🆚 Columbus Blue Jackets
⏰ 10:00 AM. PST
📍 Nationwide Arena
📺 Sportsnet
📻 Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
- Today marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Blue Jackets this season: Jan. 15 (road) and Jan. 27 (home)
• Vancouver is 39-15-2-9 all-time against Columbus, including an 18-9-2-4 record on the road.
• The Canucks are 5-4-1 in their last 10 games against the Blue Jackets (2-2-1 in their last 5).
• J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Columbus with 16 points (2-14-16) in 25 career games.
• Thatcher Demko is 1-3-0 with a 3.53 GAA and a .867 save percentage in four career games against Columbus in his career.
• In five career games (4-0-0), Casey DeSmith has a 2.25 GAA and a .934 save percentage all-time against the Blue Jackets.
QUICK NUMBERS
- Elias Pettersson has 12 points (7-5-12) in his last five games and has had a four-point game in two of his last five games. Quinn Hughes has registered 15 points (2-13-15) in his last 15 games, totaling 51 points overall (11-40-51). He ranks 1st in the league for points amongst defencemen and ranks 4th in the league for assists amongst all skaters.
• J.T. Miller has 58 points overall this season (19-39-58) and has 18 points (4-14-18) in his last 15 games.
• Brock Boeser has scored 27 goals this season, ranking t-4th in the league. He has three multi-point games in his past five games.
• Filip Hronek has 7 points (1-6-7) in his last five games.
• Quinn Hughes (+32) and Filip Hronek (+32) both lead the league in +/-. - Thatcher Demko recorded his fourth shutout of the season in his last game played and is currently second in the league.
• The Vancouver Canucks currently rank 1st in the league and have the highest goal differential (+56) in the league. The Canucks currently have the most wins (26) when leading after two periods, have opened the scoring 29 times this season (first in the league) and have the most wins when scoring first (23). They are also one of two teams that have not lost after leading through two periods.
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: 6-10-3
- Allow 4+ Goals: 2-9-2
- Allow 3 Goals or Less: 27-2-1
- Scoring First: 23-5-1
- Allowing First Goal: 6-6-2
- On 0 Days Rest: 3-2-1
- On 1 Day Rest: 16-6-2
- On 2 Days Rest: 8-2-0
- On 3+ Days Rest: 2-1-0
- Score a PPG: 15-4-1
- Give up a PPG: 13-6-1
- 25 or More Shots on Goal: 20-8-2
- Less than 25 shots: 9-3-1
Source: nhl.com
