TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and Canucks are playing the second of two matchups this season and the only meeting Rogers Arena…Tampa Bay skated to a 4-3 victory over VAN in the first matchup of the season Oct. 19 at AMALIE Arena… Nikita Kucherov (2-0—2) leads the Bolts in goals vs. VAN this season and is tied with Nick Paul (1-1—2) for the team lead in points…Kucherov has posted three consecutive multi-point efforts vs. VAN with goals in each of those three contests (4-2—6)…Kucherov has recorded two points in nine of his last 12 games vs. VAN (8-10—18), including six of the last seven meetings (6-6—12)…Steven Stamkos has picked up points in three consecutive games vs. VAN (4-2—6) and has found the scoresheet in 15 of his 19 career contests vs. VAN (16-12—28) with goals in five of the last seven meetings (7-4—11)…Brayden Point is riding a three-game point streak vs. VAN (1-4—5) and has 12 points over the last eight meetings (4-8—12)…Brandon Hagel has pointed in each of his three career contests vs. VAN (1-3—4)…Andrei Vasilevskiy has won five straight games vs. VAN with a .933 save percentage and 2.20 goals against average over that five-game span…Tampa Bay is 8-2-0 in their last 10 road games at VAN and 9-1-0 in the last 10 meetings overall…The Bolts have won seven straight contests vs. VAN, winning the seven games by a combined score of 34-16…Tampa Bay has scored four or more goals in eight of the last 10 meetings vs. VAN (total: 44 goals)…The Bolts are 20-17-3 with two ties all-time vs. VAN, including a road record of 8-9-1 with two ties…Stamkos (16-12—28) holds the Lightning franchise records for career goals and points vs. VAN and is tied with Martin St. Louis (4-12—16) for the franchise lead in assists.
INJURIES
PLAYER INJURY STATUS GAMES MISSED
Conor Sheary Upper-Body Out, 4-6 weeks 16
2023-24 Total Man Games Lost: 50
TRANSACTIONS
DATE PLAYER MOVE
December 12, 2023 Mitchell Chaffee Recalled from AHL Syracuse
December 12, 2023 Philippe Myers Recalled from AHL Syracuse
VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
MATCHUP INFO
• Tonight marks the last meeting between the Canucks and Lightning this season: Oct. 19 (4-3 L, road), Dec. 12 (home). • Vancouver is 20-18-2-2 all-time against Tampa Bay, including a 10-6-2-2 record on home ice. • The Canucks are 1-9-0 in their last 10 games against the Lightning. • J.T. Miller leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Tampa Bay with 13 points (5-8-13) in 17 career games. • Thatcher Demko is 0-3-0 with a 3.66 GAA and a .883 SV% in four career games against the Lightning. • In two career games (1-1-0), Casey DeSmith has a 4.05 GAA and a .873 SV% all-time against Tampa Bay.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Quinn Hughes has registered 15 points (4-11-15) in his last 15 games, totaling 36 points overall (9-27-36). He is t-3rd in the league for assists (27) and is also t-1st for points amongst blueliners. • J.T. Miller has 40 points overall this season (15-25-40) and has 20 points (7-13-20) in his last 15 games. He ranks 2nd in the league for points. • Elias Pettersson has seven points (2-5-7) in his last five games. He has 37 points (11-26-37) this season ranking him t-6th in the league. • Brock Boeser has scored 18 goals this season, ranking 3rd in the league. His 30 points (18-12-30) this season places him 5th in the league among primary right wingers. Boeser is currently on a seven-game point streak (5-5-10). • Filip Hronek has eight points (1-7-8) in his last ten games. Hronek ranks 6th for points and 3rd for assists amongst defensemen. • Quinn Hughes and Filip Hronek have the most points by a defencemen pairing this season (62). • The Vancouver Canucks are currently 2nd in the Western Conference and 4th in the league. They also have the highest goal differential (+34) in the league. The Canucks currently have the most wins (15) when leading after the second period and have scored the first goal of the game 19 times, the most times in the NHL. They also have the most wins (15) when scoring first.
LAST MEETING – OCT. 19/23: VAN 3 at TBL 4
Brock Boeser opened the scoring for the Canucks with his fifth goal of the season…J.T. Miller was credited with the assist…Tyler Myers scored his first goal of the season to tie the game early in the second period…Elias Pettersson registered the assist on the play…Miller scored his second goal of the season…Both Filip Hronek and Pettersson were credited with an assist…Hronek had a team high six shots on goal…Miller led the team in hits (3)…Thatcher Demko made 32 saves.
LAST 5 – vs TAMPA BAY
• Oct. 19/23: VAN 3 at TBL 4
• 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
