VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
TV: Sportsnet Pacific, City, BSSW
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Today marks the third and final meeting between the Canucks and Stars this season: Feb. 27 (5-4 OTW @ DAL), Mar. 14 (5-2 W @ VAN), and Mar. 25 (away).
• Vancouver is 80-87-22-9 all-time against Dallas, including a 34-48-12-5 record on the road.
• The Canucks are 7-3-0 in their last 10 games against the Stars (including 5-0-0 in their last five).
• Texas-born Tyler Myers leads all active Canucks in both career games played (30) and points (6-9-15) against Dallas.
• Brock Boeser has 12 points (2-10-12) in 11 career games against the Stars.
• Elias Pettersson has 12 points (5-7-12) in 10 career games against the Stars.
• Conor Garland has eight points (2-6-8) in nine career games against Dallas.
• Anthony Beauvillier (3-1-4 in 4 GP) and Andrei Kuzmenko (2-2-4 in 2 GP) pace all Canucks skaters in points against the Stars so far this season.
• Thatcher Demko is a perfect 5-0-0 in five career games against Dallas with a 2.40 GAA and a .925 SV%.
• Collin Delia has a 1-0-0 record in two career appearances against the Stars with a .900 SV%.
QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson is on a career-high 10-game point-streak and has 14 points (5-9-14) in those games.
• J.T. Miller has 17 points (9-8-17) in his last 10 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 14 points (0-14-14) in his last 12 games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has nine points (7-2-9) in his last 10 games.
• Conor Garland has six points (1-5-6) in his last seven games.
• Thatcher Demko (6-3-0) has posted a 2.23 GAA and .922 SV% in his last nine games.
LAST MEETING – MAR. 14/23: VAN 5 vs DAL 2
Phillip Di Giuseppe scored the game’s first goal at 1:35 in the first period…J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser both collected their first of multiple points on the play…Andrei Kuzmenko scored his 33rd goal of the season on the power play at 6:00 in the first…Conor Garland was credited with the first helper and Boeser hit 300 NHL career points with the second assist…Anthony Beauvillier reclaimed a two-goal lead at 11:53 in the second period… Christian Wolanin and Elias Pettersson recorded assists…Guillaume Brisebois scored his first NHL goal to extend the Canucks lead at 4:09 in the third…Nils Åman and Garland collected points on the play…Miller would score the Vancouver Canucks: Media Notes Canucks’ fifth goal to bring the final tally to 5-2…Boeser closed out his three-point night with the sole assist on the play…Dakota Joshua led the team in hits (6)…Thatcher Demko extended his season-high winning streak to four games and faced 27 shots on goals.
2022.23 TEAM RANKS
VAN DAL
Goals For/Game 3.35 (11th) 3.43 (8th)
Goals Against/Game 3.69 (t-27th) 2.75 (8th)
Power Play % 22.4 (11th) 23.6 (8th)
Penalty Kill % 69.9 (32nd) 83.3 (4th)
Penalty Min./Game 8:58 (21st) 8:03 (8th)
*Rankings are accurate as of 4:00pm PT on March 24, 2023
LAST GAME PLAYED – MAR. 23/23: VAN 7 vs SJS 2
J.T. Miller opened the scoring, unassisted at 6:15 in the first period to record Vancouver’s first goal of the game in a third consecutive game…Andrei Kuzmenko added to the Canucks lead two minutes later with his franchise record-breaking 35th goal of the season as a first-year NHLer…Elias Pettersson extended his point-streak to 10 games (5-9-14) with an assist and Anthony Beauvillier collected the second assist…Dakota Joshua restored the Canucks two-goal lead with just 0.4 seconds left in the first period, assisted by Conor Garland and Nils Åman…Garland would score his 13th of the season for the second period’s only goal…Vasily Podkolzin, Phillip Di Giuseppe, and Sheldon Dries (shorthanded) each added third period tallies…Six Canucks (Garland, Miller, Di Giuseppe, Myers, Joshua, and Kuzmenko) registered two-point efforts…Filip Hronek led Vancouver skaters in time on ice (24:25) in his Canucks debut…Kyle Burroughs recorded a game-high in hits (8)…Thatcher Demko made 17 saves.
LAST 5 vs DALLAS
• Mar. 14/23: VAN 5 vs DAL 2
• Feb. 27/23: VAN 5 at DAL 4 (OT)
• Apr. 18/22: VAN 6 vs DAL 2
• Mar. 26/22: VAN 4 at DAL 1
• Nov. 7/21: VAN 6 vs DAL 3
SHINING AGAINST THE STARS
On the heals of matching the franchise’s longest winning streak against the San Jose Sharks (9-0-0) on Mar. 23, the Canucks enter Dallas looking to accomplish a similar feat against the Stars. Having won their last five games against Dallas, Vancouver could tie the franchise record for most consecutive games won against the Stars franchise (six) with a win today. Vancouver’s most recent winning streak of six games against the Stars took place from Jan. 2/10 to Feb. 19/11 (6-0-0), and the first instance took place when the team was still located in Minnesota as the North Stars from Jan. 26/76 to Jan. 29/77 (6-0-0).
