LAST GAME PLAYED \u2013 DEC. 27\/25: VAN 3 vs SJS 6<\/p>\n
Ryan Reaves opened the scoring 6:11 into the first\u2026John Klingberg doubled the lead 1:44 later\u2026Linus Karlsson got the Canucks on the board with a power play goal just past the 10 minute mark of the first\u2026Conor Garland and Filip Hronek had the assists\u2026William Eklund scored San Jose\u2019s third of the contest with 7:22 left in the second\u2026Marco Rossi scored his first as a Canuck 36 seconds into the third period\u2026Hronek and Garland had the helpers\u2026Igor Chernyshov added one for the Sharks 4:11 later\u2026Drew O\u2019Connor scored his second shorthanded goal of the season with 9:17 remaining to bring the Canucks within one\u2026Macklin Celebrini gave the Sharks a two-goal lead with 3:40 left in regulation\u2026Collin Graf added an empty-netter 35 seconds later\u2026Kiefer Sherwood had five shots\u2026Sherwood added five hits\u2026Tyler Myers blocked four shots\u2026Thatcher Demko made 31 saves.<\/p>\n
LAST 5 \u2013 vs SEATTLE<\/p>\n
Apr. 2\/25: VAN 0 vs SEA 5
\nMar. 1\/25: VAN 3 at SEA 6
\nJan. 2\/25: VAN 4 at SEA 3 (SO)
\nDec. 28\/24: VAN 4 vs SEA 5 (OT)
\nFeb. 22\/24: VAN 2 at SEA 5<\/p>\n
ON THIS DATE<\/p>\n
The Canucks have played 23 times on December 29 in the franchise\u2019s history, holding a record of 10-10-1-2.<\/p>\n
This includes a 7-4-0-1 record on the road.
\nVancouver\u2019s last eight games on December 29 have been on the road (dating back to 2003), with the team holding a record of 6-1-1.<\/p>\n
MARCO GOALO<\/p>\n
Scoring his first goal as a Canuck on Dec. 27\/25 vs SJS, Marco Rossi registered the 50th goal of his career. He joins former Canucks Thomas Vanek and Michael Grabner, as well as Michael Raffl, as the only Austrian players in NHL history to hit the mark.<\/p>\n
DOC\u2019S ON THE CASE<\/p>\n
Scoring his second shorthanded goal of the season on Dec. 27\/25 vs SJS, Drew O\u2019Connor is now tied for the fifth-most shorthanded goals in the league this season.<\/p>\n
Since the start of the 2024.25 season, amongst players with two minutes or less of shorthanded time on ice per game, O\u2019Connor ranks t-7th in shorthanded goals (3).<\/p>\n
EP500<\/p>\n
Having played in his 500th career game on Dec. 27\/25 vs SJS, Elias Pettersson became the 29th player to play 500 games with the Canucks franchise.<\/p>\n
Pettersson\u2019s 479 points (193-286-479) in those 500 games are the most by a Canucks player in their first 500 career games with the franchise.<\/p>\n
CHIEF KIEF<\/p>\n
Recording 11 hits on Dec. 22\/25 at PHI, Kiefer Sherwood now owns 12 of the top 28 individual hit games since the start of the 2024.25 season.<\/p>\n
Since the start of the 2024.25 season, Sherwood has 631 hits, the most in the NHL (second place: Will Cuylle, 437 hits).<\/p>\n
Scoring three goals on Dec. 19\/25 at NYI, Kiefer Sherwood registered his third hat trick since joining the Canucks in the 2024.25 season, tied with seven other players for the most over that span (as of Dec. 19\/25).<\/p>\n
Sherwood became the second-fastest player to record three hat tricks with the Canucks (112 GP), only behind Alexander Mogilny (37 GP).<\/p>\n
THE FINNISHER<\/p>\n
Stopping all seven shooters in the shootout on Dec. 20\/25 at BOS, Kevin Lankinen improved his career record in the shootout to 9-4, stopping 45 of 51 shots (.882 save percentage), the highest shootout save percentage (minimum 40 shots against) in NHL history.<\/p>\n
SHOWING OUT IN THE SHOOTOUT<\/p>\n
With their third win of the season in a game decided in a shootout on Dec. 20\/25 at BOS, the Canucks joined Anaheim (4-0), New Jersey (3-0), Buffalo (3-0) and Ottawa (3-0) as the only teams undefeated in the shootout this season (minimum three shootouts).<\/p>\n
WELCOME TO THE DEMSHOW<\/p>\n
Stopping 23 of 24 shots on Dec. 19\/25 at NYI, Thatcher Demko set a new career-long shutout streak (150:53), the 10th longest in Canucks franchise history.
