2018–19 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2018–19 Vancouver Canucks season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. On July 25, 2018, president of hockey operations, Trevor Linden left the organization and his role was assumed by general manager Jim Benning. The Canucks were eliminated from playoff contention on March 29, 2019, after the Colorado Avalanche's overtime win against the Arizona Coyotes.

Off season On June 22, the Canucks drafted Quinn Hughes with the seventh overall pick in the 2018 NHL entry draft. They also selected Jett Woo, Tyler Madden, Toni Utunen, Artyom Manukyan and Matthew Thiessen.

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season The Canucks released their pre-season schedule on June 13, 2018. 2018 pre-season game log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 18 Edmonton 4–2 Vancouver Nilsson – 0–1–0 2 September 19 Calgary 4–1 Vancouver Demko 15,371 0–2–0 3 September 20 Los Angeles 3–4 Vancouver SO Markstrom 15,903 1–2–0 4 September 22 Vancouver 2–5 Calgary Demko 17,746 1–3–0 5 September 24 Vancouver 1–4 Los Angeles Markstrom 12,367 1–4–0 6 September 25 Vancouver 0–6 Edmonton Nilsson 18,347 1–5–0 7 September 29 Arizona 4–1 Vancouver Markstrom 8,000 1–6–0 Notes: Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018. 2018–19 game logOctober: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Calgary 2–5 Vancouver Markstrom 18,870 1–0–0 2 2 October 6 Vancouver 4–7 Calgary Markstrom 18,688 1–1–0 2 3 October 9 Vancouver 3–5 Carolina Markstrom 11,932 1–2–0 2 4 October 11 Vancouver 4–1 Tampa Bay Nilsson 19,092 2–2–0 4 5 October 13 Vancouver 3–2 Florida Nilsson 11,953 3–2–0 6 6 October 16 Vancouver 3–2 Pittsburgh OT Nilsson 18,492 4–2–0 8 7 October 18 Vancouver 1–4 Winnipeg Nilsson 15,321 4–3–0 8 8 October 20 Boston 1–2 Vancouver OT Markstrom 17,871 5–3–0 10 9 October 22 Washington 5–2 Vancouver Nilsson 17,227 5–4–0 10 10 October 24 Vancouver 3–2 Vegas SO Markstrom 18,189 6–4–0 12 11 October 25 Vancouver 1–4 Arizona Nilsson 12,955 6–5–0 12 12 October 27 Pittsburgh 5–0 Vancouver Markstrom 17,537 6–6–0 12 13 October 29 Minnesota 2–5 Vancouver Markstrom 16,546 7–6–0 14 14 October 31 Chicago 2–4 Vancouver Markstrom 16,955 8–6–0 16 November: 3–8–3 (Home: 1–3–1; Road: 2–5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 15 November 2 Colorado 6–7 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,334 9–6–0 18 16 November 6 Vancouver 2–3 Detroit SO Markstrom 18,640 9–6–1 19 17 November 8 Vancouver 8–5 Boston Markstrom 17,565 10–6–1 21 18 November 10 Vancouver 3–4 Buffalo SO Markstrom 17,541 10–6–2 22 19 November 12 Vancouver 1–2 NY Rangers Markstrom 17,100 10–7–2 22 20 November 13 Vancouver 2–5 NY Islanders Markstrom 8,806 10–8–2 22 21 November 15 Vancouver 2–6 Minnesota Bachman 19,014 10–9–2 22 22 November 17 Montreal 3–2 Vancouver Markstrom 17,880 10–10–2 22 23 November 19 Winnipeg 6–3 Vancouver Markstrom 17,917 10–11–2 22 24 November 21 Vancouver 3–4 Anaheim Markstrom 16,091 10–12–2 22 25 November 23 Vancouver 0–4 San Jose Nilsson 17,056 10–13–2 22 26 November 24 Vancouver 4–2 Los Angeles Markstrom 17,725 11–13–2 24 27 November 27 Los Angeles 2–1 Vancouver OT Markstrom 17,790 11–13–3 25 28 November 29 Vegas 4–3 Vancouver Markstrom 16,880 11–14–3 25 December: 8–5–1 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 December 1 Dallas 2–1 Vancouver Nilsson 17,387 11–15–3 25 30 December 4 Minnesota 3–2 Vancouver Nilsson 17,122 11–16–3 25 31 December 6 Nashville 3–5 Vancouver Markstrom 16,894 12–16–3 27 32 December 9 Vancouver 6–1 St. Louis Markstrom 16,841 13–16–3 29 33 December 11 Vancouver 3–2 Columbus Markstrom 14,689 14–16–3 31 34 December 13 Vancouver 3–4 Nashville OT Nilsson 17,206 14–16–4 32 35 December 15 Philadelphia 