Vegas Golden Knights (40-29-4, fourth in the Pacific) vs. Vancouver Canucks (35-28-10, fifth in the Pacific)
Vancouver, British Columbia; Tuesday, 7 p.m. PDT
BOTTOM LINE: Vegas visits Vancouver looking to continue its three-game road winning streak. Canucks looking for 4th straight win.
The Canucks are 10-5-6 against the rest of their division. Vancouver is seventh in the Western Conference with 32.2 shots per game and is averaging 2.9 goals.
The Golden Knights are 15-6-1 against the rest of their division. Vegas is eighth in the Western Conference recording 8.3 points per game, averaging 3.2 goals and 5.1 assists.
Vancouver defeated Vegas 5-1 in the last meeting between these teams on April 6. Elias Pettersson scored two goals for the Canucks in the victory.
TOP PERFORMERS:
Bo Horvat leads the Canucks with 30 goals and has 50 points.
J.T. Miller has seven assists over the last 10 games for Vancouver.
Jonathan Marchessault leads the Golden Knights with 28 goals and has 59 points.
Jack Eichel has six goals and three assists over the last 10 games for Vegas.
Alex Chiasson has seven points (4-3-7) in his last five games.
Conor Garland has five points (1-4-5) in his last five games.
LAST MEETING – 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 GAME PLAYED – APR. 9/22: VAN 5 vs SJS 1
Jason Dickinson opened the scoring with an unassisted tally at 2:03 in the first period…Conor Garland assisted by Alex Chiasson…Alex Chiasson then notched the eventual game-winning goal at 2:07 in the third period to record his second straight multi- point game (1-1-2)…Luke Schenn added a shorthanded empty-net goal, unassisted at 19:59 in the third period…Alex Chiasson led all Canucks in shots (7)…Luke Schenn led the team in hits (5)…Bo Horvat went 20-13 in face-offs…Thatcher Demko made 35 saves.
LAST 5 vs VEGAS
Apr. 6/22: VAN 5 at VGK 1
Apr. 3/22: VAN 2 vs VGK 3 (OT)
Nov. 13/21: VAN 4 at VGK 7
Dec. 19/19: VAN 5 vs VGK 4 (OT)
Dec. 15/19: VAN 3 at VGK 6
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jack Rathbone reassigned to Abbotsford and Sheldon Dries recalled under emergency conditions, Apr. 7
Jack Rathbone recalled under emergency conditions from Abbotsford, Apr. 5
WINNING WAYS
Turning aside 35 of 37 shots on Apr. 9 at SJS, Thatcher Demko became the first Canucks goaltender since Roberto Luongo (31 W) in 2011-12 to win 30 games in a season. Demko is the sixth goaltender in Canucks history to earn 30 wins in a season, joining Roberto Luongo (6x), Dan Cloutier (3x), Kirk McLean, Alex Auld and Gary Smith.
GOAL CHASER
Collecting two points (1-1-2) on Apr. 9 vs SJS, Alex Chiasson registered his consecutive multi-point games (2-1-3 on Apr. 7 at ARI) for the first time in his career. With four goals in his last five games, Chiasson also reached the 10-goal mark for the sixth time in his career.
J.T. GOING ON 30
With a career-high 29 goals so far this season, J.T. Miller looks to join Bo Horvat as the second Canuck to reach 30 goals. The last time multiple Canucks recorded 30+ goals in a single season was 2010-11 when Daniel Sedin and Ryan Kesler each scored 41.
RED HOT HORVAT
Bo Horvat scored twice (2-1-3) on Apr. 7 at ARI to record his first career 30-goal campaign and became the first Canucks player to reach the mark in a season since Radim Vrbata in 2014-15 (31). Bo is the 31st player in Canucks history to score 30 goals in a season. Horvat now has 13 goals in his last 16 games, which is t-3rd in the NHL since Mar. 9.
QUICK ON THE DRAW
Winning all 17 face-offs he took on Apr. 7 at ARI, Bo Horvat ranks t-3rd in the NHL for most face-off wins in a single game with a 100% success rate since 1997-98.
KILLER INSTINCT
Going 4-for-5 on the penalty kill on Apr. 9 vs SJS, the Canucks improved to 27-for-30 (90.0%) on the kill since Mar. 20, ranking third in the League during that stretch.
EXCEPTIONAL ELIAS
Collecting a goal and two assists in a 5-1 win on Apr. 7 at ARI, Elias Pettersson registered his 51st 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.
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).
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.
