MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the first of three meetings between the Canucks and Jets this season: Dec. 17 (home), Dec. 29 (away), and Jan. 8 (away).
• The Canucks are 19-22-1-2 all-time against the Jets, including a 10-9-1-1 record at home.
• Vancouver is 4-1-0 in their last 5 games against Winnipeg (5-4-1 in their last 10).
• Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team with 21 career points against the Jets (9-12-21 in 25 GP).
• Luke Schenn leads active Canucks skaters in career games played against the Jets with 33 (0-5-5 in those 33 GP).
• Elias Pettersson has 10 points (6-4-10) in 12 career games against Winnipeg.
• Ilya Mikheyev has seven points (3-4-7) in 10 career games against Winnipeg.
• Spencer Martin is 1-0-0 with a .971 SV% and a 1.00 GAA in one career game against the Jets.
• Collin Delia is 1-0-0 with a .926 save percentage and a 2.61 goals-against average in one career game against the Jets.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Bo Horvat has eight goals and 13 points (8-5-13) in his last 13 games and is tied fourth in the NHL in goals (21) this season.
• Quinn Hughes has 25 points (0-25-25) this season and is tied third in the NHL in assists among defencemen (25 in 25 GP). He also is ranked seventh in the NHL in power play assists with 13.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 15 points (6-9-15) in his last 12 games.
• J.T. Miller has 14 points (4-10-14) in his last 15 games.
• Nils Höglander has four points (1-3-4) in his last four 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 (2,965) by a defenceman.

LAST MEETING - JAN. 27/22: VAN 5 at WPG 1

J.T. Miller opened the scoring on the power play at 13:23 in the first period, assisted by Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson...Miller tallied two more goals in the second period to earn his second career hat-trick and a third period assist for his third career four-point game (3-1-4)...Brock Boeser recorded three points (1-2-3), while Elias Pettersson (1-1-2) and Luke Schenn (0-2-2) each had two-point games...Tyler Motte led all skaters in blocked shots(4)...Spencer Martin made 33 saves for his first career NHL win.

LAST GAME PLAYED - DEC. 14/22: VAN 4 at CGY 3 (SO)

Bo Horvat scored his 21st goal of the season at 1:14 in the first period...Oliver Ekman-Larsson and J.T. Miller recorded assists on the play...Conor Garland notched the Canucks second goal just 34 seconds later to record the 5th fastest two goals to start a game in franchise history...Nils Höglander collected his first of two assists and Tyler Myers got the second helper...Sheldon Dries scored the tying goal at 5:31 in the second period...Höglander and Andrei Kuzmenko were credited with the assists...Spencer Martin stopped Mikael Backlund on a must-score attempt in the shootout giving Kuzmenko the game-winning goal...Martin faced 38 shots to claim his ninth win of the season...Garland led the team in shots (5).

LAST 5 vs WINNIPEG

• Jan. 27/22: VAN 5 at WPG 1
• Dec. 10/21: VAN 4 vs WPG 3 (SO)
• Nov. 19/21: VAN 3 vs WPG 2
• May 11/21: VAN 0 at WPG 5
• May 10/21: VAN 3 at WPG 1

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 21st goal on Dec. 14 at CGY, Bo Horvat is the fifth skater in Canucks history to score as many goals in the team's first 29 games of the season. Horvat is one of seven 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). Martin also got his first NHL career win against the Winnipeg Jets in their last meeting on Jan. 27/22, stopping 33 shots and posting a .971 which ties his career game-high.

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

• 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
• Phillip Di Giuseppe assigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 30
• Phillip Di Giuseppe recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 29
• Vasily Podkolzin assigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 28
• Jack Rathbone assigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 28

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