Blue Jackets vs Canucks

Tonight marks the second and final meeting between the Canucks and Blue Jackets this season: Oct. 18 (4-3 OTL @ CBJ) and Jan. 27 (home).

- Horvat's goal on Jan. - Tyler Myers also registered seven shots on goal on Jan. In those 19 games, Hughes has amassed 45 points (2.33 points per game), the highest points per game average among defenceman with 10 or more multi-point road games in Canucks history. Myers scored that goal just 39 seconds into the period, becoming only the fourth Canucks defenceman to score a goal within the first 39 seconds of a period joining Kevin McCarthy (0:19 of P2 on March 8, 1983), Rick Lanz (0:32 of P2 on Nov. Horvat is only one of eight active NHLers to break 30 goals this season and ranks t-6th in the NHL for goals. He also became the first Canuck since Ryan Kesler (9) in 2010.11 to post as many multi-goal performances in a single season. 15 at CAR, Elias Pettersson recorded his fifth career game-deciding goal, tying teammate Bo Horvat for most in franchise history. 12-29) and Brock Boeser (Nov. Pettersson ranks t-10th in the NHL in even-strength goals and is the only player with 15+ tallies to have scored all of his goals at even- strength. 12 at TBL, Quinn Hughes reached and surpassed the 200-point mark in his career (22-179-201) in just his 242nd NHL game, becoming the fastest defenceman in franchise history to ever reach this milestone, doing so in 106 fewer games than the next closest Canucks defenceman (Jyrki Lumme - 348 GP). Hughes is also the third-fastest active NHL defenceman to the mark behind only Cale Makar (195 GP) and Adam Fox (241 GP). During his tenure in Arizona, Tocchet led the Coyotes to their first trip to the Stanley Cup Playoffs (2020) in eight years, when the team defeated the Nashville Predators in four games to advance from the Qualifying Round.

The Canucks got a pair goals from Elias Pettersson — on the power play — plus those from Quinn Hughes, Ilya Mikheyev and Dakota Joshua.

“I should keep the puck now,” Pettersson quipped post-game. The latter two were secondary assists, though the first of those was an excellent pass to J.T. Selfless team? Smart team? Article content

Want to see the difference in the two games under Rick Tocchet... Shots in Chicago game - 48-14 Canucks - Season high 74% CF at EV.

While Johnny Hockey is almost a point a game player, the team has no 15 goal scorers. I am not sure damage control looks like for this year. Shots in Seattle game - 35-20 Kraken - 2nd lowest of the season 36% CF at EV

Elias Pettersson scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks will head into the NHL all-star break on a win after downing the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on ...

The Canucks will resume their campaign with a four-game road swing, starting with a matchup with the Devils in New Jersey on Feb. Mikheyev is expected to be back in time for training camp in the fall. Kuraly was called for boarding and Vancouver capitalized on the man advantage when Hughes sent a long bomb through traffic from the point. Pettersson put the Canucks up 5-1 with a power-play goal 12:52 into the final frame, firing a blistering shot on net from high in the face-off circle. ``He can put the puck in the back of the net. He said the 28-year-old Russian winger suffered a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament of his left knee during a pre-season game on Sept. Hughes had a goal and a helper and Bo Horvat contributed a career-high four assists, while Ilya Mikheyev and Dakota Joshua also scored for the home side. Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin announced after the game that Mikheyev is set to have season-ending knee surgery next week. And we can kind of go into the break and enjoy and feel good about ourselves. Joshua scored 8:20 into the third on an errant pass. But it definitely feels good to see them go in when I do.'' And we had good looks and scored, too.''

The Blue Jackets, who sit at the bottom of the Eastern Conference, are coming off a rare win - a 3-2 overtime victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.

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