Game Notes: Canucks vs. Flames

LAST GAME PLAYED – NOV. 20/25: VAN 2 vs DAL 4

Mavrik Bourque opened the scoring 55 seconds into the first period…Linus Karlsson evened the game 2:11 later…Jason Robertson gave Dallas the lead with 7:44 gone in the first…Elias Pettersson tied the game with a power play goal at 14:25 of the first…Jake DeBrusk and Kiefer Sherwood had the helpers…Colin Blackwell gave the Stars the lead with 9:13 left in the third…Mikko Rantanen doubled the lead with 1:31 remaining in regulation…Pettersson and DeBrusk each had six shots…Tyler Myers had five hits…Quinn Hughes blocked two shots…Kevin Lankinen made 20 saves.

LAST 5 – vs CALGARY

• Oct. 9/25: VAN 5 vs CGY 1
• Mar. 12/25: VAN 4 at CGY 3 (SO)
• Dec. 31/24: VAN 1 at CGY 3
• Nov. 12/24: VAN 3 vs CGY 1
• Oct. 9/24: VAN 5 vs CGY 6 (OT)

QUINN-TASTIC

• After appearing in his 450th career game on Nov. 20/25 vs DAL, Quinn Hughes has 429 career points (60-369-429). The only players in franchise history with more points through their first 450 career games with the club are: Pavel Bure (478 in 428 games), Elias Pettersson (443), J.T. Miller (437 in 404 games), and Thomas Gradin (431).
• With three assists on Nov. 17/25 at FLA, Quinn Hughes has 10 assists in his last three games played (Nov. 11/25-Nov. 17/25), the most assists by a Canucks skater in any three-game stretch in franchise history.
  • His 10 assists tie him with Bobby Orr, Ron Stackhouse, Borje Salming, and Paul Coffey for the second-most assists in a three-game span by a defenceman in NHL history.
  • With three consecutive games of at least three assists, Hughes tied Paul Coffey, Ray Bourque, Roman Josi, and Cale Makar for the most consecutive games of 3+ assists in NHL history.
• Recording four assists on Nov. 16/25 at TBL, Quinn Hughes posted four assists in a game for the third time in his career, tying Pavel Bure for the third-most such instances in Canucks history, trailing only Thomas Gradin and Henrik Sedin (both five times).
  • With two power play assists, Hughes now has 66 power play assists since the start of 2023.24, the fourth-most in the NHL (now 67 PPA after Nov. 17/25 at FLA).
• With three points (0-3-3) on Nov. 11/25 vs WPG, Quinn Hughes passed Bo Horvat for 13th on the Canucks all-time scoring list.
• Recording an assist on Jake DeBrusk’s power play goal on Nov. 11/25 vs WPG, Quinn Hughes now has 64 power play assists since the start of the 2023.24 season, the most amongst defencemen and fourth-most across the NHL.
• With an assist on Nov. 8/25 vs CBJ, Quinn Hughes extended his point streak against Columbus to nine games, tying Kris Letang and Lubomir Visnovsky for the longest point streak by a defenceman against the Blue Jackets in NHL history.

JAKE THE SNAKE

• Scoring a power play goal on Nov. 17/25 at FLA, Jake DeBrusk netted his 21st power play goal since the start of the 2024.25 season, the second-most in the NHL over that span.
  • The goal was DeBrusk’s seventh of the 2025.26 season, tied for the second-most in the league.
• With a power play goal on Nov. 16/25 at TBL, Jake DeBrusk notched his 20th power play goal since the start of the 2024.25 season, tied for the second-most in the NHL over that span.
• Scoring a power play goal on Nov. 11/25 vs WPG, Jake DeBrusk now has 19 power play goals since the start of the 2024.25 season, tied for the second-most in the NHL over that span.
• Tying the game with a power play goal on Nov. 9/25 vs COL, Jake DeBrusk has 18 power play goals since the start of the 2024.25 season, tied for the third-most in the NHL in that time.
• Opening the scoring on Nov. 8/25 vs CBJ, Jake DeBrusk recorded his 11th career goal against the Blue Jackets, tied for his most against any franchise (also 11 vs MTL).

