Canucks Game Day |  Washington Capitals at Vancouver Canucks –  March 16, 2024

🆚 Washington Capitals
⏰ 07:00 PM. PDT
📍 Rogers Arena
📺 Sportsnet
📻 Sportsnet 650

LAST 10 GAMES

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the final meeting between the Canucks and Capitals this season: Feb. 11 (road, 3-2 OTW), Mar. 16 (home).
  • Vancouver is 44-47-9-4 all-time against Washinton, including a 24-19-5-3 record on home ice.
  • The Canucks are 3-5-2 in their last 10 games against the Capitals (2-2-1 in their last 5).
  • Elias Lindholm leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Washington with 18 points (13-5-18) in 28 career games.
  • Quinn Hughes has 10 points (1-9-10) in seven career games against the Capitals.
  • In eight career games against Washington, Elias Pettersson has 10 points (6-4-10).
  • In six career games (4-1-1), Casey DeSmith has a 2.43 GAA and a .914 save percentage versus the Capitals.
  • Arturs Silovs has yet to play a game against Washington.

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Quinn Hughes has 76 points overall this season (13-63-76). He currently ranks 1st in the league for points amongst defencemen. He has six points (1-5-6) in his last five games.
  • Nils Höglander has five points (2-3-5) in his last five games.
  • J.T. Miller has 15 points (8-7-15) in his last 10 games.
  • Conor Garland is on a three-game point streak (1-2-3).
  • Quinn Hughes (+36) currently ranks 2nd in the league in +/-.
  • Thatcher Demko currently ranks t-1st in the league in wins (34).
  • The Vancouver Canucks currently rank 3rd in the league. The Canucks have the most wins (34) when leading after two periods, have opened the scoring 44 times this season (leading the NHL), and have the most wins when scoring first (31).

2023.24 TEAM RANKS

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • Christian Felton signed to a one-year entry-level contract, Mar. 14
  • D Elias Pettersson assigned to Abbotsford from Orebro, Mar. 13
  • Arturs Silovs recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Mar. 12
  • Dakota Joshua retroactively placed on LTIR, Mar. 12
  • Vasily Podkolzin recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 9
  • Vasily Podkolzin reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 8
  • Vasily Podkolzin recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 7
  • Guillaume Brisebois activated from LTIR and assigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 6
  • Vasily Podkolzin reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 6
  • Carson Soucy activated from LTIR, Mar. 5
  • Guillaume Brisebois placed on waivers, Mar. 5
  • Matt Irwin reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 4
  • Vasily Podkolzin recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 2
  • Matt Irwin recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 2
  • Elias Pettersson agreed to terms on an eight-year contract, Mar. 2
  • Arshdeep Bains reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 1

VANCOUVER’S 2023.24 RECORD WHEN…

  • Score 4+ Goals: 28-2-0
  • Score 3 Goals or Less: 14-15-8
  • Allow 4+ Goals: 4-14-6
  • Allow 3 Goals or Less: 38-3-2
  • Scoring First: 31-9-4
  • Allowing First Goal: 11-8-4
  • On 0 Days Rest: 4-3-1
  • On 1 Day Rest: 24-11-5
  • On 2 Days Rest: 11-2-1
  • On 3+ Days Rest: 3-1-1
  • Score a PPG: 22-6-4
  • Give up a PPG: 16-10-6
  • 25 or More Shots on Goal: 30-10-6
  • Less than 25 shots: 12-7-2

Source: nhl.com

Canucks Game Day |  Winnipeg Jets at Vancouver Canucks –  March 9, 2024

🆚 Winnipeg Jets
⏰ 07:00 PM. PST
📍 Rogers Arena
📺 Sportsnet
📻 Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

  • Tonight marks the second of three meetings between the Canucks and Jets this season: Feb. 17 (home, 4-2 L), Mar. 9 (home) and Apr. 18 (road).  
  • Vancouver is 19-26-1-2 all-time against Winnipeg, including a 10-11-1-1 record on home ice.
  • The Canucks are 4-6-0 in their last 10 games against the Jets (1-4-0 in their last 5).
  • Elias Lindholm leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Winnipeg with 26 points (10-16-26) in 31 career games.
  • Thatcher Demko is 5-5-0 with a 2.31 GAA and a .929 save percentage in 10 career games against the Jets.
  • In two career games (1-0-0), Casey DeSmith has a 3.53 GAA and a .857 save percentage versus Winnipeg. 

