The Canucks (18-18-3) begin a three game home stand tonight against the Florida Panthers (27-8-5), followed up with games against the St. Louis Blues on Sunday and the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, January 25.

PANTHERS BACK TO WINNING

After opening up their road trip with a 5-1 loss at Calgary on Tuesday, the Panthers got right back in the win column against the Edmonton Oilers last night with a 6-0 victory when they started a back-to-back set that concludes tonight against the Canucks.

TAKEAWAYS

• Edmonton has now lost seven straight (0-5-2). 
• Improving to 27-8-5, the Panthers currently sit atop the NHL’s standings.
• Aleksander Barkov had two goals and an assist for Florida (27-8-5), which has won nine of its past 11 games (9-1-1).
• Leading the league with 164 goals, the Panthers also tied the 1994-95 Nordiques for the sixth-most goals scored by an NHL team through the first 40 games of a season dating back to 1993.
• Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 40 shots to earn his first shutout of the season in the win over the Oilers.

CANUCKS REGAIN WINNING TOUCH

The Canucks enter the game tonight after concluding a five game road trip where they faced the same Panthers, the Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals and Nashville Predators.

Vancouver finished the trip with consecutive wins over the Capitals and Predators, after three straight losses, after going 8-0-1 after Bruce Boudreau replaced Travis Green as Canucks Coach on December 6, 2021.

The road trip was part of their second-longest road stretch in team history, having played nine consecutive games on the road (5-3-1) for the first time since the 2009.10 season when the team played 14 consecutive road games while Rogers Arena was occupied for the 2010 Olympic Games.

JUST THE FACTS

• The Canucks enter the game without J.T. Miller and Thatcher Demko who were placed into COVID-19 protocol, yesterday.
• Miller racked up 11 points (5-8-11) in his last 10 games
• Demko posted a .932 SV% and 2.06 GAA in his last 12 games (9-3-0).
• Vancouver sits in 6th spot in the 8 team Pacific Division, ahead of the Oilers and Seattle Kraken.

QUICK NUMBERS

Vancouver

• Brock Boeser has nine points (6-3-9) in his last 11 games.
• Bo Horvat has seven points (6-1-7) in his last nine games.
• Quinn Hughes has nine points (0-9-9) in his last 10 games.
• Elias Pettersson has seven points (5-2-7) in his last 11 games.
• Tanner Pearson has six points (2-4-6) in his last nine games.

Florida

• Last 5 Games:
  • Jonathan Huberdeau 8 points
  • Sam Bennett 6 goals; 11 points last 7 games

TEAM RANKINGS