CANUCKS VS BLUES PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific

Radio: SN650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the third and final meeting between Vancouver and St. Louis this season: Jan. 23 (3-1 L), Mar. 28 (4-1 L) Mar. 30 (home).

• The Canucks have a 77-97-18-5 all-time record against the Blues, including a 45-44-9-3 record at home.

• The Canucks are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games vs St. Louis (2-2-1 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 36 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 faced St. Louis four times, posting a career .861 SV% and a 4.21 GAA.

QUICK NUMBERS

• J.T. Miller has 19 points (7-12-19) in his last 12 games.

• Elias Pettersson has nine points (3-6-9) in his last 10 games.

• Brock Boeser has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last 16 games.

• Quinn Hughes has 12 points (1-11-12) in his last 13 games.

• Tanner Pearson has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last 15 games.

• Bo Horvat has 13 points (9-4-13) in his last 12 games.

LAST MEETING – MAR. 28/22: VAN 1 at STL 4

Brad Hunt scored Vancouver’s lone goal at 2:13 in the third period, assisted by Juho Lammikko and Vasily Podkolzin…Tanner Pearson and Conor Garland each had a team-high in shots (5)…Will Lockwood led the team in hits (4)…Luke Schenn recorded three blocked shots…Jaroslav Halak faced 28 shots.

LAST 5 vs ST. LOUIS

• Mar. 28/22: VAN 1 at STL 4

• Jan. 23/22: VAN 1 vs STL 3

• Jan. 27/20: VAN 3 vs STL 1

• Nov. 5/19: VAN 1 vs STL 2 (OT)

• Oct. 17/19: VAN 4 at STL 3 (SO)

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

CANUCKS TO CELEBRATE FOURTH ANNUAL FIRST NATIONS NIGHT

The Vancouver Canucks will celebrate their fourth annual First Nations Night, presented by Rogers, tonight against the St. Louis Blues. As an organization, Canucks Sports &Entertainment is committed to supporting truth and reconciliation, and using its platform to amplify local First Nations communities.
The Canucks worked with Musqueam artist Chase Gray to create this year’s limited-edition First Nations Night jersey, which will be warm during warmups, with a selection of player worn jerseys being up for auction at Vanbase.ca. Partial proceeds from all First Nations Night merchandise (available at the Canucks Team Store and Vanbase.ca) will support the Orange Jersey Project. Additionally, a $20,000 donation will be made to Native Education College on behalf of the Canucks for Kids Fund.

PHENOMENAL 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 a new career-high four games with his ninth goal in 10 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