Today marks the final meeting between the Canucks and Blue Jackets this season: Jan. 15 (road, 3-4 L [SO]) and Jan. 27 (home)
Vancouver is 39-15-2-10 all-time against Columbus, including a 21-6-0-5 record on home ice.
The Canucks are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games against the Blue Jackets (2-1-2 in their last 5).
J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Columbus with 18 points (3-15-18) in 26 career games.
Elias Pettersson has recorded 12 points (8-4-12) in nine career games against the Blue Jackets.
In seven career games, Quinn Hughes has 8 points (1-7-8).
Thatcher Demko is 1-3-0 with a 3.53 GAA and a .867 save percentage in four career games against the Blue Jackets.
In six career games (4-0-1), Casey DeSmith has a 2.36 GAA and a .933 save percentage all-time against Columbus.
QUICK NUMBERS
Elias Pettersson has 16 points (10-6-16) in his last 10 games.
Quinn Hughes has registered 13 points (2-11-13) in his last 10 games, totaling 59 points overall (12-47-59). He ranks 1st in the league for points amongst defencemen. Hughes (1-7-8) is currently on a five-game point streak.
J.T. Miller has 64 points overall this season (21-43-64) and has 18 points (6-13-19) in his last 15 games. Miller ranks 2nd in the league in primary assists with 31.
Quinn Hughes (+35) leads the league, and Filip Hronek (+34) is t-2nd in +/-.
Thatcher Demko recorded his fifth shutout of the season in his last game played and is currently 2nd in the league for wins.
Demko is currently on a career high-tying seven-game win streak and is on an eight-game home winning streak, ranking t-2nd in franchise history for longest home winning streaks.
The Vancouver Canucks currently rank t-1st in the league and have the highest goal differential (+60) in the league.
The Canucks currently have the most wins (29) when leading after two periods, have opened the scoring 33 times this season (first in the league) and have the most wins when scoring first (26).
6 CANUCKS AT 2024 NHL ALL-STAR GAME
On Jan. 13/24, the NHL announced that Elias Petersson, Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes, J.T. Miller, Thatcher Demko and Rick Tocchet would be representing the Vancouver Canucks at the 2024 NHL All-Star Game in Toronto.
Demko received the most fan votes out of all players eligible for voting.
The 2023.24 season will mark the first time Miller has been named an all-star.
The 2023.24 Vancouver Canucks are the first team in franchise history to send five players and a coach to the NHL All-Star game, the previous best being three players and a coach in the 2002.03 and 2010.11 seasons.
Vancouver is also the first team in the NHL since the Colorado Avalanche in 2000.01 to have five players named as all-stars.
Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller also received the highest number of votes to participate in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition. They join Elias Pettersson who will also represent the Canucks in the competition.
2023.24 TEAM RANKS
TRUE SUTER
By recording his second hat trick of his career in just the third period on Jan. 24/24 vs STL, Pius Suter became the sixth Canuck in franchise history to record a third period hat trick, also matching the franchise record for most goals scored in a period.
With his hat trick on Jan. 24/24 vs STL, Suter became the third player in NHL history to score his first two career hat tricks on the same calendar date (January 24).
TRANSACTIONS
Mark Friedman recalled from Abbotsford, Jan 22
Linus Karlsson recalled from Abbotsford, Jan. 22
Linus Karlsson reassigned to Abbotsford, Jan. 21
Linus Karlsson recalled from Abbotsford, Jan. 19
Linus Karlsson reassigned to Abbotsford, Jan. 16
Mark Friedman assigned to Abbotsford on a Conditioning Loan, Jan. 16
