{"id":545118,"date":"2026-04-07T07:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545118\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T07:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T07:35:12","slug":"game-notes-canucks-vs-golden-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/545118\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Notes: Canucks vs. Golden Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAST GAME PLAYED \u2013 APR. 4\/26: VAN 4 vs UTA 7<\/p>\n<p>Linus Karlsson opened the scoring 2:28 into the first period\u2026Pierre-Olivier Joseph and Liam \u00d6hgren had the assists\u2026Kailer Yamomoto tied the game with 6:26 left in the first\u2026Clayton Keller gave Utah the lead with 1:30 left in the opening frame\u2026Karlsson tied the game 2:05 into the second\u2026Victor Mancini and Teddy Blueger had the helpers\u2026Keller scored his second of the night 4:59 later\u2026Dylan Guenther doubled the Mammoth\u2019s lead just before the 12-minute mark of the second\u2026Jake DeBrusk scored a power play goal to cut the deficit to one 20 seconds into the third\u2026Filip Hronek had the lone helper\u2026Lawson Crouse re-established Utah\u2019s two goal lead 1:12 later\u2026Marco Rossi made it a one goal game at the 4:40 mark of the third\u2026Hronek and Brock Boeser had the assists\u2026Liam O\u2019Brien added one for Utah with 8:15 left in the third\u2026Keller scored an empty-netter with 53 seconds left in regulation\u2026Hronek, DeBrusk, and Karlsson had three shots each\u2026Aatu R\u00e4ty had seven hits\u2026Hronek and Elias Pettersson blocked two shots apiece\u2026Nikita Tolopilo made 17 saves.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 5 \u2013 vs VEGAS<\/p>\n<p>Mar. 30\/26: VAN 2 at VGK 4<br \/>\nFeb. 4\/26: VAN 2 at VGK 5<br \/>\nApr. 16\/25: VAN 1 vs VGK 4<br \/>\nApr. 6\/25: VAN 2 vs VGK 3<br \/>\nFeb. 22\/25: VAN 1 at VGK 3<\/p>\n<p>ON THIS DATE<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks have played 21 times on April 7 in the franchise\u2019s history, holding a record of 12-7-1-1.<\/p>\n<p>This includes a 9-3-1-0 record at home. \u00a0<br \/>\nVancouver has won five of its last six games on April 7 at home dating back to 2002.<\/p>\n<p>JAKE AND BAKE<\/p>\n<p>Putting home his 16th power play goal of the season on Apr. 4\/26 vs UTA, Jake DeBrusk now has 30 power play goals over the last two seasons with Vancouver. He is the fifth player in Canucks history with at least 30 power play goals over a two-season span (Pavel Bure, Todd Bertuzzi, Markus Naslund, Tony Tanti).<\/p>\n<p>CAN\u2019T STOP KARLY<\/p>\n<p>Scoring two goals on Apr. 4\/26 vs UTA, Linus Karlsson is up to 13 even strength goals and 30 even strength points on the season, good for t-5th and t-6th amongst rookies this season (as of Apr. 7\/26).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>BROCKSTAR<\/p>\n<p>Recording an assist on Apr. 4\/26 vs UTA, Brock Boeser tied Pavel Bure for eighth on the Canucks all-time scoring list (478).<br \/>\nScoring three goals on Apr. 1\/26 at COL, Brock Boeser posted his seventh career hat trick, tying Stan Smyl for the fourth-most in Canucks history.<\/p>\n<p>Boeser also registered his 20th goal of the season, posting 20 goals for the seventh time in his career, one of only six players to do so in Canucks history (D. Sedin (11), Markus Naslund (10), Stan Smyl (8), Thomas Gradin (7), and Trevor Linden (7).<\/p>\n<p>Giving the Canucks a 2-1 lead with a power play goal on Mar. 30\/26 at VGK, Brock Boeser tied Todd Bertuzzi for the fifth-most power play goals in franchise history (79).