Game Notes: Canucks at Red Wings

December 01, 2024

CANUCKS AT RED WINGS

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet One, FanDuel Sports Network Detroit

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Red Wings this season: Dec. 1 (road) and Feb. 2 (home). Vancouver is 67-87-18-10 all-time against Detroit, including a 27-51-8-5 record on the road. The Canucks are 4-4-2 in their last 10 games against the Red Wings (1-3-1 in their last 5). Elias Pettersson leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Detroit with 15 points (5-10-15) in 10 career games. In 21 career games against the Red Wings, Jake DeBrusk has 11 points (7-4-11). Danton Heinen has eight points (5-3-8) in 20 career games against Detroit. In 10 career games against the Red Wings, Pius Suter has seven points (5-2-7). Kevin Lankinen is 4-2-0 with a 1.68 goals-against average and a .947 save percentage in six career appearances against Detroit. Artūrs Šilovs has yet to face the Red Wings in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS

Quinn Hughes had 17 points (3-14-17) in 13 games in November, tied for the most amongst defencemen. Jake DeBrusk has 11 points (7-4-11) in 11 road games this season. Conor Garland has 10 points (4-6-10) on his career-long seven-game point streak. Elias Pettersson has seven points (1-6-7) in his last five games. Pius Suter has four points (2-2-4) in his last three games.

LAST MEETING – FEB. 15/24: VAN 4 vs DET 1

J.T. Miller opened scoring for the game with his 24th of the season at 7:37 in the first period...The goal went unassisted...Elias Lindholm recorded the GWG at 9:31 in the first period...Elias Pettersson was credited with the lone assist...Nikita Zadorov extended the lead at 12:51 in the second period with his first goal as a Canuck...Zadorov became the 150th defenceman in franchise history to score a goal...Pettersson and Nils Höglander recorded the assists... Höglander extended his point streak to four games (3-1-4) on the play...The Detroit Red Wings scored a goal at 14:25 in the second period...Lindholm scored another goal at 12:59 in the third period...Pettersson assisted on the goal...Pettersson (0-3-3) and Lindholm (2-0-2) recorded multi-point games...Teddy Blueger led the team in hits (5)...Lindholm led the team in shots (4)...Thatcher Demko faced 28 shots and saved 27...Demko extended his home winning streak to 10 games, 2nd longest in franchise history.

2024.25 TEAM RANKS

*Rankings are accurate as of 6:00am PT on December 1, 2024

LAST GAME PLAYED – NOV. 29/24: VAN 4 at BUF 3 (OT)

Bowen Byram opened the scoring with just under two-and-a-half minutes remaining in the first…Jake DeBrusk evened the contest with under two minutes remaining in the second…Pius Suter and Brock Boeser had the assists…Conor Garland gave the Canucks the lead at 5:15 of the third…Boeser and Quinn Hughes were credited with the assists…Suter gave Vancouver a two-goal lead less than four minutes later…Garland had the only assist…Dylan Cozens and Alex Tuch scored in the second half of the third to bring the game even…Garland scored the overtime winner with 1:01 remaining in the extra frame…Hughes and Elias Pettersson were awarded the assists…Garland had six shots…Aatu Räty had four hits…Erik Brännström and Tyler Myers blocked four shots each…Kevin Lankinen made 31 saves.

LAST 5 – vs DETROIT

Feb. 15/24: VAN 4 vs DET 1 Feb. 10/24: VAN 3 at DET 4 (OT) Feb. 13/23: VAN 1 vs DET 6 Feb. 11/23: VAN 2 at DET 5 Mar. 17/22: VAN 0 vs DET 1

QUINN-TASTIC

With two assists on Nov. 29/24 at BUF, Quinn Hughes tied Alex Edler for the most assists by a defenceman in franchise history (310), as well as tying Edler for the seventh-most assists in franchise history. By recording a goal and two assists on Nov. 27/24 at PIT, Quinn Hughes tied Roman Josi for the second-most three-point games by a defenceman since the start of the 2019.20 season (29). Cale Makar tops the list (33). 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.