\nMaking 23 saves for his first shutout of the season on Dec. 16\/25 at NYR, Thatcher Demko tied Ryan Miller for the fifth most shutouts in Canucks history.<\/p>\n
Demko\u2019s shutout was the first by a Canucks goaltender at Madison Square Garden since Kevin Weekes on Oct. 24\/99.<\/p>\n
FIL THE THRILL<\/p>\n
With his first of two assists on Dec. 19\/25 at NYI, Filip Hronek became the sixth-fastest Canucks defenceman to 100 points with the franchise (180 GP), trailing Paul Reinhart (113 GP), Quinn Hughes (133 GP), Dale Tallon (146 GP), Kevin McCarthy (164 GP), and Jocelyn Guevremont (165 GP).<\/p>\n
EARLY BIRD GETS THE GOAL<\/p>\n
Opening the scoring 1:46 into the first period on Dec. 16\/25 at NYR, the Canucks scored inside the first two minutes of a game for the fifth time this season, tied with three other teams for the second-most in the league.<\/p>\n
HERE COMES THE BUIUM<\/p>\n
With a goal and an assist on Dec. 14\/25 at NJD, Zeev Buium became the first defenceman in franchise history to record multiple points in the first period of his Canucks debut, and the third to record multiple points in his Canucks debut overall.<\/p>\n
With an assist on Jake DeBrusk\u2019s goal 61 seconds into the game, Buium became the fastest player to record a point in his Canucks debut since Todd Bertuzzi on Feb. 7\/98.
\nRecording the game-winning-goal on Dec. 14\/25 at NJD, Buium became the fourth defenceman to score the game-winner in his Canucks debut, and the first overall since Brock Boeser on Mar. 25\/17 at MIN.<\/p>\n
JAKE THE SNAKE<\/p>\n
Opening the scoring on Dec. 14\/25 at NJD, Jake DeBrusk registered his eighth power play goal of the 2025.26 season, tied for third in the league (now t-6th).<\/p>\n
DeBrusk\u2019s 22 power play goals since the start of the 2024.25 season rank t-4th in the NHL over that span.<\/p>\n
NEW KIDS IN TOWN<\/p>\n
Marco Rossi, Liam \u00d6hgren, and Zeev Buium were acquired from the Minnesota Wild on Dec. 12\/25.<\/p>\n
Rossi, 24, is a native of Feldkirch, Austria, and has appeared in 202 career games, posting 114 points (49-65-114) and 87 penalty minutes. He posted a career-high 60 points (24-36-60) in 82 games in 2024.25 and has 13 points (4-9-13) in 17 games in 2025.26.
\n\u00d6hgren, 21, is from Stockholm, SWE, and has played in 46 career NHL games (including 18 in 2025.26), recording seven points (3-4-7) and two penalty minutes. In 2024.25 with the Iowa Wild (AHL), he posted 37 points (19-18-37) in 41 games.
\nBuium, 20, hails from San Diego, CA, and is in his rookie season, having posted 14 points (3-11-14) in 31 games. He made his NHL debut on Apr. 20\/25 in Game 1 of Minnesota\u2019s first round series against the Vegas Golden Knights.<\/p>\n
A WILD NIGHT OF FIRSTS<\/p>\n
Scoring his first NHL goal on Dec. 6\/25 vs MIN, Tom Willander became the third defenceman from the 2023 draft class to score their first NHL goal.<\/p>\n
Adding an assist on Dec. 6\/25, Willander also leads all defencemen from the 2023 draft class in assists (7) and is first for first in points (8).<\/p>\n
With two goals and an assist on Dec. 6\/25 vs MIN, Aatu R\u00e4ty recorded the first three-point game of his career.<\/p>\n
R\u00e4ty\u2019s first goal on Dec. 6\/25 vs MIN also stood as the game-winning goal, the first GWG of his career.<\/p>\n
MOVIN\u2019 ON UP<\/p>\n
Scoring Vancouver\u2019s second goal on Nov. 28\/25 at SJS, Elias Pettersson passed Pavel Bure for the seventh-most points in franchise history (479).
\nRecording an assist on Nov. 26\/25 at ANA, Elias Pettersson tied Pavel Bure for the seventh-most points in franchise history (478).<\/p>\n
Pettersson also passed J.T. Miller for the 10th most assists in franchise history.<\/p>\n
With the opening goal on Nov. 23\/25 vs CGY, Filip Hronek passed Jaroslav Modry for the ninth-most points by a Czech defenceman in NHL history (250).
