Game Notes: Canucks at Kings

On November 8, 2024By Littum

LAST GAME PLAYED – 5/24 NOV: VAN 5 on ANA 1

Olen Zellweger opened the scoring for Anaheim just after the five and a half minute mark in the first…Brock Boeser answered back with 3:38 left in the first…Quinn Hughes and JT Miller recorded assists…Kiefer Sherwood scored his third season 58 seconds later … assists went to Erik Brännström and Danton Heinen … Elias Pettersson gave the Canucks a two-goal lead 2:20 into the second … Hughes and Conor Garland picked up assists…Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal in as many games at 12:08 in the third…Boeser and Hughes were credited with assists…Heinen closed the scoring with his third of the season with under two minutes left…Sherwood and Teddy Blueger had the assists…Elias Pettersson led the team with six shots …Aatu Räty had five hits…Hughes had two blocked shots…Kevin Lankinen made 21 saves.

LAST 5 – against LOS ANGELES

Apr. 24: VAN 3 p.m VARNISH 6
March 25/24: VAN 2 vs VARNISH 3
24/5. March: HABIT 2 at LAK 1 (OT)
February 29/24: VAN 1 vs VARNISH 5
23/10/23: VAN 0 at VARNISH 3

QUINN-TASTIC

Recorded 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 defenseman to reach the milestone, behind Bobby Orr (346) and Brian Leetch (368).
Posting three assists on November 5th at ANA, Quinn Hughes now has 22 such games in his NHL career, the third-most in NHL history by a defenseman age 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, fourth-most by a defenseman in their first 375 career games, trailing only Bobby Orr, Brian Leetch and Paul Coffey.
Recorded two assists on October 22/24 at CHI, Quinn Hughes now has 148 career assists on the road, passing Alex Edler for seventh-most in franchise history (H. Sedin leads with 406).
With an assist on the overtime winner d. 17/24 Oct. Quinn Hughes now has 18 career overtime points, third most in franchise history behind only Daniel Sedin (31) and Henrik Sedin (29).
Recorded nine shots on goal on Oct. 17 in FLA, Quinn Hughes set a new career high for most shots in a single game.
With two assists on October 24 vs. CGY, Quinn Hughes passed Dennis Kearns for most points by a Canucks defenseman in season openers (10, 1-9-10).

SHOOTER SUTER

Scored his second goal of the game with just 26 seconds left in regulation on November 2/24 at SJS, Pius Suter recorded the sixth latest game-winning goal on the road in Canucks franchise history.
With two goals d. 2/24 November 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 October 28/24 vs CAR, JT 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.
Record a goal and two assists on the 22nd/24th. October in CHI, JT Miller now has 17 games with at least one 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 October 17/24 in FLA, JT Miller now has 10 overtime goals with the Canucks, which breaks 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 October 17/24 vs FLA, JT Miller is now tied with Thomas Gradin for the 10th most game-winning goals in franchise history.
Skated in his 800th career game on Oct. 9/24 vs. CGY, JT Miller recorded a first period assist and the game-tying goal with 1:37 left.

THE HOMETOWN HERO

Surrey, BC’s Arshdeep Bains scored his first NHL goal on October 26/24 vs PIT. His goal was the Canucks’ fourth in a span of 5:52 and stood as the game-winning goal.

FLASH-1:05

Courtesy of measure from Elias Pettersson, Keifer Sherwoodand JT Millerthe Canucks scored three goals in 65 seconds, the fourth-fastest three-goal streak in franchise history.

KEVIN BLANKIN

Made 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 in his first three starts as a Canuck, and the first since Anders Nilsson.

TYLER MYERS TO 1000

Skating in his 1,000th career game Oct. 19/24 at PHI, Tyler Myers became the eighth player in Canuck history to play his 1,000th career game with the club, and only the second to record a point in game #1,000, 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 October 17/24 at FLA.
Skating in his fourth game with the Canucks, Kiefer Sherwood recorded 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 against PHI, Derek Forbort recorded his first point in a Canucks uniform and assisted on Teddy Blueger’s second-period goal.
Makes debut with Canucks on October 9/24 against CGY, Danton Heinen (0-1-1)Jake DeBrusk (0-1-1), and Daniel Sprong (1-0-1) each got on the score sheet.

“THEY SEE ME ROLL”

Score a powerplay goal on October 15/24 at TBL, Conor Garland has points in three straight games to open the season. It is the second time in his career that he has started a season with points in at least three consecutive games, joining 2021.22 (six games).

HIGH START

Scored his first goal of the season on October 11/24 against PHI, Nils Highlander has points in two straight games to begin the 2024.25 season. It is the second season in a row that Höglander has opened the season with points in the opening two games.

