{"id":313986,"date":"2025-11-29T08:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/313986\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T08:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T08:01:07","slug":"game-notes-canucks-at-kings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/313986\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Notes: Canucks at Kings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAST GAME PLAYED \u2013 NOV. 28\/25: VAN 2 at SJS 3<\/p>\n<p>Brock Boeser opened the scoring 4:28 into the first period\u2026Conor Garland and Tom Willander had the assists\u2026Will Smith tied the game 4:57 later on the power play\u2026Elias Pettersson re-took the lead for Vancouver just past the three-minute mark of the second\u2026Evander Kane and Filip Hronek had the helpers\u2026William Eklund evened the game on the power play with 5:57 left in the middle frame\u2026Adam Gaudette gave San Jose the lead 1:14 later\u2026Boeser, Pettersson, and Jake DeBrusk each had five shots\u2026D Elias Pettersson had five hits\u2026Quinn Hughes blocked two shots\u2026Nikita Tolopilo made 21 saves.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 5 \u2013 vs LOS ANGELES<\/p>\n<p>Feb. 26\/25: VAN 3 at LAK 2 (OT)<br \/>\nJan. 16\/25: VAN 1 vs LAK 5<br \/>\nNov. 7\/24: VAN 4 at LAK 2<br \/>\nApr. 6\/24: VAN 3 at LAK 6<br \/>\nMar. 25\/24: VAN 2 vs LAK 3<\/p>\n<p>MOVIN\u2019 ON UP<\/p>\n<p>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).<br \/>\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<p>Pettersson also passed J.T. Miller for the 10th most assists in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>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).<br \/>\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.<br \/>\nWith an assist on Jake DeBrusk\u2019s 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).<br \/>\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<p>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<p>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).<br \/>\nWith two assists on Nov. 3\/25 at NSH, Elias Pettersson tied J.T. Miller for ninth on franchise\u2019s the multi-assist game list (59).<br \/>\nRecording three points on Oct. 26\/25 vs EDM, Brock Boeser passed J.T. Miller for 11th on the Canucks all-time scoring list (440).<\/p>\n<p>BROCKSTAR<\/p>\n<p>Opening the scoring on Nov. 28\/25 at SJS, Brock Boeser passed Todd Bertuzzi for 10th in the Canucks all-time scoring list (450).<br \/>\nRecording an assist on Nov. 26\/25 at ANA, Brock Boeser tied Todd Bertuzzi for 10th on the Canucks all-time scoring list (449).<br \/>\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.<br \/>\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).<br \/>\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<p>The assist also moved Boeser passed Sami Salo and Alex Edler for fourth on the Canucks all-time overtime points list (18).<\/p>\n<p>MR. MILESTONE<\/p>\n<p>With an assist on Elias Pettersson\u2019s second period tally on Nov. 28\/25 at SJS, Evander Kane reached the 300-assist milestone for his career.<\/p>\n<p>Kane becomes the fifth player from the 2009 draft class to have both 300 career goals and 300 career assists, joining John Tavares, Matt Duchene, Ryan O\u2019Reilly, and Nazem Kadri.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks have become the 11th franchise in NHL history to hit the mark, and the first post-1967 expansion to hit it.<\/p>\n<p>MAN ON A MINSK-SSION<\/p>\n<p>Making 37 saves in his season debut on Nov. 26\/25 at ANA, Nikita Tolopilo set a new record for most saves by a Belarusian goaltender in a game in NHL history.<\/p>\n<p>QUINN-TASTIC<\/p>\n<p>Recording an assist on Nov. 26\/25 at ANA, Quinn Hughes notched his 20th assist of the season in his 19th game. He joins Bobby Orr (6x), Paul Coffey (5x), Cale Makar (3x), Phil Housley (3x), and Denis Potvin (3x) as the only defencemen in NHL history to record 20 or more assists in their first 20 games of a season.<br \/>\nAfter 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).<br \/>\nWith 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nWith 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.<\/p>\n<p>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 instances in Canucks history, trailing only Thomas Gradin and Henrik Sedin (both 5x).<\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nRecording an assist on Jake DeBrusk\u2019s 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.<br \/>\nWith 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.<\/p>\n<p>JAKE THE SNAKE<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The goal was DeBrusk\u2019s seventh of the 2025.26 season, tied for the second-most in the league.<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nScoring 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.<br \/>\nTying 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.<br \/>\nOpening 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).<\/p>\n<p>MYERS MILESTONES<\/p>\n<p>Recording an assist on Marcus Pettersson\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>SHORTHANDED SNIPERS<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nScoring a shorthanded goal on Nov. 9\/25 vs COL, Drew O\u2019Connor 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.<\/p>\n<p>BETTER LATE THAN NEVER<\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p>LAN-KING OF THE SHOOTOUT<\/p>\n<p>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).<\/p>\n<p>Thatcher Demko currently ranks second amongst active goaltenders in shootout save percentage in NHL history (.811).<\/p>\n<p>KIEFER SCOREWOOD<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nScoring 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\u2019s first four home games of a season in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>NEW KID ON THE BLOCK<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nNewly 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).<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>RECENT TRANSACTIONS<\/p>\n<p>Jiri Patera recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Nov. 25<br \/>\nMackenzie MacEachern reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 24<br \/>\nNikita Tolopilo recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Nov. 24<br \/>\nJiri Patera reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 24<br \/>\nVictor Mancini reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 17<br \/>\nDavid K\u00e4mpf signed to a one-year contract, Nov. 15<br \/>\nVictor Mancini activated from Injured Reserve, Nov. 14<br \/>\nThatcher Demko placed on Injured Reserve, retroactive to Nov. 11, Nov. 14<br \/>\nJonathan Lekkerim\u00e4ki assigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 12<br \/>\nJonathan Lekkerim\u00e4ki activated from Injured Reserve, Nov. 12<br \/>\nAku Koskenvuo reassigned to Abbotsford from Kalamazoo, Nov. 8<br \/>\nJiri Patera recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Nov. 7<br \/>\nKirill Kudryavtsev reassigned to Abbotsford, Nov. 5<br \/>\nVitali Kravtsov placed on unconditional waivers for the purpose of contract termination, Nov. 4<br \/>\nAku Koskenvuo assigned to Kalamazoo from Abbotsford, Oct. 29<br \/>\nMackenzie MacEachern recalled from Abbotsford, Oct. 29<\/p>\n<p>THE LAST TIME\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Nov. 26\/25 at ANA<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when leading after 1P: Oct. 25\/25 vs MTL<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when leading after 1P: Apr. 12\/25 vs MIN<br \/>\nThe Canucks won when leading after 2P: Nov. 3\/25 at NSH<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when leading after 2P: Oct. 25\/25 vs MTL<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when leading after 2P: Nov. 14\/25 at CAR<br \/>\nThe Canucks won when trailing after 1P: Nov. 16\/25 at TBL<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Nov. 23\/25 vs CGY<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when trailing after 1P: Nov. 9\/25 vs COL<br \/>\nThe Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Nov. 16\/25 at TBL<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Nov. 28\/25 at SJS<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when trailing after 2P: Mar. 20\/25 at STL<br \/>\nThe Canucks won when tied after 1P: Nov. 8\/25 vs CBJ<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when tied after 1P: Nov. 28\/25 at SJS<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when tied after 1P: Nov. 14\/25 at CAR<br \/>\nThe Canucks won when tied after 2P: Nov. 26\/25 at ANA<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when tied after 2P: Nov. 20\/25 vs DAL<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when tied after 2P: Nov. 9\/25 vs COL<\/p>\n<p>2025.26 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS<\/p>\n<p>Most Goals Scored, Game: 6, Nov. 16\/25 at TBL<br \/>\nMost Goals Scored, Period: 5, Nov. 16\/25 at TBL, 3rd period<br \/>\nMost Goals Allowed, Game: 8, Nov. 17\/25 at FLA<br \/>\nMost Goals Allowed, Period: 5, Nov. 5\/25 vs CHI, 3rd period<br \/>\nFewest Goals Scored, Game: 0, Oct. 28\/25 vs NYR<br \/>\nFewest Goals Allowed, Game: 1, Oct. 9\/25 vs CGY<br \/>\nMost PPG Scored, Game: 2, 4x, Latest Nov. 17\/25 at FLA<br \/>\nMost PPG Allowed, Game: 2, 8x, Latest Nov. 28\/25 at SJS<br \/>\nMost SHG Scored, Game: 1, 3x, Latest Nov. 14\/25 at CAR<br \/>\nMost SHG Allowed, Game: 1, 2x, Latest Nov. 23\/25 vs CGY<br \/>\nMost Shots, Game: 45, Nov. 5\/25 vs CHI<br \/>\nMost Shots, Period: 19, 2x, Latest Nov. 5\/25 vs CHI, 2nd period<br \/>\nMost Shots, OT: 3, Oct. 17\/25 at CHI<br \/>\nFewest Shots, Game: 15, 2x, Latest Nov. 17\/25 at FLA<br \/>\nFewest Shots, Period: 1, Nov. 16\/25 at TBL, 1st period<br \/>\nFewest Shots, OT: 0, 2x, Latest Nov. 9\/25 vs COL<br \/>\nMost Shots Allowed, Game: 41, 2x, Latest Nov. 26\/25 at ANA<br \/>\nMost Shots Allowed, Period: 18, Nov. 14\/25 at CAR, 2nd period<br \/>\nMost Shots Allowed, OT: 4, Nov. 14\/25 at CAR<br \/>\nFewest Shots Allowed, Game: 18, Oct. 9\/25 vs CGY<br \/>\nFewest Shots Allowed, Period: 3, Nov. 23\/25 vs CGY, 3rd period<br \/>\nFewest Shots Allowed, OT: 0, Oct. 26\/25 vs EDM<br \/>\nMost Hits, Game: 29, Oct. 13\/25 vs STL<br \/>\nFewest Hits, Game: 10, Nov. 9\/25 vs COL<br \/>\nMost Blocked Shots, Game: 29, Nov. 14\/25 at CAR<br \/>\nFewest Blocked Shots, Game: 8, Nov. 20\/25 vs DAL<br \/>\nLargest Margin of Victory: 4 goals, 2x, Latest Nov. 16\/25 at TBL<br \/>\nLargest Margin of Defeat: 4 goals, Oct. 21\/25 at PIT<br \/>\nLongest Win Streak: 3 games, Oct. 16-19\/25 (3-0-0)<br \/>\nLongest Point Streak: 3 games, Oct. 16-19\/25 (3-0-0)<br \/>\nLongest Winless Streak: 3 games, 3x, Latest Nov. 17-23\/25 (0-3-0)<br \/>\nLongest Pointless Streak: 3 games, 2x, Latest Nov. 17-23\/25 (0-3-0)<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER 2025.26 RECORD WHEN\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Score 4+ Goals: 8-1-1<br \/>\nScore 3 Goals or Less: 2-12-1<br \/>\nAllow 4+ Goals: 1-9-2<br \/>\nAllow 3 Goals or Less: 9-4-0<br \/>\nScoring First: 5-5-1<br \/>\nAllowing First Goal: 5-8-1<br \/>\nOn 0 Days Rest: 2-1-1<br \/>\nOn 1 Day Rest: 4-10-0<br \/>\nOn 2 Days Rest: 3-2-1<br \/>\nOn 3+ Days Rest: 1-0-0<br \/>\nScore a PPG: 8-5-2<br \/>\nGive up a PPG: 7-8-2<br \/>\n25 or More Shots on Goal: 7-8-1<br \/>\nLess than 25 shots: 3-5-1<\/p>\n<p>THREE STARS \u2013 NOVEMBER<\/p>\n<p>Hughes (20 pts)<br \/>\nKane (10 pts)<br \/>\nBoeser (10 pts)<br \/>\nPettersson (10 pts)<br \/>\nO\u2019Connor (5 pts)<br \/>\nMacEachern (5 pts)<br \/>\nSasson (5 pts)<\/p>\n<p>OCTOBER WINNER \u2013 Demko, Sherwood (20 pts)<\/p>\n<p>*5 points are awarded for each Three Stars Selection<\/p>\n<p>UPCOMING SCHEDULE<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, December 2: Vancouver at Colorado, 6:00pm PT<br \/>\nFriday, December 5: Vancouver vs Utah, 6:00pm PT<br \/>\nSaturday, December 6: Vancouver vs Minnesota, 7:00pm PT<br \/>\nMonday, December 8: Vancouver vs Detroit, 7:00pm PT<br \/>\nThursday, December 11: Vancouver vs Buffalo, 7:00pm PT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAST GAME PLAYED \u2013 NOV. 28\/25: VAN 2 at SJS 3 Brock Boeser opened the scoring 4:28 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