CANUCKS VS RED WINGS PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific
Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the second and final meeting between Vancouver and Detroit this season: Oct. 16 (3-1 L), Mar. 17 (home).
• The Canucks have a 66-84-18-9 all-time record against the Red Wings, including a 39-34-10-5 record at home against Detroit.
• The Canucks are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games vs Detroit (3-1-1 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in career scoring vs Detroit with 14 points (3-11-14) in 24 games.
• Thatcher Demko has faced the Red Wings only once in his career (1-0-0), owning a .963 SV% and a 1.00 GAA.
• Jaroslav Halak has a record of 7-8-2 in 18 games vs Detroit, posting a .876 SV% and a 3.52 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

• J.T. Miller has 27 points (8-19-27) over the course of a 13-game point streak.
• Elias Pettersson has 15 points (5-10-15) in his last 11 games.
• Brock Boeser has seven points (2-5-7) in his last nine games.
• Quinn Hughes has 15 points (3-12-15) in his last 12 games.
• Tanner Pearson has 12 points (6-6-12) in his last 11 games.
• Bo Horvat has 14 points (8-6-14) in his last 11 games.

LAST MEETING – OCT. 16/21: VAN 1 at DET 3

Conor Garland scored his first goal as a Canuck at 4:56 in the second period…Horvat and Pearson recorded assists on the play…Quinn Hughes led all Canucks in TOI (29:09) while Oliver Ekman-Larsson led the team in shots (6)…Kyle Burroughs led all skaters in blocked shots (3)…The Canucks recorded a season high in shots (41)…Jaroslav Halák made his Canucks debut facing 21 shots

LAST GAME PLAYED – MAR. 15/22: VAN 6 vs NJD 3

Brad Hunt opened up scoring with a goal at 3:34 in the first period…J.T. Miller and Tanner Pearson recorded assists on the play…Miller matched a career-high three-assist game, extending his point streak to 13 games (8-19-27)…Bo Horvat (2-1-3) also had a three-point game that included a shorthanded goal…Tanner Pearson (1-1-2) scored the GWG at 8:51 in the second period…Nils Hoglander and Juho Lammikko both collected goals…11 Canucks tallied points on the score sheet…J.T. Miller led the team in shots (7) and hits (4)…Tyler Myers led the team in TOI (23:06)…Thatcher Demko made 32 saves.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Sheldon Rempal and Noah Juulsen reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 16
• Nic Petan recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 15
• Jason Dickinson placed on IR, Mar. 15
• Noah Juulsen recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 13
• Madison Bowey reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 12
• Arshdeep Bains signed to an entry-level contract, Mar. 11

STREAK-KING

With three assists on Mar. 15 vs NJD, J.T. Miller extended the NHL’s longest active point streak to 13 games (8-19-27) becoming the seventh player in Canucks history to record a point streak of 13 or more games and first since Ryan Kesler extended his stretch to 13 games over 12 years ago (6-9-15 in 13 GP from Feb. 6 – March 14, 2010).
Miller now ties Stan Smyl, Pavel Bure, and Ryan Kesler on Tuesday vs NJD for the third-longest point streak (13 games) in club history.

Previously during this streak, Miller became the second player in 2021-22 to record multiple point streaks of at least nine games, joining Auston Matthews (10 GP &9 GP) and is also the only player in the NHL to record three separate point streaks of 8+ games this season.

• Feb. 6-Mar. 13, 8-16-24, 12 GP
• Dec. 6-Jan. 1, 3-10-13, 9 GP
• Oct. 30-Nov. 14, 6-4-10, 8 GP

SPEEDY SEVENTY

Extending his point-streak to a career-high 12 games (8-16-24) with a goal on Mar. 13 vs TBL, J.T. Miller reached 70 points (24-46-70) on the season, requiring the ninth-fewest games (58) in club history to reach the milestone, and the fewest since Daniel Sedin (55) in 2010-11.

BO KNOWS GOALS

Potting consecutive goals on Mar. 11 vs WSH, Bo Horvat recorded his fifth career 20-goal season and his fifth in the last six seasons, becoming just the 13th player in franchise history to do so. He now has sole possession of third-most 20-goal seasons among primary centres in Canucks history (Gradin [7], Kesler [6])

QUINNTASTIC

Quinn Hughes (1-2-3) recorded his 11th career three-point outing on Mar. 11 vs WSH, tying Dennis Kearns for the third-most in Canucks history by a defenseman, behind Jyrki Lumme (16) and Alexander Edler (12).
On Mar. 5 at TOR, Hughes also joined Pavel Bure as the only player to get two career 40+ assist seasons with the Canucks by age 23 or younger.

ICE, ICE BABY

Logging 27:56 in TOI on Mar. 13 vs TBL, Quinn Hughes has now led the Canucks in ice time in 11 straight games (39 total) and has led all skaters on both teams in seven straight contests. His 25:10 in TOI/GP this season is the highest by a Canuck since Mattias Ohlund logged 25:40 per game in 2005- 06.

POWER PLAY PETEY

Netting the GWG on the power play on Mar. 9 vs MTL, Elias Pettersson tied Dennis Ververgaert for fifth-most PPG (29) by a Canucks player before age 24 (Tanti [69], Linden [59], Bure [47], Blight [33]).

FOUR POINT FRENZY

Collecting four-points (1-3-4) on Mar. 9 vs MTL, J.T. Miller became the first Canucks player with three four-point games in a season since Markus Naslund in 2003-04.

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.

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

• Brock Boeser – 300 GP, Feb. 24 vs CGY
• Travis Hamonic – 200 points, Feb. 21 vs SEA

CURRENT INJURIES

• Elias Pettersson – 2 games
• Jason Dickinson – 8 games
• Kyle Burroughs – 10 games
• Tucker Poolman – 18 games
• Brady Keeper – 61 games
• Brandon Sutter – 61 games

Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 316 games