CANUCKS GAME DAY PREVIEW | Canucks at Maple Leafs

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CANUCKS AT MAPLE LEAFS PREVIEW

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Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the second and final meeting between Vancouver and Toronto this season: Feb. 12 (3-2 W), Mar. 5 (away).
• Vancouver has a 70-63-22-3 all-time record against the Maple Leafs, including a 26-39-11-1 record on the road against Toronto. • The Canucks are 5-5-0 in their last 10 games vs Toronto (3-2-0 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, J.T. Miller leads the team in career scoring vs Toronto with 23 points (10-13-23) in 29 games.
• Thatcher Demko has faced the Maple Leafs six times (3-3-0) in his career, owning a .913 SV% and a 3.20 GAA.
• Jaroslav Halak has a record of 10-4-5 in 20 games vs Toronto, posting a .910 SV% and a 2.90 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Elias Pettersson has 14 points (6-8-14) in his last 10 games.
  • J.T. Miller has 17 points (6-11-17) in his last 10 games and is currently on an eight-game point streak.
  • Brock Boeser has 12 points (5-7-12) in his last 14 games.
  • Quinn Hughes has 11 points (2-9-11) in his last 10 games.
  • Oliver Ekman-Larsson has seven points (1-6-7) in his last 10 games.
  • Tanner Pearson has six points (4-2-6) in his last six games.
  • Bo Horvat has eight points (4-4-8) in his last 10 games.

LAST MEETING – FEB. 12/22: VAN 3 vs TOR 2

J.T. Miller opened the scoring with a goal at 1:29 in the first period…Bo Horvat and Brock Boeser recorded assists on the play…Boeser followed up with a power play goal at 6:00 in the first…Oliver Ekman-Larsson and J.T. Miller collected assists…Juho Lammikko scored the GWG in the second period, assisted by Alex Chiasson and Tyler Motte…Luke Schenn led the game in hits (7)…Bo Horvat led the team in shots (4)…J.T. Miller (1-1-2) led the team in TOI (25:59)…Thatcher Demko made a career high 51 saves tying a franchise record for most saves in a win (51), matching Richard Brodeur on Feb. 10/85 vs WPG.

LAST GAME PLAYED – MAR. 3/22: VAN 4 at NYI 3

Brad Hunt notched his first goal of the season (unassisted) and first as a Canuck to even the score at 7:19 in the second period…J.T. Miller gave the Canucks their first lead of the game with his team-leading 21st goal of the season at 11:50 in the second…Brock Boeser and Quinn Hughes assisted on the play…Nils Höglander pulled Vancouver even again at 9:34 in the third period, assisted by Conor Garland and Hughes…Vasily Podkolzin netted the GWG just 45 seconds later on a backhand pass from Bo Horvat…Luke Schenn led the team in hits (4)…Bo Horvat went 15-4 on face-offs…Thatcher Demko made 24 saves.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

STREAK-KING

Extending his point streak to eight games (5-10-15) with a goal on Mar. 3 at NYI, J.T. Miller became the only player in the NHL to record three separate point streaks of 8+ games this season:

  • Feb. 6-Mar. 3, 5-10-15, 8GP
  • Dec. 6-Jan. 1, 3-10-13, 9GP
  • Oct. 30-Nov. 14, 6-4-10, 8GP

Miller is also the seventh player to have accomplished the feat in the last 10 years, joining Connor McDavid (x2), Leon Draisaitl (x2), Nikita Kucherov, Sidney Crosby, Ryan Johansen, and Evgeni Malkin.

COMEBACK COMPLETE

Clawing back from 1-0 and 3-2 deficits on Mar. 3 at NYI, the Canucks recorded their second regulation win on the season when coming back from multiple deficits. They also came back from 1-0 and 2-1 deficits to win 4-2 in regulation on Oct. 23 at SEA.

HOMETOWN HUNT-ING

With Maple Ridge-native Brad Hunt netting his first goal of the season on Mar. 3 at NYI, the Canucks have received goals from multiple Greater Vancouver-born defenders (Kyle Burroughs – Vancouver) in the same season for the first time in club history.

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.

CURRENT INJURIES

  • Jason Dickinson – 3 games
  • Kyle Burroughs – 5 games
  • Tucker Poolman – 13 games
  • Brady Keeper – 56 games
  • Brandon Sutter – 56 games

Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 289 games

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