03/24/2022 – Page 2 – CanucksBanter

CANUCKS VS WILD PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific
Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

Tonight marks the second of three meetings between Vancouver and Minnesota this season: Oct. 26 (3-2 L), Mar. 24 (away) Apr. 21 (home).
The Canucks have a 47-34-5-9 all-time record against the Wild, including a 22-22-2-2 record on the road against Minnesota.
The Canucks are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games vs Minnesota (1-3-1 in their last 5).
Among active Canucks skaters, Brad Richardson leads the team in career scoring vs Minnesota with 17 points (7-10-17) in 43 games.
Thatcher Demko has only faced the Wild once in his career (0-1-0), owning an .900 SV% and a 3.06 GAA.
Jaroslav Halak has a record of 5-3-4 in 14 games vs Minnesota, posting a .925 SV% and a 2.12 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

J.T. Miller has 31 points (10-21-31) in his last 17 games.
Elias Pettersson has 17 points (5-12-17) in his last 15 games.
Brock Boeser has nine points (4-5-9) in his last 13 games.
Quinn Hughes has 17 points (3-14-17) in his last 16 games.
Tanner Pearson has 14 points (6-8-14) in his last 14 games.
Bo Horvat has 16 points (10-6-16) in his last 15 games.

LAST MEETING – OCT. 26/21: VAN 2 vs MIN 3

The Canucks played a regular season game in front of their home fans for the first time in 595 days…Alex Chiasson scored on the power play to cut Vancouver’s deficit to one goal at 10:46 in the second period…Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes recorded the assists…Bo Horvat pulled the Canucks within one goal at 15:53 in the third period on a backhand tally assisted by Tyler Myers…Bo Horvat led all skaters in shots (5)…Quinn Hughes led all skaters in TOI (28:38)…J.T. Miller registered a team-high in hits (4) while Justin Bailey paced all Canucks in blocked shots (3) in his season debut…Thatcher Demko made 27 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED – MAR. 23/22: VAN 3 at COL 1

Brock Boeser opened up scoring with a goal at 1:23 in the third period…Elias Pettersson recorded an assist on the play…J.T. Miller scored the GWG shortly after at 3:15 in the third, assisted by Tanner Pearson and Conor Garland…Bo Horvat scored an empty-netter…J.T. Miller (1-1-2) and Tanner Pearson (0-2-2) both recorded assists to gain multi-point games…Bo Horvat and Brock Boeser both notched 5 shots each…Luke Schenn led the team in hits (4)…Tyler Myers led the team in TOI (24:34)…Jaroslav Halak made 32 saves and was named 1st star of the game.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

Sheldon Rempal and Noah Juulsen assigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 21
Vasily Podkolzin and Nic Petan transferred to Abbotsford and recalled to Vancouver for the purpose of making them eligible to play in the AHL Calder
Cup Playoffs, Mar. 21
Brad Richardson claimed off waivers from Calgary, Mar. 21
Travis Dermott acquired from Toronto in exchange for 3rd round pick (2022, via WPG), Mar. 20
3rd round pick (2022) acquired from Ottawa in exchange for Travi Hamonic, Mar. 20

MAGNIFICENT MILLER

J.T. Miller posted his 22nd multi-point game of the season on Mar. 23 at COL, which trails only six players for the most in the NHL this season: Connor McDavid (34), Auston Matthews (27), Leon Draisaitl (25), Nazem Kadri (23), Kyle Connor (23) and Mikko Rantanen (23).
After scoring his 26th goal of the season on Mar. 23 at COL, J.T. Miller is now only one goal shy of his career high established in 2019-20 (27 G in 69 GP).
Contributing to both his team’s goals with a goal and assist in a 3-2 overtime defeat to the Sabres on Mar. 20, J.T. Miller’s 21-22 has seen him reach 75 points. Only 6 times in Canucks franchise history has a player hit the mark in fewer games.

HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES?

J.T. Miller (25-50-75 in 62 GP) recorded 50 assists in a season for the first time in his career. Only three players in franchise history have reached the mark in fewer contests: Henrik Sedin (49 GP in 2010-11, 50 GP in 2009-10, 58 GP in 2011-12 &60 GP in 2007-08), Daniel Sedin (52 GP in 2009-10) and Andres Boudrias (59 GP in 1974-75).

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

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.

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