Vancouver Canucks

GAME NOTES | CANUCKS VS OILERS - JAN. 21/23

January 22, 2023



CANUCKS vs OILERS PREVIEW

TV: CBC, Sportsnet, CITY

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the third and final meeting between the Canucks and Oilers this season: Oct. 12 (5-3 L @ EDM), Dec. 23 (5-2 W @ EDM) and Jan. 21 (home).
  • The Canucks are 109-121-19-15 all-time against Edmonton, including a 60-52-12-7 record at home.
  • Vancouver is 3-4-3 in their last 10 games against the Oilers (1-2-2 in their last five).
  • Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in both career points with 30 (12-18-30) and games played (45) against Edmonton.
  • Bo Horvat has 27 career points (11-16-27) in 37 games played against the Oilers.
  • J.T. Miller has 26 career points (8-18-26) in 27 games played against the Oilers.
  • Brock Boeser has 20 points (10-10-20) in 26 games played against the Oilers.
  • Spencer Martin is 0-0-2 with a .940 save percentage and a 2.32 goals against average in two career games against Edmonton.
  • Collin Delia is 1-0-0 with a 2.01 goals against average and a .939 save percentage in one career game against Edmonton.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Elias Pettersson has 19 points (6-13-18) in his last 14 games.
  • Bo Horvat has 18 points (8-10-18) in his last 13 games
  • J.T. Miller has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last nine games.
  • Quinn Hughes has nine points (3-6-9) in his last six games.
  • Andrei Kuzmenko has 11 points (4-7-11) in his last 12 games.
  • Brock Boeser has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last 12 games.

LAST MEETING - DEC. 23/22: VAN 5 at EDM 2

J.T. Miller got the Canucks on the board just 41 seconds into the second period...Conor Garland and Oliver Ekman-Larsson recorded the assists...Miller scored his second of the contest on the power play with 1:27 left in the second...Elias Pettersson and Bo Horvat picked up the assists...Bo Horvat gave Vancouver their first lead just over halfway through the third...Tyler Myers and Garland recorded the assists...Ilya Mikheyev doubled the Canucks lead with under three minutes left in the third...Horvat picked up the only assist...Horvat added an empty netter to make it 5-2...Pettersson and Myers added assists...Pettersson and Miller each ed the team with five shots each...Miller tied his season-high with nine faceoff wins...Collin Delia made 31 stops in his first start in a Canucks uniform.

LAST GAME PLAYED - JAN. 20/23: VAN 1 vs COL 4

Elias Pettersson got the Canucks on the board just past the halfway mark in the game to bring the Canucks within two...Brock Boeser and Andrei Kuzmenko picked up the assists on Pettersson's 19th of the season...Luke Schenn had a game-high eight hits...J.T. Miller led the team with four shots on goal...Collin Delia stopped 25 shots.

LAST 5 vs EDMONTON

  • Dec. 23/22: VAN 5 @ EDM 2
  • Oct. 12/22: VAN 3 @ EDM 5
  • Apr. 29/22: VAN 2 @ EDM 3 (SO)
  • Jan. 25/22: VAN 2 vs EDM 3 (OT)
  • Oct. 30/21: VAN 1 vs EDM 2

QUICK QUINN

Registering a multi-point effort with one goal and one assist on Jan. 18 vs TBL, Quinn Hughes reached the 40-point mark this season in just 40 games, becoming the fastest defenceman in Canucks history to reach this mark, besting Paul Reinhart by four games (1988.98). Jan. 18th was also Hughes' 45th career multi-point game and is the fourth active defenceman to reach as many games before the age of 24 (Erik Karlsson [58 GP], Cale Makar [47 GP], and Rasmus Dahlin [46 GP]).

  • Thanks to his third period goal and assist on Jan. 12 at TBL, Quinn Hughes reached and surpassed the 200-point mark in his career (22-179-201) in just his 242nd NHL game, becoming the fastest defenceman in franchise history to ever reach this milestone, doing so in 106 fewer games than the next closest Canucks defenceman (Jyrki Lumme - 348 GP). Hughes is also the third-fastest active NHL defenceman to the mark behind only Cale Makar (195 GP) and Adam Fox (241 GP).

