SAN JOSE SHARKS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Game 71 – 3/20 – SJS 4 vs EDM 5 (OT)…Erik Karlsson (2g, 0a) continued his historic season with a pair of goals, his 21st and 22nd of the campaign to establish a career high. Andrew Barabanov (1g, 1a) also added on to his career-best year on the offensive end with another multi-point game. Steven Lorentz (1g, 0a) tied his career high with his eighth goal of the campaign and Matt Benning (0g, 1a) recorded his 100th career NHL point, an assist. Andrew Agozzino (0g, 1a) notched his first point as a Shark with an assist in his first game.
SJ Goals: Barabanov (15), Lorentz (8), Karlsson (21), Karlsson (22)
SF: 32
SA: 52
SJ PP: 0/2
SJ PK: 0/3
W: Campbell
OTL: Reimer
RECENT SHARKS TRANSACTIONS
3/22 Recalled F Jacob Peterson from the San Jose Barracuda
3/19 Recalled F Andrew Agozzino from the San Jose Barracuda
3/19 Assigned F William Eklund to the San Jose Barracuda
3/18 Recalled F Martin Kaut from the San Jose Barracuda
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT: VANCOUVER CANUCKS
Winners of seven of their past 10 games, the Vancouver Canucks look to bounce back from a Tuesday night setback against the Vegas Golden Knights as they host the San Jose Sharks. The Canucks have claimed the first three meetings against the Sharks this season with the first two going to overtime. Elias Pettersson paces the Canucks on the offensive end with 89 points and is second on the club with 33 goals for the campaign. He rides a nine-game point streak into Thursday’s contest with 13 points (5g, 8a) in that span. In the season series with the Sharks, the Canucks are led by Ilya Mikheyev with seven points (3g, 4a).
March 23, 7:00 p.m. PT
SAN JOSE SHARKS AT VANCOUVER CANUCKS
19-37-15 (53 pts), 8th Pacific 2022-23 RECORD/STANDING 31-34-5 (67 pts), 6th Pacific
0-2-3 LAST 5 GAMES 3-2-0
0-1-2 SEASON SERIES 3-0-0
62-55-9-9 ALL-TIME RECORD AGAINST OPPONENT 64-55-9-7
2022-23 PLAYER STATS
Logan Couture and Erik Karlsson (71) GAMES PLAYED LEADER 3 players (69)
Timo Meier (31) GOALS LEADER Andrei Kuzmenko (34)
Erik Karlsson (65) ASSISTS LEADER Quinn Hughes (62)
Erik Karlsson (87) POINTS LEADER Elias Pettersson (89)
VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
TV: Sportsnet Pacific, NBC Sports California
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the fourth and final meeting between the Canucks and Sharks this season: Nov. 27 (4-3 OTW @ SJS), Dec. 7 (6-5 OTW @ SJS), Dec. 27 (6-2 W @ VAN), and Mar. 23 (home).
• Vancouver is 64-55-9-7 all-time against San Jose, including a 29-26-4-5 record at home.
• The Canucks are 9-1-0 in their last 10 games against the Sharks (including 5-0-0 in their last five).
• J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in career points against San Jose with 18 (6-12-18 in 18 GP).
• Tyler Myers leads all active Canucks in career games played against San Jose at 28 (2-15-17 in those games).
• Andrei Kuzmenko has five points (2-3-5) in three career games against the Sharks.
• Quinn Hughes has 10 points (4-6-10) in 10 career games against the Sharks.
• Elias Pettersson has 13 points (5-8-13) in 14 career games against the Sharks.
• Conor Garland has 17 points (8-9-17) in 19 career games against the Sharks.
• Thatcher Demko is 7-0-0 in seven career games against San Jose with a 2.27 GAA and a .926 SV%.
• Collin Delia has yet to face San Jose in his career.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson is on a career-high nine game point-streak and has 13 points (5-8-13) in those games.
• J.T. Miller has 15 points (8-7-15) in his last nine games.
• Quinn Hughes has 13 points (0-13-13) in his last 11 games.
LAST MEETING – DEC. 27/22: VAN 6 vs SJS 2
Bo Horvat opened the scoring at 4:26 in the first period…Ilya Mikheyev registered his first of four points on the assist…Brock Boeser collected the second helper…Elias Pettersson would double the Canucks lead before the end of the period…Lane Pederson and Luke Schenn tallied assists on the play…Mikheyev reclaimed the two goal lead at 4:36 in the second period…Andrei Kuzmenko and Tyler Myers were both credited with assists…Quinn Hughes scored his first goal of the season less than two minutes later…Mikheyev and Horvat both got a point on the play…Horvat recorded his league-leading eighth multi-goal game of the season at 12:11 in the third…Boeser collected the lone assist…Boeser followed up with his own goal, the sixth of the season…Horvat and Mikheyev were once again on the helpers to both collect their fourth points of the contest…Schenn led the team in hits (7)…Riley Stillman led the team in blocked shots (4)…Spencer Martin stopped 24 shots.
2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN SJS
Goals For/Game 3.30 (t-12th) 2.86 (25th)
Goals Against/Game 3.71 (28th) 3.77 (30th)
Power Play % 22.8 (10th) 17.8 (27th)
Penalty Kill % 69.9 (32nd) 82.7 (t-5th)
Penalty Min./Game 9:02 (21st) 8:41 (18th)
*Rankings are accurate as of 2:00pm PT on March 22, 2023
LAST GAME PLAYED – MAR. 21/23: VAN 3 vs VGK 4
J.T. Miller scored the Canucks’ first goal with a successful shorthanded penalty shot in the second period…The goal was Miller’s second successful career penalty shot…Miller would bring the Canucks within one on the power play at 12:42…Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson registered assists on the play…Phillip Di Giuseppe scored at 11:43 in the third period with his fourth of the season…Miller collected an assist for a three-point contest…Hughes was credited with the second assist…Thatcher Demko faced 27 shots…Tyler Myers led the team in blocked shots (5).
LAST 5 vs SAN JOSE
• Dec. 27/22: VAN 6 vs SJS 2
• Dec. 7/22: VAN 6 at SJS 5 (OT)
• Nov. 27/22: VAN 4 at SJS 3 (OT)
• Apr. 9/22: VAN 4 vs SJS 2
• Feb. 17/22: VAN 5 at SJS 4 (OT)
STREAKING AGAINST THE SHARKS
Entering play tonight, Vancouver has won eight straight games against the San Jose Sharks for their longest active winning streak against on opponent, dating back to Jan. 18, 2020. During that stretch they have outscored the Sharks 39-21, tallying at least four goals in each contest. With a win tonight, the Canucks could match their franchise-best winning streak of nine games against San Jose which took place from Dec. 28, 1991 to Dec. 29, 1992.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Ethan Bear activated from injured reserve, Mar. 18
• Aidan McDonough signed to a two-year entry level contract, Mar. 13
• Phillip Di Giuseppe signed to a two-year contract extension, Mar. 12
