2017–18 Vancouver Canucks season explained

League:NHL
Season:2017–18
Year:2017
Team:Vancouver Canucks
Conference:Western
Conferencerank:14th
Division:Pacific
Divisionrank:7th
Record:31–40–11
Homerecord:16–18–7
Roadrecord:15–22–4
Goalsfor:218
Goalsagainst:264
Generalmanager:Jim Benning
Coach:Travis Green
Captain:Henrik Sedin
Altcaptain:Michael Del Zotto
Alexander Edler
Daniel Sedin
Brandon Sutter
Christopher Tanev
Arena:Rogers Arena
Attendance:18,078[1]
Minorleague:Utica Comets (AHL)
Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
Goalsleader:Brock Boeser (29)
Assistsleader:Henrik Sedin (47)
Pointsleader:Brock Boeser
Daniel Sedin (55)
Plusminusleader:Brandon Sutter (+8)
Pimleader:Derek Dorsett (74)
Winsleader:Jacob Markstrom (23)
Gaaleader:Jacob Markstrom (2.71)

The 2017–18 Vancouver Canucks season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[2] The Canucks missed the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third consecutive season. This was the last season for both Henrik and Daniel Sedin, who both announced their retirements on April 2, 2018, after 18-season NHL careers.[3]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 14, 2017.[4]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.[5]

2017–18 game log
Legend:

Detailed records

Western Conference
Central Division
Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed
2–0–0 1–0–0 3–0–0 6 14 6
1–0–1 0–1–0 1–1–1 3 9 11
0–0–1 2–0–0 2–0–1 5 11 3
0–1–0 2–0–0 2–1–0 4 6 7
0–1–1 1–0–0 1–1–1 3 9 14
0–1–1 0–1–0 0–2–1 2 5 11
0–1–0 0–2–0 0–3–0 0 3 10
Total 3–3–4 6–4–0 9–7–4 22 56 59
Pacific Division
Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed
1–1–0 0–2–0 1–3–0 2 5 13
1–1–0 1–1–0 2–2–0 4 8 7
0–2–0 1–1–0 1–3–0 2 10 18
2–0–0 0–1–1 2–1–1 5 9 11
1–1–0 1–1–0 2–2–0 4 12 11
1–1–0 0–2–1 1–3–1 3 12 22
0–1–1 0–2–0 0–3–1 1 10 20
Vancouver Canucks
Total 6–7–1 3–10–2 9–17–3 21 66 102
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed
1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 9 7
0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 4 6
0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 6 4
0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 4 7
0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 7 12
0–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 3 5 3
0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 4 9
1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 4 4
Total 2–5–1 3–4–1 5–8–2 12 43 48
Metropolitan Division
Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed
1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 4 4
1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 10 6
0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 2 5
1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 6 8
0–0–1 0–0–1 0–0–2 2 8 10
0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 6 6
1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 9 4
1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 7 5
Total 5–2–1 3–4–1 8–6–2 18 52 48

Player statistics

Final stats[6]

Skaters

Regular season
Playerdata-sort-type="number"
62 29 26 55 −5 16
81 23 32 55 −21 40
82 3 47 50 −22 30
64 22 22 44 −1 10
61 17 24 41 −12 28
70 6 28 34 −18 68
74 10 21 31 −18 31
53 14 15 29 3 20
61 11 15 26 8 8
50 10 13 23 0 4
82 6 16 22 −8 48
71 3 19 22 −22 39
75 10 10 20 −11 46
38 8 6 14 −14 6
53 8 4 12 −10 8
42 2 9 11 7 8
68 1 10 11 −7 35
14 4 6 10 7 2
20 7 2 9 −1 74
27 4 5 9 −1 14
14 3 6 9 −3 10
43 1 8 9 3 32
37 4 2 6 0 10
24 2 4 6 −5 12
61 0 6 6 −9 23
20 3 2 5 −12 0
52 2 3 5 −7 35
40 3 0 3 −7 16
15 2 0 2 −1 4
5 0 2 2 4 2
1 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 −2 0
5 0 0 0 0 0
9 0 0 0 −4 5

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player
style=white-space:nowrap60 57 3,413:43 23 26 7 154 2.71 1,745 .912 2 0 3 4
style=white-space:nowrap27 24 1,463:41 7 14 4 84 3.44 850 .901 2 0 1 0
style=white-space:nowrap1 1 61:21 1 0 0 4 3.91 30 .867 0 0 0 0

Acquired by Canucks mid-season. Statistics reflect time with Canucks only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Statistics reflect time with the Canucks only.