EXCEPTIONAL ELIAS

Netting the game-deciding goal in the shootout by successfully executing "The Forsberg" on Jan. 15 at CAR, Elias Pettersson recorded his fifth career game-deciding goal, tying teammate Bo Horvat for most in franchise history.

  • Scoring on Jan. 20 vs COL, Elias Pettersson registered his 19th goal of the season, with all 19 having come at even-strength. Pettersson ranks t-8th in the NHL in even-strength goals and is the only player with 15+ tallies to have scored all of his goals at even-strength.

BO'S BLAZIN' STREAK

Assisting on Quinn Hughes' goal on Jan. 18 vs TBL, Bo Horvat extended his point streak to nine games (4-6-10), setting a new personal career-high. Horvat has also tied J.T. Miller (Nov. 12-29) and Brock Boeser (Nov. 8-26) for the longest point streak by a Canucks player this season.

  • 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.

DOUBLE JEOPARDY - HORVAT FOR 200

With a power play goal on Jan. 14 at FLA, Bo Horvat registered his 200th career NHL goal in his 614th regular season game, becoming the sixth fastest player to reach this milestone in franchise history (fourth-fastest among players who started their career with the Canucks). The goal was also Horvat's 30th of the season, solidifying consecutive seasons with 30 or more goals (posting 31-21-52 in 70 GP in 2021.22) to become the first Canuck since Daniel Sedin in 2010.11 & 2011.12 to achieve this feat. Horvat is only one of seven active NHLers to break 30 goals this season and ranks t-5th in the NHL for goals.

  • Horvat's goal on Jan. 14 at FLA is his 30th goal in 42 games, ranking him fourth in franchise history for most goals in the team's first 42 games of the season (trailing Pavel Bure [38] in 1992.93, Alexander Mogilny [34] in 1995.96, and Markus Naslund [31] in 2002.03).

TYLER FINDS TWINE

Opening the second period scoring on Jan. 14 at FLA, Tyler Myers scored his first goal of the season to snap a 66-game goal-less streak. Myers scored that goal just 39 seconds into the period, becoming only the fourth Canucks defenceman to score a goal within the first 39 seconds of a period joining Kevin McCarthy (0:19 of P2 on March 8, 1983), Rick Lanz (0:32 of P2 on Nov. 11, 1985) and Ed Jovanovski (0:36 of P2 on Dec. 21, 2000).

  • Tyler Myers also registered seven shots on goal on Jan. 14 at FLA to match his career high for the second consecutive game (also Jan. 12 at TBL).

ROAD READY HUGHES

Posting a goal and two assists on Jan. 12 at TBL, Quinn Hughes collected his 19th career multi-point game on the road, tying Kevin Bieksa for sixth-most occurrences by a defenceman in franchise history. In those 19 games, Hughes has amassed 45 points (2.33 points per game), the highest points per game average among defenceman with 10 or more multi-point road games in Canucks history.

MR. 300

Recording his first of two assists Jan. 5 vs COL, 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.

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), and later joined by Jordan Eberle (RW).

  • 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 (209 in 44 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.

2022.23 CANUCKS MILESTONES

  • Bo Horvat recorded his 200th career NHL goal, Jan. 14 at FLA
  • 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
  • Bo Horvat recorded his 400th career NHL point, Dec. 23 at EDM
  • Bo Horvat appeared in his 600th career NHL game, Dec. 10 vs MIN
  • 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
  • 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

  • William Lockwood recalled from Abbotsford, Dec. 30
  • Nils Åman assigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 30
  • Travis Dermott activated from LTIR, Dec. 29
  • Travis Dermott recalled from Abbotsford (conditioning loan) and kept on LTIR, Dec. 27

THREE STARS - JANUARY

  • Delia - 10 pts
  • Kuzmenko - 10 pts
  • Pettersson - 10 pts
  • Horvat - 5 pts
  • Boeser - 5 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