VANCOUVER CANUKS NOTES:
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the second of four meetings between the Canucks and Flames this season: Dec. 14 (4-3 SOW @ CGY), Dec. 31 (away), Mar. 31 (home), Apr. 8 (home).
• The Canucks are 115-139-33-9 all-time against the Flames, including a 49-81-15-2 record on the road.
• Vancouver is 4-4-2 in their last 10 games vs Calgary (2-2-1 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in games played against the Flames at 43 (7-16-23 in those games).
• J.T. Miller has the most career points against the Flames with 25 (6-19-25) in 27 games played, among active Canucks skaters.
• Brock Boeser has 24 points (12-12-24) in 26 career games against Calgary.
• Elias Pettersson has 17 points (7-10-17) in 19 career games against Calgary.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has one point (0-1-1) in one career game against Calgary.
• Spencer Martin is 1-0-0 with a 2.77 GAA and .921 SV% in one career game against the Flames.
• Collin Delia is 0-1-0 with a 3.04 GAA and .929 SV% in one career game against the Flames.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Bo Horvat has 15 points (9-6-15) in his last 11 games, including two consecutive nights with four points, and is tied for second in the NHL in goals (26) this season.
• Quinn Hughes has nine points (1-8-9) in his last 10 games and ranks third in the NHL in assists among defencemen this season (29 in 31 GP).
o Hughes is also ranked t-3rd among NHL defencemen in power play assists with 15.
• Elias Pettersson has 16 points (5-11-16) in his last nine games and is tied for first in the NHL for even-strength goals (16), among centremen.
• Ilya Mikheyev has six points (3-3-6) in his last five games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 11 points (4-7-11) in his last ten games and is currently third among Canucks for points (32 in 34 GP).
• Luke Schenn holds the NHL all-time record of most hits (3,004) by a defenceman and is the only defenceman to reach the 3,000 hits milestone.
LAST MEETING – DEC. 14/22: VAN 4 at CGY 3 (SO)
Bo Horvat scored his 21st goal of the season at 1:14 in the first period…Oliver Ekman-Larsson and J.T. Miller recorded assists on the play…Conor Garland notched the Canucks second goal just 34 seconds later to record the 5th fastest two goals to start a game in franchise history…Nils Höglander collected his first of two assists and Tyler Myers got the second helper…Sheldon Dries scored the tying goal at 5:31 in the second period…Höglander and Andrei Kuzmenko were credited with the assists…Spencer Martin stopped Mikael Backlund on a must-score attempt in the shootout giving Kuzmenko the game-winning goal…Martin faced 38 shots to claim his ninth win of the season…Garland led the team in shots (5).
LAST GAME PLAYED – DEC. 29/22: VAN 2 at WPG 4
Andrei Kuzmenko opened the scoring just 41 seconds into the first period…Elias Pettersson recorded the lone assist…Conor Garland would score at 13:11 in the third…Quinn Hughes got the first assist and Kuzmenko registered the second helper for his 11th multi-point game of the season…Luke Schenn became the first defenceman to break 3,000 career hits (5 total at WPG)…J.T. Miller led the team in shots (5)…Delia faced 38 shots on the night, including a season high of 20 shots in the second period.
LAST 5 vs CALGARY
• Dec. 14/22: VAN 4 @ CGY 3 (SO)
• Apr. 23/22: VAN 3 @ CGY 6
• Mar. 19//22: VAN 2 vs CGY 5
• Feb. 24/22: VAN 7 vs CGY 1
• Jan. 29/22: VAN 0 @ CGY 1 (OT)
NEW YEAR’S EVE STORYLINES
• Tonight’s game marks the ninth consecutive time that the Canucks have played a game on New Year’s Eve away from home, dating back to 2003. The team is 4-4-0 in those previous eight contests, including three wins in the last five of those games.
• Forwards Elias Pettersson (42-52-94 in 80 GP) and J.T. Miller (34-60-94 in 82 GP) enter tonight’s game at Calgary tied for the team-lead in scoring in the year 2022.
• Bo Horvat leads all Canucks in goals in 2022 with 46 and is the sixth different player in franchise history to score at least 46 goals in a calendar year, joining Pavel Bure (2x), Tony Tanti (2x), Darcy Rota, Markus Naslund, and Todd Bertuzzi. Horvat is also tied for 10th-most goals in the NHL since Jan. 1, 2022.
• Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Luke Schenn are tied for the most games played by a Canucks skater this season with 84 GP.
• Quinn Hughes leads the Canucks for most assists in 2022 (64 in 75 GP).
CALGARY FLAMES NOTES:
FLAMES LAST GAME RECAP
DECEMBER 28, 2022 – CALGARY FLAMES [3] vs. SEATTLE KRAKEN [2]
The Calgary Flames headed to Climate Pledge Arena on Wednesday night to take on the Kraken for their final road game of 2022. The Flames struck early with Tyler Toffoli opening the scoring, netting his 15th of the season to give the Flames a 1-0 advantage. They would hold that lead until the ladder stages of the first where Ryan Donato evened the game at the 18:45 mark to knot the teams at one going into the intermission. Calgary and Seattle would trade goals in the second with Jamie Oleksiak scoring just 1:14 into the period to give the Kraken the lead, but later Nazem Kadri would tie the game on the power play and the clubs remained deadlocked at twos through 40. Jonathan Huberdeau would record the only tally of the third for his first game-winning goal as a Flame while Dan Vladar turned aside all six final frame shots he faced, and the Flames won 3-2.