<br \/>\nScoring his 17th goal of the season on Mar. 24\/26 vs ANA, Brock Boeser passed Tony Tanti for the ninth-most points in franchise history (471).<br \/>\nWith an assist on March 19\/26 vs TBL, Brock Boeser reached the 250-assist milestone in his career, becoming the seventh player in Canucks history with 200+ goals and 250+ assists (Stan Smyl, Trevor Linden, Markus Naslund, Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, and Elias Pettersson are the others).<\/p>\n<p>Boeser also became the 10th forward from the 2015 Draft to hit the 250-assist mark, and the eighth player with at least 200 career goals and 250 career assists.<\/p>\n<p>Recording two points (1-1-2) on Mar. 12\/26 vs NSH, Brock Boeser recorded the 100th multipoint game of his career, becoming the 14th player in Canucks history to hit the century mark.<\/p>\n<p>1KANE<\/p>\n<p>Scoring the opening goal on Mar. 30\/26 at VGK, Evander Kane became the second player in franchise history to score a goal in his 1000th career game (Markus Naslund on Jan. 17\/08 at DET).<br \/>\nKane also became just the third player from Vancouver proper to appear in 1000 career games, joining Milan Lucic and Glenn Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>MULTI-POINT PETEY<\/p>\n<p>With two helpers on Mar. 28\/26 at CGY, Elias Pettersson tied Pavel Bure (131) for the seventh-most 2+ point performances by a Canucks player.<\/p>\n<p>PETEY FOR 200, 300, AND 500<\/p>\n<p>Recording two assists on Mar. 24\/26 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson reached the 300-assist and 500-point milestones in his career.<\/p>\n<p>Pettersson becomes the second-fastest player in Canucks history to record 500 career points (533 games), trailing on Thomas Gradin (529).<\/p>\n<p>Scoring two goals on Mar. 17\/26 vs FLA, Elias Pettersson reached the 200-goal milestone in his career. He became the fourth-fastest Canuck to reach the mark (530 games), only behind Pavel Bure (328), Tony Tanti (387) and Markus Naslund (509).<\/p>\n<p>Pettersson also became the sixth-fastest Swedish player in NHL history to reach the 200-goal plateau, trailing only Kent Nilsson (363), Mats Sundin (458), Henrik Setterberg (487), Mats Naslund (493) and Filip Forsberg (529).<br \/>\nWith his second goal, Pettersson tied Todd Bertuzzi for 10th on the Canucks all-time power play points list (163).<\/p>\n<p>POWER PETEY ACTIVATED<\/p>\n<p>Recording two power play assists on Mar. 24\/26 vs ANA, Elias Pettersson passed J.T. Miller for the ninth-most power play points in franchise history (167).<br \/>\nWith an assist on Filip Hronek\u2019s power play goal on Mar. 21\/26 vs STL. Elias Pettersson tied J.T. Miller for the ninth-most power play points in franchise history (165).<br \/>\nRecording two power play points on Mar. 17\/26 vs FLA, Elias Pettersson passed Todd Bertuzzi for the 10th-most power play points by a Canucks player in franchise history (164).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA THREE\u2026 GOOD FROM FELDKIRCH\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With three points (1-2-3) on Mar. 12\/26 vs NSH, Marco Rossi notched his sixth career three-point game, the third-most amongst players from Austria. He only trails Thomas Vanek (47) and Michael Grabner (12).<\/p>\n<p>NEVER SAY NEVER<\/p>\n<p>Coming back to win 4-3 in a shootout on Mar. 12\/26 vs NSH, the Canucks earned the franchise\u2019s fifth-ever win when trailing by multiple goals in the final five minutes of regulation, and only the third time since the turn of the century.<\/p>\n<p>TWICE AS NICE<\/p>\n<p>Scoring two goals on Mar. 6\/26 at CHI, Brock Boeser now has 35 career multi-goal efforts in his career, the fifth-most in Canucks history, trailing only Pavel Bure (53), Markus Naslund (49), Daniel Sedin (43), and Tony Tanti (42).<\/p>\n<p>CHI-TOWN MAGIC<\/p>\n<p>Defeating the Blackhawks 6-3 on Mar. 6\/26 at the United Center, the Canucks have now won eight consecutive games on the road against Chicago, extending their record for their longest road win streak against a single opponent in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>DENIUS PETTERSHOTS<\/p>\n<p>Recording two blocked shots on Mar. 4\/26 vs CAR, Elias Pettersson now has 91 blocked shots this season, passing Nick Bonino (90 in 2014.15) for the most blocked shots in a single season by a Canucks forward.<br \/>\nBlocking seven shots on Feb. 25\/26 vs WPG, Elias Pettersson set a new Canucks single-game record for most blocked shots in a game by a forward.<\/p>\n<p>RECENT TRANSACTIONS<\/p>\n<p>Riley Patterson assigned to Abbotsford from Niagara, Apr. 6<br \/>\nJiri Patera recalled under emergency conditions, Apr. 4<br \/>\nTy Mueller recalled from Abbotsford, Apr. 1<br \/>\nPierre-Olivier Joseph activated from Injured Reserve, Mar. 21<br \/>\nVictor Mancini re-signed to a two-year contract extension, Mar. 20<br \/>\nJayden Grubbe acquired from Edmonton in exchange for Josh Bloom, Mar. 13<br \/>\nA sixth-round pick in 2026 acquired from Washington in exchange for David K\u00e4mpf, Mar. 6<br \/>\nCurtis Douglas claimed off waivers from Tampa Bay, Mar. 6<br \/>\nA sixth-round pick in 2026 acquired from Boston in exchange for Lukas Reichel, Mar. 6<br \/>\nNikita Tolopilo recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Mar. 6<br \/>\nNikita Tolopilo reassigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 6<br \/>\nCole Clayton assigned to Abbotsford, Mar. 6<br \/>\nA second-round pick in 2028 and a third-round pick in 2026 acquired from Columbus in exchange for Conor Garland, Mar. 5<br \/>\nJack Thompson acquired from San Jose in exchange for Jett Woo, Mar. 5<br \/>\nCole Clayton recalled from Abbotsford, Mar. 5<br \/>\nA second-round pick in 2027 and fourth-round pick in 2029 acquired from Dallas in exchange for Tyler Myers, Mar. 4<\/p>\n<p>THE LAST TIME\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks won when leading after 1P: Apr. 1\/26 at COL<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when leading after 1P: Apr. 2\/26 at MIN<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when leading after 1P: Mar. 7\/26 at WPG<br \/>\nThe Canucks won when leading after 2P: Apr. 1\/26 at COL<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when leading after 2P: Oct. 25\/25 vs MTL<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks lost in OT\/SO when leading after 2P: Jan. 31\/26 vs TOR<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks won when trailing after 1P: Dec. 29\/25 at SEA<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when trailing after 1P: Apr. 4\/236 vs UTA<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when trailing after 1P: Jan. 3\/26 vs BOS<br \/>\nThe Canucks won when trailing after 2P: Mar. 12\/26 vs NSH<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when trailing after 2P: Apr. 4\/26 vs UTA<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when trailing after 2P: Jan. 2\/26 vs SEA<br \/>\nThe Canucks won when tied after 1P: Mar. 12\/26 vs NSH<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when tied after 1P: Mar. 21\/26 vs STL<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks lost in OT\/SO when tied after 1P: Feb. 25\/26 vs WPG<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks won when tied after 2P: Mar. 6\/26 at CHI<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost when tied after 2P: Mar. 24\/26 vs ANA<br \/>\nThe Canucks lost in OT\/SO when tied after 2P: Mar. 7\/26 at WPG<\/p>\n<p>2025.26 SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS<\/p>\n<p>Most Goals Scored, Game: 8, Apr. 1\/26 at COL<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: 6, Jan. 17\/26 vs EDM, 2nd period<br \/>\nFewest Goals Scored, Game: 0, 6x, Latest Mar. 26\/26 vs LAK<br \/>\nFewest Goals Allowed, Game: 0, 2x, Latest Jan. 29\/26 vs ANA<br \/>\nMost PPG Scored, Game: 2, 9x, Latest Apr. 4\/26 vs UTA<br \/>\nMost PPG Allowed, Game: 2, 14x, Latest Mar. 28\/26 at CGY<br \/>\nMost SHG Scored, Game: 1, 8x, Latest Apr. 1\/26 at COL<br \/>\nMost SHG Allowed, Game: 1, 5x, Latest Jan. 6\/26 at BUF<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: 4, Jan. 31\/26 vs TOR<br \/>\nFewest Shots, Game: 14, Mar. 2 vs DAL<br \/>\nFewest Shots, Period: 1, 2x, Latest Dec. 14\/25 at NJD, 3rd period<br \/>\nFewest Shots, OT: 0, 3x, Latest Dec. 29\/25 at SEA<br \/>\nMost Shots Allowed, Game: 42, Dec. 20\/25 at BOS<br \/>\nMost Shots Allowed, Period: 19, Dec. 30\/25 vs PHI, 2nd period<br \/>\nMost Shots Allowed, OT: 6, Dec. 20\/25 at BOS<br \/>\nFewest Shots Allowed, Game: 18, 2x, Latest Dec. 5\/25 vs UTA<br \/>\nFewest Shots Allowed, Period: 2, Dec. 11\/25 vs BUF, 3rd period<br \/>\nFewest Shots Allowed, OT: 0, Oct. 26\/25 vs EDM<br \/>\nMost Hits, Game: 33, Dec. 22\/25 at PHI<br \/>\nFewest Hits, Game: 3, 4x, Latest Feb. 28\/26 at SEA<br \/>\nMost Blocked Shots, Game: 29, Nov. 14\/25 at CAR<br \/>\nFewest Blocked Shots, Game: 6, 2x, Latest Mar. 19\/26 vs TBL<br \/>\nLargest Margin of Victory: 4 goals, 2x, Latest Nov. 16\/25 at TBL<br \/>\nLargest Margin of Defeat: 6 goals, Jan. 17\/26 vs EDM<br \/>\nLongest Win Streak: 4 games, Dec. 14-20\/25 (4-0-0)<br \/>\nLongest Point Streak: 4 games, Dec. 14-20\/25 (4-0-0)<br \/>\nLongest Winless Streak: 11 games, Dec. 30\/25 &#8211; Jan. 19\/26 (0-9-2)<br \/>\nLongest Pointless Streak: 8 games, Jan. 6-19\/26 (0-8-0)<\/p>\n<p>VANCOUVER 2025.26 RECORD WHEN\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Score 4+ Goals: 15-3-1<br \/>\nScore 3 Goals or Less: 7-43-7<br \/>\nAllow 4+ Goals: 3-36-2<br \/>\nAllow 3 Goals or Less: 19-10-6<br \/>\nScoring First: 12-14-4<br \/>\nAllowing First Goal: 10-32-4<br \/>\nOn 0 Days Rest: 4-4-4<br \/>\nOn 1 Day Rest: 10-33-1<br \/>\nOn 2 Days Rest: 7-8-2<br \/>\nOn 3+ Days Rest: 1-1-1<br \/>\nScore a PPG: 14-18-4<br \/>\nGive up a PPG: 11-28-5<br \/>\n25 or More Shots on Goal: 12-27-3<br \/>\nLess than 25 shots: 10-19-5<\/p>\n<p>THREE STARS \u2013 APRIL<\/p>\n<p>Boeser (5 pts)<br \/>\nBlueger (5 pts)<br \/>\nKarlsson (5 pts)<\/p>\n<p>MARCH WINNER \u2013 Hronek (15 pts)<\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY WINNER \u2013 Tolopilo (5 pts)<\/p>\n<p>JANUARY WINNER \u2013 Lankinen, DeBrusk, Tolopilo (10 pts)<\/p>\n<p>DECEMBER WINNER \u2013 Demko, \u00d6hgren (15 pts)<\/p>\n<p>NOVEMBER WINNER \u2013 Hughes (20 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>Thursday, April 9: Vancouver at Los Angeles, 7:30pm PT<br \/>\nSaturday, April 11: Vancouver at San Jose, 7:00pm PT<br \/>\nSunday, April 12: Vancouver at Anaheim, 5:00pm PT<br \/>\nTuesday, April 14: Vancouver vs Los Angeles, 7:00pm PT<br \/>\nThursday, April 16: Vancouver at Edmonton, 7:00pm PT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAST GAME PLAYED \u2013 APR. 4\/26: VAN 4 vs UTA 7 Linus Karlsson opened the scoring 2:28 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