VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
MATCH-UP INFO
- Tonight marks the first of two meetings between the Canucks and Lightning this season: Oct. 19 (road), Dec. 12 (home).
- Vancouver is 20-17-2-2 all-time against Tampa Bay, including a 10-11-0-0 record on the road.
- The Canucks are 2-8-0 in their last 10 games against the Lightning.
- Among active skaters, J.T. Miller (4-7-11, 16GP) leads the team in career scoring vs Tampa Bay.
- Thatcher Demko has a 3.46 GAA and .881 SV% in three career games against the Lightning.
- Casey DeSmith has a 4.05 GAA and .873 SV% all time against Tampa Bay.
QUICK NUMBERS
- Brock Boeser has posted five points (4-1-5) in his last three games.
- Elias Pettersson has six points (1-5-6) in his last three games.
- J.T. Miller has four points (1-3-4) in his last three games.
- Nils Hoglander has three points (1-2-3) in his last three games.
- Thatcher Demko posted a .953 SV% and has a 1.70 GAA in his last two games (1-1-0).
LAST MEETING – JAN. 18/23: VAN 2 vs TBL 5
Andrei Kuzmenko got the Canucks on the board with a power play goal at 6:35 in the third period… Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller recorded assists on the play…Hughes collected a multi-point night with his own power play goal almost three minutes later…Miller also registered a multi-point night with the first assist and Bo Horvat extended his point streak to nine games with the second helper…Collin Delia made 14 saves after relieving Spencer Martin…Luke Schenn led the team in hits (6)…Elias Pettersson led the team in shots (6).
LAST GAME PLAYED – OCT. 17/23: VAN 0 at PHI 2
Quinn Hughes registered a team high four shots on goal…Filip Hronek and Sam Lafferty recorded three shots on goal…Lafferty and Jack Studnicka led the team in hits (3)…Anthony Beauvillier led the team in blocked shots (4) …J.T. Miller tied his team-high of 12 face off wins…Pius Suter posted a 60% success rate in the face-off circle…Thatcher Demko made 40 saves…Carson Soucy played 15:53 and made his debut as a Canuck.
LAST 5 vs TAMPA BAY
- Jan. 18/23: VAN 2 vs TBL 5
- Jan. 12/23: VAN 4 at TBL 5
- Mar. 13/22: VAN 1 vs TBL 2
- Jan. 13/22: VAN 2 at TBL 4
- Jan. 7/20: VAN 2 at TBL 9
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
- Mark Friedman recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 18
- Akito Hirose reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 18
- Jack Studnicka on regular recall, emergency conditions terminated, Oct. 17
- Guillaume Brisebois placed on LTIR, Oct. 17
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
The Tampa Bay Lightning earned a late point, but dropped a third-straight contest Tuesday night with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center…The Bolts fell to 1-2-1 on the season with a road record of 0-2-1…Zemgus Girgensons opened the scoring at the 8:57 mark of the first period to give BUF the early 1-0 lead…Jeff Skinner doubled the BUF lead with 4:32 remaining in the opening frame to send his team to the first intermission with a 2-0 lead and an 11-7 shot advantage…Brandon Hagel got the Lightning on the board with 2:02 remaining in the second period when, after working on the forecheck with Anthony Cirelli and Tanner Jeannot, he slid into the low slot, got the puck and fired a quick shot over the glove of Devon Levi to make it a 2-1 game… With Tampa Bay beginning to tilt the ice in the third period, they pulled Jonas Johansson for an extra attacker and got the game-tying goal with just seven seconds remaining after Hagel fought for position in front of the net and jammed a loose puck past Levi for his fourth goal in as many games…Following a BUF faceoff win to begin overtime, Dylan Cozens beat Johansson with a shot to the far post 1:46 into the extra frame to send the Lightning back to Tampa with one of six possible points on the three-game road trip…Johansson made 28 saves on 31 shots in his third start with the Bolts…Erik Cernak skated in his 300th career game with Tampa Bay, making him just the 13th defenseman in Lightning franchise history to hit the milestone.
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and the Canucks are playing the first of two matchups this season, the only meeting at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts posted a 2-0-0 record vs. VAN last season, winning the two matchups by a combined score of 10-6…Steven Stamkos (4-1—5) led Tampa Bay in goals and points vs. VAN last season, while Brayden Point (1-3—4) and Alex Killorn (1-3—4) were tied for the team lead in assists…Stamkos has picked up points in 14 of his 18 career games vs. VAN (16-11—27) and has scored goals in five of his last six contests vs. VAN (7-3—10)…Nikita Kucherov has posted a multi-point effort in eight of his last 11 games vs. VAN (6-10—16), including five of the his last six matchups vs. VAN (4-6—10)…Point has recorded two straight multi-point games vs. VAN (1-3—4) and has found the scoresheet in six of his last seven contests vs. VAN (4-7—11)…Brandon Hagel has notched three points in his two career games vs. VAN (1-2—3) since joining the Lightning…Nick Perbix posted a multi-point effort (0-2—2) in his one career game vs. VAN…Victor Hedman has points in seven of his last 10 contests vs. VAN (4-5—9)…Erik Cernak has four points in six career games vs. VAN (1-3—4)…Tampa Bay is 6-3-1 in their last 10 home games vs. VAN and 8-2-0 in the last 10 meetings overall…The Lightning are 19-17-3 with two ties all-time vs. VAN, including a home record of 11-8-2…The Bolts have won six consecutive contests vs. VAN…Tamp Bay has scored four or more goals in seven of their last nine games vs. VAN (total: 40 goals)…Stamkos (16-11—27) holds the Lightning franchise records for career goals and points vs. VAN.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. VAN
- Steven Stamkos – 27 pts. (16-11—27, 18 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 18 pts. (7-11—18, 15 GP)
- Martin St. Louis – 16 pts. (4-12—16, 11 GP)
T4. Victor Hedman – 13 pts. (4-9—13, 19 GP)
T4. Alex Killorn – 13 pts. (7-6—13, 17 GP)
INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY STATUS GAMES MISSED
Tyler Motte Upper-Body Out 3
Steven Stamkos Lower-Body Day-to-Day 2
Andrei Vasilevskiy Back Out 4
2023-24 Total Man Games Lost: 9
