by Canucks Communication @Canucks / Vancouver Canucks

CANUCKS AT JETS PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific

Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the third and final meeting between the Canucks and Jets this season: Nov. 19 (3-2 W), Dec. 30 (4-3 SOW), Jan. 27 (away).

• Vancouver is 4-5-1 in their last 10 games vs Winnipeg (3-2-0 in their last 5).

• The Canucks have an 18-22-1-2 all-time record in 43 games against the Jets. Vancouver holds a 8-13-0-1 record on the road against Winnipeg.

• Among active Canucks skaters Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in career points vs Winnipeg with 20 points (9-11-20) in 24 games.

• Thatcher Demko has faced the Jets nine times (5-4-0), posting a .936 SV% and 2.11 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Bo Horvat has seven points (6-1-7) in his last nine games.
• J.T. Miller has 11 points (3-8-11) in his last 10 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 10 points (0-10-10) in his last 13 games.
• Elias Pettersson has five points (4-1-5) in his last five games.
• Tyler Motte has six points (3-3-6) in his last nine games.
• Tanner Pearson has eight points (3-5-8) in his last 11 games.
• Thatcher Demko has posted a .932 SV% and 2.06 GAA in his last 12 games (9-3-0).

LAST MEETING – DEC. 10/21: VAN 4 vs WPG 3 (SO)

Nils Höglander opened the scoring at 6:29 in the first period, assisted by Bo Horvat and Quinn Hughes…He then added his second goal of the game at 19:40 in the first period, with Horvat collecting his second assist of the night…Conor Garland restored Vancouver’s lead at 7:06 in the second period…J.T. Miller assisted on the play…Elias Pettersson scored the lone shootout goal to give Vancouver a three-game win streak…Each Canucks skater registered at least one shot on goal…Quinn Hughes led all skaters in TOI (26:34)…Luke Schenn registered five hits…Thatcher Demko made 34 saves and denied three shootout shots faced.

 LAST GAME PLAYED – JAN. 25/22: VAN 2 vs EDM 3 (OT)

Elias Pettersson opened the scoring with an unassisted tally at 14:26 in the second period…Tyler Motte scored shorthanded on a pass from J.T. Miller at 17:13 in the second period…Motte led all Canucks in shots (5)…Tyler Myers led all skaters in blocked shots (6) as Vancouver registered a season-high (25)…Spencer Martin set career-highs in shots faced (50) and saves (47).

 LAST 5 vs WINNIPEG

• 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

• Mar. 24/21: VAN 1 vs WPG 5

 RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Ashton Sautner recalled from Taxi Squad, Jan. 25

• Tanner Pearson placed into COVID-19 Protocol, Jan. 25

• Ashton Sautner recalled and Sheldon Dries transferred to Taxi Squad, Jan. 25

• J.T. Miller removed from COVID non-roster status and Spencer Martin cleared to play, Jan. 25

• Spencer Martin placed into COVID-19 protocol, Jan. 23

• Ashton Sautner removed from COVID non-roster status and assigned to Abbotsford, Jan. 22

 PUTTING THE ‘WIN’ IN WINNIPEG

With a win on Thursday evening, the Canucks (2-0-0) can sweep the season series against the Winnipeg Jets for the first time since the teams began playing each other at least twice each season (2013.14).

FRONT OFFICE REFRESH

Vancouver Canucks President, Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford announced Wednesday that Patrik Allvin has been named the 12th General Manager in franchise history. Since Rutherford joined the club on Dec. 9, he has also filled two Assistant General Manager positions (Derek Clancey &Émilie Castonguay) and also added to the team’s Analytics department (Rachel Doerrie).

SPENCE-TACULAR

Achieving career-highs in shots faced (50) and saves (47) on Jan. 25 vs EDM, Spencer Martin recorded the most saves by a Canucks goaltender with five or fewer games of NHL experience, besting Glen Hanlon’s 43-save performance on Oct. 18/78 vs MNS. It also marked the 25th occasion in regular season franchise history that a goaltender faced 50 or more shots, with Martin’s save percentage (.940) ranking 8th among that group.

A GRAND ACCOMPLISHMENT

Head Coach Bruce Boudreau coached his 1,000th NHL game (577-306-117) on Jan. 23 vs STL, becoming the 29th coach in NHL history and sixth active Head Coach (Trotz, Ruff, D. Sutter, Laviolette, Tippett) to reach the milestone. Only one head coach in NHL history (Scotty Bowman, 598 wins) had more wins than Boudreau’s 577 at the 1,000 game mark.

MYSEY’S MILESTONE

Tyler Myers appeared in his 800th career NHL game on Jan. 25 vs EDM, making him only the second Texas-born player in League history to reach that mark. Myers ranks second all-time among Texas-born skaters for games played (800), goals (86), and points (317), behind only Brian Leetch.

PASSER PETEY

Assisting on Tanner Pearson’s opening goal on Jan. 23 vs STL, Elias Pettersson recorded his 100th career assist in his 206th game, marking the sixth- fewest games needed to reach the milestone by a Canucks skater who debuted with the team, trailing teammate Quinn Hughes (151), Pavel Bure (187), Thomas Gradin (187), Stan Smyl (191), and Patrik Sundstrom (195).

HERO HUGHES

On Jan. 21 vs FLA, Quinn Hughes collected his 30th assist for the third consecutive season, in just his 39th game. This is the second fewest games required by a defenceman to reach 30 assists in a season in Canucks franchise history, behind only Paul Reinhart (33) in 1989.90.