MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the second of four meetings between the Canucks and Blues this season: Oct. 27 (5-4 W @ SEA), Dec. 22 (home), Jan. 25 (away), Apr. 4 (home).
• The Canucks are 5-0-0 all-time against the Kraken, including a 2-0-0 record at home.
• Among active Canucks skaters, Conor Garland leads the team in career points against Seattle with eight points (3-5-8) in five games played.
• J.T. Miller has seven points (1-6-7) in five career games against Seattle
• Quinn Hughes has six points (1-5-6) in four career games against Seattle.
• Bo Horvat has three goals in four career games vs Seattle.
• Andrei Kuzmenko tallied a goal and an assist in his first career game vs Seattle earlier this season.
• Spencer Martin is 1-0-0 in one career appearance vs Seattle, recording a 2.00 GAA and .938 save percentage.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Bo Horvat has nine goals and 14 points (9-5-13) in his last 15 games and is fourth in the NHL in goals (22) this season.
• Quinn Hughes has 27 points (0-27-27) this season and is tied for third in the NHL in assists among defencemen (27 in 27 GP).
• He also is ranked third among NHL defencemen in power play assists with 14.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 15 points (6-9-15) in his last 14 games.
• Conor Garland has points in four of his last six games (2-2-4).
• Elias Pettersson has 16 points (7-9-16) in his last 13 games and leads the team with the most points (34) and multi-point games this season at 11 (11-16-27 in those 11 games).
• Luke Schenn holds the NHL all-time record of most hits (2,980) by a defenceman.

LAST MEETING - OCT. 27/22: VAN 5 at SEA 4

Ilya Mikheyev opened the scoring with his first goal as a Canuck at 4:38 in the first period...Luke Schenn and Andrei Kuzmenko eached recorded their second assists of the season on the play...Mikheyev buried his second goal of the game to even the score at 3:58 in the second period on the power play...Sheldon Dries and Conor Garland registered the assists...Andrei Kuzmenko gave Vancouver a 3-2 lead on the power play at 14:17 in the second period, assisted by J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson...Pettersson also added a goal of his own at 1:16 in the third period, with Luke Schenn collecting his second assist of the evening...Conor Garland scored an empty-net goal, which would be the eventual GWG, at 18:35 in the third period, unassisted...Luke Schenn led the team in hits (7)...Bo Horvat won 22 of 30 face-offs (73%)...Thatcher Demko faced 36 shots.

LAST GAME PLAYED - DEC. 19/22: VAN 1 vs STL 5

Ilya Mikheyev evened the score at 1-1 with his 10th goal of the season at 12:24 in the second period, just 1:59 after St. Louis opened the scoring...It marked Mikheyev's second career double-digit goal season (21 last season)...Quinn Hughes recorded the lone assist on the play for his 27th assist in as many games to start the season...Luke Schenn led all skaters in hits (6) and co-led in blocks (2)...Brock Boeser registered a team-high five shots on goal...Spencer Martin faced 27 shots.

LAST 5 vs SEATTLE

• Oct. 27/22: VAN 5 at SEA 4
• Apr. 26/22: VAN 5 vs SEA 2
• Feb. 21/22: VAN 5 vs SEA 2
• Jan. 1/22: VAN 5 at SEA 2
• Oct. 23/21: VAN 4 at SEA 2

SEATTLE CRACKIN'

Entering Thursday's contest vs Seattle with an all-time record of 5-0-0 against the Kraken, the Canucks will tonight look to establish their second-longest win streak vs a single franchise since the opposition's inception. Currently, Vancouver's five consecutive wins vs Seattle since their first-ever meeting are tied for second-most in Canucks history:

• 9 straight wins vs Washington Capitals from Dec. 17/74 to Oct. 13/76
• 5 straight wins vs Tampa Bay Lightning from Jan. 4/93 to Feb. 26/94

SEEING DOUBLE (DIGITS)

Thanks to Ilya Mikheyev's 10th goal of the season on Dec. 19 vs STL, the Canucks have five 10+ goal-scorers on their roster (Horvat [22], Kuzmenko [13], Pettersson [13], Miller [11], Mikheyev [10]) through the team's first 31 games for the first time since 1992.93 (also five). Other occasions with at least five 10+ goal scorers through 31 team games include: 1986.87 (5), 1982.83 (5), 1981.82 (5), 1980.81 (5), 1979.80 (6), 1975.76 (5), 1974.75 (5).

• With Mikheyev's goal, the Canucks also became just the fifth team in the NHL to possess five or more 10+ goal-scorers so far this season, joining Buffalo (6), Boston (5), Ottawa (5), and Tampa Bay (5).