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
PlayerAwardAwardedRef
NHL Rookie of the Month for November December 1, 2017 [7]
NHL Rookie of the Month for December January 2, 2018 [8]
NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2018 [9]

Milestones

Regular season
PlayerMilestoneReachedRef
600th career NHL game October 14, 2017 [10]
700th career NHL game October 14, 2017
100th career NHL start October 14, 2017
500th career NHL game October 17, 2017 [11]
700th career NHL point October 17, 2017 [12]
100th career NHL point October 26, 2017 [13]
100th career NHL point October 26, 2017 [14]
100th career NHL game November 4, 2017
November 4, 2017 [15]
900th career NHL game November 7, 2017 [16]
500th career NHL game November 9, 2017 [17]
800th career NHL game November 22, 2017 [18]
700th career NHL game November 26, 2017 [19]
1000th career NHL point November 30, 2017 [20]
1st career NHL shutout December 5, 2017 [21]
200th career NHL game December 9, 2017 [22]
200th career NHL point December 9, 2017 [23]
800th career NHL assist December 13, 2017 [24]
100th career NHL game December 21, 2017
100th career NHL game December 30, 2017 [25]
100th career NHL game December 30, 2017 [26]
100th career NHL game December 30, 2017 [27]
100th career NHL game January 9, 2018 [28]
1300th career NHL game February 3, 2018
100th career NHL game February 23, 2018
200th career NHL game March 2, 2018
1300th career NHL game March 25, 2018 [29]
1st career NHL game March 25, 2018 [30]
1st career NHL game March 29, 2018 [31]
1st career NHL game
1st career NHL win
March 31, 2018 [32]
1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point
March 31, 2018 [33]

Records

Player Record Date
Most points by Canucks defenceman March 2, 2018[34]

Transactions

The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
To Vancouver Canucks
Derrick Pouliot
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Andrey Pedan
4th-round pick in 2018
[36]
To Vancouver Canucks
Nic Dowd
To Los Angeles Kings
Jordan Subban
[37]
To Vancouver Canucks
Brendan Leipsic
To Vegas Golden Knights
Philip Holm
[38]
To Vancouver Canucks
Jussi Jokinen
Tyler Motte
To Columbus Blue Jackets
Thomas Vanek
[39]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
3-year, $9.45 million [40]
2-year, $6 million [41]
1-year, $650,000 [42]
1-year, $900,000 [43]
2-year, $5 million
1-year, $2 million [44]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
2-year [45]
2-year [46]
2-year, $4 million [47]
1-year, $725,000 [48]
1-year [49]
1-year [50]
1-year [51]
Unknown [52]
Unknown [53]
1-year [54]

Players released

Date Player Via Ref
Mutual agreement [55]

Lost via retirement

Date Player Ref
[56]
[57]

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
Ref
1-year, $700,000 [58]
1-year, $650,000 [59]
2-year, $1.315 million [60]
1-year, $687,500 [61]
2-year, $1.315 million [62]
2-year, $1.5 million [63]
6-year, $33 million [64]
3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract [65]
3-year, $12 million contract extension [66]
2-year, $1.65 million contract extension [67]
3-year, $3.375 million entry-level contract [68]
2-year, $1.35 million contract extension [69]
3-year, $4.475 million entry-level contract [70]
3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract [71]
3-year, $11.325 million entry-level contract [72]
2-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract [73]
3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract [74]
Reid Boucher 1-year, $725,000 contract extension [75]
2-year, $1.35 million contract extension [76]

Draft picks

See also: List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks. Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 23 and 24, 2017 at the United Center in Chicago.