KEVIN BLANKINEN

With his victory on Nov. 29/24 at BUF, Kevin Lankinen is now 9-0-0 on the road this season, tied with Glenn Hall (1965.66) and Cam Talbot (2023.24) for the most road wins to start a season in NHL history. Stopping all 32 shots he faced on Nov. 26/24 at BOS, Kevin Lankinen became the second Canucks goaltender to post a shutout against the Bruins, joining Corey Hirsch. Recording his fifth-career shutout on Nov. 26/24 at BOS, Kevin Lankinen is now 8-0-0 on the road to start the 2024.25 season, the fifth goaltender in NHL history to start a season with such record.

PUSH IT TO THE MAX

Recording an assist in his second-career game on Nov. 27/24 at PIT, Max Sasson became the first Canucks player to begin their career with points in at least two straight games since Elias Pettersson. Making his NHL debut on Nov. 23/24 at OTT, Max Sasson became the 46th player in franchise history to record a point in his NHL debut.

JAKE ‘N BAKE

Returning to Boston on Nov. 26/24 for the first time since signing with Vancouver on July 1, Jake DeBrusk continued his strong play on the road, scoring in his fifth-consecutive road contest, helping the Canucks to improve to 5-0-0 on the road when he scores (now 6-0-0 after scoring on Nov. 29/24 at BUF).

ROAD WARRIORS

Emerging victorious on Nov. 26/24 at BOS, the Vancouver Canucks extended their road win streak to eight games, tied for the second-longest run in franchise history. Defeating Ottawa by a score of 4-3 on Nov. 23/24, the Canucks have begun the 2024.25 season 7-1-0 on the road for the first time in franchise history.

PETTERSSZN

Assisting on two goals on Nov. 23/24 at OTT, Elias Pettersson now has 22 points (10-12-22) in 14 career games against Ottawa (1.57 P/GP), the fourth-highest points-per-game rate amongst active players (min. 5 GP). Recording two assists on Nov. 23/24 vat OTT, Elias Pettersson passed Dennis Kearns for the 10th-most multi-assist games in franchise history (54). 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 recorded the seventh-hardest goal (as of Nov. 14) in 2024.25.

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.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

Mark Friedman recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 28 Arshdeep Bains reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 28 Max Sasson recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 21 Jonathan Lekkerimäki reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 21 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

THE LAST TIME…

The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Nov. 23/24 at OTT 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. 26/24 at BOS 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. 29/24 at BUF The Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Nov. 27/24 at PIT 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. 27/24 at PIT The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 2P: Oct. 28/24 vs CAR The Canucks won when tied after 1P: Nov. 26/24 at BOS 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. 29/24 at BUF 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, 2x, Latest Nov. 27/24 at PIT, 1st period Fewest Goals Scored, Game: 0, Oct. 30/24 vs NJD Fewest Goals Allowed, Game: 0, 2x, Latest Nov. 26/24 at BOS Most PPG Scored, Game: 2, 2x, Latest Oct. 22/24 at CHI Most PPG Allowed, Game: 2, 2x, Latest Nov. 23/24 at OTT 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: 15, Nov. 26/24 at BOS Fewest Shots, Period: 3, 2x, Latest Nov. 26/24 at BOS, 1st period Fewest Shots, OT: 0, 2x, Latest Oct. 28/24 vs CAR Most Shots Allowed, Game: 34, 2x, Latest Nov. 29/24 at BUF Most Shots Allowed, Period: 18, Nov. 29/24 at BUF, 3rd period Most Shots Allowed, OT: 2, 3x, Latest Nov. 29/24 at BUF 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: 26, Nov. 26/24 at BOS 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: 7-1-1 Score 3 Goals or Less: 5-6-2 Allow 4+ Goals: 0-7-2 Allow 3 Goals or Less: 12-0-1 Scoring First: 5-2-2 Allowing First Goal: 7-5-1 On 0 Days Rest: 0-2-0 On 1 Day Rest: 5-4-2 On 2 Days Rest: 5-0-0 On 3+ Days Rest: 2-1-1 Score a PPG: 7-3-1 Give up a PPG: 3-5-2 25 or More Shots on Goal: 8-4-2 Less than 25 shots: 4-3-1

THREE STARS – NOVEMBER

DeBrusk – 20 pts Pettersson – 15 pts Hughes – 15 pts Boeser – 10 pts Miller – 5 pts Suter – 5 pts Brännström – 5 pts Lekkerimäki – 5 pts Šilovs – 5 pts Räty – 5 pts Sherwood – 5 pts Lankinen – 5 pts Garland – 5 pts

OCTOBER WINNER – Lankinen (25 pts)

*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars