CANUCKS VS ISLANDERS

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, MSG Sports Network, MSG Sports Network 2

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Islanders this season: Nov. 14 (home) and Mar. 26 (road).
• Vancouver is 49-55-13-3 all-time against New York, including a 29-27-3-1 record at home.
• The Canucks are 6-4-0 in their last 10 games against the Islanders (4-1-0 in their last 5).
• J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against New York with 19 points (9-10-19) in 32 games.
• In seven career games against the Islanders, Quinn Hughes has 12 points (4-8-12).
• Jake DeBrusk has 11 points (7-4-11) in 23 career games against New York.
• In 10 career games against the Islanders, Elias Pettersson has eight points (4-4-8).
• Kevin Lankinen is 1-1-0 with a 1.02 goals against average and a .974 save percentage in two career games against New York.
• Artūrs Šilovs has yet to face the Islanders in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Quinn Hughes has eight points (1-7-8) on his current five-game point streak.
• Jake DeBrusk has five points (3-2-5) on his current five-game point streak.
• Elias Pettersson has five points (3-2-5) in his last four games.
• Pius Suter has goals in back-to-back games (2-0-2).

LAST MEETING – JAN. 9/24: VAN 5 at NYI 2

Filip Hronek opened the scoring at 16:25 of the first period… primary and secondary assists were awarded to Ilya Mikheyev and Conor Garland…Quinn Hughes doubled the lead with an unassisted effort at 18:42 of the first period…Elias Pettersson restored the two-goal lead at 10:20 in the second period…J.T. Miller and Hronek picked up helpers on the play…Tyler Myers added to the lead at 17:24 of the second period…assists were credited to Teddy Blueger and Garland…Dakota Joshua netted an unassisted empty-net goal at 18:32 of the third period to cap off scoring…Garland, Miller, Hronek, Pettersson and Mikheyev led the team with 4 shots apiece…Noah Juulsen and Hughes led the team in blocks with 2…Casey DeSmith made 18 saves.

2024.25 TEAM RANKS

LAST GAME PLAYED – NOV 12/24: VAN 3 vs CGY 1

Justin Kirkland opened the scoring with one minute remaining in the first…Elias Pettersson tied the game just 23 seconds into the second…J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes picked up the assists…Pius Suter gave Vancouver the lead 2:15 later…Miller and Erik Brännström… Brännström scored his first as a Canuck at 6:19 of the third period…Pettersson and Jake DeBrusk had the helpers…Miller had five shots on goal…Arshdeep Bains and Kiefer Sherwood each had three hits…Pettersson blocked four shots…Kevin Lankinen made 28 saves.

LAST 5 – vs NEW YORK

• Jan. 9/24: VAN 5 at NYI 2
• Nov. 15/23: VAN 4 vs NYI 3 (OT)
• Feb. 9/23: VAN 6 at NYI 5
• Jan. 3/23: VAN 2 vs NYI 6
• Mar. 3/22: VAN 4 at NYI 3

EP (TOP) 10

• With a goal and an assist on Nov. 12/24 vs CGY, Elias Pettersson has 421 career points, passing Bo Horvat for 10th on the franchise’s all-time scoring list.

J…T…MILLERRRRR

• Recording two assists on Nov. 12/24 vs CGY, J.T. Miller now has 114 multi-point efforts with the Canucks, tying Todd Bertuzzi for 9th on the franchise’s all-time multi-point game list.
• With two points (0-2-2) on Oct. 28/24 vs CAR, J.T. Miller has 113 games with at least two points in his Canucks career, tied with Andre Boudrias for 10th on the franchise’s all-time list.
• Recording one goal and two assists on Oct. 22/24 at CHI, J.T. Miller now has 17 games with at least a goal and two assists with Vancouver, tied with Cliff Ronning and Pavel Bure for the seventh-most such games in franchise history (D. Sedin leads with 30).
• Scoring the overtime winner on Oct. 17/24 at FLA, J.T. Miller now has 10 overtime goals with the Canucks, breaking a tie with Brendan Morrison for the second-most in franchise history.
• With his 26th career game-winning goal as a member of the Canucks coming on Oct. 17/24 vs FLA, J.T. Miller is now tied with Thomas Gradin for the 10th most game-winning goals in franchise history.
• Skating in his 800th career game on Oct. 9/24 vs CGY, J.T. Miller recorded a first period assist and the game-tying goal with 1:37 remaining.

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’

• By defeating Los Angeles on Nov. 7/24, the Vancouver Canucks completed a three-game sweep of a California road trip, the first time in franchise history the team has swept a California-only road trip.

