CANUCKS vs SENATORS
TV: CBC, SN, CITY, TVAS2
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Canucks and Senators this season: Nov. 8 (6-4 W @ OTT) and Mar. 11 (home).
Vancouver is 33-19-2-3 all-time against Ottawa, including a 18-8-1-2 record at home.
The Canucks are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games against the Senators (2-2-1 in their last five).
J.T. Miller leads active Canucks skaters in career points against Ottawa with 21 (10-11-21) in 34 career games.
Quinn Hughes has 16 points (1-15-16) in 14 career games against the Senators.
Elias Pettersson has 14 points (7-7-14) in 10 career games against the Senators.
Conor Garland has six points (1-5-6) in six career games against the Senators.
Thatcher Demko is 6-3-1 with a 2.45 goals against average and a .924 save percentage in 10 career games against Ottawa.
Collin Delia has one career appearance against the Senators.
QUICK NUMBERS
Elias Pettersson has 25 points (11-14-25) in his last 16 games.
Quinn Hughes has 16 points (0-16-16) in his last 14 games.
Andrei Kuzmenko has 13 points (8-5-13) in his last 11 games.
Anthony Beauvillier has 13 points (6-7-13) in his last 13 games.
- J.T. Miller has 10 points (5-5-10) in his last nine games.
LAST MEETING - NOV. 9/22: VAN 6 vs OTT 4
Bo Horvat tied the game at 19:07 in the first...Ethan Bear and Jack Rathbone both collected their first assists of the season on the play...Ilya Mikheyev scored his fourth of the season at 13:50 in the second period to tie the game back up at 2-2...Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson both tallied their 11th assists of the season...Horvat would score the go-ahead goal, his 12th of the season, to open the third...Conor Garland recorded the sole assist...Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored his first goal of the season at 8:18 in the third...Garland and Brock Boeser were credited with assists on the play...Jack Studnicka scored his first goal as a Canuck at 14:59, unassisted...Pettersson put away an empty-netter with J.T. Miller adding the assist...Pettersson led in shots (6)...Spencer Martin made 37 saves (faced 41 shots) to set a record of most consecutive games (10) without a regulation loss since joining a team by a goaltender.
LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 8/23: VAN 3 vs ANA 2 (OT)
J.T. Miller tied the game at the 14:44 mark with his third shorthanded goal of the season...Elias Pettersson recorded the only assist...Andrei Kuzmenko gave Vancouver their first lead with just over five and a half minutes to go in the second period...Anthony Beauvillier and Pettersson were awarded assists...Miller scored the overtime winner just 20 seconds into the extra frame...Quinn Hughes picked up the sole assist...Conor Garland led the team with five shots on goal...Dakota Joshua led the team with five hits...Noah Juulsen and Christian Wolanin each had three blocked shots...Thatcher Demko made 20 saves.
LAST 5 vs OTTAWA
Nov. 8/22: VAN 6 @ OTT 4
Apr. 19/22: VAN 3 vs OTT 4 (SO)
Dec. 1/21: VAN 6 @ OTT 2
Apr. 28/21: VAN 3 @ OTT 6
Apr. 26/21: VAN 1 @ OTT 2
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 so (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.
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).
KEEP IT SHORT
Thanks to his two shorthanded points (1-1-2) on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Elias Pettersson is now tied for the League-lead in shorthanded goals (4) and points (7) so far this season. His seven shorthanded points this season are the most by a Canuck since Alex Burrows in 2009.10 and he now sits tied for fourth with seven other players for most shorthanded points by a Canucks skater in a single season, two shy of the mark set by Pavel Bure (1992.93, 1997.98) and Russ Courtnall (1995.96).
SHOOT TO SCORE, KUZY
Deflecting home a power play marker for his 29th goal of the season on Mar. 4 vs TOR, Andrei Kuzmenko now own's an NHL-best 25.7% 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.
• Scoring two goals on Feb. 21 at NSH, Andrei Kuzmenko registered his 25th career NHL goal and became the fourth fastest player in Canucks history to hit this milestone (56 GP), only trailing Pavel Bure (55 GP), Elias Pettersson (44 GP), and Brock Boeser (44 GP).
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.
"MR. CLUTCH"
Scoring the game-tying goal at 19:31 of the third period on Feb. 23 at STL, (just two days after he tied the game at 19:44 of the third period on Feb. 21 at NSH), Andrei Kuzmenko became the first player in Canucks history and fourth player in NHL history to score the game-tying goal in the final minute of regulation in consecutive games. In doing so, he joined Sawn McEachern (Dec. 28-30, 1998 w/ OTT), Mikko Makela (Feb. 28 - Mar. 3, 1987 w/ NYI) and Phil Esposito (Jan. 7-9, 1977 w/ NYR) to accomplish the feat.
PETEY KEEPS PUTTING UP THE POINTS
Notching one goal and two assists on Feb. 23 at STL, Elias Pettersson recorded his 24th career three-plus point game, surpassing Cliff Ronning for sole possession of fourth place in franchise history for most three-plus point games among Canucks centreman (trailing Patrik Sundstrom [29], Thomas Gradin [38], and Henrik Sedin [62]).
• Elias Pettersson played in his 300th career NHL game on Feb. 21 at NSH, concluding the contest with 293 career points (124-169-293). As a result, Pettersson ranks second in franchise history for the most points in a player's first 300 NHL games (trailing Pavel Bure with 348) and is ranked sixth among Swedish-born NHL players all-time (behind Mats Sundin [306], Nicklas Backstrom [308], Mats Naslund [313], Peter Forsberg [382], and Kent Nilsson [401]).
NO QUIT CANUCKS
Despite beginning the third period on Feb. 23 at STL with a 2-0 deficit, the Canucks notched two third period goals and the overtime winner to earn their seventh multi-goal comeback win this season, trailing only Chicago (8) for the most such instances in the NHL. The number is also the second-most in a single season Canucks franchise history behind only 2009.10 (8).
• The Canucks also earned their ninth third period comeback win of the 2022.23 campaign on Feb. 23 at STL, ranking second only to the Vegas Golden Knights (10) in that category.
FAST FIFTY
Registering two assists on Feb. 21 at NSH, Quinn Hughes became the fifth U.S.-born defenceman to record at least 50 multi-point games before the age of 24 and only the third active defenceman to hit this milestone, tying Rasmus Dahlin (50) and trailing Erik Karlsson (58). Hughes is also only one of six Canucks blueliners to reach at least 50 multi-point games in their career joining Doug Lidster (52), Mattias Ohlund (54), Dennis Kearns (59), Jyrki Lumme (67), and Alexander Edler (68).