only Alex Burrows (37 seconds in on Mar. 6/08 vs NSH) and Jere Gillis (80 seconds in on Mar. 28/84 vs WIN).

HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT

Registering 48 shots in the team's 5-2 victory over Chicago on Jan. 24, the Canucks recorded a shot differential of +34. This has tied the team's highest recorded shot differential in franchise history with two other occasions:

  • November 18, 1980, vs original Winnipeg Jets

  • February 20, 1976, vs Minnesota North Stars Chicago's 14 shots on goal are also tied for the seventh-fewest shots allowed in a game in franchise history and mark the fewest allowed in a game since Dec. 12/10 at Edmonton (12 SA).