CANUCKS VS RANGERS

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, MSGSN

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the second and final game between the Canucks and Rangers this season: Feb. 8 (4-3 L @ NYR) and Feb. 15
(home).
• Vancouver is 38-79-8-3 all-time against New York, including a 21-37-3-1 record at home.
• The Canucks are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games against the Rangers, including 4-1-0 in their last five.
• Anthony Beauvillier leads all active Canucks skaters in career points against the Rangers with 23 (13-10-27 in 28 GP).
• J.T. Miller has 10 points (4-6-10) in 10 career games against the Rangers.
• Quinn Hughes has five points (0-5-5) in five career games against the Rangers.
• Conor Garland has five points (3-2-5) in six career games against the Rangers.
• Elias Pettersson has five points (2-3-5) in seven career games against the Rangers.
• Collin Delia is 0-1-0 in one game vs New York in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS
• Quinn Hughes has 19 points (4-15-19) in his last 15 games.
• Elias Pettersson has 12 points (7-5-12) in his last 10 games.
• Brock Boeser has seven points (1-6-7) in his last six games.
• J.T. Miller has 11 points (2-9-11) in his last 12 games.
• Conor Garland has seven points (2-5-7) in his last nine games.

LAST MEETING - FEB. 8/23: VAN 3 at NYR 4
Conor Garland got the Canucks on the board off a Quinn Hughes pass with his 10th goal of the season at 17:36 in the first period to cut
the deficit to one goal...Vasily Podkolzin scored his first goal of the season at 16:06 in the second period to bring the Canucks back
within one...former New York Ranger J.T. Miller collected his 500th NHL point on the play with the lone assist...Elias Pettersson beat an
icing call to strike just 11 seconds after a Mika Zibanejad tally at 16:16 in the third period...Quinn Hughes picked up his second assist of
the night while Brock Boeser registered the other assist...Luke Schenn and Riley Stillman co-led Vancouver skaters in hits (3) while six
Canucks recorded two blocks...Elias Pettersson went 13-6 in the face-off circle...Spencer Martin faced 21 shots.

LAST GAME PLAYED - FEB. 13/23: VAN 1 vs DET 6
Sheldon Dries scored his seventh of the season to bring the Canucks within one 1:31 into the second period…Conor Garland and
Andrei Kuzmenko picked up the assists…it was Garland's 100th career assist…Philip Di Giuseppe and Elias Pettersson tied for the
team lead with four shots on goal…Curtis Lazar led the team with six hits…Vasily Podkolzin played in his 100th career game…Collin
Delia faced 23 shots.

LAST 5 vs NEW YORK
• Feb. 8/23: VAN 3 at NYR 4
• Feb. 27/22: VAN 5 vs NYR 2
• Nov. 2/21: VAN 3 at NYR 2 (OT)
• Jan. 4/20: VAN 2 at NYR 1
• Oct. 20/19: VAN 3 vs NYR 2

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 has notched 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).