EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
EDMONTON OILERS AT VANCOUVER CANUCKS
8:00 p.m. MT at Rogers Arena
BROADCAST INFO: 630 CHED Radio, Sportsnet
26-18-3 – 55 PTS RECORD 18-24-3 – 39 PTS
Div. – 4th Conference – 6th RANK Div. – 6th Conference – 12th 1st –30.6% (52/170) POWER PLAY 10th – 24.5% (37/151) 24th – 74.6% (126/169) PENALTY KILL 32nd – 66.9% (85/127)
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. VANCOUVER GP RECORD HOME (133) AWAY (131) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. VANCOUVER 264 136-94-19-15 77-43-7-6 59-51-12-9 948 843
OILERS vs. VANCOUVER – 2022-23 2 1-1-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 7 8
QUICK FACTS
Saturday’s game will mark Edmonton’s third and final meeting against the Canucks this season and the lone game in Vancouver.
The last time these teams met was on December 23rd in Edmonton, with the Canucks winning 5-2.
Connor McDavid leads the team with 59 career points against Vancouver and also has a team leading 21 goals and 38 assists against the Canucks. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has played in a team leading 51 games against Vancouver.
FIVE OF A KIND
The Oilers scored 5+ goals for the 15th time this season on Jan. 17 vs. SEA, maintaining their undefeated record when posting five or more goals in a game.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 17 D Markus Niemelainen loaned to Bakersfield (AHL)
F Evander Kane activated off LTIR
F Kailer Yamamoto and D Ryan Murray placed on LTIR
Jan. 19 F Devin Shore was loaned to Bakersfield for conditioning
OILERS IN JANUARY
Overall – 544 GP, 257-209-52-26 – 588 PTS
2021-22 – 9 GP, 6-2-1 – 13 PTS
VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
TV: CBC, Sportsnet, CITY
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the third and final meeting between the Canucks and Oilers this season: Oct. 12 (5-3 L @ EDM), Dec. 23 (5-2 W @ EDM) and Jan. 21 (home).
• The Canucks are 109-121-19-15 all-time against Edmonton, including a 60-52-12-7 record at home.
• Vancouver is 3-4-3 in their last 10 games against the Oilers (1-2-2 in their last five).
• Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in both career points with 30 (12-18-30) and games played (45) against Edmonton.
• Bo Horvat has 27 career points (11-16-27) in 37 games played against the Oilers.
• J.T. Miller has 26 career points (8-18-26) in 27 games played against the Oilers.
• Brock Boeser has 20 points (10-10-20) in 26 games played against the Oilers.
• Spencer Martin is 0-0-2 with a .940 save percentage and a 2.32 goals against average in two career games against Edmonton.
• Collin Delia is 1-0-0 with a 2.01 goals against average and a .939 save percentage in one career game against Edmonton.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson has 19 points (6-13-18) in his last 14 games.
• Bo Horvat has 18 points (8-10-18) in his last 13 games
• J.T. Miller has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last nine games.
• Quinn Hughes has nine points (3-6-9) in his last six games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 11 points (4-7-11) in his last 12 games.
• Brock Boeser has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last 12 games.
LAST MEETING – DEC. 23/22: VAN 5 at EDM 2
J.T. Miller got the Canucks on the board just 41 seconds into the second period…Conor Garland and Oliver Ekman-Larsson recorded the assists…Miller scored his second of the contest on the power play with 1:27 left in the second…Elias Pettersson and Bo Horvat picked up the assists…Bo Horvat gave Vancouver their first lead just over halfway through the third…Tyler Myers and Garland recorded the assists…Ilya Mikheyev doubled the Canucks lead with under three minutes left in the third…Horvat picked up the only assist…Horvat added an empty netter to make it 5-2…Pettersson and Myers added assists…Pettersson and Miller each ed the team with five shots each…Miller tied his season-high with nine faceoff wins…Collin Delia made 31 stops in his first start in a Canucks uniform.
2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN EDM
Goals For/Game 3.31 (10th) 3.70 (3rd)
Goals Against/Game 3.96 (31st) 3.26 (19th)
Power Play % 23.9 (12th) 30.6 (1st)
Penalty Kill % 66.4 (32nd) 74.6 (24th)
Penalty Min./Game 9:34 (22nd) 8:58 (18th)
*Rankings are accurate as of 10:30pm PT on January 20, 2023
LAST GAME PLAYED – JAN. 20/23: VAN 1 vs COL 4
Elias Pettersson got the Canucks on the board just past the halfway mark in the game to bring the Canucks within two…Brock Boeser and Andrei Kuzmenko picked up the assists on Pettersson’s 19th of the season…Luke Schenn had a game-high eight hits…J.T. Miller led the team with four shots on goal…Collin Delia stopped 25 shots.
LAST 5 vs EDMONTON
• Dec. 23/22: VAN 5 @ EDM 2
• Oct. 12/22: VAN 3 @ EDM 5
• Apr. 29/22: VAN 2 @ EDM 3 (SO)
• Jan. 25/22: VAN 2 vs EDM 3 (OT)
• Oct. 30/21: VAN 1 vs EDM 2
