CANUCKS VS HURRICANES

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, FanDuel Sports Network South

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Hurricanes this season: Oct. 28 (home) and Jan. 10 (road).
• Vancouver is 42-31-11-1 all-time against Carolina, including a 25-12-6-0 record at home.
• The Canucks are 5-4-1 in their last 10 games against the Hurricanes (3-2-0 in their last 5).
• J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Carolina with 18 points (9-9-18) in 27 games.
• In 10 career games against the Hurricanes, Elias Pettersson has 11 points (5-6-11).
• Brock Boeser has eight points (2-6-8) in 10 career games against Carolina.
• Kevin Lankinen is 3-3-1 with a 3.83 goals against average and an .888 save percentage in seven career games against the Hurricanes.
• Artūrs Šilovs has yet to face Carolina in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS

• Brock Boeser has seven points (4-3-7) in seven games this season and is currently on a five-game point streak (2-3-5).
• Kiefer Sherwood is currently on a four-game point streak (2-3-5), the longest of his career.
• Teddy Blueger is currently on a four-game point streak (1-3-4).
• Conor Garland has seven points (3-4-7) in seven games this season and is currently on a three-game point streak (1-3-4).

LAST MEETING – FEB. 6/24: VAN 3 at CAR 2

Elias Lindholm opened scoring for the Canucks at 17:23 in the first period on the power play…Lindholm recorded his first point as a Canuck on the play…Quinn Hughes registered the lone helper and extended his point streak to seven games (1-12-13)…Lindholm scored another goal at 16:30 in the second period on the power play…Hughes and Elias Pettersson were awarded assists on the play…J.T. Miller recorded the GWG at 4:00 in the third period and extended his point streak to three games (1-4-5)…Brock Boeser and Tyler Myers were credited with the assists…Boeser extended his point streak to three games on the play (3-5-8)…Miller led the team in shots (3)…Noah Juulsen led the team in hits (6)…Lindholm led the team in blocked shots (3).

2024.25 TEAM RANKS

LAST GAME PLAYED – OCT. 26/24: VAN 4 vs PIT 3

Anthony Beauvillier opened the scoring for Pittsburgh in the first period…Bryan Rust doubled the lead early in the second…Elias Pettersson scored his first of the season just past the four-minute mark of the second to cut the lead in half…Conor Garland and Tyler Myers picked up the assists…Kiefer Sherwood evened the game just 43 seconds later…Teddy Blueger and Vincent Desharnais recorded the assists…J.T. Miller gave the Canucks the lead 22 seconds later…Brock Boeser had the only assist…Arshdeep Bains scored his first career NHL goal just before the 10-minute mark of the second…Daniel Sprong picked up the helper…Evgeni Malkin brought the Penguins within one with under seven minutes remaining in the third…Miller and Boeser co-lead the team with four shots…Sherwood led the team in hits with six…Carson Soucy blocked five shots…Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves.

LAST 5 – vs CAROLINA

• Jan. 6/24: VAN 3 at CAR 2
• Dec. 9/23: VAN 4 vs CAR 3
• Jan. 15/23: VAN 4 at CAR 3 (SO)
• Oct. 24/22: VAN 2 vs CAR 3
• Jan. 15/22: VAN 1 at CAR 4

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.

QUINN-TASTIC

• 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).

J…T…MILLERRRRR

• 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.

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), Jake DeBrusk (0-1-1), and Daniel Sprong (1-0-1) 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.

TWICE AS NICE

• Brock Boeser scored two goals in the team’s home opener on Oct. 9/24 vs CGY. He now has eight goals in six career season-opening games, tied with Markus Naslund for the most in franchise history.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Arshdeep Bains reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 27
• Erik Brännström reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 27
• Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 25
• Erik Brännström recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 25
• Arshdeep Bains reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 24
• Erik Brännström reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 24
• Erik Brännström recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 17
• Aatu Räty assigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 16
• Ty Young re-assigned to Kalamazoo, Oct. 14
• Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 10
• Mark Friedman assigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 9
• Mark Friedman placed on waivers, Oct. 8
• Arshdeep Bains assigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 7
• Dakota Joshua placed on season-opening injured non-roster, Oct. 7
• Thatcher Demko placed on season-opening injured non-roster, Oct. 7
• Jiri Patera claimed on waivers from Boston, Oct. 7
• Nils Höglander signed to a three-year contract extension, Oct. 6
• Erik Brännström acquired from Colorado in exchange for Tucker Poolman and a 2025 fourth-round pick.
• Akito Hirose assigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 5

THE LAST TIME…

• The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Oct. 22/24 at CHI
• 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: Oct. 26/24 vs PIT
• 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: Oct. 26/24 vs PIT
• The Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Oct. 15/24 at TBL
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 1P: Feb. 10/24 at DET
• The Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Feb. 24/24 vs BOS
• The Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Oct. 15/24 at TBL
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 2P: Apr. 10/24 vs ARI
• The Canucks won when tied after 1P: Oct. 17/24 at FLA
• 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: Oct. 17/24 at FLA
• 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: 6, Oct. 9/24 vs CGY
• Most Goals Allowed, Period: 3, Oct. 9/24 vs CGY, 3rd period
• Fewest Goals Scored, Game: 1, Oct. 15/24 at TBL
• 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, 4x, Latest Oct. 22/24 at CHI
• Most SHG Scored, Game: 0
• Most SHG Allowed, Game: 1, Oct. 9/24 vs CGY
• Most Shots, Game: 34, Oct. 26/24 vs PIT
• Most Shots, Period: 16, Oct. 26/24 vs PIT, 2nd period
• Most Shots, OT: 3, Oct. 17/24 at FLA
• Fewest Shots, Game: 24, Oct. 9/24 vs CGY
• Fewest Shots, Period: 3, Oct. 9/24 vs CGY, 2nd period
• Fewest Shots, OT: 0, Oct. 9/24 vs CGY
• 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: 24, Oct. 26/24 vs PIT
• Fewest Shots Allowed, Period: 4, Oct. 17/24 at FLA, 1st period
• Fewest Shots Allowed, OT: 0, Oct. 17/24 at FLA
• Most Hits, Game: 41, Oct. 17/24 at FLA
• Fewest Hits, Game: 13, Oct. 9/24 vs CGY
• Most Blocked Shots, Game: 18, Oct. 17/24 at FLA
• Fewest Blocked Shots, Game: 9, Oct. 26/24 vs PIT
• Largest Margin of Victory: 3 goals, 2x, Latest Oct. 22/24 at CHI
• Largest Margin of Defeat: 3 goals, Oct. 15/24 at TBL
• Longest Win Streak: 4 games, Oct. 17-26/24
• Longest Point Streak: 4 games, Oct. 17-26/24 (4-0-0)
• Longest Winless Streak: 2 games, Oct. 9-11/24
• Longest Pointless Streak: N/A

VANCOUVER 2024.25 RECORD WHEN…

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

THREE STARS – OCTOBER

• Lankinen – 20 pts
• Miller – 10 pts
• Boeser – 5 pts
• Heinen – 5 pts
• Garland – 5 pts
• Myers – 5 pts
• Bains – 5 pts

*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection