VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
CANUCKS vs SEATTLE PREVIEW
TV: Sportsnet Pacific, ROOT SPORTS Northwest
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the third of four meetings between the Canucks and Kraken this season: Oct. 27 (5-4 W @ SEA), Dec. 22 (6-5 W vs SEA), Jan. 25 (away), and Apr. 4 (home).
• The Canucks are 6-0-0 all-time against Seattle, including a 3-0-0 record on the road.
• Vancouver is 5-0-0 in their last five meetings against the Kraken.
• Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Conor Garland, J.T. Miller, Tyler Myers and Elias Pettersson are tied for the team lead in career games played (6) against Seattle.
• Elias Pettersson leads all Canucks in career points vs the Kraken with nine points (3-6-9) in six games.
• Conor Garland has eight points (3-5-8) in six career games vs Seattle.
• J.T. Miller has eight points (1-7-8) in six career games vs Seattle.
• Quinn Hughes has seven points (1-6-7) in five career games vs Seattle.
• Spencer Martin is 2-0-0 with a 3.40 goals against average and a .897 save percentage in two career games against Seattle.
• Collin Delia has yet to face Seattle in his NHL career.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson has 22 points (6-16-22) in his last 16 games.
• Bo Horvat has 19 points (9-10-19) in his last 15 games.
• J.T. Miller has 12 points (5-7-12) in his last 11 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 12 points (3-9-12) in his last eight games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 14 points (7-7-14) in his last 14 games.
• Brock Boeser has 11 points (4-7-11) in his last 14 games.
LAST MEETING – DEC. 22/22: VAN 6 vs SEA 5 (SO)
Lane Pederson tied the game at 1-1 with his first goal as a Canuck at 17:17 in the first period, assisted by Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko…Elias Pettersson scored Vancouver’s second goal at 8:09 in the second period to cut the deficit to one goal…Luke Schenn and Andrei Kuzmenko assisted on the play…Kuzmenko (1-2-3) followed up with a goal of his own at 5:13 in the third period, assisted by Pederson(first career multi-point game)and Pettersson…Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson each scored in the third period to send the game to overtime, as Pettersson recorded his fourth career five-point game (most in franchise history)…J.T. Miller (one assist) and Elias Pettersson (2-3-5, GDG) each scored in the shootout to give Vancouver the win…Luke Schenn led the team in hits (8) and blocks (4)…Bo Horvat won 18 face-offs…Spencer Martin faced 36 shots.
2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN SEA
Goals For/Game 3.32 (10th) 3.61 (t-4th)
Goals Against/Game 3.91 (31st) 3.09 (17th)
Power Play % 22.8 (14th) 20.3 (t-19th)
Penalty Kill % 66.7 (32nd) 70.5 (31st)
Penalty Min./Game 9:35 (20th) 8:32 (12th)
*Rankings are accurate as of 10:30pm PT on January 24, 2023
LAST GAME PLAYED – JAN. 24/23: VAN 5 vs CHI 2
Andrei Kuzmenko got Vancouver on the board with his 20th and 21st goals of the season at 7:02 and 15:47 of the second period to extend his point streak to five games (4-3-7)…Ilya Mikheyev and Elias Pettersson registered the first pair of assists and Pettersson and Luke Schenn recorded the second pair…Dakota Joshua gave the Canucks their first lead of the game at 11:34 of the third period with his seventh goal of the season…Brock Boeser and Quinn Hughes registered the assists…Sheldon Dries extended the lead 34 seconds later…Conor Garland and J.T. Miller picked up the assists…Bo Horvat put home a shorthanded empty netter to make it 5-2 with 1:26 remaining…Schenn recorded the lone assist…Oliver Ekman-Larsson led the team with six shots on goal…Schenn led the team with six hits…Collin Delia made 12 saves.
LAST 5 vs SEATTLE
• Dec. 22/22: VAN 6 vs SEA 5 (SO)
• Oct. 27/22: VAN 5 at SEA 4
• Apr. 26/22: VAN 5 vs SEA 2
• Feb. 21/22: VAN 5 vs SEA 2
• Jan. 1/22: VAN 5 at SEA 2
LOSSLESS IN SEATTLE
Entering Wednesday’s game in Seattle, the Canucks hold a record of 6-0-0 against the Kraken all-time, including a 3-0-0 record at Climate Pledge Arena. This is the team’s second-longest win streak vs a single franchise since the opposition’s inception.
• 9 straight wins vs Washington Capitals from Dec. 17/74 to Oct. 13/76
SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
Colorado 2 at Seattle 1 (SO)
Goals: Donato
Goalie: Grubauer (26/27)
PP: 0/2 PK: 2/2 Shots: Colorado 27 – Seattle 27
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 123)
Chris Driedger (ACL; IR) – 46 games – month-to-month
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 46 games – day-to-day
Jaden Schwartz (undisclosed) – 5 games – day-to-day
Justin Schultz (undisclosed) – 2 games – week-to-week
Andre Burakovsky (undisclosed) – 1 game – day-to-day
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
Jan. 22, 2022: Reassigned F John Hayden to Coachella Valley (AHL)
Jan. 24, 2022: Recalled F John Hayden from Coachella Valley (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Friday, Jan. 27: Calgary at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, Jan. 28: Columbus at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Tuesday, Feb. 7: Seattle at NY Islanders, 4:30 p.m. PT
Thursday, Feb. 9: Seattle at New Jersey, 4 p.m. PT
Friday, Feb. 10: Seattle at NY Rangers, 4 p.m. PT
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight’s matchup is the third of four games the Kraken will play against the Canucks this season and the final one that will be played in Seattle. The teams will next meet on April 4 in Vancouver. The Kraken are looking for their first-ever win against the Canucks.
• The Kraken have not allowed a power-play goal for four consecutive games going a perfect 8-for-8 during that span. If they were to remain perfect on the penalty kill tonight, it would mark the second time this season that they did not allow a power-play goal for five or more straight games. The team previously went six straight games from Oct. 29 to Nov. 11 without allowing a powerplay goal.
• Entering play Tuesday, the Kraken led the Pacific Division in points percentage (.641) and ranked second with 59 points. The team’s plus-22 goal differential this season also tied for the best mark the Pacific Division entering play Tuesday and was tied for ninth in the NHL.
• With 46 games played, the Kraken have already matched their win total (27) from the 2021-22 season. They enter tonight’s game one point shy of matching their total (60) from last year.
• Since the start of the New Year, the Kraken are leading the league in wins (nine, tied), points (19) and goals (49). Their 3.08 goals for per game are the second-most in the league during that span, and they are one of only three teams (Edmonton, New Jersey) to be averaging four or more goals per game in 2023.
