PREVIEW | Canucks vs. Canadiens

CANUCKS VS CANADIENS PREVIEW

TV: Sportsnet Pacific, TSN 2

Radio: Sportsnet 650

MATCH-UP INFO

• Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Canucks and Canadiens this season: Nov. 9 (5-2 L) and Dec. 5 (home).

• The Canucks are 37-91-13-3 all-time against the Canadiens, including a 22-42-8-1 record at home.

• Vancouver is 3-1-1 in their last 5 games vs Montreal (4-5-1 in their last 10).

• Among active Canucks skaters, J.T. Miller (5-16-21 in 32 GP) leads the team in scoring against the Canadiens with 21 points.

• Tyler Myers leads the team in career games played against Montreal (50).

• Quinn Hughes has 15 career points (0-15-15) in 14 games against Montreal.

• Brock Boeser has 13 career points (6-7-13) in 16 games played against the Canadiens.

• Spencer Martin has yet to face Montreal in his career.

• Collin Delia has yet to face Montreal in his career.

QUICK NUMBERS

• J.T. Miller has 11 points (3-8-11) in his last 10 games and is one assist away from reaching 300 career assists.

• Bo Horvat has 11 goals and 16 points (11-5-16) in his last 15 games and is third in the NHL in goals scored this season with 19, three back of league-leader Jason Robertson (22).

• Quinn Hughes has 23 points (0-23-23) this season and leads the NHL for assists among defencemen (23 in 21 GP).

• Elias Pettersson leads the team with 29 points (11-18-29) this season.

• Luke Schenn holds the NHL all-time record of most hits (2,947) by a defenceman.

LAST MEETING – NOV. 9/22: VAN 2 at MTL 5

Luke Schenn scored the Canucks’ first goal at 4:45 in the third to make it 1-4…Brock Boeser recorded the solo assist…Nils Höglander scored his first goal of the season at 8:57…Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes both registered their 12th assist of the season on the play…Boeser led the team in shots (5)…Nils Aman led the team in blocked shots (3)…Thatcher Demko faced 29 shots.

LAST GAME PLAYED – DEC. 3/22: VAN 3 vs ARI 2 (OT)

Bo Horvat scored the Canucks first goal at 16:49 in the first period to tie the game at 1-1…Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes recorded assists on the play…Brock Boeser tied the game again at 2-2 in the third period with his fourth goal of the season…Pettersson tallied his second assist on the contest…Horvat scored the game-winning goal at 4:09 in OT with his 19th of the season…Hughes and J.T. Miller were credited with the assists…Luke Schenn recorded six hits on the night to claim the NHL record for most all-time hits (among defencemen)…Horvat led the team with shots (7)…Spencer Martin faced 23 shots.

LAST 5 vs MONTREAL

• Nov. 9/22: VAN 2 at MTL 5

• Mar. 9/22: VAN 5 vs MTL 3

• Nov. 29/21: VAN 2 at MTL 1

• Mar.20/21: VAN 4 vs MTL 5 (SO)

• Mar. 19/21: VAN 3 vs MTL 2 (OT)

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 (2,947), 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 (107 in 25 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.

BO-LLDOZING FORWARD

Scoring his team-leading 19th goal on Dec. 3 vs ARI, Bo Horvat tied-fourth in Canucks history with Darcy Rota to score as many goals in the team’s first 25 games of the season.

• With 33 goals in 43 games since March 9, 2022, Horvat has the highest goals per game (0.77) in the League during that stretch (minimum 5 GP).

• Tallying eight goals in five games (Oct. 28-Nov. 8), Horvat tied Mikael Samuelsson (2009.10) and Alexandre Burrows (2009.10) as the only Canucks to do so in the last 26 years.

• Earlier this season, Horvat became also the first player in franchise history to have five multi-goal games in the first 13 games.

POWER PLAY PROWESS

Netting 21 power play goals on 68 opportunities in their last 19 games played, thanks to two man-advantages on Dec. 3 vs ARI, the Canucks’ power play ranks second in the NHL since Oct. 24, producing at a rate of 30.9%. Vancouver is also tied sixth in the league overall this season at 26.4% and has the sixth-ranked power play on home ice at 30.0%.

MOVIN’ ON UP

With the team’s 3-2 OT victory on Dec. 3 vs ARI, Bruce Boudreau is only two wins away from tying Hal Laycoe (44) for 12th place on the Canucks all-time coaches wins list with 42 victories.

KUZ CONTROL

Notching the game-winner (11th goal) and an assist on Nov. 27 at SJS, first-year NHLer Andrei Kuzmenko recorded his fourth multi- point game in the last five games (Nov. 18-27), and his seventh so far this season, which ties for second-most on the team behind only Elias Pettersson’s nine multi-point games. Previously, on Nov. 26 at VGK, Kuzmenko (19 points) tied Igor Larionov and ranked only behind Elias Pettersson (21) for most points through a player’s first 20 career NHL games in Canucks history.

EV40

Scoring at 5-on-5 in the third period on Nov. 27 at SJS, Elias Pettersson tallied his 11th goal of the season, all of which have come at even strength. He ranks tied for third among NHL skaters for most even strength goals this season (11), trailing Jason Robertson (17).

HUGHES’ HELPING HANDS

• With two assists on Dec. 3 vs ARI, Quinn Hughes surpassed Doug Lidster for fourth most multi-assist games among defencemen in Canucks history at 35 games.

• Collecting his 20th assist of the season in 17 games on Nov. 26 at VGK, Hughes trailed only Henrik Sedin (21 assists in 2010.11) for most assists by a Canucks player through their first 17 games of a season.

• Previously, on Nov. 21 vs VGK, Hughes passed Sami Salo for sole possession of 9th place on the Canucks all-time assists list among defencemen (164) in 346 fewer games played.

•  Picking up a power play assist to extend his personal assist streak to 10 games (0-13-13) on Nov. 13 at BOS, Hughes passed Jiri Bubla (1983.84) for the second-longest assist streak by a defenceman in Canucks history. He is only one of two Canuck defencemen to ever hit a double-digit streak, being one game short of tying Dennis Kearns for the franchise record (11 games in 1976.77).