Presented by Tim Hortons
by Canucks Communications @Canucks
CANUCKS VS AVALANCHE PREVIEW
TV: SN
Radio: SN650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the second of three meetings between the Canucks and Avalanche this season: Nov. 11 (road), Nov. 17 (home), Mar. 23 (road).
• Vancouver is 5-2-3 in their last 10 games vs Colorado (2-1-2 in their last 5).
• The Canucks have a 75-64-15-13 all-time record in 167 games against the Avalanche. Vancouver holds a 40-30-7-7 record at home against Colorado.
• Among active Canucks skaters Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in career points vs Colorado with 20 points (8-12-20) in 38 games.
• Brock Boeser (4-5-9 in 8 GP) and Elias Pettersson (2-6-8 in 6 GP) have each recorded more than a point per game in their careers vs Colorado.
• Thatcher Demko has faced the Avalanche three times in his career (1-1-1), and has a .827 SV% and a 5.32 GAA.
• Jaroslav Halak has faced the Avalanche 15 times in his career (6-6-2), owning a .906 SV% and a 2.77 GAA.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Brock Boeser has eight points (4-4-8) in his last 12 games.
• Conor Garland has nine points (2-7-9) in his last 13 games.
• Nils Höglander has five points (4-1-5) in his last three games.
• J.T. Miller has 18 points (7-11-18) in his last 16 games and is on an eight game point streak (6-4-10). • Bo Horvat has eight points (4-4-8) in his last 12 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 12 points (1-11-12) in his last 12 games.
• Elias Pettersson has seven points (2-5-7) in his last 12 games.
LAST MEETING – NOV. 11/21: VAN 1 at COL 7
Nils Höglander got Vancouver on the board with his second goal of the season at 1:08 in the third period…J.T. Miller extended his point streak to six games (5-3-8) with an assist on the play…Quinn Hughes led all Canucks in TOI (23:14) and shots on goal (4)…J.T. Miller and Kyle Burroughs each registered a team-high in hits (4)…Oliver Ekman-Larsson blocked two shots…J.T. Miller went 10-for-13 in the face-off circle (77%)…Jaroslav Halak made eight saves in relief for Thatcher Demko.
LAST GAME PLAYED – NOV. 14/21: VAN 1 at ANA 5
Nils Hoglander opened the scoring at 7:29 in the first period to extend his point streak to three games (4-1-5)…Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller recorded assists on the play…Hoglander led the team in shots (6)…Kyle Burroughs led the team in hits (4) and blocked shots (5)…Oliver Ekman-Larsson led the team in TOI (23:06)…Jaroslav Halak faced 37 shots.
LAST 5 vs COLORADO
• Nov. 11, 2021: VAN 1 at COL 7
• Mar. 6, 2020: VAN 6 vs COL 3
• Nov. 16, 2019: VAN 4 vs COL 5 (OT)
• Feb. 27, 2019: VAN 2 at COL 3 (SO)
• Feb. 2, 2019: VAN 5 at COL 1
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Guillaume Brisebois designated for assignment to Abbotsford, Nov. 16
• Travis Hamonic recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 15
• Madison Bowey loaned to Abbotsford, Nov. 15
• Tyler Motte activated from injured reserve, Nov. 14
• Jack Rathbone loaned to Abbotsford, Nov. 14
MILLER’S POINT STREAK
Collecting points in eight straight games (6-4-10), J.T. Miller matched his career-best eight-game point streak (5-6-11 from Nov. 21-Dec. 7/19) on Nov. 14/21 at ANA. He will look to set a new high when the Canucks face the Avalanche on Wednesday.
ELEVEN ON THE DOT
Going 11-for-11 in the face-off circle on Nov. 13 at VGK, J.T. Miller became the third player in Canucks history to win 100 percent of face-offs in a game with a minimum of 10 face-offs taken, joining Brandon Sutter (10/10, Feb. 4/16) and Byron Ritchie (10/10, Feb. 19/06).
CROSSING THE FINNISH LINE
Juho Lammikko‘s appeared in his 100th career NHL game on Nov. 14/21 at ANA, making him the fifth Finnish player in franchise history to play his 100th career game in a Canucks uniform (Jyrki Lumme, Petri Skriko, Jarkko Ruutu, Markus Granlund).
PETEY’S PRODUCTION
Potting his first career shorthanded goal to force overtime on Nov. 9 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson (22 years, 362 days) tied Patrik Sundstrom for second most goals (68) by a primary centre in Canucks history before the age of 23, trailing only teammate Bo Horvat (71).
AT FACE VALUE
Bo Horvat leads all NHL skaters in face-offs taken (388) and face-off wins (222) so far this season. Among centremen with at least 200 face-offs taken, Horvat’s face-off percentage (57.2%) ranks 10th League-wide.
THE ICEMAN QUINN-ETH
Despite missing one game this season, Quinn Hughes has led the Canucks in time on ice (TOI) in 11 games so far this season, including eight of the last 10. Averaging 25:05 in TOI so far this season, Hughes currently ranks 13th in the NHL for TOI/GP.
ON THE COUNT OF THREE
Quinn Hughes collected his first three-point outing of the season (0-3-3) and seventh career three-assist game on Nov. 7 vs DAL, with all assists coming on the power play. At 22 years old, Hughes ranks t-7th all time among NHL defencemen for most games (7) with three or more assists before the age of 23.
POWERING THROUGH
After failing to score a power play goal in their previous four contests (0-for-17), the Canucks combined for three power play goals (Miller x2, Pettersson) on six opportunities on Nov. 7 vs DAL, marking Vancouver’s first game with three or more power play goals since Jan. 20/21 vs MTL.
KEEPING PACE
Registering two assists during Vancouver’s 3-2 overtime win on Nov. 2 vs NYR, Conor Garland became the first player to record at least 10 points (3-7- 10) in 10 games to start his Canucks tenure since Tyler Toffoli (6-4-10) and J.T. Miller (4-7-11) in 2019.20.