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• Jack Rathbone recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Mar. 24
• Christian Wolanin signed to a two-year contract extention, Mar. 23
DALLAS STARS NOTES:
LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
March 23, 2023 – STARS 3 vs. PENGUINS 2
Gridlocked in a 1-1 tie midway through the third period, the Stars scored two unanswered goals in a two-minute span and held on for a
3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in front of a sellout crowd at American Airlines Center on Thursday. Forward Roope Hintz (1-
0—1) opened the scoring with his 33rd goal of the season in the opening frame and forward Joe Pavelski (1-0—1) and captain Jamie
Benn (1-0—1) lit the lamp in the third period. Defenseman Miro Heiskanen (0-1—1) set the franchise record for points in consecutive
games (12) for blueliners with an assist, while defenseman Colin Miller (0-1—1) and forwards Jason Robertson (0-2—2) and Evgenii
Dadonov (0-1—1) added helpers. Goaltender Jake Oettinger made 40 saves on 42 shots for his 31st victory of the season.
PP: 1-3 | PK: 2-2 | SF: 33 | SA: 42 | DAL TOI: M. Heiskanen (26:01) | Attendance: 18,532 (sellout)
Three Stars: 1. DAL – J. Oettinger 2. DAL – J. Benn 3. DAL – M. Heiskanen
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
Sat, March 25, 2023 Vancouver Canucks 6 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Tue, March 28, 2023 Chicago Blackhawks 7:30 p.m. United Center BSSW/KTCK
Fri, March 31, 2023 Arizona Coyotes 9:30 p.m. Mullett Arena BSSW/KTCK
Sat, April 1, 2023 Colorado Avalanche 8 p.m. Ball Arena BSSWX/KTCK
Mon, April 3, 2023 Nashville Predators 7:30 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSWX/KTCK
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
March 18 – Signed forward Chase Wheatcroft to a three-year entry-level contract
March 21 – Recalled goaltender Remi Poirier from Texas (AHL) and loaned goaltender Matt Murray to Texas (AHL)
March 24 – Recalled goaltender Matt Murray from Texas (AHL) and loaned goaltender Remi Poirier to Texas (AHL)
INJURIES
Man-games lost, 2022-23: 67
NAME INJURY GAMES
MISSED DATES
D Miro Heiskanen Upper body 3 Oct. 25-29
G Jake Oettinger Lower body 4 Nov. 1-8
F Denis Gurianov Upper body 6 Nov. 11-21
F Roope Hintz Lower body 1 Nov. 19
F Roope Hintz Upper body 7 Jan. 10-21
F Joel Kiviranta Lower body 11 Feb. 8-Mar. 4
F Luke Glendening Undisclosed 11 Feb. 18-Mar. 13
G Scott Wedgewood Undisclosed 1 Feb. 22-25
Undisclosed 12 Mar. 1-pres.
F Tyler Seguin Lower body 6 Mar. 11-21
F Mason Marchment Lower body 5 Mar. 14-pres.
DALLAS STARS NOTES
TONIGHT’S GAME: Dallas’ three-game homestand wraps up tonight as the club takes on the Vancouver Canucks at American Airlines Center. (6 p.m. CT, TV: Bally Sports Southwest, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). Tonight’s contest is the third and final game between the two clubs this season, which has seen Vancouver take the first two. After this, the Stars will embark on a three-game road trip beginning next Tuesday at Chicago.
MY SOURCES SAY THE ROADS ARE CLEAR AND STREET SIGNS POINT THE WAY
- Dallas is 0-2-0 vs. Vancouver this season, falling 5-4 in OT on Feb. 27 at American Airlines Center and 5-2 on March 14 at Rogers Arena.
- The Stars are 96-73-29 all-time against the Canucks, including a 53-32-14 mark at home.
- Captain Jamie Benn has two goals and four points (2-2—4) in two games vs. Vancouver this season. Among active Stars, Benn ranks first in goals (16) and second in points (16-18—34) in 37 career games against the Canucks. He also shares first in game-winning goals (4) and is the lone player on the active roster with an overtime tally.
- Forward Joe Pavelski leads active Stars in assists (28), points (15-28—43) and ranks second in goals (15) in a team-high 60 games against the Canucks. He also shares first in game-winning goals (4) and ranks second in power-play tallies (5).
- Forward Max Domi enters tonight’s game with 15 points (3-12—15) in 19 career games against the Canucks.
- Among active Stars, forward Tyler Seguin shares third in points (9-19—28) and ranks third in assists (19) in 26 career games against the Canucks.
- Forward Wyatt Johnston has two points (1-1—2) in two career games vs. Vancouver.
- Forward Evgenii Dadonov has a goal and an assist (1-1—2) in four games vs. the Canucks this season and 11 points (6-5—11) in 23 career games against them.
- Defenseman Miro Heiskanen has two assists (0-2—2) in two games vs. Vancouver in 2022-23 and eight points (1-7—8) in nine career games against them.
- Defenseman Ryan Suter ranks second in assists (21) and shares third in points (7-21—28) in 58 career contests against Vancouver.
- Goaltender Jake Oettinger is 0-2-1 with a 4.78 goals-against average and .829 save percentage in three career appearances against the Canucks.
- Netminder Scott Wedgewood has a 2.18 GAA and .909 SV% in one appearance against the Canucks (no decision).
2022-23 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE
Feb. 27 vs. Vancouver – 5-4 OTL
March 14 at Vancouver – 5-2 L
March 25 vs. Vancouver