ALL ABOUT APPLES

Collecting the lone assist on Ilya Mikheyev's goal on Dec. 19 vs STL, Quinn Hughes registered his 27th assist of the season in his 27th game of the season and the 31st team game for Vancouver. In doing so, he became the third player (fourth occasion) in franchise history to record 27 or more assists in the team's first 31 games, and first since Henrik Sedin (27) in 2011.12. Henrik Sedin has the most assists through the team's first 31 games in a season with 31 (2010.11).

• With two assists on Dec. 3 vs ARI, Quinn Hughes surpassed Doug Lidster for fourth most multi-assist games among defencemen in Canucks history at 35 games.

LET'S GET IT STARTED

Scoring two goals just 34 seconds apart on Dec. 14 at CGY, Bo Horvat and Conor Garland recorded the fifth fastest two goals to start a game in Canucks history at 1:48 in the first.

• Scoring his team-leading 22nd goal on Dec. 17 vs WPG, Bo Horvat is the fourth skater in Canucks history to score at least as many goals in the team's first 30 games of the season, joining Tony Tanti (22 in '83-'84), Pavel Bure (25 in '92-93) and Alexander Mogilny (22 in '95-'96).
• Earlier this season, Horvat became the first player in franchise history to have five multi-goal games in the first 13 games.

MARTY MART AND THE WINNING BUNCH

Collecting his ninth victory of the season on Dec. 14 at CGY, Spencer Martin ranks third in Canucks history for most wins through the first 15 appearances behind Ryan Miller (12 in 2014.15) and Kirk McLean (10 in 1991.92).

BELIEVING IN BRUCE

With the team's 7-6 OT victory on Dec. 5 vs MTL, the Canucks overcame a 4-0 deficit for only the third time in franchise history to secure a 4-goal comeback win (Jan. 16/73 vs TOR 6-4 W & Oct. 15/71 vs CAL 9-6 W). Coincidentally, Bruce Boudreau also earned his third career win in a game where his team trailed by four-plus goals (Dec. 23/08 w/ WSH & Mar. 31/14 w/ ANA).

• With the team's 4-3 (SO) victory on Dec. 14 at CGY, Bruce Boudreau surpassed Hal Laycoe for sole possession of 12th place on the Canucks all-time coaches wins list at 45.

PERISTENT PETEY

Scoring one goal and tallying two assists on Dec. 5 vs MTL, Elias Pettersson registered 32 points in (12-20-32) 26 games played, becoming the first Canuck to reach this mark in 26 or fewer games played since Daniel and Henrik Sedin in 2010.11 (30 points in 24 GP). It also marked Pettersson's 20th career 3+ point game, tying him with Stan Smyl (1978-1983) for fifth-most 3+ point games in a player's first five NHL seasons in franchise history.

• Dec. 7 at San Jose was Pettersson's team-leading 11th multi-point game (1-1-2) this season and 66th of his career.
• Scoring at 3-on-3 in overtime on Dec. 7 at SJS, Pettersson tallied his 13th goal of the season, all of which have come at even strength. He ranks tied for sixth among NHL skaters for most even strength goals this season (13).

PUTTING THE 'SUDDEN' IN SUDDEN DEATH

Elias Pettersson's game-winning overtime goal on Dec. 5 vs MTL came just 13 seconds into OT, making it the fastest goal to start a regular season overtime period in Canucks history. The previous record was held by Dixon Ward who scored 15 seconds into OT on Nov. 29/93.

SCHENN'S GREATEST HITS

Luke Schenn has collected the most hits among defencemen in the NHL this season (140 in 31 GP).

• Recording six hits 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.
• On Nov. 12 at TOR, Schenn matched a franchise record with 12 hits in a game and became the first player in NHL history to record at least three games with 12+ hits in his career.

*The NHL began tracking hits in 2005.06.

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

• 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

• Arturs Silovs recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Dec. 21
• Collin Delia reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 21
• Collin Delia recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Dec. 20
• Arturs Silovs reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 20
• Nils Höglander reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 19
• Arturs Silovs recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Dec. 19
• Collin Delia reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 19
• Travis Dermott assigned to Abbotsford on LTI conditioning loan, Dec. 19
• Lane Pederson recalled from Abbotsford, Dec. 16

THREE STARS - DECEMBER

• Pettersson (15 pts)
• Horvat (5 pts)
• Mikheyev (5 pts)
• Höglander (5 pts)

NOVEMBER WINNER - Horvat (40 pts)
OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)

*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection