Game Notes: Canucks at Senators
CANUCKS AT SENATORS
TV: CBC, Sportsnet One, Sportsnet Pacific, TVAS2
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
- Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Senators this season: Nov. 23 (road) and Dec. 21 (home).
- Vancouver is 36-19-2-3 all-time against Ottawa, including a 16-11-1-1 record on the road.
- The Canucks are 6-3-1 in their last 10 games against the Senators (4-0-1 in their last 5).
- Elias Pettersson leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Ottawa with 20 points (10-10-20) in 13 career games.
- In 17 career games against the Senators, Quinn Hughes has 18 points (1-17-18).
- Filip Hronek has 12 points (1-11-12) in 14 career games against Ottawa.
- Kevin Lankinen has yet to face the Senators in his career.
- Artūrs Šilovs has yet to face Ottawa in his career.
QUICK NUMBERS
- Quinn Hughes has 11 points (2-9-11) in nine games in November, tied for the most amongst defencemen.
- Elias Pettersson has eight points (4-4-8) in his last six games.
- Erik Brännström has four points (2-2-4) in his last five games.
- Danton Heinen has three points (0-3-3) in his last three games.
- Kiefer Sherwood has three points (2-1-3) in his last three games.
- Conor Garland has three points (1-2-3) in his last three games.
LAST MEETING – JAN. 2/24: VAN 6 vs OTT 3
Ian Cole opened the scoring 2:14 into the first period, netting his first as a Canuck and first of the season…the assists were awarded to Noah Juulsen and Ilya Mikheyev…Pius Suter scored at 12:39 of the first frame…helpers were given to Sam Lafferty and Tyler Myers…Elias Pettersson put Vancouver up 3-0 at 16:34 of the first period…Suter tallied the only assist on the play…J.T. Miller scored just 24 seconds later at 16:58 of the first period… Nikita Zadorov and Brock Boeser assisted on the tally…Pettersson scored his second of the game late in the first period at 17:53…assists were awarded to Miller and Quinn Hughes…at 17:42 in the third period, Suter potted his second of the game…the tally went unassisted…Suter and Hughes led the team with five shots on goal…Miller led the team in hits with four…Thatcher Demko recorded 35 saves in the win.
2024.25 TEAM RANKS
| VAN | OTT |
Goals For/Game | 3.17 (14th) | 3.11 (15th) |
Goals Against/Game | 3.22 (22nd) | 3.21 (t-19th) |
Power Play % | 20.8 (14th) | 27.0 (6th) |
Penalty Kill % | 81.1 (12th) | 78.2 (19th) |
Penalty Min./Game | 8:06 (14th) | 8:22 (16th) |
*Rankings are accurate as of 9:30a.m. PT on November 22, 2024
LAST GAME PLAYED – NOV. 19/24: VAN 3 vs NYR 4
Quinn Hughes opened the scoring 34 seconds into the first…Filip Hronek and Elias Pettersson had the assists…Mika Zibanejad tied the game 1:57 later…Will Cuylle gave New York the lead at 14:38 of the first…Kiefer Sherwood tied the game 3:01 later…Pettersson and Carson Soucy were awarded the assists…Kaapo Kakko gave the Rangers the lead at 8:45 of the second…Conor Garland made it a 3-3 game with just under seven minutes remaining…Dakota Joshua and Pius Suter were credited with the helpers…Chris Kreider re-took the lead for New York with just under 10 minutes remaining in the third…Sherwood had a game-high seven shots and 10 hits…Joshua blocked three shots… Artūrs Šilovs made 29 saves.
LAST 5 – vs OTTAWA
- Jan. 2/24: VAN 6 vs OTT 3
- Nov. 9/23: VAN 5 at OTT 2
- Mar. 11/23: VAN 5 vs OTT 2
- Nov. 8/22: VAN 6 at OTT 4
- Apr. 19/22: VAN 3 vs OTT 4 (SO)
QUINN-TASTIC
- Opening the scoring just 34 seconds into the game on Nov. 19/24 vs NYR, Quinn Hughes tied Jyrki Lumme and Dan Hamhuis for the fourth-fastest goal by a defenceman to open a game in franchise history.
- Recording one assists on Nov. 16/24 vs CHI, Quinn Hughes reached the 350-point mark in his 381st career game, the ninth-fewest games to reach the 350-point mark by a defenceman in NHL history.
- 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).
EP (TOP) 10
- Recording two assists on Nov. 19/24 vs NYR, Elias Pettersson tied Dennis Kearns for the 10th-most multi-assist games in franchise history (53).
- 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.
BESTING THE BLACKHAWKS
- Defeating Chicago by a score of 4-1 on Nov. 16/24, the Vancouver Canucks have now won nine consecutive games in regulation against the Blackhawks dating back to 2022, tied for the longest such streak in franchise history (vs SJS from 1991-92 and vs WSH from 1974-76 are the others).
HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
- Scoring his first career NHL goal on Nov. 14/24 vs NYI, Jonathan Lekkerimäki became the 490th player to score a goal in a Canucks uniform.
- With his goal on Nov. 14 vs NYI registering at 93.38 mph, Jonathan Lekkerimäki owns the seventh-hardest goal so far in 2024.25.
J…T…MILLERRRRR
- With an assist on Jonathan Lekkerimäki’s first career NHL goal on Nov. 14/24 vs NYI, J.T. Miller notched his 268th assist with the Canucks, passing Andre Boudrias for 10th on the franchise’s all-time assist list.
- 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, 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.
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.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
- Max Sasson recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 21
- Jonathan Lekkerimäki reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 21
- J.T. Miller placed on Non-Roster List, Nov. 19
- Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 19
- D Elias Pettersson reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 19
- D Elias Pettersson recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 17
- Derek Forbort placed on Injured Reserve, Nov. 17
- Dakota Joshua activated from Injured Non-Roster, Nov. 14
- Aatu Räty recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 14
- Jonathan Lekkerimäki recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 14
- 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. 16/24 vs CHI
- 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. 17/24 vs NSH
- 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: Nov. 19/24 vs NYR
- The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 1P: Oct. 11/24 vs PHI
- The Canucks won when tied after 2P: Nov. 16/24 vs CHI
- The Canucks lost when tied after 2P: Nov. 19/24 vs NYR
- 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: 2, Nov. 17/24 vs NSH
- 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: 20, Nov. 14/24 vs NYI, 3rd 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, 4x, Latest Nov. 19/24 vs NSH, 1st 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: 2, Nov. 17/24 vs NSH, 3rd 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, 3x, Latest Nov. 17-19/24 (0-2-0)
- Longest Pointless Streak: 2 games, Nov. 17-19/24
VANCOUVER 2024.25 RECORD WHEN…
- Score 4+ Goals: 5-0-1
- Score 3 Goals or Less: 4-6-2
- Allow 4+ Goals: 0-6-2
- Allow 3 Goals or Less: 9-0-1
- Scoring First: 3-2-2
- Allowing First Goal: 6-4-1
- On 0 Days Rest: 0-1-0
- On 1 Day Rest: 4-4-2
- On 2 Days Rest: 4-0-0
- On 3+ Days Rest: 1-1-1
- Score a PPG: 4-3-1
- Give up a PPG: 2-4-2
- 25 or More Shots on Goal: 8-3-2
- Less than 25 shots: 1-3-1
THREE STARS – NOVEMBER
- Pettersson – 15 pts
- Hughes – 10 pts
- DeBrusk – 10 pts
- Miller – 5 pts
- Boeser – 5 pts
- Suter – 5 pts
- Brännström – 5 pts
- Lekkerimäki – 5 pts
- Šilovs – 5 pts
- Räty – 5 pts
OCTOBER WINNER – Lankinen (25 pts)
*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection