🆚 Carolina Hurricanes
⏰ 7:00 PM. PST
📍 Rogers Arena
📺 Sportsnet
📻 Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
- Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Hurricanes this season: Dec. 9 (home), Feb. 6 (road).
- Vancouver is 40-31-11-1 all-time against Carolina, including a 24-12-6-0 record on home ice.
- The Canucks are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games against the Hurricanes (2-2-1 in their last five).
- J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against the Hurricanes with 16 points (7-9-16) in 25 career games.
- Thatcher Demko is 1-2-1 with a 2.72 GAA and a .917 SV% in four career games against the Hurricanes.
- In four career games (1-2-1), Casey DeSmith has a 2.26 GAA and a .937 SV% all-time against Carolina.
QUICK NUMBERS
- Quinn Hughes has registered 16 points (4-12-16) in his last 15 games, totaling 36 points overall (9-27-36). He ranks t-4th amongst all skaters in points and he is t-1st in the league for assists (27). Hughes is also 1st for points amongst blueliners.
- J.T. Miller has 39 points overall this season (14-25-39) and has 21 points (7-14-21) in his last 15 games. He ranks 2nd in the league for points.
- Brock Boeser has scored 18 goals this season, ranking 1st in the league.
- Filip Hronek has eight points (1-7-8) in his last ten games. Hronek ranks 4th for points and 3rd for assists amongst defensemen.
- Quinn Hughes and Filip Hronek have the most points by a defencemen pairing this season (61).
- The Vancouver Canucks are currently t-2nd in the Western Conference and t-4th in the league. They also have the secondhighest goal differential (+33) in the league. The Canucks also have the most wins (14) when leading after the second period.
2023.24 TEAM RANKS
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
- Matt Irwin reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 2
- Nikita Zadorov acquired from Calgary in exchange for a fifth-round pick (2024) and a third-round pick (2026), Nov. 30
VANCOUVER’S 2023.24 RECORD WHEN…
- Score 4+ Goals: 12-1-0
- Score 3 Goals or Less: 5-8-1
- Allow 4+ Goals: 0-8-1
- Allow 3 Goals or Less: 17-1-0
- Scoring First: 14-4-0
- Allowing First Goal: 3-5-1
- On 0 Days Rest: 1-2-1
- On 1 Day Rest: 8-5-0
- On 2 Days Rest: 7-2-0
- On 3+ Days Rest: 1-0-0
- Score a PPG: 9-4-1
- Give up a PPG: 9-5-1
- 25 or More Shots on Goal: 12-6-1
- Less than 25 shots: 5-3-0
Source: nhl.com