CANUCKS AT COYOTES PREVIEW
TV: Sportsnet Pacific
Radio: SN650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the second of three meetings between Vancouver and Arizona this season: Feb. 8 (5-1 W), Apr. 7 (away), Apr. 14 (home).
• The Canucks have a 102-71-20-9 all-time record against the Coyotes, including a 39-43-10-6 record on the road.
• The Canucks are 3-5-2 in their last 10 games vs Arizona (2-2-1 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, Tanner Pearson leads the team in career scoring vs Arizona with 13 points (10-3-13) in 24 games.
• Jaroslav Halak has faced the Coyotes 15 times in his career (10-3-2), posting a .936 SV% and a 1.87 GAA.
• Thatcher Demko has faced Arizona three times in his career (1-2-0), owning a .909 SV% and a 3.03 GAA.
QUICK NUMBERS
• J.T. Miller has 23 points (8-15-23) in his last 15 games.
• Bo Horvat has 15 points (11-4-15) in his last 15 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 12 points (1-11-12) in his last 16 games.
• Elias Pettersson has 11 points (6-5-11) in his last nine games.
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson has six points (0-6-6) in his last six games.
LAST MEETING – FEB. 8/22: VAN 5 vs ARI 1
Conor Garland opened the scoring against his former team at 3:48 in the second period…Noah Juulsen and Oliver Ekman-Larsson recorded assists on the play…Bo Horvat collected the GWG on the power play at 4:44 in the second period…Elias Pettersson scored less than a minute and a half later with a goal at the 6:10 mark…J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser each collected a goal in the third period…J.T. Miller (1-1-2), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (0-3-3), Elias Pettersson (1-1-2), Noah Juulsen (0-2-2) and Bo Horvat ( 1-1-2) all had multi-point games…Juulsen recorded his first points as a Canuck and a career high in assists (2)…J.T. Miller and Oliver Ekman-Larsson both reached the 400 career points milestone…Kyle Burroughs led the team in hits (7) and blocked shots (5)…Tyler Myers led in TOI (25:58)…Thatcher Demko made 35 saves.
LAST GAME PLAYED – APR. 6/22: VAN 5 at VGK 1
Bo Horvat tied the game with a new career-high 28th goal of the season on the power play at 16:38 in the first period…Brad Richardson gave the Canucks a 2-1 lead just 17 seconds later, assisted by Jason Dickinson and Conor Garland…Tanner Pearson scored at 11:40 in the second period to pad Vancouver’s lead…Elias Pettersson added two goals to end the game, including one on the power play for his fourth career four-point game (2-2-4)…J.T. Miller (0-2-2), and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (0-2-2) also recorded multi-point games…Kyle Burroughs led all Canucks with a career-high in hits (9) in his return from injury…Thatcher Demko made 33 saves.
LAST 5 vs ARIZONA
• Feb. 8/22: VAN 5 vs ARI 1
• Mar. 4/20: VAN 2 vs ARI 4
• Jan. 16/20: VAN 3 vs ARI 1
• Feb. 28/19: VAN 2 at ARI 5
• Feb. 21/19: VAN 2 vs ARI 3 (OT)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Kyle Burroughs activated from injured reserve, Apr. 6
• Jack Rathbone recalled under emergency conditions from Abbotsford, Apr. 5
KILLER INSTINCT
Going 3-for-3 on the penalty kill for the second straight game on Apr. 6 at VGK, the Canucks improved to 20-for-22 (90.9%) on the kill since Mar. 20, ranking second in the League during that stretch.
EXCEPTIONAL ELIAS
Collecting two goals and two assists in a 5-1 win on Apr. 6 at VGK, Elias Pettersson registered his 50th career multi-point game. Since his NHL debut in 2018-19, Pettersson trails only J.T. Miller for most multi-point games (55) by a Canuck.
PHYSICAL FORCE
Led by Kyle Burrough’s nine hits, the Canucks recorded a season-high 45 hits on Apr. 6 at VGK, which is tied for the most hits in a game by Vancouver (also Nov. 27/19 at PIT) since the NHL began regularly tracking hits in 2005-06.
RED HOT HORVAT
Tallying the game-tying goal on the power play on Apr. 6 at VGK, Bo Horvat set a new career-high for goals in a season (28). Horvat now has 11 goals in his last 14 games, which is t-5th in the NHL since Mar. 9.
JUST LIKE THATCH
Turning aside 33 of 34 shots on Apr. 6 at VGK, Thatcher Demko became the first Canucks goaltender since Ryan Miller in 2014-15 to win 29 games in a season. Demko is now one win shy of becoming the first Canucks netminder to win 30 games in a season since Roberto Luongo (31 W) in 2011-12.
LAMP LIGHTER
On Apr. 6 at VGK, Pettersson (2-2-4) recorded his 14th career multi-goal game (fourth this season). Since his League debut in 2018-19, the only Canucks skater with more multi-goal efforts is Bo Horvat (15).
J.T. GOING ON 30
Currently sitting on a career-high 29 goals, J.T. Miller’s next goal would be his 30th this season, making him the 31st Canucks player (64th occasion) to reach the 30-goal mark, and the first since Radim Vrbata (31) in 2014-15.
MILLER TIME
Netting his team-leading 29th goal of the season on Apr. 3 vs VGK, J.T. Miller became the third-fastest player in franchise history to record 200 points, joining Pavel Bure (174 GP) and Alexander Mogilny (179 GP) as the only other players to reach the milestone in under 200 games.
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.
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]).
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).