MOVIN’ ON UP

• Scoring two goals on Nov. 17/25 at FLA, Elias Pettersson passed Stan Smyl for the seventh-most multi-goal games (31) in franchise history.
• With an assist on Jake DeBrusk’s power play goal on Nov. 16/25 at TBL, Quinn Hughes passed Tony Tanti for the fifth-most power play points in franchise history (186).
• Recording two points (1-1-2) on Nov. 14/25 at CAR, Elias Pettersson passed Tony Tanti for eighth on the franchise’s all-time scoring list (472).
  • With his goal on Nov. 14/25 vs CAR, Elias Pettersson passed Todd Bertuzzi for 12th on the Canucks all-time goals list (189).
• Assisting on two goals on Nov. 11/25 vs WPG, Elias Pettersson passed J.T. Miller for ninth on the franchise’s all-time multi-assist game list (60).
• With two assists on Nov. 3/25 at NSH, Elias Pettersson tied J.T. Miller for ninth on franchise’s the multi-assist game list (59).
• Recording three points on Oct. 26/25 vs EDM, Brock Boeser passed J.T. Miller for 11th on the Canucks all-time scoring list (440).
• With an assist on Kiefer Sherwood’s power play goal on Oct. 19/25 at WSH, Quinn Hughes became the fourth defenceamn in Canucks history to record a point in each of the franchise’s team’s first four road games of a season, joining Jason Garrison (2013.14), Jeff Brown (1995.96), and Dennis Kearns (1977.78).
• Recording an assist on Oct. 19/25 at WSH, Quinn Hughes passed Thomas Gradin (354) for sixth on the Canucks all-time assist list.
• With an assist on Jake DeBrusk’s power play goal on Oct. 17/25 at CHI, Quinn Hughes recorded his 181st career power play point, tying Stan Smyl for the sixth-most in franchise history.

MYERS MILESTONES

• Recording an assist on Marcus Pettersson’s goal on Nov. 16/25 at TBL, Tyler Myers notched both the 300th assist and 400th point of his career. He becomes the eighth defenceman from the 2008 draft class to hit the 300-assist mark, and seventh defenceman to reach 400 career points.

SHORTHANDED SNIPERS

• With his eighth career shorthanded goal, scored on Nov. 14/25 at CAR, Elias Pettersson tied J.T. Miller and Matt Cooke for the ninth most in Canucks history.
• Scoring a shorthanded goal on Nov. 9/25 vs COL, Drew O’Connor now has three shorthanded goals since the start of the 2023.24 season, tied for the third-most amongst players averaging 15 minutes or less of time on ice per game.

BROCKSTAR

• With his game-winning goal at 14:15 of the third period on Nov. 8/25 vs CBJ, Brock Boeser passed Tony Tanti and tied Brendan Morrison for the seventh-most game-winning goals in franchise history.
• Scoring the overtime winner on Nov. 3/25 at NSH, Brock Boeser tied Tony Tani for the eighth-most game-winning goals in franchise history (29).
• Recording an assist on the overtime winner on Oct. 26/25 vs EDM, Brock Boeser tied Daniel Sedin for the third-most overtime assists (15) in franchise history.
  • The assist also moved Boeser passed Sami Salo and Alex Edler for fourth on the Canucks all-time overtime points list (18).
• Scoring his first power play goal of the season on Oct. 16/25 at DAL, Brock Boeser became the fourth Canucks player in the last 10 years to score in each of the team’s first two road games of the season, joining Bo Horvat, Thomas Vanek, and Henrik Sedin.
• Getting on the board on Oct. 11/25 at EDM, Brock Boeser has goals in back-to-back games to open a season for the first time in his career.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

• Scoring the overtime winner at 4:58 of the extra frame on Nov. 3/25 at NSH, Brock Boeser recorded the second-latest overtime winner in franchise history, only bested by Sami Salo on Oct. 20/06 (4:59).

MR. 500

• Scoring his first goal as a Canuck on Nov. 3/25 at NSH, Evander Kane became the 500th different player to score a goal for Vancouver.
  • The Canucks have become the 11th franchise in NHL history to hit the mark, and the first post-1967 expansion to hit it.

LAN-KING OF THE SHOOTOUT

• After all three Blues shooters failed to score in the shootout on Oct. 30/25 at STL, Kevin Lankinen passed Marc Denis for the highest save percentage in shootouts (.864) in NHL history (minimum 40 attempts).
  • Thatcher Demko currently ranks second amongst active goaltenders in shootout save percentage in NHL history (.811).

