The Vancouver Canucks return to Rogers Arena this weekend, beginning a two-game homestand with the Utah Mammoth visiting for a 4:00 p.m. game on Saturday evening. 

It will be the third and final matchup of the season between the Canucks and Mammoth, and Utah has taken the two previous games this year. 

Brock Boeser has had a strong past month and is now up to 21 goals on the season. He has nine goals and eight assists for 17 points in his last 15 games. 

Marco Rossi is also a point-per-game player over his last 15 games, scooping up four goals and 11 assists for 15 points. 

Quick Hits on the Competition 

The Mammoth are holding onto the first Wild Card spot in the Western Conference with their 39-30-6 record. They are five points up on the San Jose Sharks, Nashville Predators, and Los Angeles Kings, as the playoff picture is becoming clearer by the day. 

They have a 20-16-3 road record this season, and Saturday evening’s game will be the final stop of a three-game road trip, during which they have posted a pair of 6-2 wins over the Kings and the Seattle Kraken. 

Clayton Keller leads the Mammoth with 74 points (22g-52a) this season. 

Dylan Guenther is the leading goalscorer with 37 tucks. 

Mikhail Sergachev leads the team in ice time and is averaging 24:18 per game.  

Jack McBain sits fourth in the league in hits, with 271 on the season. 

Between the pipes, Karel Vejmelka has handled a heavy workload. He has made league-leading 57 starts this season and has a 34-19-3 record. He has an .899% save percentage, 2.68 goals-against average, and has two shutouts.

The Story: Power Play on the Up 

Jake DeBrusk picked up his 15th power play goal of the season on Thursday night, giving him a new career-high for goals on the man-advantage.  

DeBrusk has been scoring a lot on the power play of late, but the Canucks as a whole have been good when up a man over the past month. The team ranks fourth in the league since March 3rd, scoring on 30.8% of their power plays. 

They have 12 power play goals in their last 15 games, four coming from DeBrusk and Brock Boeser, while Elias Pettersson has a pair, and Marco Rossi and Filip Hronek have a goal apiece. 

These five players come together on the first power play unit and are starting to develop some chemistry at the tail end of the season. 

Canucks’ Top Performers over the Last Five Games      

Brock Boeser: 4g-2a-6p  
Elias Pettersson: 0g-5a-5p 
Jake DeBrusk: 3g-1a-4p 
Teddy Blueger: 2g-1a-3p 
Max Sasson: 1g-2a-3p 
Marcus Pettersson: 1g-2a-3p  

When and Where to Watch 

Thursday’s game is at 4:00 p.m. PT, and you can watch the game on Hockey Night in Canada or listen to Brendan Batchelor’s radio call on Sportsnet 650 and the Sportsnet Radio Network.