RoundPlayerPosNationalityCollege/Junior/Club team (League)
15Elias PetterssonCTimra IK (Allsvenskan)
233Kole LindRWKelowna Rockets (WHL)
2551Jonah GadjovichLWOwen Sound Attack (OHL)
364Michael DiPietroGWindsor Spitfires (OHL)
495Jack RathboneDDexter School (USHS)
51352Kristoffer GunnarssonDIK Oskarshamn (Allsvenskan)
61813Petrus PalmuLWOwen Sound Attack (OHL)
7188Matt BrassardDOshawa Generals (OHL)
Draft notes[77]
  1. The Columbus Blue Jackets' second-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as compensation for Columbus hiring John Tortorella as their head coach on October 21, 2015.[78] [79]
  2. The Carolina Hurricanes' fifth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017, that sent San Jose's fourth-round pick in 2017 (112th overall) to Chicago in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2017 (181st overall) and this pick.[80]
  3. The Chicago Blackhawks' sixth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017, that sent San Jose's fourth-round pick in 2017 (112th overall) to Chicago in exchange for Carolina's fifth-round pick in 2017 (135th overall) and this pick.

Notes and References

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  3. Web site: The Sedin Twins Will Retire at the End of the N.H.L. Season . Associated Press . April 2, 2018 . New York Times . April 21, 2018.
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  5. Web site: Canucks announce 2017-18 schedule. NHL.com. September 13, 2017. June 22, 2017.
  6. Web site: Vancouver Canucks Stats - 2017-2018. NHL.com. April 7, 2018.
  7. Web site: Boeser named NHL's Rookie of Month for November. nhl.com. NHL. December 7, 2017. December 1, 2017.
  8. Web site: Boeser named NHL's Rookie of Month for December. nhl.com. NHL. January 2, 2018. January 2, 2018.
  9. Web site: Brock Boeser selected to 2018 NHL All-Star Game. nhl.com. NHL. January 10, 2018. January 10, 2018.
  10. Web site: Paterson. Jeff. Canucks' Dorsett overcomes adversity to reach meaningful milestone. TSN.ca. The Sports Network. October 18, 2017. October 16, 2017.
  11. Web site: The Canadian Press. Boeser, Burmistrov lead Canucks past Sens. TSN.ca. The Sports Network. October 18, 2017. October 17, 2017.
  12. Web site: Stevenson. Chris. Nilsson, Canucks shut out Senators. NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L.P.. October 18, 2017. Ottawa. October 17, 2017.
  13. Web site: The Canadian Press. Canucks thump Capitals for fourth straight win. Sportsnet.ca. Sportsnet. October 26, 2017. October 26, 2017.
  14. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 923773029590503425 . October 26, 2017 . Shout out to Alex Burmistrov, who hit the 100-point @WolfBlassWines milestone tonight! .
  15. Web site: Woodley. Kevin. Boeser's three goals power Canucks past Penguins. NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L.P.. November 5, 2017. Vancouver. November 4, 2017.
  16. Web site: The Canadian Press. Henrik Sedin scores first of the season as Canucks top Flames. Sportsnet.ca. Sportsnet. November 14, 2017. November 7, 2017.
  17. Web site: Canucks Media Relations. Canucks @ Ducks game notes. NHL.com. NHL Enterprises, L.P.. November 14, 2017. November 9, 2017.
  18. Web site: Brock Boeser scores twice to lead Canucks past Penguins. Sportsnet.ca. Sportsnet. November 23, 2017. November 22, 2017.
  19. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 934870898787700737 . November 26, 2017 . 700 career games! That's a @WolfBlassWines milestone! Congrats Edler..
  20. Web site: Daniel Sedin of Canucks gets 1,000th NHL point. nhl.com. NHL. December 7, 2017. November 30, 2017.
  21. Web site: Canucks' Markstrom earns first career shutout in win over Hurricanes. Sportsnet.ca. Sportsnet. December 7, 2017. December 5, 2017.