KIEFER SCOREWOOD

• Kiefer Sherwood scored second career hat trick on Oct. 30/25 at STL. Only Artemi Panarin (8), Jonathan Marchessault (6), Frank Vatrano (6), and Noel Acciari (3) have more amongst active undrafted players.
• Scoring two goals on Oct. 26/25 vs EDM, Kiefer Sherwood now has five goals through the Canucks first four home games of the season, tying Thomas Gradin, Greg Adams, Geoff Courtnall, and Markus Naslund for the third-most goals in Vancouver’s first four home games of a season in franchise history.

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

• 2023 11th overall pick Tom Willander made his NHL debut on Oct. 28/25 vs NYR, becoming the sixth defenceman from the 2023 draft class to debut in the league, and the third defenceman selected in the first round.
• Newly acquired forward Lukas Reichel is the fifth-highest drafted German player in NHL history, following Tim Stutzle (3rd overall, 2020), Leon Draisaitl (3rd overall, 2014), Orest Romashyna (3rd overall, 1963) and Mortiz Seider (6th overall, 2019).
  • Reichel is the nephew of former NHLer and IIHF Hall of Famer Robert Reichel, who suited up for 830 NHL games across 11 seasons in the league.

MR. 300

• With a goal and an assist on Oct. 25/25 vs MTL, Conor Garland reached the 300-career point milestone. He becomes only the fourth player drafted outside the first round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft to hit the mark.

THREE-POINT-PETEY

• Registering three points (1-2-3) on Oct. 25/25 vs MTL, Elias Pettersson now has 38 such games in his career, tying Thomas Gradin for the seventh-most in franchise history.

RECENT TRANSACTIONS

• Victor Mancini reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 17
• David Kämpf signed to a one-year contract, Nov. 15
• Victor Mancini activated from Injured Reserve, Nov. 14
• Thatcher Demko placed on Injured Reserve, retroactive to Nov. 11, Nov. 14
• Jonathan Lekkerimäki assigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 12
• Jonathan Lekkerimäki activated from Injured Reserve, Nov. 12
• Aku Koskenvuo reassigned to Abbotsford from Kalamazoo, Nov. 8
• Jiri Patera recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Nov. 7
• Kirill Kudryavtsev reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 5
• Vitali Kravtsov placed on unconditional waivers for the purpose of contract termination, Nov. 4
• Aku Koskenvuo assigned to Kalamazoo from Abbotsford, Oct. 29
• Mackenzie MacEachern recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 29
• Nils Åman reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 29
• Tom Willander recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 28
• Derek Forbort placed on LTIR, retroactive to Oct. 11, Oct. 28
• Victor Mancini placed on Injured Reserve, retroactive to Oct. 26, Oct. 28
• Kirill Kudryavtsev recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 26
• Joseph LaBate reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 26
• Victor Mancini recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 25
• Tom Willander reassigned to Abbotsford, Oct. 25
• Lukas Reichel acquired from Chicago in exchange for a 2027 fourth-round pick, Oct. 24
• Teddy Blueger placed on Injured Reserve, retroactive to Oct. 19, Oct. 24

THE LAST TIME…

• The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Oct. 26/25 vs EDM
• The Canucks lost when leading after 1P: Oct. 25/25 vs MTL
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 1P: Apr. 12/25 vs MIN
• The Canucks won when leading after 2P: Nov. 3/25 at NSH
• The Canucks lost when leading after 2P: Oct. 25/25 vs MTL
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when leading after 2P: Nov. 14/25 at CAR
• The Canucks won when trailing after 1P: Nov. 16/25 at TBL
• The Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Nov. 11/25 vs WPG
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 1P: Nov. 9/25 vs COL
• The Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Nov. 16/25 at TBL
• The Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Nov. 17/25 at FLA
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when trailing after 2P: Mar. 20/25 at STL
• The Canucks won when tied after 1P: Nov. 8/25 vs CBJ
• The Canucks lost when tied after 1P: Nov. 20/25 vs DAL
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 1P: Nov. 14/25 at CAR
• The Canucks won when tied after 2P: Nov. 8/25 vs CBJ
• The Canucks lost when tied after 2P: Nov. 20/25 vs DAL
• The Canucks lost in OT/SO when tied after 2P: Nov. 9/25 vs COL

