PREVIEW | Canucks at Flyers
MATCH-UP INFO
LAST MEETING - OCT. 28/21: VAN 1 vs PHI 2
Quinn Hughes tied the game with his second goal of the season at 2:15 in the first period, just 113 seconds after Philadelphia opened the scoring...Luke Schenn and Matthew Highmore both collected assists on the play...Oliver Ekman-Larsson registered a team-high in shots (5)...Luke Schenn recorded seven hits for a Canucks season-high at that point in the season...Bo Horvat won a season-high 17 face-offs...Quinn Hughes led the club in TOI (28:06) for the second consecutive game and fifth time this season...Jaroslav Halak made 26 saves.
LAST GAME PLAYED - OCT. 12/22: VAN 3 at EDM 5
Elias Pettersson notched Vancouver's first goal of the 2022.23 campaign just 1:49 into the opening frame, unassisted...J.T. Miller added to Vancouver's lead just 51 seconds later, assisted by Brock Boeser and Quinn Hughes...Andrei Kuzmenko scored his first career NHL goal on the power play...J.T. Miller posted a two-point game with the primary assist while Bo Horvat drew the second assist...Elias Pettersson led the team in shots (5)...Luke Schenn registered team-highs in hits (6) and blocks (4)...Thatcher Demko faced 24 shots.
LAST 5 vs PHILADELPHIA
CLOSING IN ON 600
Currently holding a career regular season coaching record of 599-318-125, Bruce Boudreau is just one win shy of becoming the 22nd coach in NHL history and just the fifth active head coach to reach 600 regular season wins. Among coaches with 600 wins to their name, Boudreau's .635 points percentage would rank second only to Scotty Bowman (.657).
HOMEGROWN TALENT
Making his 137th NHL regular season appearance on Oct. 12 at EDM, Thatcher Demko gained sole possession of most games played in franchise history by a Canucks-drafted goaltender, surpassing Glen Hanlon's mark of 136 games. Demko also currently stands just five wins away from tying Gary Smith for sixth-most wins among all goalies in Canucks history.
QUICK START
Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller combined goals for a 2-0 Canucks lead just 2:40 into the season opener on Oct. 12 at EDM, marking the fastest two goals to begin a season in franchise history, 75 seconds faster than the previous team mark (3:55 on Oct. 5 vs CGY). The goals also marked the eighth-fastest two-goal start in any game in Canucks history.
KUZMENK-GOAL
Cashing in on the power play for his first NHL goal on Oct. 12 vt EDM, Andrei Kuzmenko became the 21st Canucks skater to score in his NHL debut and the first to do so on the man-advantage.
ROAD READY
The Canucks begin their 2022.23 season on a five-game road trip from Oct. 12-20, which will match team's longest road of the season (also Nov. 8-15 and Jan. 8-15). Vancouver also began last season on a season-high six-game road trip, compiling a 3-2-1 record.
NEW FACES IN 2022.23
A total of five players made their Canucks debut in the season opener on Wednesday, October 12 at Edmonton. Ilya Mikheyev (IR) is the only player on Vancouver's roster to not yet make his Canucks debut:
Injured Reserve:
CURRENT INJURIES
Total man games lost (due to injury or illness): 4 games
TRANSACTIONS
- Sheldon Dries recalled from Abbotsford
- Danila Klimovich re-assigned to Abbotsford