  22. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 939703090432811008 . December 9, 2017 . Back where his career began, @GranlundMa is playing in his 200th @NHL game! That's a @WolfBlassWines milestone..
  23. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 939718585324265472 . December 9, 2017 . With an assist on the first #Canucks goal tonight, @MichaelDelZotto recorded his 200th @NHL point! That's a @WolfBlassWines milestone..
  24. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 941192612735729665 . December 13, 2017 . Make that 8️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ career assists for Henrik Sedin! That's a @WolfBlassWines milestone..
  25. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 947184185462026240 . December 30, 2017 . Dowd, also playing in his 100th @NHL game tonight, says it's just another game facing his old Kings teammates..
  26. Web site: Canucks vs. Kings game notes. nhl.com. NHL. January 10, 2018. December 30, 2017.
  27. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 947180557678428160 . December 30, 2017 . Dowd, also playing in his 100th @NHL game tonight, says it's just another game facing his old Kings teammates..
  28. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 950774882924679169 . January 9, 2018 . "Some ups and downs and I've been fortunate to play with some really good teammates." @troystecher comments on playing his 100th career @NHL game..
  29. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 978047214676258817 . March 25, 2018 . 1,300 @NHL games?! That's a @WolfBlassWines milestone - congrats Daniel!.
  30. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 978019579346616320 . March 25, 2018 . Ashton Sautner talks to the media ahead of playing in his first ever NHL game..
  31. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 979420106043174912 . March 29, 2018 . .@Hockey_Gaud is all smiles as he gets set to make his NHL debut tonight in front of family and friends. .
  32. Canucks . Vancouver Canucks . 980218756205981696 . March 31, 2018 . 2️⃣6️⃣ saves and a W in his @NHL debut! Have a day Demko .
  33. UticaComets . Utica Comets . 980195547381366785 . March 31, 2018 . Ashton Sautner picked up an assist on the play. That's his first NHL point! Congrats, Sauts!.
  34. Web site: Fisher scores, Predators defeat Canucks in overtime. nhl.com. nhl.com. January 30, 2020. March 2, 2018.
  35. Web site: Canucks' Erik Gudbranson suspended 1 game for hit from behind. cbc.ca. October 20, 2017. November 23, 2017.
  36. Canucks acquire Pouliot from Penguins . Vancouver Canucks . October 3, 2017 . October 3, 2017.
  37. Canucks acquire Dowd from Kings. Vancouver Canucks. December 7, 2017. December 8, 2017.
  38. Web site: Canucks acquire Leipsic from Golden Knights. NHL.com. February 26, 2018. February 26, 2018.
  39. Web site: Canucks acquire Motte & Jokinen from Blue Jackets. NHL.com. February 26, 2018. February 26, 2018.
  40. Web site: Sam Gagner signed to a three-year contract . Vancouver Canucks . July 1, 2017 . July 1, 2017 .
  41. Web site: Michael Del Zotto signed to a two-year contract . Vancouver Canucks . July 1, 2017 . July 1, 2017 .
  42. Web site: Canucks sign analytics-darling Patrick Wiercioch to one-year deal. vancourier.com. August 8, 2017.
  43. Web site: Alexander Burmistrov signed to one-year contract . Vancouver Canucks . July 1, 2017 . July 1, 2017 .
  44. Web site: Canucks sign forward Thomas Vanek . Vancouver Canucks . September 1, 2017 . September 2, 2017 .
  45. Web site: Report: Chad Billins Returning to the SHL Next Season. canucksarmy.com. April 16, 2017. June 26, 2017.
  46. Web site: Report: Tom Nilsson Returning to Sweden. canucksarmy.com. May 2, 2017. June 26, 2017.