\nScoring two goals on Nov. 17\/25 at FLA, Elias Pettersson passed Stan Smyl for the seventh-most multi-goal games (31) in franchise history.
\nRecording two points (1-1-2) on Nov. 14\/25 at CAR, Elias Pettersson passed Tony Tanti for eighth on the franchise\u2019s all-time scoring list (472).<\/p>\n
With his goal on Nov. 14\/25 vs CAR, Elias Pettersson passed Todd Bertuzzi for 12th on the Canucks all-time goals list (189).<\/p>\n
Assisting on two goals on Nov. 11\/25 vs WPG, Elias Pettersson passed J.T. Miller for ninth on the franchise\u2019s all-time multi-assist game list (60).<\/p>\n
BROCKSTAR<\/p>\n
Opening the scoring on Nov. 28\/25 at SJS, Brock Boeser passed Todd Bertuzzi for 10th in the Canucks all-time scoring list (450).
\nRecording an assist on Nov. 26\/25 at ANA, Brock Boeser tied Todd Bertuzzi for 10th on the Canucks all-time scoring list (449).
\nWith 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.
\nScoring 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).
\nRecording 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.<\/p>\n
The assist also moved Boeser passed Sami Salo and Alex Edler for fourth on the Canucks all-time overtime points list (18).<\/p>\n
RECENT TRANSACTIONS<\/p>\n
Elias Pettersson activated from Injured Reserve, Dec. 27
\nArshdeep Bains assigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 17
\nArshdeep Bains placed on waivers, Dec. 16
\nMarco Rossi activated from Injured Reserve, Dec. 14
\nElias Pettersson placed on Injured Reserve retroactive to Dec. 5, Dec. 14
\nLukas Reichel placed on waivers and designated non-roster waiver status, Dec. 13
\nMarco Rossi, Liam \u00d6hgren, Zeev Buium, and a 2026 first round pick acquired form Minnesota in exchange for Quinn Hughes.
\nThatcher Demko activated from Injured Reserve, Dec. 11
\nNikita Tolopilo reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 11
\nNils H\u00f6glander activated from Long-Term Injured Reserve, Dec. 8
\nJett Woo placed on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Abbotsford, Dec. 8
\nJonathan Lekkerim\u00e4ki reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 7
\nNikita Tolopilo recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Dec. 4
\nD Elias Pettersson recalled from Abbotsford, Dec. 4
\nJiri Patera reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 4
\nD Elias Pettersson reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 3
\nNikita Tolopilo reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 3
\nJiri Patera recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Dec. 1
\nNikita Tolopilo designated Non-Roster, Dec. 1<\/p>\n
THE LAST TIME\u2026<\/p>\n
The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Dec. 19\/25 at NYI
\nThe Canucks lost when leading after 1P: Oct. 25\/25 vs MTL
\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when leading after 1P: Apr. 12\/25 vs MIN
\nThe Canucks won when leading after 2P: Dec. 19\/25 at NYI
\nThe Canucks lost when leading after 2P: Oct. 25\/25 vs MTL
\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when leading after 2P: Nov. 14\/25 at CAR
\nThe Canucks won when trailing after 1P: Dec. 6\/25 vs MIN
\nThe Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Dec. 27\/25 vs SJS
\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when trailing after 1P: Nov. 29\/25 at LAK
\nThe Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Dec. 20\/25 at BOS
\nThe Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Dec. 27\/25 vs SJS
\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when trailing after 2P: Mar. 20\/25 at STL
\nThe Canucks won when tied after 1P: Dec. 20\/25 at BOS
\nThe Canucks lost when tied after 1P: Dec. 22\/25 at PHI
