PREVIEW | Canucks at Sharks
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LAST MEETING - NOV. 27/22: VAN 4 at SJS 3 (OT)
Kyle Burroughs opened the scoring 7:26 into the first period, his second goal of the season...Bo Horvat and J.T. Miller picked up the assists...Ilya Mikheyev tied the game at two 8:14 into the third period...the assists went to Andrei Kuzmenko and Elias Pettersson...Pettersson gave the Canucks their second lead of the game just 2:30 later...Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Mikheyev recorded the helpers...Kuzmenko struck just 1:12 into overtime to propel the Canucks to victory...Miller and Quinn Hughes were credited with the assists...Luke Schenn and Dakota Joshua tied for the team lead in hits with four...Burroughs matched the team's season-high with five blocked shots...Thatcher Demko made 32 saves.
LAST GAME PLAYED - DEC. 5/22: VAN 7 vs MTL 6 (OT)
Conor Garland scored the Canucks first goal at 16:44 in the second period...Andrei Kuzmenko recorded his 11th assist of the season...Ilya Mikheyev doubled the Canucks score with his first goal of the evening 1:44 later...Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser were credited with the assists...Bo Horvat opened the scoring in the third with his 20th of the season...Nils Höglander and Riley Stillman tallied assists on the play...Less than two minutes later, Mikheyev scored his second goal to tie the game at 4-4...Pettersson and Stillman both recorded their second assists of the night...Jack Studnicka scored his second goal of the season, unassisted, to take the lead...Kuzmenko scored the Canucks sixth goal at 18:35 in the third to send the game into overtime...J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes were credited with the assists...Pettersson scored the game winning goal 13 seconds into overtime, unassisted...Collin Delia registered his first win as a Canuck, stopping 15 shots in relief...Mikheyev led the team in shots (4)...Eleven Canucks registered points in the contest, including four Canucks who had multi-point games.
LAST 5 vs SAN JOSE
PERISTENT PETEY
Scoring one goal and tallying two assists on Dec. 5 vs MTL, Elias Pettersson registered 32 points in (12-20-32) 26 games played, becoming the first Canuck to reach this mark in 26 or fewer games played since Daniel and Henrik Sedin in 2010.11 (30 points in 24 GP). Monday night also marked Pettersson's team-leading 10th multi-point game this season and his 20th career 3+ point game, tying him with Stan Smyl (1978-1983) for fifth-most 3+ point games in a player's first five NHL seasons in franchise history.
LEADING BY EXAMPLE
Scoring his team-leading 20th goal on Dec. 5 vs MTL, Bo Horvat is the fourth skater in Canucks history to score as many goals in the team's first 26 games of the season. Horvat is only the third player this season to reach the 20-goal mark (Robertson, 23; McDavid, 22).
BELIEVING IN BRUCE
With the team's 7-6 OT victory on Dec. 5 vs MTL, the Canucks overcame a 4-0 deficit for only the third time in franchise history to secure a 4-goal comeback win (Jan. 16/73 vs TOR 6-4 W & Oct. 15/71 vs CAL 9-6 W). Coincidentally, Bruce Boudreau also earned his third career win in a game where his team trailed by four-plus goals (Dec. 23/08 w/ WSH & Mar. 31/14 w/ ANA).
PUTTING THE 'SUDDEN' IN SUDDEN DEATH
Elias Pettersson's game-winning overtime goal on Dec. 5 vs MTL came just 13 seconds into OT, making it the fastest goal to start a regular season overtime period in Canucks history. The previous record was held by Dixon Ward who scored 15 seconds into OT on Nov. 29/93.
PRODUCTION LINE
With multi-point efforts on Dec. 5 vs MTL, Andrei Kuzmenko, Elias Pettersson, and Ilya Mikheyev have collectively tallied 33 points in the team's last 10 games (15-18-33). Between the trio, they have had 22 multi-point efforts this season including three games (Oct. 27 @ SEA, Nov. 27 @ SJS, Dec. 5 vs MTL) where all three skaters put up at least two points.
SCHENN'S GREATEST HITS
Recording six hits on Dec. 3 vs ARI, Luke Schenn claimed the NHL all-time record for most hits by a defenceman (2,948), surpassing Brooks Orpik (2,946), and is now ranked sixth all-time among all skaters. Schenn has collected the second-most hits in the NHL this season (108 in 26 GP). On Nov. 12 at TOR, Schenn matched a franchise record with 12 hits in a game and became the first player in NHL history to record at least three games with 12+ hits in his career.
\The NHL began tracking hits in 2005.06.
POWER PLAY PROWESS
Netting 22 power play goals on 70 opportunities in their last 20 games played, including a tally on the man-advantage on Dec. 5 vs MTL, the Canucks' power play ranks second in the NHL since Oct. 24, producing at a rate of 31.4%.
HUGHES' HELPING HANDS
RECENT CANUCKS MILESTONES
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THREE STARS - DECEMBER
NOVEMBER WINNER - Horvat (40 pts)
OCTOBER WINNER - Horvat, Kuzmenko (10 pts)
\5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection
