Quinn Hughes (0-2—2) factored on two of five Vancouver goals and hit the 75-point mark for the second straight season as the Canucks overcame the Jets in a battle between the NHL’s top two Canadian clubs to win 5-0 on March 9, 2024.

Nils Höglander, Pius Suter, and Elias Pettersson also paced the Canucks with 2 points each (1-1=2) with J.T. Miller and Philip Di Giuseppe chipping in with a goal each. Conor Garland and Teddy Blueger each picked up an assist.

Vancouver (42-17-7, 91 points) maintained second place in the League standings and kept pace with the Panthers (44-17-4, 92 points), who benefited from a 2-1—3 performance from Vladimir Tarasenko in a home win against the Flames.

Hughes (13-63—76 in 66 GP) matched his career high – and his Canucks record by a defenseman –  for points in a season and joined Brent Burns (2 from 2015-16 – 2016-17) as just the second active blueliner to record consecutive 75-point campaigns. The last defenseman to stretch that streak to at least three seasons was Ray Bourque (5 from 1989-90 – 1993-94).

Thatcher Demko (12 saves in 26:40) and Casey DeSmith (10 saves in 33:01) combined to record Vancouver’s seventh shutout of the season, which trails only Pittsburgh (8) for the most among all teams.

Saturday also marked the third shared shutout in franchise history following Dec. 6, 2011 (6-0 W vs. COL) and Feb. 22, 2015 (4-0 W at NYI).

Source: NHL Morning Skate – March 10, 2024