\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when tied after 1P: Nov. 14\/25 at CAR
\nThe Canucks won when tied after 2P: Nov. 26\/25 at ANA
\nThe Canucks lost when tied after 2P: Nov. 20\/25 vs DAL
\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when tied after 2P: Nov. 29\/25 at LAK<\/p>\n
2025.26 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS<\/p>\n
Most Goals Scored, Game: 6, Nov. 16\/25 at TBL
\nMost Goals Scored, Period: 5, Nov. 16\/25 at TBL, 3rd period
\nMost Goals Allowed, Game: 8, Nov. 17\/25 at FLA
\nMost Goals Allowed, Period: 5, Nov. 5\/25 vs CHI, 3rd period
\nFewest Goals Scored, Game: 0, 2x, Latest Dec. 8\/25 vs DET
\nFewest Goals Allowed, Game: 0, Dec. 16\/25 at NYR
\nMost PPG Scored, Game: 2, 5x, Latest Dec. 14\/25 at NJD
\nMost PPG Allowed, Game: 2, 8x, Latest Nov. 28\/25 at SJS
\nMost SHG Scored, Game: 1, 5x, Latest Dec. 27\/25 vs SJS
\nMost SHG Allowed, Game: 1, 3x, Latest Dec. 5\/25 vs UTA
\nMost Shots, Game: 45, Nov. 5\/25 vs CHI
\nMost Shots, Period: 19, 2x, Latest Nov. 5\/25 vs CHI, 2nd period
\nMost Shots, OT: 3, Oct. 17\/25 at CHI
\nFewest Shots, Game: 15, 2x, Latest Nov. 17\/25 at FLA
\nFewest Shots, Period: 1, 2x, Latest Dec. 14\/25 at NJD, 3rd period
\nFewest Shots, OT: 0, 2x, Latest Nov. 9\/25 vs COL
\nMost Shots Allowed, Game: 42, Dec. 20\/25 at BOS
\nMost Shots Allowed, Period: 18, Nov. 14\/25 at CAR, 2nd period
\nMost Shots Allowed, OT: 6, Dec. 20\/25 at BOS
\nFewest Shots Allowed, Game: 18, 2x, Latest Dec. 5\/25 vs UTA
\nFewest Shots Allowed, Period: 2, Dec. 11\/25 vs BUF, 3rd period
\nFewest Shots Allowed, OT: 0, Oct. 26\/25 vs EDM
\nMost Hits, Game: 33, Dec. 22\/25 at PHI
\nFewest Hits, Game: 10, 2x, Latest Dec. 19\/25 at NYI
\nMost Blocked Shots, Game: 29, Nov. 14\/25 at CAR
\nFewest Blocked Shots, Game: 7, 2x, Latest Dec. 11\/25 vs BUF
\nLargest Margin of Victory: 4 goals, 2x, Latest Nov. 16\/25 at TBL
\nLargest Margin of Defeat: 4 goals, 2x, Latest Dec. 8\/25 vs DET
\nLongest Win Streak: 4 games, Dec. 14-20\/25 (4-0-0)
\nLongest Point Streak: 4 games, Dec. 14-20\/25 (4-0-0)
\nLongest Winless Streak: 4 games, Nov. 28-Dec. 5\/25 (0-3-1)
\nLongest Pointless Streak: 3 games, 2x, Latest Nov. 17-23\/25 (0-3-0)<\/p>\n
VANCOUVER 2025.26 RECORD WHEN\u2026<\/p>\n
Score 4+ Goals: 11-1-1
\nScore 3 Goals or Less: 4-18-2
\nAllow 4+ Goals: 2-13-2
\nAllow 3 Goals or Less: 13-6-1
\nScoring First: 8-6-1
\nAllowing First Goal: 7-13-2
\nOn 0 Days Rest: 4-1-2
\nOn 1 Day Rest: 5-12-0
\nOn 2 Days Rest: 5-5-1
\nOn 3+ Days Rest: 1-1-0
\nScore a PPG: 11-7-2
\nGive up a PPG: 9-11-2
\n25 or More Shots on Goal: 8-13-1
\nLess than 25 shots: 7-6-2<\/p>\n
THREE STARS \u2013 DECEMBER<\/p>\n
Demko (15 pts)
\nSherwood (5 pts)
\nPettersson (5 pts)
\nR\u00e4ty (5 pts)
\nTolopilo (5 pts)
\nWillander (5 pts)
\nSasson (5 pts)
\nBuium (5 pts)
\n\u00d6hgren (5 pts)
\nKane (5 pts)
\nK\u00e4mpf (5 pts)
\nKarlsson (5 pts)
\n\u00d6hgren (5 pts)
\nGarland (5 pts)<\/p>\n
NOVEMBER WINNER \u2013 Hughes (20 pts)<\/p>\n
OCTOBER WINNER \u2013 Demko, Sherwood (20 pts)<\/p>\n
*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars Selection<\/p>\n
UPCOMING SCHEDULE<\/p>\n
Tuesday, December 30: Vancouver vs Philadelphia, 7:00pm PT
\nFriday, January 2: Vancouver vs Seattle, 7:30pm PT
\nSaturday, January 3: Vancouver vs Boston, 7:00pm PT
\nTuesday, January 6: Vancouver at Buffalo, 4:00pm PT
\nThursday, January 8: Vancouver at Detroit, 4:00pm PT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAST GAME PLAYED \u2013 DEC. 27\/25: VAN 3 vs SJS 6 Ryan Reaves opened the scoring 6:11 into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-378116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}