01/04/2024 – Page 2 – CanucksBanter

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MATCH-UP INFO

Tonight marks second of three meeting between the Canucks and Blues this season: Oct. 27 (Home, 5-0 W), Jan. 4 (road) and Jan. 24 (home).
Vancouver is 79-99-18-6 all-time against St. Louis, including a 33-54-9-3 record on the road.
The Canucks are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games against the Blues (2-2-1 in their last 5).
Elias Pettersson leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against St. Louis with 19 points (5-14-19) in 12 career games.
J.T. Miller has 16 points (6-10-16) in 17 career games against the Blues.
Brock Boeser has 10 points (6-4-10) in 15 career games against St. Louis.
In 11 career games against the Blues, Quinn Hughes has registered 7 points (5-2-7).
Thatcher Demko is 3-1-2 with a 2.62 GAA and a .914 save percentage in 6 career games against St. Louis.
In two career appearances, Casey DeSmith has a 3.37 GAA and a .862 save percentage all-time against the Blues.

QUICK NUMBERS

Quinn Hughes has registered 13 points (2-11-13) in his last 15 games, totaling 46 points overall (10-36-46). He ranks 1st in the league for points amongst defencemen and ranks t-3rd in the league for assists amongst all skaters, and is currently on a five-game point streak (1-6-7).
J.T. Miller has 50 points overall this season (16-34-50) and has 17 points (3-14-17) in his last 15 games. He ranks t-5th in the league for points.
Brock Boeser has scored 24 goals this season, ranking t-3rd in the league.
Dakota Joshua has eight points (5-3-8) in his last eight games.
Pius Suter has six points (4-2-6) in his last five games.
Thatcher Demko is t-2nd in the league for wins (18).
The Vancouver Canucks currently rank t-2nd in the league and have the highest goal differential (+47) in the league. The Canucks currently have the most wins (21) when leading after two periods and have the most wins when scoring first (19).

SETTING RECORDS

On Jan. 2/24 vs OTT, the Canucks scored five goals in the opening period for the 12th time in franchise history and the fourth time since then turn of the century.
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.

ELIAS PETTERSON

With two goals on Jan. 2/24 vs OTT, Elias Pettersson is now 3rd in Canucks franchise history for most career multi-goal performances recorded by a primary centre. He is currently t-10th in the league for NHL points leaders.
Pettersson has recorded 21 games with at least 1 goal and 2 assists after his three-point game on Dec. 9/23 vs CAR. He ranks t-4th for most such games in Canucks franchise history.
After recording the GWG on Dec. 9/23 vs CAR, Elias Pettersson recorded the 26th GWG of his career. He tied Thomas Gradin for the 9th most in franchise history.
By recording 3 points (1-2-3) on Dec. 9/23 vs CAR, Pettersson (29 games) ranks fourth for most 3+ point performances by a Canucks player in their first 6 seasons. Pavel Bure (37), Thomas Gradin (35) and Patrick Sundstrom (30) all pace the list.

BROCK BOESER

Recording an assist on Jan. 2/24 vs OTT, Brock Boeser has 15 points (9-6-15) in his last 15 games. He currently is t-3rd for goals scored in the NHL with 24.
With his 23rd goal of the season on Dec. 17/23 at CHI, Boeser became the fourth Canuck to record 23+ goals through 32 games, joining Pavel Bure (26, 1992.93), Tony Tanti (25, 1983.84), and Alexander Mogilny (23, 1995.96).
Boeser recorded a nine-game point streak lasting from Nov. 25/23 to Dec. 14/23. This point streak matched the longest of his career, he also recorded his second natural hat trick of the season during this stretch.
Through Dec. 14 (30 games), Brock Boeser has doubled his power play points (6 to 12), tripled his shooting percentage (9.4% to 27.5%) and nearly quadrupled his goal total (6 to 22) from 2022.23 to 2023.24 and is on-pace for a career-high 98 points.
With his hat-trick performance against Tampa Bay, Dec. 12/23, Brock Boeser is t-3rd in the league with Brady Tkachuk for most multi-goal games in the 2023.24 season with 6. He is currently chasing Auston Matthews (10) and Nikita Kucherov (8).
Brock Boeser (29 GP) became the 6th fastest player in franchise history to reach 20 goals in a season. Pavel Bure paces the list (19 GP, 1992.92). Boeser is also the 6th player to complete this feat in under 30 games.
After his natural hat trick on Dec. 12/23 vs TBL, Boeser became the 9th player in Canucks franchise history to have five career hat tricks with the club, he also ranks t-6th for most hat tricks in franchise history. Boeser is also the first player since Petri Skriko in 1986.87 to have two natural hat tricks in a season.

PIUS ON THE LOOSE

After a 3-point performance (2-1-3) on Jan. 2/24 vs OTT, Pius Suter has 6 points in his last 5 games. He has now recorded 8 points in his last 8 games after being activated from LTIR on Dec. 14/23 vs FLA. His three points also tied his career-high, previously hit on Jan.24/21 vs DET (3-0-3).

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