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MATCH-UP INFO
- Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Sabres this season: Jan. 13 (road) and Mar. 19 (home)
• Vancouver is 56-49-19-4 all-time against Buffalo, including a 23-30-8-3 record on the road.
• The Canucks are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games against the Sabres (2-2-1 in their last 5).
• J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Buffalo with 21 points (9-12-21) in 26 career games.
• Thatcher Demko is 2-2-1 with a 3.76 GAA and a .884 save percentage in five career games against Buffalo in his career.
• In eight career games (4-2-2), Casey DeSmith has a 1.99 GAA and a .938 save percentage all-time against Buffalo.
QUICK NUMBERS
- Elias Pettersson has 23 points (12-11-23) in his last 15 games. He is currently on a four-game point streak (7-5-12) and has had a four-point game in two of his last three games. His 12 points in four games is t-3rd in Canucks franchise history for most points in a four-game span.
• Quinn Hughes has registered 12 points (2-10-12) in his last 10 games, totaling 51 points overall (11-40-51). He ranks 1st in the league for points amongst defencemen and ranks t-3rd in the league for assists amongst all skaters.
• J.T. Miller has 58 points overall this season (19-39-58) and has 19 points (5-14-19) in his last 15 games. He is currently on a four-game point streak (3-5-8)
• Brock Boeser has scored 27 goals this season, ranking 4th in the league. He has three multi-point games in his past four games.
• Filip Hronek is currently on a four-game point streak (1-6-7).
• Quinn Hughes (+32) and Filip Hronek (+32) both lead the league in +/-.
• The Vancouver Canucks currently rank 2nd in the league and have the highest goal differential (+55) in the league. The Canucks currently have the most wins (25) when leading after two periods, have opened the scoring 28 times this season (first in the league) and have the most wins when scoring first (22).
2023.24 TEAM RANKS
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Carson Soucy activated off LTIR, Jan. 6
• Phillip Di Giuseppe placed on LTIR, Jan. 6
• Josh Bloom reassigned to Saginaw, Jan. 5
• Linus Karlsson recalled from Abbotsford, Jan. 3
VANCOUVER’S 2023.24 RECORD WHEN…
- Score 4+ Goals: 23-1-0
- Score 3 Goals or Less: 5-10-3
- Allow 4+ Goals: 2-9-2
- Allow 3 Goals or Less: 26-2-1
- Scoring First: 22-5-1
- Allowing First Goal: 6-6-2
- On 0 Days Rest: 3-2-1
- On 1 Day Rest: 15-6-2
- On 2 Days Rest: 8-2-0
- On 3+ Days Rest: 2-1-0
- Score a PPG: 15-4-2
- Give up a PPG: 13-6-1
- 25 or More Shots on Goal: 20-8-2
- Less than 25 shots: 8-3-1
Source: nhl.com