Pacific Division-leading Vancouver faces Arizona

Wed, Jan 17, 2024
NHL News (AP)

Arizona Coyotes (21-18-3, fifth in the Central Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (29-11-4, first in the Pacific Division)

Vancouver, British Columbia; Thursday, 10 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Coyotes face the top team in the Pacific Division, the Vancouver Canucks.

Vancouver has a 29-11-4 record overall and a 14-4-1 record on its home ice. The Canucks have a +56 scoring differential, with 168 total goals scored and 112 given up.

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Arizona is 21-18-3 overall and 8-9-3 on the road. The Coyotes have an even scoring differential this season, scoring and giving up 126 goals.

The teams meet Thursday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: J.T. Miller has scored 20 goals with 40 assists for the Canucks. Elias Pettersson has 10 goals and eight assists over the last 10 games.

Clayton Keller has 17 goals and 22 assists for the Coyotes. Nick Bjugstad has scored three goals with three assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 7-2-1, averaging four goals, 6.8 assists, 3.1 penalties and 6.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.8 goals per game.

Coyotes: 4-5-1, averaging 2.6 goals, 4.4 assists, 5.2 penalties and 14.1 penalty minutes while giving up 3.3 goals per game.

INJURIES: Canucks: Guillaume Brisebois: out (upper-body), Phillip Di Giuseppe: out (undisclosed), Tucker Poolman: out (head).

Coyotes: Vladislav Kolyachonok: out (lower body), Bryan Little: out for season (upper body), Jakub Voracek: out (concussion), Barrett Hayton: out (upper body), Travis Boyd: out (upper body), Shea Weber: out (ankle).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.