QUINN-TASTIC

• Scoring the game-winning goal on Nov. 7/24 at LAK, Quinn Hughes tied Rick Lanz, Christian Ehrhoff, and Chris Tanev for 8th on the franchise’s all-time game-winning goals list amongst defencemen.
• Recording three assists in his 376th career game on Nov. 5/24 at ANA, Quinn Hughes reached the 300-assist benchmark. In doing so, he became the third fastest defenceman to reach the milestone, behind Bobby Orr (346) and Brian Leetch (368).
• Posting three assists on Nov. 5 at ANA, Quinn Hughes now has 22 such games in his NHL career, the third-most in NHL history by a defenceman aged 25 or younger, trailing only Bobby Orr (48 games) and Paul Coffey (32 games).
• With an assist on Jake DeBrusk’s third period goal on Nov. 2/24 at SJS, Quinn Hughes has 297 career assists, the fourth-most by a defenceman in their first 375 career games, trailing only Bobby Orr, Brian Leetch, and Paul Coffey.
• Recording two assists on Oct. 22/24 at CHI, Quinn Hughes now has 148 career assists on the road, passing Alex Edler for the seventh-most in franchise history (H. Sedin leads with 406).
• With an assist on the overtime winner on Oct. 17/24, Quinn Hughes now has 18 career overtime points, the third-most in franchise history, behind only Daniel Sedin (31) and Henrik Sedin (29).
• Registering nine shots on goal on Oct. 17 at FLA, Quinn Hughes set a new career-high for most shots in a single game.
• With two assists on Oct. 9/24 vs CGY, Quinn Hughes passed Dennis Kearns for the most points by a Canucks defenceman in season opening games (10, 1-9-10).

SHOOTER SUTER

• Scoring his second goal of the game with just 26 seconds remaining in regulation on Nov. 2/24 at SJS, Pius Suter recorded the sixth-latest game-winning goal on the road in Canucks franchise history.
• With two goals on Nov. 2/24 at SJS, Pius Suter now has seven goals in seven-career games against the Sharks, including four in three games as a member of the Canucks.

HOMETOWN HERO

• Surrey, B.C.’s Arshdeep Bains scored his first NHL goal on Oct. 26/24 vs PIT. His goal was the Canucks’ fourth in a span of 5:52 and stood as the game-winning goal.

BLINK-1:05

• Courtesy of goals from Elias Pettersson, Keifer Sherwood, and J.T. Miller, the Canucks scored three goals in 65 seconds, the fourth-fastest instance of three goals in franchise history.

KEVIN BLANKINEN

• Making 26 stops for his first shutout as a Canuck Oct. 19/24 at PHI, Kevin Lankinen became the seventh goaltender in franchise history to record a shutout within his first three starts as a Canuck, and the first since Anders Nilsson.

TYLER MYERS FOR 1000

• Skating in his 1000th career game on Oct. 19/24 at PHI, Tyler Myers became the eighth player in Canucks history to play his 1000th career game with the club, and only the second to record a point in Game #1000, joining Markus Naslund.

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

• Making his second start as a Canuck, Kevin Lankinen recorded his first win with the team in a 4-3 victory on Oct. 17/24 at FLA.
• Skating in his fourth game with the Canucks, Kiefer Sherwood registered his first point as a Canuck with an assist on Oct. 17/24 at FLA.
• Skating in his second game as a Canuck on Oct. 11/24 vs PHI, Derek Forbort recorded his first point in a Canucks uniform, assisting on Teddy Blueger’s second period goal.
• Making their Canucks debuts on Oct. 9/24 vs CGY, Danton Heinen (0-1-1) and Jake DeBrusk (0-1-1) each got on the scoresheet.

“THEY SEE ME ROLLIN’”

• Scoring a power play goal on Oct. 15/24 at TBL, Conor Garland has points in three straight games to open the season. This is the second time in his career he has started a season with points in at least three straight games, joining 2021.22 (six games).

HÖG START

• Scoring his first goal of the season on Oct. 11/24 vs PHI, Nils Höglander has points in two straight games to begin the 2024.25 season. This is the second-consecutive season that Höglander has opened the season with points in the opening two games.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Arshdeep Bains reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 13
• Aatu Räty reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 13
• Jonathan Lekkerimäki reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 13
• Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 12
• Artūrs Šilovs recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 11
• Ty Young reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 11
• Jonathan Lekkerimäki recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 10
• Ty Young recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 10
• Artūrs Šilovs assigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 10
• Arshdeep Bains reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 10
• Nils Åman reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 10
• Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 9
• Nils Åman recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 9
• Future considerations acquired from Seattle in exchange for Daniel Sprong
• Aatu Räty recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 5
• Arshdeep Bains reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 5
• Nils Åman assigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 3
• Nils Åman placed on waivers, Nov. 2
• Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 1
• Erik Brännström recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 1

THE LAST TIME…

• The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Nov. 5/24 at ANA
• The Canucks lost when leading after 1P: Mar. 16/24 vs WSH
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 1P: Oct. 9/24 vs CGY
• The Canucks won when leading after 2P: Nov. 12/24 vs CGY
• The Canucks lost when leading after 2P: Feb. 19/24 at MIN
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 2P: Oct. 11/24 vs PHI
• The Canucks won when trailing after 1P: Nov. 12/24 vs CGY
• The Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Nov. 9/24 vs EDM
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 1P: Oct. 28/24 vs CAR
• The Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Feb. 24/24 vs BOS
• The Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Nov. 9/24 vs EDM
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 2P: Oct. 28/24 vs CAR
• The Canucks won when tied after 1P: Nov. 7/24 at LAK
• The Canucks lost when tied after 1P: Apr. 18/24 at WPG
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 1P: Oct. 11/24 vs PHI
• The Canucks won when tied after 2P: Nov. 2/24 at SJS
• The Canucks lost when tied after 2P: Apr. 18/24 at WPG
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 2P: Dec. 21/23 at DAL

2024.25 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS

• Most Goals Scored, Game: 6, Oct. 22/24 at CHI
• Most Goals Scored, Period: 4, 3x, Latest Oct. 26/24 vs PIT, 2nd period
• Most Goals Allowed, Game: 7, Nov. 9/24 vs EDM
• Most Goals Allowed, Period: 4, Nov. 9/24 vs EDM, 3rd period
• Fewest Goals Scored, Game: 0, Oct. 30/24 vs NJD
• Fewest Goals Allowed, Game: 0, Oct. 19/24 at PHI
• Most PPG Scored, Game: 2, 2x, Latest Oct. 22/24 at CHI
• Most PPG Allowed, Game: 1, 7x, Latest Nov. 9/24 vs EDM
• Most SHG Scored, Game: 0
• Most SHG Allowed, Game: 1, 2x, Latest Oct. 30/24 vs NJD
• Most Shots, Game: 37, Nov. 5/24 at ANA
• Most Shots, Period: 16, 2x, Latest Nov. 5/24 at ANA, 2nd period
• Most Shots, OT: 3, Oct. 17/24 at FLA
• Fewest Shots, Game: 20, Nov. 9/24 vs EDM
• Fewest Shots, Period: 3, Oct. 9/24 vs CGY, 2nd period
• Fewest Shots, OT: 0, 2x, Latest Oct. 28/24 vs CAR
• Most Shots Allowed, Game: 34, Oct. 22/24 at CHI
• Most Shots Allowed, Period: 15, Oct. 17/24 at FLA, 2nd period
• Most Shots Allowed, OT: 2, 2x, Latest Oct. 11/24 vs PHI
• Fewest Shots Allowed, Game: 22, Nov. 5/24 at ANA
• Fewest Shots Allowed, Period: 3, Nov. 2/24 at SJS, 1st period
• Fewest Shots Allowed, OT: 0, Oct. 17/24 at FLA
• Most Hits, Game: 43, Oct. 30/24 vs NJD
• Fewest Hits, Game: 13, Oct. 9/24 vs CGY
• Most Blocked Shots, Game: 18, 2x, Latest Nov. 7/24 at LAK
• Fewest Blocked Shots, Game: 7, Nov. 5/24 at ANA
• Largest Margin of Victory: 4 goals, Nov. 5/24 at ANA
• Largest Margin of Defeat: 6 goals, Oct. 30/24 vs NJD
• Longest Win Streak: 4 games, Oct. 17-26/24
• Longest Point Streak: 5 games, Oct. 17-28/24 (4-0-1)
• Longest Winless Streak: 2 games, 2x, Latest Oct. 28-30/24
• Longest Pointless Streak: N/A

VANCOUVER 2024.25 RECORD WHEN…

• Score 4+ Goals: 4-0-1
• Score 3 Goals or Less: 4-3-2
• Allow 4+ Goals: 0-3-2
• Allow 3 Goals or Less: 8-0-1
• Scoring First: 3-0-2
• Allowing First Goal: 5-3-1
• On 0 Days Rest: 0-0-0
• On 1 Day Rest: 3-2-2
• On 2 Days Rest: 4-0-0
• On 3+ Days Rest: 1-1-1
• Score a PPG: 3-2-1
• Give up a PPG: 2-2-2
• 25 or More Shots on Goal: 7-1-2
• Less than 25 shots: 1-2-1

THREE STARS – NOVEMBER

• Hughes – 10 pts
• DeBrusk – 10 pts
• Pettersson – 5 pts
• Miller – 5 pts
• Boeser – 5 pts
• Suter – 5 pts
• Brännström – 5 pts

OCTOBER WINNER – Lankinen (25 pts)

*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection