12/28/2023 – Page 2 – CanucksBanter

🆚 Philadelphia Flyers
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📍 Rogers Arena
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MATCH-UP INFO

Tonight marks second and final meeting between the Canucks and Flyers this season: Oct. 17 (road, 2-0 L) and Dec. 28 (home).
Vancouver is 38-75-13-4 all-time against Philadelphia, including a 16-33-12-2 record on home ice.
The Canucks are 4-6-0 in their last 10 games against the Flyers (2-3-0 in their last 5).
J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Philadelphia with 18 points (9-9-18) in 29 career games.
Tyler Myers has 12 points (5-7-12) in 25 career games against the Flyers.
Brock Boeser has nine points (6-3-9) in 10 games against the Flyers in his career.
In nine career games, Elias Pettersson has nine points (3-6-9) against Philadelphia.
Thatcher Demko is 1-3-0 with a 2.78 GAA and a .923 save percentage in four career games against the Flyers.
In six career games (3-2-0), Casey DeSmith has a 2.75 GAA and a .910 save percentage all-time against Philadelphia.

QUICK NUMBERS

Quinn Hughes has registered 13 points (2-11-13) in his last 15 games, totaling 44 points overall (10-34-44). He ranks 1st in the league for points amongst defencemen and ranks t-2nd in the league for assists amongst all skaters.
J.T. Miller has 48 points overall this season (15-33-48) and has 18 points (2-16-18) in his last 14 games. He ranks 3rd in the league for points.
Brock Boeser has scored 24 goals this season, ranking 2nd in the league.
Dakota Joshua has seven points (5-2-7) in his last six games.
Teddy Blueger (2-6-8) is currently on a six-game point streak.
Conor Garland has seven points (1-6-7) in his last six games.
Thatcher Demko is tied for the league lead in wins (17).
The Vancouver Canucks currently rank 1st in the league and have the highest goal differential (+47) in the league.
The Canucks currently have the most wins (20) when leading after two periods and have scored the first goal of the game 23 times, 1st in the NHL. They also have the most wins (18) when scoring first.

2023.24 TEAM RANKS

SETTING RECORDS

Leading the NHL standings with 49 points on Dec. 25/23, the Canucks became the first Canadian team to lead the league at the time of the Holiday Break since the Ottawa Senators in 2005.
With a record of 23-9-3 through Dec. 23, the Canucks have recorded the most wins in franchise history through the team’s first 35 games of a season.
After their win on Dec. 14/23 vs FLA, the Vancouver Canucks (30 GP) set a franchise record for fewest games needed to reach 20 wins in a season. The previous record was set in 2005.06 in 31 games.

THE LIFE LINE

The Canucks third line (Dakota Joshua – Teddy Blueger – Conor Garland) have contributed 28 points (10-18-28) in their last 10 games.
In those past 10 games, Dakota Joshua (6-3-9) and Conor Garland (1-8-9) have nine points, and Teddy Blueger (3-7-10) has 10. Blueger is also currently on a six-game point streak (2-6-8).

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