CANUCKS GAME DAY PREVIEW | Canucks at Stars

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CANUCKS AT STARS PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, SN360
Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second of three meetings between Vancouver and Dallas this season: Nov. 7 (6-3 W), Mar. 26 (away) Apr. 18 (home).
  • The Canucks have a 76-87-22-9 all-time record against the Stars, including a 32-48-12-5 record on the road.
  • The Canucks are 5-4-1 in their last 10 games vs Dallas (3-2-0 in their last 5).
  • Among active Canucks skaters, Tyler Myers leads the team in career scoring vs Dallas with 15 points (6-9-15) in 26 games.
  • Thatcher Demko won his only career game against Dallas (1-0-0) on Nov. 7, owning an .893 SV% and a 3.00 GAA.
  • Jaroslav Halak has a record of 5-7-1 in 13 games vs Dallas, posting an .888 SV% and a 3.19 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

LAST MEETING – NOV. 7/21: VAN 6 vs DAL 3

J.T. Miller tied the game with a power play goal at 2:19 in the second period, assisted by Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser…Elias Pettersson scored on the power play at 6:37 in the second period to give Vancouver the lead…Quinn Hughes and Bo Horvat recorded the assists…Bo Horvat extended Vancouver’s lead to two at 8:10 in the second period, assisted by Tanner Pearson and Oliver Ekman-Larsson…Vasily Podkolzin tallied his second goal in as many games at 15:45 in the second period…Conor Garland and Bo Horvat drew the assists…J.T. Miller potted the Canucks’ third power play goal of the game at 13:44 in the third period, assisted by Hughes and Pettersson, who each recorded three points on the night…Brock Boeser added an empty netter…Bo Horvat registered a team-high in shots (6)…J.T. Miller led all Canucks in hits (5)…Thatcher Demko made 25 saves.

LAST GAME PLAYED – MAR. 24/22: VAN 2 at MIN 3 (OT)

Bo Horvat reached the 25-goal plateau and extended his goal streak to three games to open the scoring at 4:13 in the first period…Oliver Ekman- Larsson and Brock Boeser recorded the assists…J.T. Miller notched the tying goal on the power play at 7:56 in the third period…Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson assisted on the play…Boeser led all Canucks in shots (5)…Luke Schenn led the team in hits (6)…Thatcher Demko made 33 saves.

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
  • 4th round pick (2023) acquired from New York Rangers in exchange for Tyler Motte, 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 Travis Hamonic, Mar. 20

POWER PLAY PERFORMERS

  • Scoring on the man-advantage on Mar. 24 at MIN, J.T. Miller recorded his 32nd power play point of the season (7-25-32), trailing only Connor McDavid (36) and Leon Draisaitl (33) for most PPP in the League.
  • With an assist on the play, Quinn Hughes set a new career-high for PPP in a season (0-26-26), besting his 2019-20 total (3-22-25). His 26 power play assists this season are also fifth-most ever by a Canucks defenceman in a season.

QUINN-SPIRATIONAL

Quinn Hughes has registered a career-high 47 assists so far this season, ranking fourth among all defencemen in Canucks history (Kearns [55], Lidster [51], Reinhart [50]). His assist rate this season (0.76/GP) currently has him on pace for 59 assists, which would be a new club record.

RED HOT HORVAT

Opening the scoring on Mar. 24 at MIN, Bo Horvat pieced together a three-game goal streak (3-0-3) for the third time in his career and reached the 25-goal plateau. Since Feb. 21, Horvat ranks t-5th in the NHL for goals (11).

MAGNIFICENT MILLER

  • Having already set a career-high in points so far (78), J.T. Miller equaled his career-high in goals (27) with a power play marker on Mar. 24 at MIN.
  • On Mar. 23 at COL, Miller posted his 22nd multi-point game of the season, trailing only six players for the most in the NHL this season at that point: McDavid (34), Matthews (27), Draisaitl (25), Kadri (23), Connor (23) and Rantanen (23).

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 André 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 in 2009-10 (6-9-15 in 13 GP). Miller also tied Stan Smyl, Pavel Bure, and Ryan Kesler 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

CURRENT INJURIES

Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 346 games

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