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CANUCKS AT BLUES PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet
Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second of three meetings between Vancouver and St. Louis this season: Jan. 23 (3-1 L), Mar. 28 (away) Mar. 30 (home).
  • The Canucks have a 77-96-18-5 all-time record against the Blues, including a 32-53-9-2 record on the road.
  • The Canucks are 4-3-3 in their last 10 games vs St. Louis (2-1-2 in their last 5).
  • Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in career scoring vs St. Louis with 14 points (4-10-14) in 35 games.
  • Thatcher Demko has faced the Blues three times in his career (2-0-1), owning an .945 SV% and a 1.90 GAA.
  • Jaroslav Halak has a record of 0-2-1 in three games vs St. Louis, posting an .860 SV% and a 4.56 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • J.T. Miller has 34 points (12-22-34) in his last 19 games and is on a four-game goal streak (4-3-7).
  • Elias Pettersson has 15 points (6-9-15) in his last 14 games.
  • Brock Boeser has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last 15 games.
  • Quinn Hughes has 12 points (1-11-12) in his last 12 games.
  • Tanner Pearson has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last 14 games.
  • Bo Horvat has 18 points (12-6-18) in his last 16 games and is currently on a four-game goal streak (4-0-4).

LAST MEETING – JAN. 23/22: VAN 1 vs STL 3

Tanner Pearson opened the scoring at 16:30 in the first period, assisted by Alex Chiasson and Elias Pettersson…Brock Boeser led all skaters in shots (6)…Luke Schenn led the team in hits (6)…Quinn Hughes logged 28:55 to lead all skaters in TOI…Michael DiPietro faced 17 shots in his season debut.

LAST GAME PLAYED – MAR. 26/22: VAN 4 at DAL 1

Elias Pettersson opened up scoring for Canucks with a power play goal at 15:25 in the second period…Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller recorded assists on the play…Pettersson followed up with a second goal at 1:15 in the third period, marking his 200th career NHL point…Oliver Ekman-Larsson collected the assist…Bo Horvat scored an empty-netter unassisted at the 18:54 mark…J.T. Miller (1-1-2) scored the final goal of the night assisted by Luke Schenn and Conor Garland…Horvat and Miller extended their goal streaks to four games…J.T. Miller led the game in shots (6)…Luke Schenn led in hits (5)…Tyler Myers led in TOI (25:01)…Thatcher Demko made 35 saves.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • Will Lockwood recalled under emergency conditions from Abbotsford, Mar. 26
  • 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

PHENOMINAL PETEY

  • With two goals on Mar. 26 at DAL, Elias Pettersson became the fourth fastest player in Canucks history to hit the 200 point mark with the team: Pavel Bure (174 GP), Patrik Sundstrom (216 GP), Tony Tanti (222 GP), Elias Pettersson (230 GP). Pettersson is also the first player from the 2017 NHL Draft to reach 200 career points.
  • On Mar. 26 at Dallas, Pettersson recorded his 12th career multi-goal NHL game. Since his League debut in 2018-19, the only Canucks skater with more is Bo Horvat (15).

POWER PLAY PERFORMERS

  • Collecting an assist on the man-advantage on Mar. 26 at DAL, J.T. Miller recorded his 33rd power play point of the season (7-26-33), trailing only Connor McDavid (38) and Leon Draisaitl (36) for most PPP in the League.
  • Also assisting on the play, Quinn Hughes set a new career-high for PPP in a season (0-27-27), besting his 2019-20 total (3-22-25).

QUINN-SPIRATIONAL

Quinn Hughes has registered a career-high 48 assists so far this season, ranking fourth among all defencemen in Canucks history (Kearns [55], Lidster [51], Reinhart [50]).

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. On Mar. 26 at DAL, Horvat extended his goal streak to four games.

POINT PRODUCER

This season, J.T. Milller has set career highs in goals (28), assists (52) and points (80).

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 on Mar. 24 at MIN. 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

RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES

  • Elias Pettersson – 200 Points, Mar. 26 at DAL

CURRENT INJURIES

Total man games lost (due to injuries or illness): 353 games

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