1–5 Vancouver Markstrom 17,328 15–16–4 34 36 December 16 Edmonton 2–4 Vancouver Markstrom 18,036 16–16–4 36 37 December 18 Tampa Bay 5–2 Vancouver Nilsson 17,193 16–17–4 36 38 December 20 St. Louis 1–5 Vancouver Markstrom 18,261 17–17–4 38 39 December 22 Winnipeg 1–0 Vancouver Markstrom 18,028 17–18–4 38 40 December 27 Vancouver 4–2 Edmonton Markstrom 18,347 18–18–4 40 41 December 29 Vancouver 3–2 Calgary OT Markstrom 19,289 19–18–4 42 42 December 31 Vancouver 0–4 New Jersey Nilsson 15,772 19–19–4 42 January: 4–3–2 (Home: 3–1–2; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 January 2 Vancouver 4–3 Ottawa OT Markstrom 16,358 20–19–4 44 44 January 3 Vancouver 0–2 Montreal Markstrom 21,302 20–20–4 44 45 January 5 Vancouver 0–5 Toronto Markstrom 19,388 20–21–4 44 46 January 10 Arizona 4–3 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,527 20–21–5 45 47 January 13 Florida 1–5 Vancouver Markstrom 18,610 21–21–5 47 48 January 16 Edmonton 3–2 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,166 21–21–6 48 49 January 18 Buffalo 3–4 Vancouver Demko 18,176 22–21–6 50 50 January 20 Detroit 2–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,865 23–21–6 52 51 January 23 Carolina 5–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,373 23–22–6 52 February: 4–7–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 2–5–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 2 Vancouver 5–1 Colorado Markstrom 18,027 24–22–6 54 53 February 4 Vancouver 1–2 Philadelphia Markstrom 18,671 24–23–6 54 54 February 5 Vancouver 2–3 Washington Markstrom 18,506 24–24–6 54 55 February 7 Vancouver 3–4 Chicago OT Markstrom 21,540 24–24–7 55 56 February 9 Calgary 3–4 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,410 25–24–7 57 57 February 11 San Jose 7–2 Vancouver DiPietro 18,576 25–25–7 57 58 February 13 Vancouver 0–1 Anaheim Markstrom 17,174 25–26–7 57 59 February 14 Vancouver 4–3 Los Angeles SO Markstrom 18,230 26–26–7 59 60 February 16 Vancouver 2–3 San Jose Markstrom 17,562 26–27–7 59 61 February 21 Arizona 3–2 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,568 26–27–8 60 62 February 23 NY Islanders 4–0 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 26–28–8 60 63 February 25 Anaheim 0–4 Vancouver Markstrom 18,542 27–28–8 62 64 February 27 Vancouver 2–3 Colorado SO Markstrom 14,867 27–28–9 63 65 February 28 Vancouver 2–5 Arizona Demko 12,767 27–29–9 63 March: 7–6–1 (Home: 5–4–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 66 March 3 Vancouver 0–3 Vegas Markstrom 18,303 27–30–9 63 67 March 6 Toronto 2–3 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,871 28–30–9 65 68 March 7 Vancouver 2–3 Edmonton Demko 18,347 28–31–9 65 69 March 9 Vegas 6–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,286 28–32–9 65 70 March 13 NY Rangers 1–4 Vancouver Markstrom 18,225 29–32–9 67 71 March 15 New Jersey 3–2 Vancouver SO Markstrom 17,552 29–32–10 68 72 March 17 Vancouver 3–2 Dallas SO Markstrom 18,125 30–32–10 70 73 March 18 Vancouver 3–2 Chicago OT Demko 21,496 31–32–10 72 74 March 20 Ottawa 4–7 Vancouver Markstrom 18,500 32–32–10 74 75 March 23 Calgary 3–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,685 32–33–10 74 76 March 24 Columbus 5–0 Vancouver Demko 17,805 32–34–10 74 77 March 26 Anaheim 5–4 Vancouver Markstrom 17,633 32–35–10 74 78 March 28 Los Angeles 2–3 Vancouver SO Demko 18,524 33–35–10 76 79 March 30 Dallas 2–3 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,663 34–35–10 78 April: 1–1–1 (Home: 1–0–0; Road: 0–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 80 April 2 San Jose 2–4 Vancouver Demko 18,524 35–35–10 80 81 April 4 Vancouver 2–3 Nashville Markstrom 17,669 35–36–10 80 82 April 6 Vancouver 2–3 St. Louis SO Demko 17,970 35–36–11 81 Legend:

