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CANUCKS VS SABRES PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet
Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second and final meeting between Vancouver and Buffalo this season: Oct. 19 (5-2 L), Mar. 20 (home).
  • The Canucks have a 55-48-19-3 all-time record against the Sabres, including a 33-18-11-0 record at home against Buffalo.
  • The Canucks are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games vs Buffalo (3-1-1 in their last 5).
  • Among active Canucks skaters, J.T. Miller leads the team in career scoring vs Buffalo with 18 points (7-11-18) in 23 games.
  • Thatcher Demko has faced the Sabres three times in his career (2-1-0), owning an .890 SV% and a 3.95 GAA.
  • Jaroslav Halak has a record of 13-4-0 in 17 games vs Buffalo, posting a .923 SV% and a 2.08 GAA.
  • Travis Hamonic is slated to play in his 700th career NHL game.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • J.T. Miller has 27 points (8-19-27) in his last 15 games.
  • Elias Pettersson has 16 points (5-11-16) in his last 13 games.
  • Brock Boeser has eight points (3-5-8) in his last 11 games.
  • Quinn Hughes has 16 points (3-13-16) in his last 14 games.
  • Tanner Pearson has 12 points (6-6-12) in his last 13 games.
  • Bo Horvat has 14 points (8-6-14) in his last 13 games.

LAST MEETING – OCT. 19/21: VAN 2 at BUF 5

Bo Horvat opened the scoring with his first goal of the season at 5:57 in the first period…Tanner Pearson and Conor Garland registered assists on the play…Justin Dowling restored Vancouver’s lead on a deflection for his first goal as a Canuck at 16:01 in the first period…Luke Schenn and J.T. Miller recorded the assists…Brad Hunt led the team in shots (5) in his Canucks debut…Justin Dowling led all Canucks in blocked shots (3)…Oliver Ekman- Larsson led all skaters in TOI (25:56)…Thatcher Demko faced 43 shots.

LAST GAME PLAYED – MAR. 19/22: VAN 2 vs CGY 5

Matthew Highmore put the Canucks on the board with his fourth goal of the season at 7:37 in the third period…Juho Lammikko and Brad Hunt registered the assists…Brock Boeser added a power play marker at 17:14 in the third period, assisted by Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes…Tyler Motte registed a team-high in hits (5)…Brad Hunt led the team in blocked shots (3)…Thatcher Demko faced 29 shots…Jaroslav Halak faced 15 shots in relief.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • Sheldon Rempal and Noah Juulsen recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 17
  • 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 tied 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 the only player in the NHL to record three separate point streaks of 8+ games this season.

  • Feb. 6-Mar. 15, 8-19-27, 13 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 led the Canucks in ice time for an 11th straight game (now 40 total this season) and also led all skaters on both teams in seven straight contests. His 25:08 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.

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

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

CURRENT INJURIES

Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 328 games

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