CANUCKS GAME DAY PREVIEW | Canucks at Islanders

by Canucks Communications @Canucks / Vancouver Canucks

CANUCKS AT ISLANDERS PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific
Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the second and final meeting between Vancouver and the New York Islanders this season: Feb. 9 (6-3 L), Mar. 3 (away).
• Vancouver has a 45-54-13-3 all-time record against the Islanders, including a 17-28-10-2 record on the road against New York.
• The Canucks are 3-6-1 in their last 10 games vs New York (2-3-0 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, J.T. Miller leads the team in career scoring vs New York with 12 points (7-5-12) in 27 games.
• Thatcher Demko has faced the Islanders twice (1-0-0) in his career, owning a .922 SV% and a 2.77 GAA.
• Jaroslav Halak has a record of 7-3-3 in 13 games vs New York, posting a .918 SV% and a 2.54 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Elias Pettersson has 14 points (6-8-14) in his last nine games.
• J.T. Miller has 16 points (5-11-16) in his last nine games and is currently on a six-game point streak.
• Brock Boeser has 11 points (5-6-11) in his last 13 games.
• Quinn Hughes has nine points (2-7-9) in his last nine games.
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson has nine points (2-7-9) in his last 13 games.
• Tanner Pearson has nine points (5-4-9) in his last 12 games and is currently on a five-game point streak.
• Bo Horvat has seven points (4-3-7) in his last nine games.

LAST MEETING – FEB. 9/22: VAN 3 vs NYI 6

Oliver Ekman-Larsson opened the scoring for the Canucks with an unassisted goal at 18:56 in the second period…Elias Pettersson followed up with a goal at 13:04 in the second assisted by Vasily Podkolzin…Luke Schenn was close behind with the Canucks third and final goal of the night at 14:35 in the second…Brad Hunt recorded an assist on the play…Luke Schenn led the game in hits (8) and blocked shots (4)…Brock Boeser and Vasily Podkolzin tied for most shots (5)…Thatcher Demko faced 15 shots in relief of Jaroslav Halak.

LAST GAME PLAYED – FEB. 28/22: VAN 2 at NJD 7

Vasily Podkolzin scored to put Vancouver on the board at 1:36 in the second period…Bo Horvat and Travis Hamonic recorded the assists…Tanner Pearson extended his point streak to a career-high five games with his 11th of the season at 8:14 in the second period…Brad Hunt and J.T. Miller assisted on the play…Juho Lammikko and Tyler Motte tied for the team-lead in hits (4)…Bo Horvat won 12 of 18 faceoffs…Thatcher Demko made 18 saves in relief.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Tucker Poolman placed on LTIR, Feb. 26
• Kyle Burroughs placed on IR, Feb. 26
• Phillip Di Giuseppe recalled from Abbotsford, Feb. 25
• Madison Bowey recalled from Abbotsford, Feb. 21

PEARSON-AL BEST

Collecting his 11th goal of the season and fourth in five games on Feb. 28 at NJD, Tanner Pearson established a career-high five-game point streak (4- 2-6). It also represented his 100th point as a Canuck (51-49-100) in his 190th game.

SCORING IN BUNCHES

The Canucks scored at least five goals for the third straight game during a 5-2 win at NYR on Feb. 27, accomplishing the feat for just the fifth time in the past 25 years. The other instances occurred from Oct. 22-30/19 (4 GP), Dec. 1-6/11 (3 GP), Oct. 14-18/05 (3 GP), and Feb. 6-25/98 (3 GP).

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 Mar. 20/21 vs MTL when they tallied 22 seconds into the second and third periods.

THE HITS KEEP COMING

Luke Schenn leads all Canucks skaters in hits (167), having led or co-led the team in hits on 24 occasions so far this season, despite appearing in only 39 games. His 14.96 hits per 60 minutes currently rank fourth among defencemen League-wide (min. 5 GP).

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 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. 10/85 vs WPG.

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

CURRENT INJURIES

• Jason Dickinson – 2 games
• Kyle Burroughs – 4 games
• Tucker Poolman – 12 games
• Brady Keeper – 55 games
• Brandon Sutter – 55 games

NHL COVID-19 PROTOCOL – N/A

Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 284 games