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CANUCKS AT RANGERS PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific
Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second and final meeting between Vancouver and New York (Rangers) this season: Nov. 2 (3-2 OTW), Feb. 27 (away).
  • Vancouver is 5-2-3 in their last 10 games vs New York (4-1-0 in their last 5).
  • The Canucks have a 37-78-8-3 all-time record against the Rangers. Vancouver holds a 16-41-5-2 record on the road against New York.
  • Among active Canucks skaters, Travis Hamonic leads the team in career scoring vs New York with 14 points (1-13-14) in 32 games.
  • Thatcher Demko has played once versus New York (1-0-0) in his career, owning a .920 SV% and a 1.95 GAA. • Jaroslav Halak has faced the Rangers a personal-high 35 times (24-9-1), posting a .927 SV% and a 2.33 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

LAST MEETING – NOV. 2/21: VAN 3 vs NYR 2 (OT)

J.T. Miller cut Vancouver’s deficit to one goal at 1:29 in the third period…Conor Garland and Elias Pettersson collected the assists…Vasily Podkolzin tied the game with his second career goal at 5:19 in the third period…Conor Garland recorded his second assist of the game while Tyler Myers collected the second assist…J.T. Miller notched the game-winning goal with his second goal of the game at 2:22 in overtime, assisted by Quinn Hughes…Luke Schenn and Vasily Podkolzin each registered six hits…J.T. Miller led all skaters with seven shots…Tucker Poolman blocked six shots…Thatcher Demko made 23 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED – FEB. 24/22: VAN 7 vs CGY 1

Elias Pettersson opened the scoring at 3:42 in the first period, on the power play…Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser recorded the assists…J.T. Miller scored on the power play at 10:18 in the first period as Hughes and Pettersson collected the assists…Bo Horvat scored consecutive goals, one even strength (unassisted) and another on the power play as Vancouver recorded three power play markers for the second time this season…Miller and Boeser recorded multipoint games with the assists on the PPG…J.T. Miller scored on a penalty shot to cap Vancouver’s five-goal second period before assisting on Conor Garland’s third period goal, also assisted by Tanner Pearson…Elias Pettersson added a shorthanded goal at 7:23 in the third period…J.T. Miller’s four points (2-2-4) matched a Canucks season-high…Luke Schenn led the club in hits (8), while Tyler Motte led in blocked shots (6)…Thatcher Demko made 29 saves.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

PUTTING UP THE POINTS

Recording three points (2-1-3) on Feb. 24 vs CGY, Elias Pettersson registered his fourth consecutive multipoint game for the first time in his career. In four games from Feb. 17-24, Pettersson collected 10 points (3-7-10).

DIFFERENT FASHIONS

Trouncing the Flames 7-1 on home ice on Feb. 24, Vancouver scored four different types of goals for the first time in franchise history: Power play (Pettersson, Miller, Horvat), shorthanded (Pettersson), penalty shot (Miller), even strength (Horvat, Garland).

THREE CAN PLAY THAT GAME

J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson, and Bo Horvat each notched two goals on Feb. 24 vs CGY, marking the first time the Canucks had multiple goals from three or more players in a game since Oct. 29/11 vs WSH (Higgins, Lappiere, Edler).

STREAK SNAPPERS

Defeating Calgary by a score of 7-1 on Feb. 24, Vancouver became the first team in NHL history to beat an opponent on a 10+ game winning streak by six or more goals.

MOTTE SO FAST

Tyler Motte (0:11) scored the fastest goal from the start of a game by any player this season on Feb. 21 vs SEA. It also equaled the fourth-fastest to begin a game in franchise history: Alex Burrows (Mar 16/13) :06 Trevor Linden (Jan 16/94) :09 Henrik Sedin (Oct 24/14) :10.

NEED FOR SPEED

The Canucks scored in the opening 35 seconds of multiple periods in the same game for the seventh time in franchise history (Feb. 21 vs SEA) and second time in as many seasons. The last such instance was March 20, 2021 when they tallied 22 seconds into the second and third periods against Montreal.

THE HITS KEEP COMING

Luke Schenn leads all Canucks skaters in hits (181), having led or co-led the team in hits on 23 occasions so far this season, despite appearing in only 37 games. His 15.24 hits per 60 minutes currently rank third among defencemen League-wide (min. 5 GP). Schenn tied a Canucks franchise record in hits (12) on Jan. 31 at CHI, previously set by himself on Mar. 24/19 vs CBJ.

O.T. MILLER

Securing the win in overtime on Feb. 17 at SJS, J.T. Miller tied Alex DeBrincat for most overtime goals (6) since the start of the 2019.20 season. It was also Miller’s 10th career overtime goal, tying him with Johnny Gaudreau for 4th-most OT goals all time by a US-born player, trailing Max Pacioretty (16), Brett Hull (12), and Phil Kessel (11).

BRICK WALL

Thatcher Demko made a career high of 51 saves in the 3-2 win over Toronto on Feb. 12, tying the franchise record for most saves in a win (51), matching Richard Brodeur on Feb. 10, 1985 vs the Jets.

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

  • Brock Boeser – 300 GP, Feb. 24 vs CGY
  • Travis Hamonic – 200 points, Feb. 21 vs SEA
  • J.T. Miller – 400 points, Feb. 8 vs ARI
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson – 400 points, Feb. 8 vs ARI
  • J.T. Miller – 600 GP, Jan. 31 at CHI
  • Alex Chiasson – 600 GP, Jan. 31 at CHI
  • Nils Höglander – 100 GP, Jan. 29 at CGY

CURRENT INJURIES

  • Jason Dickinson
  • Kyle Burroughs – 2 games
  • Tucker Poolman – 10 games
  • Brady Keeper – 53 games
  • Brandon Sutter – 53 games

NHL COVID-19 PROTOCOL – N/A

Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 273 games

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