MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the third and final meeting between the Canucks and Golden Knights this season: Nov. 21 (5-4 L @ VAN), Nov. 26 (5-1 W @ VGK), and Mar. 21 (home).
• Vancouver is 5-9-2 all-time against Vegas, including a 2-4-2 record at home.
• The Canucks are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games against the Golden Knights (3-1-1 in their last five).
• Elias Pettersson leads all active Canucks skaters in career points against Vegas with 14 (7-7-14) in 11 games played.
• Conor Garland has 13 points (4-9-13) and leads active skaters in career games played against the Golden Knights with 18.
• Brock Boeser has 11 points (6-5-11) in 11 career games against the Golden Knights.
• J.T. Miller has 10 points (4-6-10) in 12 career games against the Golden Knights.
• Thatcher Demko is 2-2-1 in six career appearances against Vegas with a 3.64 GAA and an .897 SV%.
• Collin Delia is 0-0-1 in one career game against Vegas with a 3.94 GAA and an .882 SV%.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Elias Pettersson has 12 points (5-7-12) in his last eight games.
• J.T. Miller has 12 points (6-6-12) in his last eight games.
• Quinn Hughes has 11 points (0-11-11) in his last 10 games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 10 points (7-3-10) in his last 10 games.
• Brock Boeser has eight points (2-6-8) in his last nine games.

LAST MEETING - NOV. 26/22: VAN 5 at VGK 1

Brock Boeser opened the scoring on the power play at 9:22 in the first period to match a career-high nine-game point streak (3-7- 10)...Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Conor Garland registered the assists...J.T. Miller notched a power play goal at 18:57 in the first period...Quinn Hughes and Andrei Kuzmenko collected the assists...Elias Pettersson cashed in on the power play at 11:33 in the second period, before Kuzmenko and Bo Horvat each added goals of their own...J.T. Miller led the team with three points (1-2-3) while Vancouver Canucks: Media Notes Hughes (0-2-2) and Kuzmenko (1-1-2) also had multi-point games...Elias Pettersson set a new career-high with nine shots on goal...Kyle Burroughs led all Canucks in hits (6)...Spencer Martin made 26 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED - MAR. 19/23: VAN 2 at ANA 1

J.T. Miller opened the scoring 9:05 into the first period...Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes picked up the assists...Pettersson doubled the Canucks lead just 1:31 into the second with his fourth power play goal of the season...Hughes and Miller were credited with assists...Anthony Beauvillier led the team with five shots on goal...Noah Juulsen registered a game-high five hits...Collin Delia made 17 saves.

LAST 5 vs VEGAS

• Nov. 26/22: VAN 5 @ VGK 1
• Nov. 21/22: VAN 4 vs VGK 5
• Apr. 12/22: VAN 5 vs VGK 4 (OT)
• Apr. 6/22: VAN 5 @ VGK 1
• Apr. 3/22: VAN 2 vs VGK 3 (OT)

QUINN HUGHES IS ON FIRE

Registering two assists on Mar. 19 at ANA, Quinn Hughes joined Paul Coffey, Bobby Orr, and Brian Leetch as the only defencemen in NHL history with multiple seasons of 60+ assists before their 24th birthday. He is also the first defenceman since Coffey and Ray Bourque in 19934.94 to post consecutive 60-assist seasons.

• Recording his 44th career multi-assist game on Mar. 19, Hughes tied Mark Howe for the fourth-most multi-assist performances in a defenceman's first 270 games, trailing only Bobby Orr (47), Paul Reinhart (46) and Dennis Potvin (45).
• With his two assists on Mar. 19 giving him 206 through the first 270 games of his career, Hughes now ranks third all-time for the most assists per game among defencemen in NHL history (minimum 200 assists) with 0.76, trailing Bobby Orr (0.98) and Paul Coffey (0.81).

CAN'T STOP KUZY

Thanks to his opening tally on Mar. 16 at ARI, Andrei Kuzmenko now own's an NHL-best 27.2% shooting percentage (min. 50 shots) so far this season, and currently possesses the highest shooting percentage in NHL history (min. 100 shots) since the stat started being tracked in 1959.60. He is also just the second player in the League since 1994.95 with a minimum of 100 shots to hold a shooting percentage above 25.0%, joining Mike Ribeiro (25.2% in 2007.08).