Detailed records

Western Conference Opponent Home Away Total Pts Central Division Chicago Blackhawks 1–0–0 1–0–1 2–0–1 5 10 8 Colorado Avalanche 1–0–0 1–0–1 2–0–1 5 14 10 Dallas Stars 1–1–0 1–0–0 2–1–0 4 7 6 Minnesota Wild 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–2–0 2 9 11 Nashville Predators 1–0–0 0–1–1 1–1–1 3 10 10 St. Louis Blues 1–0–0 1–0–1 2–0–1 5 13 5 Winnipeg Jets 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–3–0 0 4 8 Total 6–4–0 4–3–4 10–7–4 24 67 61Pacific Division Anaheim Ducks 1–1–0 0–2–0 1–3–0 2 11 10 Arizona Coyotes 0–0–2 0–2–0 0–2–2 2 8 16 Calgary Flames 2–1–0 1–1–0 3–2–0 6 17 17 Edmonton Oilers 1–0–1 1–1–0 2–1–1 5 12 10 Los Angeles Kings 1–0–1 2–0–0 3–0–1 7 12 9 San Jose Sharks 1–1–0 0–2–0 1–3–0 2 8 16 Vancouver Canucks — — — — — — Vegas Golden Knights 0–2–0 1–1–0 1–3–0 2 8 15 Total 6–5–4 5–9–0 11–14–4 26 76 93

Eastern Conference Opponent Home Away Total Pts Atlantic Division Boston Bruins 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 10 5 Buffalo Sabres 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 7 7 Detroit Red Wings 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 5 5 Florida Panthers 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 8 3 Montreal Canadiens 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 2 5 Ottawa Senators 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 11 7 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 6 6 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 3 7 Total 6–2–0 4–2–2 10–4–2 22 52 46Metropolitan Division Carolina Hurricanes 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 5 10 Columbus Blue Jackets 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 3 7 New Jersey Devils 0–0–1 0–1–0 0–1–1 1 2 7 New York Islanders 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 2 9 New York Rangers 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 5 3 Philadelphia Flyers 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 6 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 3 7 Washington Capitals 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 4 8 Total 2–5–1 2–6–0 4–11–1 9 30 54

Player statistics Final stats

Skaters Regular season Player 71 28 38 66 3 12 82 27 34 61 −4 33 69 26 30 56 −2 22 56 10 24 34 3 54 65 9 22 31 5 118 81 11 18 29 −11 22 63 7 20 27 −10 18 70 15 10 25 −4 44 78 2 21 23 9 32 77 12 10 22 −4 20 69 5 15 20 −23 43 † 49 10 8 18 4 25 74 9 7 16 −12 10 41 2 14 16 0 22 26 9 5 14 −9 6 57 3 10 13 −8 18 † 19 9 3 12 0 4 56 5 7 12 −8 18 62 3 9 12 −1 30 55 2 10 12 3 18 47 3 7 10 −2 9 ‡ 57 2 6 8 −27 83 26 4 2 6 −12 6 ‡ 17 2 3 5 −10 2 ‡ 23 1 3 4 3 8 † 11 0 4 4 −1 0 ‡ 7 1 2 3 −3 4 3 1 2 3 3 0 5 0 3 3 0 2 ‡ 9 1 1 2 −1 12 † 18 0 2 2 −4 9 17 0 1 1 −2 2 4 0 1 1 −4 5 2 0 0 0 −1 0 8 0 0 0 −4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 −1 2

Goaltenders Regular season Player 60 60 3,599:21 28 23 9 166 2.77 1,896 .912 1 0 3 2 9 8 534:09 4 3 1 25 2.81 288 .913 0 0 1 0 ‡ 12 12 717:56 3 8 1 37 3.09 353 .895 0 0 0 0 1 1 60:00 0 1 0 6 6.00 29 .793 0 0 0 0 1 1 60:00 0 1 0 7 7.00 24 .708 0 0 0 0 †Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canucks. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only. ‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Awards and honours

Awards Regular season Player Award Awarded NHL Rookie of the Month for October November 1, 2018 NHL Second Star of the Week November 5, 2018 NHL First Star of the Week December 10, 2018 NHL Rookie of the Month for December January 2, 2019 NHL All-Star game selection January 2, 2019

Milestones Regular season Player Milestone Reached 1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point October 3, 2018 300th career NHL game October 13, 2018 400th career NHL game October 22, 2018 400th career NHL game October 24, 2018 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point October 25, 2018 100th career NHL assist November 21, 2018 1st career NHL goal November 24, 2018 100th career NHL game December 31, 2018 1st career NHL hat-trick January 2, 2019 100th career NHL game January 16, 2019 200th career NHL point January 18, 2019 500th career NHL game February 4, 2019 1st career NHL game February 11, 2019 1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point February 11, 2019 1st career NHL game February 14, 2019 900th career NHL game February 16, 2019 100th career NHL point February 16, 2019 200th career NHL game February 28, 2019 800th career NHL game March 7, 2019 200th career NHL game March 13, 2019 1st career NHL game March 26, 2019 1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point March 28, 2019 1st career NHL game April 4, 2019 300th career NHL game April 4, 2019

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