Vancouver Canucks

GAME NOTES | CANUCKS VS LIGHTNING - JAN. 18/23

January 18, 2023



CANUCKS vs LIGHTNING PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Bally Sports Sun

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Canucks and Lightning this season: Jan. 18 (5-4 L @ TBL) and Jan. 18 (home).
  • The Canucks are 20-16-2-2 against Tampa Bay, including a 20-16-2-2 record at home.
  • Vancouver is 3-7-0 in their last 10 games against Tampa Bay.
  • Among active Canucks skaters, Tyler Myers leads the team in points against the Lightning at 10 (5-5-10 in 29 GP).
  • Luke Schenn leads all active Canucks in games career games played against Tampa Bay with 33.
  • Conor Garland has six points (3-3-6) in six career games vs Tampa Bay.
  • Elias Pettersson has four points in five career games vs Tampa Bay.
  • Quinn Hughes registered three points (1-2-3) in last week's matchup with the Lightning.
  • Spencer Martin has yet to face Tampa Bay in his career.
  • Collin Delia is 0-2-0 with an .861 save percentage in two career games against Tampa Bay.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Elias Pettersson has 18 points (5-13-18) in his last 12 games.
  • Bo Horvat has 17 points (8-9-17) in his last 11 games.
  • Andrei Kuzmenko has nine points (3-6-9) in his last 10 games.
  • Brock Boeser has nine points (4-5-9) in his last 10 games.
  • J.T. Miller has eight points (4-4-8) in his last seven games.
  • Quinn Hughes has seven points (2-5-7) in his last four games.
  • Spencer Martin is 6-5-1 with an .894 save percentage on the road this season.

LAST MEETING - JAN. 12/23: VAN 4 at TBL 5

Conor Garland opened the scoring just 4:14 in with his eighth of the season...Bo Horvat and Luke Schenn recorded the assists...J.T. Miller tied the game 5:44 into the second on the power play...Quinn Hughes and Collin Delia (first career assist) picked up the helpers...Hughes brought the Canucks back within two at 14:40 of the third...Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko got the assists...Pettersson made it a one goal game with 2:08 remaining...Hughes and Miller were credited with the assists...Schenn recorded nine hits...Tyler Myers tied a career-high with seven shots on goal...Delia made 30 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED - JAN. 14/23: VAN 4 at CAR 3 (SO)

Ethan Bear scored Vancouver's first goal of the game to cut the deficit to 2-1 at 17:52 in the second period...Andrei Kuzmenko and Jack Studnicka collected the assists...J.T. Miller tied the game at two with his 17th goal of the season at 7:35 in the third period...Quinn Hughes extended his point streak to four games (2-5-7) with the lone assist...Brock Boeser scored the game-tying goal with just 17 seconds remaining in regulation, with Bo Horvat and Kuzmenko each recording assists...Kuzmenko and Elias Pettersson (GDG) each scored in the shootout to give the Canucks the win...Collin Delia made 29 saves and turned aside two more in the shootout.

LAST 5 vs TAMPA BAY

  • Jan. 12/23: VAN 4 at TBL 5
  • Mar. 13/22: VAN 1 vs TBL 2
  • Jan. 13/22: VAN 2 at TBL 4
  • Jan. 7/20: VAN 2 at TBL 9
  • Dec. 18/18: VAN 2 vs TBL 5

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. 12 at TBL, Elias Pettersson registered his 18th goal of the season, with all 18 having come at even-strength. Pettersson ranks t-9th in the NHL in even-strength goals and is the only player with 14+ tallies to have scored all of his goals at even-strength.

HORVAT STAYS HOT

Assisting on Brock Boeser's game-tying goal in the final minute on Jan. 15 at CAR, Bo Horvat extended his point streak to eight games (4-5-9), setting a new personal career-high. With a point tonight vs TBL, Horvat will tie 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 season 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 five active NHLers to break 30 goals this season and ranks t-4th 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).

QUICK QUINN

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).

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).

  • 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 (203 in 43 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 YEAR IN REVIEW

  • Elias Pettersson led the Canucks in scoring for the calendar year of 2022 with 95 points (43-52-95 in 81 GP), besting J.T. Miller (34-60-94 in 83 GP) by just one point.
  • J.T. Miller posted the most power play points among Canucks skaters in 2022 with 37 (11-26-37).
  • Bo Horvat led all Canucks in goals in 2022 with 46 and is the sixth different player in franchise history to score at least 46 goals in a calendar year, joining Pavel Bure (2x), Tony Tanti (2x), Darcy Rota, Markus Naslund, and Todd Bertuzzi.
    • Horvat ranked t-10th in the NHL in goals in 2022.
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Luke Schenn tied for the most games played by a Canucks skater in 2022 with 85 GP.
  • Quinn Hughes led the Canucks for most assists in 2022 (64 in 76 GP) and ranked fourth in the League among defencemen in this category.

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