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CANUCKS VS BRUINS PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet
Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Canucks and Bruins this season: Nov. 28 (3-2 L), Dec. 8 (home).
• Vancouver is 5-5-0 in their last 10 games vs Boston (3-2-0 in their last 5).
• The Canucks have a 34-73-15-2 all-time record in 124 games against the Bruins. Vancouver holds a 22-30-8-1 record at home against Boston.
• Among active Canucks skaters, Tyler Myers leads the team in scoring vs Boston with 17 points (5-12-17) in 35 games.
• Bo Horvat has recorded a point per game against the Bruins (7-6-13) in 13GP.
• Thatcher Demko has only played 1:48 minutes against the Bruins and has yet to face a Boston shot.
• Jaroslav Halak has faced the Kings 18 times in his career (8-10-0), owning a .925 SV% and a 2.43 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

• J.T. Miller has six points (2-4-6) in his last four games.
• Quinn Hughes has 13 points (0-13-13) in his last 15 games.
• Conor Garland has seven points (5-2-7) in his last 10 games.
• Thatcher Demko has posted a .936 SV% and 2.03 GAA in his last eight games (4-4-0).

LAST MEETING – NOV. 28/21: VAN 2 at BOS 3

Tanner Pearson opened up scoring with a power play goal at 3:33 in the first period…Brock Boeser and Nils Hoglander recorded assists on the play…Conor Garland scored his sixth goal of the season unassisted to give the Canucks the lead in the second period…Garland led the team in shots (6)…Tyler Myers led the team in TOI (24:52) and blocked shots (3)…Bo Horvat won 19 faceoffs…Jaroslav Halak made a personal season high 39 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED – DEC. 6/21: VAN 4 vs LAK 0

Bruce Boudreau made his debut as the 20th Head Coach of the Vancouver Canucks…Brock Boeser opened up scoring with a power play goal at 3:17 in the second period…Tanner Pearson and J.T. Miller recorded assists on the play…Conor Garland collected his 8th goal of the season assisted by Vasily Podkolzin and Elias Pettersson…Juho Lammikko recorded his first goal as a Canuck (5th career goal) unassisted at 6:59 in the third period…J.T. Miller scored a power play goal assisted by Brock Boeser and Bo Horvat at 12:48 in the third period…J.T. Miller (1-1-2) and Brock Boeser (1-1-2) both registered multi-point games…Luke Schenn tied a season high in hits (7)…Tanner Pearson led the game in shots (6)…Thatcher Demko made 31 saves to collect his 2nd career shutout and first of the season.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Travis Hamonic recalled from Abbotsford, Dec. 6
• Travis Hamonic loaned to Abbotsford, Dec. 3

BEHIND THE BENCH

Bruce Boudreau was named the 20th Head Coach in Vancouver Canucks history on December 5 and made his Canucks coaching debut on Dec. 6/21 versus the Kings. He is the first coach in franchise history to record a shutout on their Canucks coaching debut. Boudreau has a career coaching record of 568-302-115 in 985 regular season games with Washington, Anaheim, Minnesota and Vancouver.
Scott Walker, a former Canuck, also joined the team as Assistant coach from the OHL’s Guelph Storm where he was President of Hockey Operations. Walker was previously Head Coach of the storm for five seasons (2010.11 to 2014.15), where he guided the team to an OHL Championship in 2013.14.

BROCK STAR

Brock Boeser collected his 13th career game winning goal on Dec. 6/21, tying him behind 5 other notable names for most franchise GWG:

• Tony Tanti (26)
• Pavel Bure (26
• Trevor Linden (22)
• Patrik Sundstrom (14)
• Bo Horvat (14)

MULTI-POINT MILLER

Recording three points (1-2-3) during a 6-2 win on Dec. 1 at OTT, J.T. Miller registered his team-leading 10th three-point effort since 2019.20, in which the Canucks are 8-1-1.

QUINN’S CAREER NIGHT

Quinn Hughes collected a career-high in points (4) and assists (4) on Dec. 1 at OTT, becoming just the fifth defenceman in franchise history to record four assists in a game, and the first since Jeff Brown (0-5-5) on Feb. 20/95. Hughes now ranks t-6th all time among NHL defencemen for most games (8) with three or more assists before the age of 23.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

The Canucks play their third of 10 home games in December on Wednesday when they host the Bruins, matching a franchise record for most home games played in the month of December (2017, 2019).

ONE HUNDRED HELPERS

Assisting on Elias Pettersson‘s power play goal on Nov. 29 at MTL, Quinn Hughes recorded his 100th career assist in his 151st career game, tying Brian Leetch for sixth-fewest games required by a defenceman to reach the milestone in NHL history. He also became the second-fastest Canuck of any position to reach 100 assists, behind only Barry Pederson (147 GP).

AT FACE VALUE

Bo Horvat leads all NHL skaters in face-offs taken (628), face-off wins (357) and even strength face-off wins (268) so far this season. Among centremen with at least 300 face-offs taken, Horvat’s face-off percentage (56.9%) ranks eighth League-wide.

TOP TWENTY

Collecting an assist on Conor Garland’s game-winning goal on Nov. 29 at MTL, Bo Horvat passed Mattias Ohlund for 20th place on the franchise all-time points list with 325 points (145-180-325). Horvat also ranks inside the top 20 in Canucks history for goals (145; 15th), power play goals (44; 16th), shorthanded goals (7; t-9th) and game-winning goals (17; t-19th).

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

• Quinn Hughes recorded his 100th career assist, Nov. 29 at MTL
• Kyle Burroughs scored his 1st career NHL goal, Nov. 19 vs WPG
• Juho Lammikko appeared in his 100th career game, Nov. 14 @ ANA
• Luke Schenn appeared in his 800th career game, Oct. 30 vs EDM
• Brock Boeser recorded his 100th career goal, Oct. 30 vs EDM

THREE STARS – DECEMBER

• Miller – 10 pts
• Demko – 5 pts
• Garland – 5 pts
• Hughes – 5 pts
• Boeser – 5 pts

NOVEMBER WINNER – GARLAND (15)
OCTOBER WINNER – DEMKO (15)