• Opening the scoring on Mar. 16 at ARI, Andrei Kuzmenko notched his 34th goal of the season to match Pavel Bure for the most goals by a Canucks skater in their first NHL season. Previously on Mar. 14 vs DAL, he registered his 33rd goal in his 65th game to tie Ivan Boldirev for the third-most goals in a player's first 65 games as a Canuck, trailing only Pavel Bure (34) and Alexander Mogilny (52).

RAINING THREE'S FOR BOESER

Recording three assists on Mar. 14 vs DAL, Brock Boeser reached 300 career NHL points, becoming the 10th player from the 2015 NHL Draft class to reach this milestone. Boeser's three assists set a new career high for most assists in a season with 33 (previously 30 in 2018.19) and was his fifth career three-assist game (second this season).

KEEP IT SHORT

Thanks to J.T. Miller's fourth shorthanded marker of the 2022.23 campaign (tied Elias Pettersson and four others atop the League), on Mar. 11 vs OTT, the Canucks have now scored 11 shorthanded goals on the season, which are the most by a Canucks team since 2002.03 and now ranks tied for second-most in the NHL this season.

• Vancouver's shorthanded goal on Mar. 11 vs OTT also marked the first time since Apr. 1-9, 1998 that the Canucks have scored four or more shorthanded goals in a four-game span.
• In addition to co-leading the League in shorthanded goals, Elias Pettersson currently has solo possession of the most shorthanded points in the NHL with eight (4-4-8) so far this season. He now trails only Pavel Bure (1992.93, 1997.98) and Russ Courtnall (1995.96) for most shorthanded points in a season (9) by a Canucks skater.

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 collect 80 points (62 games), behind only Alexander Mogilny (54 GP), Pavel Bure (55 GP, 59 GP), Henrik Sedin (60 GP) and Daniel Sedin (61 GP).

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).

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.

2022.23 CANUCKS MILESTONES

• Brock Boeser recorded his 300th career NHL point, Mar. 14 vs DAL
• J.T. Miller appeared in his 700th career NHL game, Mar. 8 vs ANA
• Elias Pettersson registered his 300th career NHL point, Mar. 6 vs NSH
• Tyler Myers appeared in his 900th career NHL game, Mar. 6 vs NSH
• Quinn Hughes became the fastest defenceman in NHL history to reach 200 assists (263 GP), Mar. 4 vs TOR
• Dakota Joshua appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Mar. 2 vs MIN
• Conor Garland appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Feb. 27 at DAL
• Sheldon Dries appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Feb. 27 at DAL
• Elias Pettersson appeared in his 300th career NHL game, Feb. 21 at NSH
• Arturs Silovs recorded his 1st career NHL win, Feb. 18 vs PHI
• Conor Garland recorded his 100th career NHL assist, Feb. 13 vs DET
• Vasily Podkolzin appeared in his 100th career NHL game, Feb. 13 vs DET
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson appeared in his 900th career NHL game, Feb. 11 at DET
• J.T. Miller registered his 500th career NHL point, Feb. 8 at NYR
• Ilya Mikheyev recorded his 100th career NHL point, Jan. 27 vs CBJ
• 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
• J.T. Miller recorded his 300th career NHL assist, Dec. 5 vs MTL
• Ethan Bear appeared in his 200th career NHL game, Nov. 21 vs VGK
• Elias Pettersson recorded his 100th career NHL goal, Oct. 18 at CBJ

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Ethan Bear activated from injured reserve, Mar. 18
• Aidan McDonough signed to a two-year entry level contract, Mar. 13
• Phillip Di Giuseppe signed to a two-year contract extension, Mar. 12
• Kirill Kudryavtsev signed to a three-year entry level contract, Mar. 10
• Guillaume Brisebois committed to a two-year contract extension, Mar. 7
• Arturs Silovs reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 7
• Arturs Silovs recalled under emergency conditions, Mar. 6

THREE STARS - MARCH

• Miller - 20 pts
• Pettersson - 20 pts
• Demko - 10 pts
• Hughes - 5 pts
• Aman-5pts
• Joshua - 5 pts
• Kuzmenko - 5 pts
• Boeser - 5 pts
• Brisebois - 5 pts

FEBRUARY WINNER - Pettersson (15 pts)
JANUARY WINNER - Pettersson (20 pts)
DECEMBER WINNER - Pettersson (20 pts)
NOVEMBER WINNER - Horvat (40 pts)
OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)
*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection