12/17/2023 – CanucksBanter

By Andrew Phillip Chernoff | CanucksBanter

December 17, 2023

The Vancouver Canucks (21-9-1-1), 2nd in the Pacific Division, visited the Chicago Blackhawks (09-20-0-1), 8th in the Central Division, at United Center on Sunday afternoon, and the Canucks won a tight game 4-3, in the 2nd game of their 4-game road trip.

Canucks scored three consecutive goals to take a 4-2 lead into the final period, and hung on for their 21rst win of the season, and are undefeated in regulation since December 6.

Vancouver finished the game on a 6-game undefeated streak in regulation and are 8-3-1-0 in their last 12.

Chicago came into the game 2-3-0-0 in their last 5 games and a home record of 5-7-1, having lost their last home game.

Vancouver is 2nd in Western Conference and 4rth in the NHL.

Vancouver goals came from: Elias Pettersson (PPG), Dakota Joshua, Brock Boeser, Ilya Mikheyev

Helpers from: J.T. Miller (2), Tyler Myers (2), Conor Garland, Teddy Blueger, Pius Suter.

Vancouver had multi-point games from: Miller (2), Myers (2).

Canucks starting goalie Thatcher Demko stopped 25 shots and picked up his 16 win of the season. He has a 2.34 GAA and a .921 SV%.

He is 16-7-0 with 3 shutouts in 23 game starts: 5-4-0-0 in road games and 11-3-0-0 with 3 shutouts at home.

Next 5 games for Vancouver:

Canucks at Predators: 12.19.2023
Canucks at Stars: 12.21.2023
Sharks vs. Vancouver: 12.23.2023
Flyers vs. Vancouver: 12.28.2023
Senators vs. Vancouver: 01.02.2024

Canucks Game Notes

Face-offs
- VAN: 26/47: 55% CHI: 21/47: 45%
Power Play
- VAN: 1-4 CHI: 2-4
Penalty Kill
- VAN: 2-4 CHI: 3-4
Shots
- VAN: 26 CHI: 28
Hits
- VAN: 10 CHI: 10
Blocked Shots
- VAN: 9 CHI: 15

Canucks Highlights

Game Reports

Hockey Analytics Reports

Source: nhl.com

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MATCH-UP INFO

Tonight marks the first of three meetings between the Canucks and Blackhawks this season: Dec. 17 (road), Jan. 22 (home) and Feb. 13 (road).
Vancouver is 89-83-22-7 all-time against Chicago, including a 34-52-7-6 record on the road.
The Canucks are 8-2-0 in their last 10 games against the Blackhawks (4-1-0 in their last 5).
J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Chicago with 16 points (3-13-16) in 20 career games.
Brock Boeser has recorded 13 points (4-9-13) in 13 career games against the Blackhawks.
Thatcher Demko is 3-1-0 with a 1.01 GAA and a .966 SV% in four career games against the Blackhawks.
In three career games (1-2-0), Casey DeSmith has a 3.72 GAA and a .876 SV% all-time against Chicago.

QUICK NUMBERS

Quinn Hughes has registered 13 points (3-10-13) in his last 15 games, totaling 39 points overall (9-30-39). He is 1st in the league for points amongst defencemen and ranks t-1st in the league for assists amongst all skaters.
J.T. Miller has 43 points overall this season (15-28-43) and has 17 points (5-12-17) in his last 15 games. He ranks 2nd in the league for points.
Brock Boeser has scored 22 goals this season, ranking 2nd in the league. His 36 points (22-14-36) this season places him 5th in the league among primary right wingers.
Elias Pettersson has 10 points (3-7-10) in his last 10 games. • Thatcher Demko has recorded three shutouts this season, tied for the most in the league.
The Vancouver Canucks are currently 2nd in the Western Conference and t-2nd in the league. They also have the highest goal differential (+41) in the league.
The Canucks currently have the most wins (17) when leading after two periods and have scored the first goal of the game 20 times, 1st in the NHL. They also have the most wins (16) when scoring first.

2023.24 TEAM RANKS

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

Nick Cicek and a sixth-round pick (2024) acquired from San Jose in exchange for Jack Studnicka, Dec. 15.
Pius Suter activated off IR, Dec 14
Linus Karlsson reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec 9
Matt Irwin reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 2

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