VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks second of three meeting between the Canucks and Blues this season: Oct. 27 (Home, 5-0 W), Jan. 4 (road) and Jan. 24 (home). • Vancouver is 79-99-18-6 all-time against St. Louis, including a 33-54-9-3 record on the road. • The Canucks are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games against the Blues (2-2-1 in their last 5). • Elias Pettersson leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against St. Louis with 19 points (5-14-19) in 12 career games. • J.T. Miller has 16 points (6-10-16) in 17 career games against the Blues. • Brock Boeser has 10 points (6-4-10) in 15 career games against St. Louis. • In 11 career games against the Blues, Quinn Hughes has registered 7 points (5-2-7). • Thatcher Demko is 3-1-2 with a 2.62 GAA and a .914 save percentage in 6 career games against St. Louis. • In two career appearances, Casey DeSmith has a 3.37 GAA and a .862 save percentage all-time against the Blues.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Quinn Hughes has registered 13 points (2-11-13) in his last 15 games, totaling 46 points overall (10-36-46). He ranks 1st in the league for points amongst defencemen and ranks t-3rd in the league for assists amongst all skaters and is currently on a five-game point streak (1-6-7). • J.T. Miller has 50 points overall this season (16-34-50) and has 17 points (3-14-17) in his last 15 games. He ranks t-6th in the league for points. • Brock Boeser has scored 24 goals this season, ranking t-3rd in the league. • Dakota Joshua has eight points (5-3-8) in his last eight games. • Pius Suter has six points (4-2-6) in his last five games. • Thatcher Demko is t-2nd in the league for wins (18). • The Vancouver Canucks currently rank t-2nd in the league and have the highest goal differential (+47) in the league. The Canucks currently have the most wins (21) when leading after two periods and have the most wins when scoring first (19).
LAST MEETING – OCT. 27/23: VAN 5 at STL 0
Quinn Hughes opened the scoring with a goal at 7:59 in the first period…Filip Hronek recorded the lone helper…Hughes later posted another goal at 5:48 in the second period…J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson were credited with the assists…Miller (1-2-3), Pettersson (0- 2-2) and Hughes (2-0-2) all had multipoint games…Phillip Di Giuseppe scored a goal at 6:58 in the second period, assisted by Tyler Myers and J.T. Miller…Miller registered his first SHG of the season to extend the lead, Pettersson was credited with the assist…Ilya Mikheyev capped the scoring with a goal at 6:35 in the third period…Pettersson and Kuzmenko registered the assists…Mikheyev recorded a team-high six shots…Thatcher Demko recorded his fourth career shutout and first of the season.
LAST 5 – vs ST. LOUIS
• Oct. 27/23: VAN 5 vs STL 0
• Mar. 28/23: VAN 5 at STL 6 (OT)
• Feb. 23/23: VAN 3 at STL 2 (OT)
• Dec. 19/22: VAN 1 vs STL 5
• Mar. 30/22: VAN 3 vs STL 4
ST. LOUIS BLUES NOTES:
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
January 1 – Recalled forward Nathan Walker from Springfield
Blues vs. Canucks
• The Blues and Canucks will meet for the 2nd of 3 matchups this season (last on Jan. 24 in Vancouver) • The Blues lost the first matchup of the season with the Canucks, 5-0, on Oct. 27 in Vancouver • Prior to their loss in their last matchup with Vancouver, the Blues had earned points in 6 straight games against the Canucks (5-0-1) • In their last 11 games against Vancouver, the Blues are 7-2-2 • The Blues have earned points in 5 straight home games against Vancouver (3-0-2) • The Blues have not allowed a power play goal in 8 of their last 9 matchups against Vancouver, going 27 for 29 (93.1%) on the penalty kill over those 9 games (6-2-1 record) • Colton Parayko is expected to dress in his 614th career game, which will move him ahead of Al MacInnis and into a tie with Barclay Plager for 4th among defenseman on the Blues all-time franchise list
Extra Notes
• The Blues are 16-1-0 when scoring first this season, which shares the 3rd most wins in the NHL (1. Vancouver, 19) • The Blues were the last team in the NHL to not have a loss of any kind when scoring first this season (started 12-0-0) • The Blues are 14-3-0 this season when they score at least 3 goals in a game • The Blues are also 15-3-1 this season when allowing 3 or less goals • The Blues have been shorthanded 97 times this season, which is the least in the NHL (2. Winnipeg, 107) • The Blues have scored 9 shorthanded goals this season, which shares the most in the NHL with Calgary and Philadelphia • The Blues’ 9 shorthanded goals this season share the most they have had in a season since they had 10 in 2008-09 (also had 9 shgs in 2021-22) • Pavel Buchnevich (2g, 1a) and Oskar Sundqvist (1g, 2a), each have 3 shorthanded points this season, which shares 8th in the NHL (1. Simon Holmstrom, 6) • Both Brayden Schenn and Pavel Buchnevich each scored 3 goals on Nov. 11 at Colorado, becoming the third pair of Blues players to score a hat trick in the same game, following Doug Gilmour and Mark Hunter (Feb. 23, 1986) as well as Kevin LaVallee and Dave Barr (Oct. 20, 1984) • Robert Thomas posted a 5-game goal streak (5g, 1a) from Nov. 1 to Nov. 9, which is the longest goal streak of his career and shares the 2nd longest goal streak in the NHL this season (1. Nichushkin, 6-games from Nov. 13-24, 7g, 3a)
Home Sweet Home
• Starting with their game on Thursday vs. Vancouver, the Blues will play 5 of their next 6 games at Enterprise Center, including a 4-game homestand starting next Tuesday vs. Florida • The Blues will play 8 of their 13 games in the month of January at home • Since Dec. 14, Bannister’s 1st game as Head Coach, the Blues are 4-1-0 at Enterprise Center • Their 4 home wins since Dec. 14 share 5th in the NHL (1. Winnipeg/Minnesota/Colorado/Dallas, 5) • Their 8 points at home since Dec. 14 also share 5th in the NHL (1. Winnipeg, 11) • The Blues are 10 for 11 (90.9%) on the penalty kill at home since Dec. 14, which shares 3rd in the NHL among teams who have had at least 2 home games since then (1. New Jersey, 15 for 16, 93.8%)
