Game Notes: Canucks vs. Flames

November 12, 2024

CANUCKS VS FLAMES

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet One

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

Tonight marks the second of four meetings between the Canucks and Flames this season: Oct. 9 (home, 6-5 OTL), Nov. 12 (home), Dec. 31 (road), and Mar. 12 (road). Vancouver is 119-141-33-11 all-time against Calgary, including a 69-58-18-9 record at home. The Canucks are 5-3-2 in their last 10 games against the Flames (3-1-1 in their last 5). J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Calgary with 31 points (9-22-31) in 35 games. In 27 career games against the Flames, Elias Pettersson has 27 points (12-15-27). Quinn Hughes has 20 points (3-17-20) in 26 career games against Calgary. Kevin Lankinen is 1-1-0 with a 2.15 goals against average and a .935 save percentage in three career games against the Flames. Artūrs Šilovs is 0-0-1 with a 5.94 goals against average and a .769 save percentage in one career game against Calgary.

QUICK NUMBERS

Quinn Hughes has seven points (1-6-7) on his current four-game point streak. Jake DeBrusk has points in each of his last four games (3-1-4). Conor Garland has four points (1-3-4) in his last four games. Elias Pettersson has three points (2-1-3) in his last three games. Pius Suter has three points (3-0-3) in his last four games.

LAST MEETING – OCT 9/24: VAN 5 vs CGY 6 (OT)

Daniel Sprong opened the scoring at 9:40 of the first period…Filip Hronek and Danton Heinen recorded the assists…Brock Boeser doubled the lead 2:08 later…Jake Debrusk and Elias Pettersson picked up the helpers…Conor Garland scored his first of the season to make it 3-0 just past the 12 minute mark of the first…Nils Höglander and Aatu Räty were credited with the assists…Anthony Mantha replied for the Flames with a short-handed tally…Boeser scored his second of the game with under three minutes remaining in the first…J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes had the assists…the Flames answered back with four consecutive goals…Miller tied the game with 1:37 remaining in the third…Hughes picked up his second assist of the game…Connor Zary scored the game-winning goal in overtime…Boeser and Miller co-led the team with three shots apiece…Miller had a team-high three hits…Hughes and Vincent Desharnais each had two blocked shots…Artūrs Šilovs made 20 saves.

2024.25 TEAM RANKS

*Rankings are accurate as of 7:00am PT on November 12, 2024

LAST GAME PLAYED – NOV 9/24: VAN 3 vs EDM 7

Leon Draisaitl opened the scoring for Edmonton 2:48 into the contest…Corey Perry made it 2-0 early in the second, followed by a goal from Viktor Arvidsson 1:13 later…Elias Pettersson got Vancouver on the board just past the five minute mark of the second…Jake DeBrusk had the lone assist…Filip Hronek brought the Canucks within one just 1:59 later…Teddy Blueger and Danton Heinen had the assists…Connor McDavid and Brett Kulak each had a third period goal, while Connor Brown had two…Pius Suter scored a power play goal with 54 seconds remaining in the third…Pettersson and Quinn Hughes were credited with the helpers…Hughes and Suter each had four shots…Kiefer Sherwood had five hits…Hronek and Hughes each blocked two shots…Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves, and Artūrs Šilovs made four stops.

LAST 5 – vs CALGARY

Oct. 9/24: VAN 5 vs CGY 6 (OT) Apr. 16/24: VAN 4 vs CGY 1 Mar. 23/24: VAN 4 vs CGY 2 Dec. 2/23: VAN 4 at CGY 3 Nov. 16/23: VAN 2 at CGY 5

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.

QUINN-TASTIC

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).

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.

J…T…MILLERRRRR

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, 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.

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.

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) and Jake DeBrusk (0-1-1) 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.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

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. 7/24 at LAK 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: 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. 9/24 vs EDM 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: 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: Nov. 2/24 at SJS 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: 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: 1, 7x, Latest Nov. 9/24 vs EDM 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: 16, 2x, Latest Nov. 5/24 at ANA, 2nd 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, Oct. 17/24 at FLA, 2nd 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: 3, Nov. 2/24 at SJS, 1st 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, 2x, Latest Oct. 28-30/24 Longest Pointless Streak: N/A

VANCOUVER 2024.25 RECORD WHEN…

Score 4+ Goals: 4-0-1 Score 3 Goals or Less: 3-3-2 Allow 4+ Goals: 0-3-2 Allow 3 Goals or Less: 7-0-1 Scoring First: 3-0-2 Allowing First Goal: 4-3-1 On 0 Days Rest: 0-0-0 On 1 Day Rest: 3-2-2 On 2 Days Rest: 3-0-0 On 3+ Days Rest: 1-1-1 Score a PPG: 2-2-1 Give up a PPG: 2-2-2 25 or More Shots on Goal: 6-1-2 Less than 25 shots: 1-2-1

THREE STARS – NOVEMBER

Hughes – 10 pts DeBrusk – 10 pts Boeser – 5 pts Suter – 5 pts

OCTOBER WINNER – Lankinen (25 pts)

*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars selection