CGY GOAL SCORERS: Toffoli (15), Kadri (14), Huberdeau (7)
GOALIE: Markstrom (29/31, .935 Sv%)
PP: 1/4 (25%)
PK: 1/1 (0%)
FLAMES LAST FIVE RESULTS, RECORD: 3-1-1
DATE RESULT GWG CGY GOALIE OPP. GOALIE
December 28, 2022 CGY [3] at SEA [2] Huberdeau Vladar Grubauer
December 27, 2022 EDM [2] vs. CGY [1] McDavid Markstrom Skinner
December 23, 2022 CGY [3] at ANA 2 Andersson Markstrom Dostal
December 22, 2022 CGY [3] at LAK 4 Kempe Vladar Copley
December 20, 2022 CGY [7] at SJS [3] Kadri Markstrom Reimer
*shootout winning goal
FLAMES UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
DATE TIME
(MST) OPPONENT VENUE
December 31, 2022 8:00pm vs. Vancouver Canucks Scotiabank Saddledome
January 3, 2023 6:00pm at Winnipeg Jets Canada Life Centre
January 6, 2023 7:00pm vs. New York Islanders Scotiabank Saddledome
January 8, 2023 5:00pm at Chicago Blackhawks United Center
January 10, 2022 6:00pm at. St. Louis Blues Enterprise Center
TONIGHTS STORYLINES & STATS
This is the second of four matchups this season between the Flames and Canucks. The Flames fell 4-3 in a shootout against Vancouver in their first meeting in mid-December. This is a Pacific Division Matchup; The Flames have an overall record of 7-3-2 against Pacific Division opponents this season and a record of 11-5-2 against Western Conference opponents.
LAST TIME AGAINST THE CANUCKS:
The Flames welcomed the Canucks to the Scotiabank Saddledome just over two weeks ago for the first of two times his season. The Flames fell behind early on quick strikes from Bo Horvat and Conor Garland, making it 2-0 Canucks under two minutes into the game. However, Calgary battled back with Mikael Backlund cutting the Flames deficit to one, followed by an Andrew Mangiapane strike to tie the game before the end of the first. The Flames kept their foot on the gas to start the second with Trevor Lewis netting his sixth on the campaign to give the Flames their first lead of the game. Shortly after, Sheldon Dries responded for Vancouver to level the contest and it would remain that way through 40. In the final stanza, neither side could find a winner and in three-on-three overtime the Canucks outshot the Flames 5-2, but the score remained deadlocked 3-3. The game required a shootout where Vancouver’s Andrei Kuzmenko would score the only goal and the Flames claimed a point but fell 4-3.
CALGARY FLAMES vs. VANCOUVER CANUCKS
ALL-TIME HOME AWAY L10 STRK
CGY vs. VAN 148-97-33-18 83-42-15-7 65-55-18-11 6-3-1 L1
GAME INFO:
Calgary Flames vs. Vancouver Canucks
8:00pm MT
Scotiabank Saddledome
TV: Sportsnet West, Sportsnet 360
Radio: Sportsnet Fan 960
2022-23 Season Series: 0-0-1 (Home: 0-0-1, Road 0-0-0)
Dec. 14, 2022 – VAN [4] at CGY 3
Dec. 31, 2022 – VAN at CGY
Mar. 31, 2023 – CGY at VAN
Apr. 8, 2023 – CGY at VAN
2021-22 Season Record vs. VAN: 3-1-0 (Home: 2-0-0, Road: 1-1-0)
Last Home Win vs. VAN: April 23, 2022 – Vancouver [3] vs. Calgary [6]
Last Road Win @ VAN: March 19, 2022 – Calgary [5] at Vancouver [2]
Last Home Loss vs. VAN: December 14, 2022 – Vancouver [4] vs. Calgary 3
Last Road Loss @ VAN: February 24, 2022 – Calgary [1] at Vancouver [7]
2022-23 CALGARY FLAMES
FLAMES RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Dec. 8 – placed Kevin Rooney (F) on waivers; cleared waivers
Dec. 8 – recalled Matthew Phillips (F) from Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 9 – recalled Radim Zohorna (F) from Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 18 – recalled Dennis Gilbert (D) from Calgary (AHL); placed Chris Tanev (D) on IR (retroactive)
Dec. 20 – recalled Nick DeSimone (D) from Calgary (AHL); placed Dennis Gilbert (D) on IR
Dec. 20 – reassigned Radim Zohorna (F) to Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 24 – reassigned Matthew Phillips (F) and Nick DeSimone (D) to Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 27 – recalled Radim Zohorna (F) from Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 28 – activated Dennis Gilbert (D) from IR
Dec. 29 – reassigned Dennis Gilbert (D) and Radim Zohorna (F) to Calgary (AHL)
Dec. 30 – recalled Radim Zohorna (F) from Calgary (AHL)
FLAMES RECENT INJURIES (Total man games lost – 29)
Noah Hanifin – illness (1 game: Oct. 21)
Chris Tanev – upper-body (5 games: Nov. 3 – Nov. 10)
Jonathan Huberdeau – upper-body (3 games: Nov. 8 – Nov. 12)
Michael Stone – lower-body (11 games: Nov. 7 – Nov. 25)
MacKenzie Weegar – non-COVID illness (1 game: Dec. 12)
Elias Lindholm – upper-body injury (1 game: Dec. 12)
Chris Tanev – upper-body injury (3 games: Dec. 14 – Dec. 18)
Radim Zohorna – non-COVID illness (1 game: Dec. 18)
Dennis Gilbert – lower-body injury (4 games: Dec. 20 – Dec. 27)