2025.26 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS

• Most Goals Scored, Game: 6, Nov. 16/25 at TBL
• Most Goals Scored, Period: 5, Nov. 16/25 at TBL, 3rd period
• Most Goals Allowed, Game: 8, Nov. 17/25 at FLA
• Most Goals Allowed, Period: 5, Nov. 5/25 vs CHI, 3rd period
• Fewest Goals Scored, Game: 0, Oct. 28/25 vs NYR
• Fewest Goals Allowed, Game: 1, Oct. 9/25 vs CGY
• Most PPG Scored, Game: 2, 4x, Latest Nov. 17/25 at FLA
• Most PPG Allowed, Game: 2, 7x, Latest Nov. 17/25 at FLA
• Most SHG Scored, Game: 1, 3x, Latest Nov. 14/25 at CAR
• Most SHG Allowed, Game: 1, Oct. 23/25 at NSH
• Most Shots, Game: 45, Nov. 5/25 vs CHI
• Most Shots, Period: 19, 2x, Latest Nov. 5/25 vs CHI, 2nd period
• Most Shots, OT: 3, Oct. 17/25 at CHI
• Fewest Shots, Game: 15, 2x, Latest Nov. 17/25 at FLA
• Fewest Shots, Period: 1, Nov. 16/25 at TBL, 1st period
• Fewest Shots, OT: 0, 2x, Latest Nov. 9/25 vs COL
• Most Shots Allowed, Game: 41, Nov. 17/25 at FLA
• Most Shots Allowed, Period: 18, Nov. 14/25 at CAR, 2nd period
• Most Shots Allowed, OT: 4, Nov. 14/25 at CAR
• Fewest Shots Allowed, Game: 18, Oct. 9/25 vs CGY
• Fewest Shots Allowed, Period: 4, Oct. 25/25 vs MTL, 1st period
• Fewest Shots Allowed, OT: 0, Oct. 26/25 vs EDM
• Most Hits, Game: 29, Oct. 13/25 vs STL
• Fewest Hits, Game: 10, Nov. 9/25 vs COL
• Most Blocked Shots, Game: 29, Nov. 14/25 at CAR
• Fewest Blocked Shots, Game: 8, Nov. 20/25 vs DAL
• Largest Margin of Victory: 4 goals, 2x, Latest Nov. 16/25 at TBL
• Largest Margin of Defeat: 4 goals, Oct. 21/25 at PIT
• Longest Win Streak: 3 games, Oct. 16-19/25 (3-0-0)
• Longest Point Streak: 3 games, Oct. 16-19/25 (3-0-0)
• Longest Winless Streak: 3 games, 2x, Latest Nov. 9-14/25 (0-1-2)
• Longest Pointless Streak: 3 games, Oct. 21-25/25 (0-3-0)

VANCOUVER 2025.26 RECORD WHEN…

• Score 4+ Goals: 7-1-1
• Score 3 Goals or Less: 2-10-1
• Allow 4+ Goals: 0-8-2
• Allow 3 Goals or Less: 9-3-0
• Scoring First: 4-3-1
• Allowing First Goal: 5-8-1
• On 0 Days Rest: 2-1-1
• On 1 Day Rest: 4-9-0
• On 2 Days Rest: 2-1-1
• On 3+ Days Rest: 1-0-0
• Score a PPG: 7-4-2
• Give up a PPG: 6-7-2
• 25 or More Shots on Goal: 6-6-1
• Less than 25 shots: 3-5-1

THREE STARS – NOVEMBER

• Hughes (15 pts)
• Kane (10 pts)
• Boeser (10 pts)
• Pettersson (10 pts)
• O’Connor (5 pts)
• MacEachern (5 pts)

OCTOBER WINNER – Demko, Sherwood (20 pts)

*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars Selection

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

• Wednesday, November 26: Vancouver at Anaheim, 7:00pm PT
• Friday, November 28: Vancouver at San Jose, 1:00pm PT
• Saturday, November 29: Vancouver at Los Angeles, 7:00pm PT
• Tuesday, December 2: Vancouver at Colorado, 6:00pm PT
• Friday, December 5: Vancouver vs Utah, 6:00pm PT