  47. Web site: Ryan Miller signs two-year contract with Ducks. NHL.com. August 28, 2017. July 1, 2017.
  48. Web site: Panthers Sign Forward Alexandre Grenier to a 1-Year, 2-Way Contract. nhl.com. July 4, 2017.
  49. Web site: Mike Zalewski signs with Straubing Tigers. Straubing Tigers. 2017-07-17. 2017-07-17. German. July 18, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170718101938/https://www.straubing-tigers.de/saison/aktuelles/aktuelles-im-detail/article/mike-zalewski-verstaerkt-straubing-tigers/. dead.
  50. Web site: Borna Rendulic täydentää Pelicans-hyökkäyksen. Lahti Pelicans. 2017-08-11. 2017-08-24. Finnish. https://web.archive.org/web/20170824135332/http://www.pelicans.fi/uutiset/2017/08/11/borna-rendulic-taydentaa-pelicans-hyokkayksen. August 24, 2017. dead. mdy-all.
  51. Web site: COMETS SIGN GOALTENDER MICHAEL GARTEIG. uticacomets.com. August 26, 2017.
  52. Web site: Report: Ex-Canuck Skille signs in KHL. tsn.ca. September 7, 2017.
  53. Web site: Heat Sign Joseph Cramarossa. stocktonheat.com. October 1, 2017.
  54. Web site: Alex Burmistrov signs with Ak-Bars Kazan of KHL. theprovince.com. January 1, 2018.
  55. Web site: Canucks to release Rodin from contract. NHL.com. November 22, 2017. November 20, 2017.
  56. Web site: Dorsett retires from Canucks. NHL.com. December 3, 2017. November 30, 2017.
  57. Web site: Canucks' Alexander Burmistrov retiring from NHL, heading back to KHL. CTVNews.ca. January 1, 2018. December 25, 2017.
  58. Web site: Anton Rodin signed to a one-year contract . Vancouver Canucks . July 2, 2017 . July 2, 2017 .
  59. Web site: Canucks re-sign Joseph LaBate . Vancouver Canucks . July 7, 2017 . July 7, 2017 .
  60. Web site: Canucks re-sign Evan McEneny . Vancouver Canucks . July 12, 2017 . July 14, 2017 .
  61. Web site: Canucks re-sign Michael Chaput . Vancouver Canucks . July 13, 2017 . July 26, 2017 .
  62. Web site: Canucks re-sign Reid Boucher . Vancouver Canucks . July 24, 2017 . July 26, 2017 .
  63. Web site: Canucks sign forward Brendan Gaunce . Vancouver Canucks . August 9, 2017 . August 10, 2017 .
  64. Web site: Bo Horvat signed to six-year extension . Vancouver Canucks . September 8, 2017 . September 8, 2017 .
  65. Web site: Canucks sign Jonah Gadjovich. NHL.com. October 17, 2017. October 16, 2017.
  66. Web site: Gudbranson signed to three-year extension. NHL.com. February 21, 2018. February 20, 2018.
  67. Web site: Canucks Sign Defenceman Alex Biega. NHL.com. March 2, 2018. February 28, 2018.
  68. Web site: Canucks sign Lind to three-year entry level contract. NHL.com. March 2, 2018. March 1, 2018.
  69. Web site: Canucks sign Sautner to two-year extension. NHL.com. March 11, 2018. March 8, 2018.
  70. Web site: Canucks sign Adam Gaudette. NHL.com. March 26, 2018. March 26, 2018.
  71. Web site: Canucks sign Jasek to three-year entry level contract. NHL.com. April 21, 2018. April 20, 2018.
  72. Web site: Canucks Sign Pettersson. NHL.com. May 25, 2018. May 25, 2018.
  73. Web site: Canucks Sign Forward Petrus Palmu. NHL.com. May 29, 2018. May 28, 2018.
  74. Web site: Canucks sign goaltender Michael DiPietro. NHL.com. June 1, 2018. May 31, 2018.
  75. Web site: Canucks Sign Forward Reid Boucher. NHL.com. June 21, 2018. June 19, 2018.
  76. Web site: Canucks Sign Goaltender Richard Bachman. NHL.com. June 21, 2018. June 20, 2018.
  77. Web site: 2017 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions Transactions. Pro Sports Transactions. June 1, 2017.
  78. Web site: Blue Jackets hire Tortorella to replace Richards. Merz. Crag. October 21, 2015. October 22, 2015.
  79. Web site: Canucks get CBJ's No. 55 pick for Tortorella. May 31, 2017. May 31, 2017.
  80. Web site: Canucks Select 8 Players in the 2017 NHL Draft. June 24, 2017. June 25, 2017.