TWICE AS NICE

Brock Boeser scored two goals in the team’s Oct. 24 home opener against CGY. He now has eight goals in six career season-opening games, tied with Markus Naslund for most in franchise history.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

Aatu Räty recalled from Abbotsford, November 5
Arshdeep Bains transferred to Abbotsford, November 5
Nils Åman assigned to Abbotsford, 3 Nov
Nils Åman waived, 2 Nov
Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Nov. 1
Erik Brännström recalled from Abbotsford, 1 Nov
Arshdeep Bains transferred to Abbotsford, Oct 31
Erik Brännström transferred to Abbotsford, 31 Oct
Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Oct 28
Erik Brännström recalled from Abbotsford, 28 Oct
Arshdeep Bains transferred to Abbotsford, 27 Oct
Erik Brännström transferred to Abbotsford, 27 Oct
Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Oct 25
Erik Brännström recalled from Abbotsford, 25 Oct
Arshdeep Bains transferred to Abbotsford, Oct 24
Erik Brännström transferred to Abbotsford, 24 Oct
Erik Brännström recalled from Abbotsford, 17 Oct
Aatu Räty awarded to Abbotsford, 16 Oct
Ty Young reassigned to Kalamazoo, Oct. 14
Arshdeep Bains recalled from Abbotsford, Oct 10
Mark Friedman assigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 9

LAST TIME…

Canucks won when leading after 1P: Nov 5/24 at ANA
Canucks lost when leading after 1P: March 16/24 vs WSH
Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 1P: Oct 9/24 vs CGY
Canucks won when leading after 2P: Nov 5/24 at ANA
Canucks lost when leading after 2P: Feb 19/24 at MIN
Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 2P: Oct 11/24 vs PHI
Canucks won when trailing after 1P: Oct 26/24 vs PIT
Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Oct 30/24 vs NJD
Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 1P: Oct 28/24 vs CAR
Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Feb 24/24 vs BIM
Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Oct 30/24 vs NJD
Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 2P: Oct 28/24 vs CAR
Canucks won when trailing 1P: Nov 2/24 at SJS
Canucks lost as tied after 1P: April 18/24 at WPG
Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing 1P: 11/24/24 vs. PHI
Canucks won when trailing 2P: Nov 2/24 at SJS
Canucks lost when trailing 2P: April 18/24 at WPG
Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 2P: Dec 21/23 at DAL

2024.25 SEASON HIGH AND LOW

Most goals scored, game: 6, October 22/24 at CHI
Most goals scored, period: 4, 3x, latest 26/24 October vs PIT, 2nd period
Most goals allowed, match: 6, 2x, no later than 30/24 October vs NJD
Most goals allowed, period: 3, 2x, latest 30/24 October vs NJD, 2nd period
Fewest goals scored, game: 0, 30/24 October vs NJD
Fewest Goals Allowed, Game: 0, Oct 19/24 at PHI
Most PPG Scored, Games: 2, 2x, No later than Oct. 22/24 at CHI
Most PPG Allowed, Games: 1, 6x, by Nov 5/24 at ANA
Most SHG Scored, Game: 0
Most SHG allowed, games: 1, 2x, most recent 30/24 October vs NJD
Most Shots, Game: 37, 5/24 Nov at ANA
Most shots, period: 16, 2x, No later than 5/24 Nov at ANA, 2nd period
Most Shots, OT: 3, Oct. 17/24 at FLA
Fewest Shots, Game: 24, Oct 9/24 vs CGY
Fewest Shots, Period: 3, October 9/24 vs CGY, 2nd Period
Fewest shots, OT: 0, 2x, Latest October 28/24 vs. CAR
Most Shots Allowed, Game: 34, Oct. 22/24 at CHI
Most Shots Allowed, Period: Oct. 15, 17/24 in FLA, 2nd Period
Most Shots Allowed, OT: 2, 2x, last 11/24/11 vs PHI
Fewest shots allowed, game: Nov. 22 5/24 on ANA
Fewest shots allowed, period: 3. 24 Nov. at SJS, 1st term
Fewest Shots Allowed, OT: 0, Oct 17/24 at FLA
Most Hits, Game: 43, October 30/24 vs NJD
Fewest Hits, Game: Oct. 13 9/24 vs CGY
Most Blocked Shots, Game: Oct. 18 17/24 at FLA
Fewest Blocked Shots, Game: 7, 5/24 Nov at ANA
Largest margin of victory: 4 goals, Nov 5/24 at ANA
Biggest margin of defeat: 6 goals, 30/24 October vs NJD
Longest winning streak: 4 games, 17-26/24. Oct
Longest point streak: 5 games, October 17-28/24 (4-0-1)
Longest winless streak: 2 games, 2x, no later than 28-30 October
Longest pointless streak: N/A

VANCOUVER 2024.25 RECORD WHEN…

Score 4+ goals: 3-0-1
Score 3 goals or less: 3-2-2
Allow 4+ goals: 0-2-2
Allow 3 goals or less: 6-0-1
Scoring first: 3-0-2
Allowing first goal: 3-2-1
On 0 days rest: 0-0-0
On 1 day’s rest: 2-1-2
On 2 days rest: 3-0-0
On 3+ days rest: 1-1-1
Score a PPG: 1-1-1
Post a PPG: 2-1-2
25 or more shots on goal: 6-1-2
Less than 25 shots: 0-1-1

THREE STARS – NOVEMBER

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

WIN IN OCTOBER – Lankinen (25 points)

*5 points are awarded for each choice of three stars