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🆚 Tampa Bay Lightning
⏰ 4:00 PM
📍 Tampa Bay, FL
📺 Sportsnet
📻 Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Lightning this season: Oct. 19 (road), Dec. 12 (home).
Vancouver is 20-17-2-2 all-time against Tampa Bay, including a 10-11-0-0 record on the road.
The Canucks are 2-8-0 in their last 10 games against the Lightning.
Among active skaters, J.T. Miller (4-7-11, 16GP) leads the team in career scoring vs Tampa Bay.
Thatcher Demko has a 3.46 GAA and .881 SV% in three career games against the Lightning.
Casey DeSmith has a 4.05 GAA and .873 SV% all time against Tampa Bay.

QUICK NUMBERS

Brock Boeser has posted five points (4-1-5) in his last three games.
Elias Pettersson has six points (1-5-6) in his last three games.
J.T. Miller has four points (1-3-4) in his last three games.
Nils Hoglander has three points (1-2-3) in his last three games.
Thatcher Demko posted a .953 SV% and has a 1.70 GAA in his last two games (1-1-0).

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Source: nhl.com

🆚 Philadelphia Flyers
⏰ 3:00 PM
📍 Philadelphia, PA
📺 Sportsnet
📻 Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Flyers this season.
Vancouver is 38-74-13-4 all time against Philadelphia, including a 22-41-1-2 record on the road.
The Canucks are 5-5-0 in their last 10 games against the Flyers, (2-3-0 in their last 5).
Elias Pettersson has 9 points (3-6-9) in 8 career games against the Flyers.
J.T. Miller has 18 points (9-9-18) in 28 career games against the Flyers.
Tyler Myers has 12 points (5-7-12) in 24 career games against the Flyers.
Casey DeSmith is 3-2-0 in 6 career games against the Flyers with a 2.75 GAA and .910 SV%.
Thatcher Demko has a 3.00 GAA and .910 SV% all time against Philadelphia.

QUICK NUMBERS

Brock Boeser has posted 5 points (4-1-5) in his first two games of the season
Elias Pettersson has 6 points (1-5-6) in his past two games.
J.T. Miller scored 4 points (1-3-4) in his past two games.
Andrei Kuzmenko recorded his first goal (1-0-1) in his last game.
Casey DeSmith has a .933 SV% in the 2023.24 season.

BUILDING CHEMISTRY

The team has shown high levels of commitment through the start of the season.

At their season opener, Oct. 11/23 vs EDM, eight Canuck players registered an assist. J.T Miller (1-3-4), Elias Pettersson (1-3- 4) and Quinn Hughes (0-3-3) each collected three assists in their season debuts, while Brock Boeser (4-0-4), Elias Pettersson (1-3-4) and J.T. Miller (1-3-4) became the fourth trio in NHL history to each record four+ points in a season opener.
This has continued through their second game of the season on Oct. 14/23 at EDM when the Canucks defeated the Oilers 4-3. Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson both assisted on the lone power play goal for the Vancouver Canucks scored by Andrei Kuzmenko. The goal made Kuzmenko the fourth fastest player to score 40 goals from the start of a player’s stint with the franchise (83 games). The win on the Oct.14/23 marks the first time since the 2018.19 season the Canucks won their first two meetings against the Oilers.

VANCOUVER’S 2023.24 RECORD WHEN…