Tonight marks the second of three meetings between the Canucks and Blackhawks this season: Oct. 21 (4-1 W), Nov. 21 (home), Jan. 31 (road).
Vancouver is 8-1-1 in their last 10 games vs Chicago (4-1-0 in their last 5).
The Canucks have a 85-82-22-7 all-time record in 196 games against the Blackhawks. Among those games, Vancouver holds a 53-30-15-1 record at
home.
- Thatcher Demko has faced the Blackhawks two times in his career (2-0-0), and has a .951 SV% and a 1.50 GAA.
- Jaroslav Halak has faced the Jets 15 times in his career (9-2-3), owning a .930 SV% and a 2.05 GAA.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Conor Garland has six points (2-4-6) in his last nine games.
• Nils Höglander has five points (4-1-5) in his last five games.
• J.T. Miller has 11 points (6-5-11) in his last ten games.
• Quinn Hughes has seven points (0-7-7) in his last seven games. • Elias Pettersson has six points (2-4-6) in his last nine games.
LAST MEETING - OCT. 21/21: VAN 4 at CHI 1
Jason Dickinson opened the scoring with his first goal as a Canuck at 6:36 in the first period...Matthew Highmore and Nils Höglander collected the assists...Tanner Pearson extended his point streak to three games and restored Vancouver's one-goal lead on a goal assisted by Quinn Hughes and Conor Garland at 9:55 in the second period...Conor Garland extended his point streak to five games with the assist...Brock Boeser notched his first goal of the season on the power play at 18:21 in the second period, assisted by Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller...Conor Garland tallied an empty net goal at 18:58 to record his first multipoint game as a Canuck...Tucker Poolman (first point as a Canuck) and Tyler Myers recorded the assists...Kyle Burroughs led the team in blocked shots (3)...J.T. Miller registered a team-high in hits (4)...Bo Horvat won a season-high 16 face-offs...Thatcher Demko made 29 saves.
LAST GAME PLAYED - NOV. 19/21: VAN 3 vs WPG 2
Oliver Ekman-Larsson opened up scoring with a power play goal at 13:51 in the first period...Elias Pettersson and Vasily Podkolzin recorded assists on the play...Kyle Burroughs scored his first career NHL goal at 3:12 in the second period making him the fourth BC lower mainland-born defenceman to score in the regular season for the Canucks...Tyler Myers and Jason Dickinson registered the assists...Conor Garland scored the game winning goal on the power play at 6:54 in the second period...Tanner Pearson led the team in hits (4)...Tyler Myers led the team in blocked shots (4)...Bo Horvat led the team in TOI (22:13) and one 15 out of 20 face-offs (75%)...Thatcher Demko made 37 saves.
LAST 5 vs CHICAGO
•Oct. 21, 2021: VAN 4 at CHI 1 •Feb. 12, 2020: VAN 3 vs CHI 0 •Jan. 2, 2020: VAN 7 vs CHI 5 •Nov. 7, 2019: VAN 2 at CHI 5 •Mar. 18, 2019: VAN 3 at CHI 2 (OT)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Justin Bailey designated for assignment to Abbotsford, Nov. 18
• Guillaume Brisebois designated for assignment to Abbotsford, Nov. 16 • Travis Hamonic recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 15
• Madison Bowey loaned to Abbotsford, Nov. 15
• Tyler Motte activated from injured reserve, Nov. 14
• Jack Rathbone loaned to Abbotsford, Nov. 14
CANUCKS FOR KIDS FUND 50/50 FOR BC FLOOD RELIEF
The Canucks for Kids Fund announced Wednesday that proceeds from this homestand's 50/50 raffles would be dedicated to flood relief efforts in Abbotsford, Fraser Valley, and throughout British Columbia to support families impacted by recent extreme weather and flooding in the province. Tickets for this evening's raffle are on sale now until the end of tonight's 2nd intermission, and can be purchased both in-arena or online at Canucks.com/online5050.
AT FACE VALUE
Bo Horvat leads all NHL skaters in face-offs taken (434), face-off wins (254) and even strength face-off wins (189) so far this season. Among centremen with at least 200 face-offs taken, Horvat's face-off percentage (58.5%) ranks 9th League-wide.
MIGHTY MILLER
With his assist on Nov. 19/21 vs WPG, J.T. Miller maintained his points-per-game pace of 0.979 since joining the Canucks organization (137pts in 140GP).
Collecting an assist on Nils Höglander's goal on Nov. 14 at ANA, J.T. Miller matched a career-best eight-game point streak (6-4-10), initially set during the 2019.20 season (5-6-11 from Nov. 21-Dec. 7/19).
Going 11-for-11 in the face-off circle on Nov. 13 at VGK, J.T. Miller became the third player in Canucks history to win 100 percent of face-offs in a game with a minimum of 10 face-offs taken, joining Brandon Sutter (10/10, Feb. 4/16) and Byron Ritchie (10/10, Feb. 19/06).
CROSSING THE FINNISH LINE
Juho Lammikko appeared in his 100th career NHL game on Nov. 14/21 at ANA, making him the fifth Finnish player in franchise history to play his 100th career game in a Canucks uniform (Jyrki Lumme, Petri Skriko, Jarkko Ruutu, Markus Granlund).
PETEY'S PRODUCTION
Potting his first career shorthanded goal to force overtime on Nov. 9 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson (22 years, 362 days) tied Patrik Sundstrom for second most goals (68) by a primary centre in Canucks history before the age of 23, trailing only teammate Bo Horvat (71).
THE ICEMAN QUINN-ETH
Averaging 24:49 in TOI so far this season, Hughes currently ranks 14th in the NHL for TOI/GP.
ON THE COUNT OF THREE
Quinn Hughes collected his first three-point outing of the season (0-3-3) and seventh career three-assist game on Nov. 7 vs DAL, with all assists coming on the power play. At 22 years old, Hughes ranks t-7th all time among NHL defencemen for most games (7) with three or more assists before the age of 23.
