Vancouver Canucks
7 p.m., Thursday, Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
■ The Skinny: The Canucks sit 9-7-2 and tied with Calgary and San Jose for third place in the Pacific Division with 19 points. Vancouver completed a fourgame road trip with a 3-2 win over Los Angeles on Tuesday, as goaltender Anders Nilsson had 30 saves in his first start since Oct. 25. He was away from the team after his wife gave birth. The Canucks have struggled at Rogers Arena, however, compiling a 3-4-2 mark.
■ Top scorers: Rookie right wing Brock Boeser leads the Canucks with 15 points (five goals, 10 assists). Center Bo Horvat, the team’s top scorer last season, has 14 points and is tied with Derek Dorsett for the team lead in goals with seven.
■ Goaltenders: Jacob Markstrom, Connor Hellebucyk, 5-6-2, 2.52 goals-against average, .913 save percentage; Nilsson 4-1, 1.91, .942
■ Coach: Travis Green, first season, 9-7-2
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■ Did you know: Twins Daniel and Henrik Sedin are the all-time leading scorers in franchise history. Henrik has 1,020 points (237 goals, 783 assists) and is the only Canucks player to top the 1,000-point mark. Daniel has a team-record 370 goals to go with 616 assists.
“I’m the type of coach, same as when we won the 7-0 game (against Colorado on Oct. 27) … that’s in the past,” Gallant said. “We’ll move on and hopefully play a real good game (Thursday).”
Going streakin’
David Perron recorded an assist on James Neal’s goal Tuesday and now has an assist in five straight games. He leads the Knights in scoring with five goals and 10 assists.
Erik Haula saw his streak of four straight games with at least one point end against the Oilers.
Fighting cancer
The Knights will host their Hockey Fights Cancer Night on Nov. 28 when they face the Dallas Stars at T-mobile Arena.
The team will wear special lavender jerseys during warmups that will be auctioned. All proceeds, along with money raised from the 51/49 raffle, will benefit the health and wellness portion of the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation and the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation.
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