QUICK NUMBERS

  • Quinn Hughes has 74 points overall this season (13-61-74). He currently ranks 1st in the league for points amongst defencemen.
  • J.T. Miller has 14 points (7-7-14) in his past 10 games.
  • Quinn Hughes (+33) currently ranks 2nd in the league in +/-.
  • Thatcher Demko is currently 1st in the league in wins (33). Demko ranks t-5th in the league (min. 30 starts) with a .916 save percentage.
  • The Vancouver Canucks currently rank t-2nd in the league. The Canucks currently have the most wins (33) when leading after two periods, have opened the scoring 42 times this season (leading the NHL), and have the most wins when scoring first (30).

2023.24 TEAM RANKS

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

  • Vasily Podkolzin reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 8
  • Vasily Podkolzin recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 7
  • Guillaume Brisebois activated from LTIR and assigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 6
  • Vasily Podkolzin reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 6
  • Carson Soucy activated from LTIR, Mar. 5
  • Guillaume Brisebois placed on waivers, Mar. 5
  • Matt Irwin reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 4
  • Vasily Podkolzin recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 2
  • Matt Irwin recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 2
  • Elias Pettersson agreed to terms on an eight-year contract, Mar. 2
  • Arshdeep Bains reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 1

VANCOUVER’S 2023.24 RECORD WHEN…

  • Score 4+ Goals: 27-2-0
  • Score 3 Goals or Less: 14-15-7
  • Allow 4+ Goals: 4-14-5
  • Allow 3 Goals or Less: 37-3-2
  • Scoring First: 30-9-3
  • Allowing First Goal: 11-8-4
  • On 0 Days Rest: 4-3-1
  • On 1 Day Rest: 23-11-5
  • On 2 Days Rest: 11-2-1
  • On 3+ Days Rest: 3-1-0
  • Score a PPG: 21-6-4
  • Give up a PPG: 16-10-5
  • 25 or More Shots on Goal: 29-10-6
  • Less than 25 shots: 12-7-1

ELIAS PETTERSSON

  • Assisting on a goal on Mar. 7/24 at VGK, Elias Pettersson became the 2nd fastest player in Canucks franchise history to record 400 career points. He required 390 games to reach that mark. Pavel Bure (360 GP) was the fastest. He also became the 5th fastest Swedish-born player to record 400 career points in NHL history. Pettersson is the first member of the 2017 NHL draft class to reach this mark.
  • Tying the game with his 30th of the season on Mar. 5/24 at LAK, Elias Pettersson became the first player from the 2017 draft class to record three 30+ goal seasons.
  • Scoring the 165th goal of his career Feb. 19 at MIN, Elias Pettersson tied Ulf Dahlen for the sixth-most goals by a Swedish born player within their first six NHL seasons.
  • After recording a three-assist game on Feb. 15/24 vs DET, Elias Pettersson became the 10th player in franchise history to record at least 10 three-assist games with the franchise.
  • By recording a three-point game on Feb. 15/24 vs DET, Elias Pettersson (395 points, now 400) passed Brendan Morrison for 4th place for most career points among primary centres in franchise history. Bo Horvat (420), Thomas Gradin (550) and Henrik Sedin (1070) pace the list.
  • Elias Pettersson recorded a three-point game on Feb. 15/24 vs DET, marking his 35th three-point game. He currently ranks 9th for most three-point games in franchise history, Trevor Linden (37 GP) is 8th and Thomas Gradin (38 GP) is 9th. He also recorded his 11th three-point game of the season, the most in a season by a Canuck since Daniel (15) and Henrik Sedin (12) in 2009.10.
  • After recording three points on Feb. 10/24 at DET, Elias Pettersson (17) ranks t-5th for most 3+ point performances on the road in franchise history. Daniel Sedin (31 GP) paces the list.

Source: nhl.com