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]
The preseason schedule was released on June 14, 2017.[4]
2017 preseason game log: 4–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 2–2–0) | ||||||||||
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Date | Visitor | Score | Home | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Recap | ||
1 | September 16 | Vancouver | 4–3 | Los Angeles | OT | 11,846 | 1–0–0 | Recap | ||
2 | September 17 | Vegas | 9–4 | Vancouver | 15,565 | 1–1–0 | Recap | |||
3 | September 20 | Vancouver | 5–3 | Calgary | 18,232 | 2–1–0 | Recap | |||
4 | September 21 | Vancouver | 2–5 | Los Angeles | – | 10,088 | 2–2–0 | Recap | ||
5 | September 22 | Vancouver | 3–5 | Edmonton | Bachman | 18,347 | 2–3–0 | Recap | ||
6 | September 23 | Los Angeles | 4–3 | Vancouver | SO | – | 12,759 | 2–3–1 | Recap | |
7 | September 28 | Calgary | 1–3 | Vancouver | Nilsson | 14,712 | 3–3–1 | Recap | ||
8 | September 30 | Edmonton | 2–3 | Vancouver | 16,637 | 4–3–1 | Recap | |||
Notes: Game was played at Mercedes-Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. Game was played at LeSports Center in Beijing, China. |
The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.[5]
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Legend: |
Central Division | |||||||
Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pts. | Goals scored | Goals allowed | |
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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 |
Atlantic Division | |||||||
Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pts. | Goals scored | Goals allowed | |
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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 |
Final stats[6]
Player | data-sort-type="number" | ||||||
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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 |
Player | ||||||||||||||||
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style=white-space:nowrap | 60 | 57 | 3,413:43 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 154 | 2.71 | 1,745 | .912 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
style=white-space:nowrap | 27 | 24 | 1,463:41 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 84 | 3.44 | 850 | .901 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
style=white-space:nowrap | 1 | 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.
Player | Award | Awarded | Ref | |
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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] |
Player | Milestone | Reached | Ref | |
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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] |
Player | Record | Date | |
Most points by Canucks defenceman | March 2, 2018[34] |
The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.
Date | Details | Ref | ||
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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] |
Date | Player | Former team | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
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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] |
Date | Player | New team | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) | Ref | |
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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] |
Date | Player | Via | Ref | |
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Mutual agreement | [55] |
Date | Player | Ref | |
---|---|---|---|
[56] | |||
[57] |
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] |
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.
Round | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) | ||
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1 | 5 | Elias Pettersson | C | Timra IK (Allsvenskan) | ||
2 | 33 | Kole Lind | RW | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) | ||
2 | 551 | Jonah Gadjovich | LW | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) | ||
3 | 64 | Michael DiPietro | G | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) | ||
4 | 95 | Jack Rathbone | D | Dexter School (USHS) | ||
5 | 1352 | Kristoffer Gunnarsson | D | IK Oskarshamn (Allsvenskan) | ||
6 | 1813 | Petrus Palmu | LW | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) | ||
7 | 188 | Matt Brassard | D | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |