MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the first of three meetings between the Canucks and Blues this season: Dec. 19 (home), Feb. 23 (away), and Mar. 28 (away).
• The Canucks are 77-98-18-5 all-time against the Blues, including a 45-44-9-3 record at home.
• Vancouver is 1-3-1 in their last 5 games against St. Louis (4-4-2 in their last 10).
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads active Canucks skaters in career games played against the Blues with 37 and points with 15 (4-11-15).
• Elias Pettersson has 12 points (4-8-12) in 9 career games against St. Louis.
• Conor Garland has 11 points (5-6-11) in 14 career games against St. Louis.
• J.T. Miller has nine points (4-5-9) in 13 career games against St. Louis.
• Spencer Martin has yet to face the Blues in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Bo Horvat has nine goals and 14 points (9-5-13) in his last 14 games and is fourth in the NHL in goals (22) this season.
• Quinn Hughes has 26 points (0-26-26) this season and is fifth in the NHL in assists among defencemen (26 in 26 GP). He also is ranked seventh in the NHL in power play assists with 14.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 15 points (6-9-15) in his last 13 games.
• Conor Garland has points in four of his last five games (2-2-4).
• Nils Höglander has four points (1-3-4) in his last five games including his first multi-point game of the season (Dec. 14 vs CGY).
• 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 (2,974) by a defenceman.

LAST MEETING - MAR. 30/22: VAN 3 vs STL 4

Alex Chiasson opened the scoring just 31 seconds into the second period...Brad Richardson and Oliver Ekman-Larsson assisted on the play...Elias Pettersson restored Vancouver's one-goal lead at 12:42 in the second period...Nic Petan recorded his first point as a Canuck with the lone assist...Pettersson scored again at 15:11 in the third period, assisted by Conor Garland and J.T. Miller...Luke Schenn led the Canucks in hits (5)...Travis Dermott led the team in blocks (3)...Thatcher Demko faced 24 shots.

LAST GAME PLAYED - DEC. 17/22: VAN 1 vs WPG 5

Bo Horvat scored his 22nd goal of the season with 5:24 remaining in the third period...Quinn Hughes and Conor Garland picked up the assists on the power play goal...Luke Schenn recorded nine hits, his second-highest total of the season, while also leading the team with five shots on goal...Horvat won 15 of 21 faceoffs for a win percentage of 71.4%, his fourth-highest win percentage of the season...Spencer Martin stopped 22 shots.

LAST 5 vs ST. LOUIS

• Mar. 30/22: VAN 3 vs STL 4
• Mar. 28/22: VAN 1 @ STL 4
• Jan. 23/22: VAN 1 vs STL 3
• Jan. 27/20: VAN 3 vs STL 1
• Nov. 5/19: VAN 1 @ STL 2 (OT)

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).
• Horvat is one of eight players to have reached the 20-goal mark so far this season.
• 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 surpasses 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.

PRODUCTION LINE

With five combined points, including two multi-point efforts on Dec. 7 at SJS, Andrei Kuzmenko, Elias Pettersson, and Ilya Mikheyev have collectively tallied 38 points (18-20-38) in 11 games from Nov. 15 to Dec. 7. Between the trio, they have had 24 multi-point efforts this season including three games (Oct. 27 @ SEA, Nov. 27 @ SJS, Dec. 5 vs MTL) where all three skaters put up at least two points.

SCHENN'S GREATEST HITS

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. Schenn has collected the second-most hits in the NHL this season (125 in 29 GP). 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.

HUGHES' HELPING HANDS

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.

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

• Lane Pederson recalled from Abbotsford, Dec. 16
• Christian Wolanin assigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 6
• Christian Wolanin recalled from Abbotsford, Dec. 5
• Thatcher Demko placed on injured reserve, Dec. 5
• Jack Studnicka activated from injured reserve, Dec. 3
• Collin Delia recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Dec. 2

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