2024–25 Vancouver Canucks season explained

The 2024–25 Vancouver Canucks season will be the 55th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[1]

The Canucks will look to improve from their 2023–24 season, where they finished first place in the Pacific Division but were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 21, 2024.^[2]

2024 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0 ; road: 0–0–0)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 24			Vancouver
2	September 25			Vancouver
3	September 27	Vancouver		Seattle
4	September 28	Vancouver		Calgary
5	September 30	Vancouver
6	October 4	Edmonton		Vancouver
Notes: Game was played at Abbotsford Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.^[3]

2024–25 game log
October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Vancouver 2 October 11 Vancouver 3 October 15 Vancouver 4 October 17 Vancouver 5 October 19 Vancouver Philadelphia 6 October 22 Vancouver 7 October 26 Vancouver 8 October 28 Vancouver 9 October 30 Vancouver
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 2 Vancouver 11 November 5 Vancouver 12 November 7 Vancouver 13 November 9 Vancouver 14 November 12 Vancouver 15 November 14 Vancouver 16 November 16 Vancouver 17 November 17 Vancouver 18 November 19 Vancouver 19 November 23 Vancouver 20 November 26 Vancouver 21 November 27 Vancouver 22 November 29 Vancouver
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 1 Vancouver 24 December 3 Vancouver 25 December 6 Vancouver 26 December 8 Vancouver 27 December 10 Vancouver 28 December 12 Vancouver 29 December 14 Vancouver 30 December 16 Vancouver 31 December 18 Vancouver 32 December 19 Vancouver 33 December 21 Vancouver 34 December 23 Vancouver 35 December 28 Vancouver 36 December 31 Vancouver
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Vancouver 38 January 3 Vancouver 39 January 6 Vancouver 40 January 8 Vancouver 41 January 10 Vancouver 42 January 11 Vancouver 43 January 14 Vancouver 44 January 16 Vancouver 45 January 18 Vancouver 46 January 21 Vancouver 47 January 23 Vancouver Edmonton 48 January 25 Washington Vancouver 49 January 27 Vancouver 50 January 29 Vancouver Nashville 51 January 31 Vancouver
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 2 Vancouver 53 February 4 Vancouver 54 February 6 Vancouver 55 February 8 Vancouver 56 February 22 Vancouver 57 February 23 Vancouver 58 February 26 Vancouver 59 February 27 Vancouver
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 1 Vancouver 61 March 5 Vancouver 62 March 7 Vancouver 63 March 9 Vancouver 64 March 11 Vancouver 65 March 12 Vancouver 66 March 15 Vancouver 67 March 16 Vancouver 68 March 18 Vancouver 69 March 20 Vancouver 70 March 22 Vancouver 71 March 24 Vancouver 72 March 26 Vancouver 73 March 28 Vancouver 74 March 30 Vancouver Winnipeg
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 2 Vancouver 76 April 5 Vancouver 77 April 6 Vancouver 78 April 8 Vancouver 79 April 10 Vancouver 80 April 12 Vancouver 81 April 14 Vancouver 82 April 16 Vegas Vancouver
Legend:

Player statistics

Goaltenders

Regular season ^[5] ! Player! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

^†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

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Milestones

Regular season

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Records

Regular season

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Transactions

The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level.
Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
			7-years	Free agency	^[7]
			2-years	Free agency	^[8]
			2-years	Free agency	^[9]
		Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency	^[10]
			2-years	Free agency	^[11]
			1-year	Free agency	^[12]
			2-years	Free agency	^[13]
			1-year	Free agency	^[14]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
			7-years	Free agency	^[15]
			6-years	Free agency
			1-year	Free agency	^[16]
			3-years	Free agency	^[17]
			2-years	Free agency	^[18]
		Charlotte Checkers (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[19]
			1-year	Free agency	^[20]
		Adler Mannheim (DEL)	1-year	Free agency	^[21]

Signings

Draft picks

See also: List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks. Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 to 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Round		Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club (League)
3	93	Melvin Fernstrom	RW		Örebro HK (J20 Nationell)
4	125	Riley Patterson	C		Barrie Colts (OHL)
6	162	Anthony Romani	RW		North Bay Battalion (OHL)
189		D		Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
7	221		D		HC Fribourg-Gottéron (U20-Elit)

Notes

Notes and References

1. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. 2013 . Diamond Sports Data, Inc. . 129. 978-1-894801-26-3.
2. News: Cole . Tyson . June 21, 2024 . Canucks announce 2024-2025 pre-season schedule . Canucks Army . July 1, 2024.
3. Web site: Canucks Announce 2024.25 Regular Season Schedule. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
4. Web site: Vancouver Canucks - Regular Season - Skaters Stats . NHL.com . NHL . July 1, 2024.
5. Web site: Vancouver Canucks - Regular Season - Goalie Stats . NHL.com . NHL . July 1, 2024.
6. Web site: Canucks Acquire Fourth-Round Pick from Edmonton in Exchange for Vasily Podkolzin. NHL.com. August 18, 2024. August 18, 2024.
7. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Forward Jake DeBrusk on a Seven-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
8. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Forward Danton Heinen on a Two-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
9. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Forward Kiefer Sherwood on a Two-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
10. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Defenceman Derek Forbort on a One-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
11. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Goaltender Jiří Patera on a Two-Year, Two-Way Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
12. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Forward Nate Smith on a One-Year, Two-Way Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
13. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Defenceman Vincent Desharnais on a Two-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
14. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Forward Daniel Sprong on a One-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 20, 2024. July 21, 2024.
15. Web site: Bruins Announce July 1 Transactions . NHL.com . Boston Bruins . July 1, 2024.
16. Web site: Utah Hockey Club Signs Defenseman Ian Cole to One-Year Contract . NHL.com . Utah Hockey Club . July 1, 2024.
17. Web site: Stars sign Casey DeSmith to a three-year contract . NHL.com . Dallas Stars . July 1, 2024.
18. Web site: Red Wings sign goaltender Jack Campbell to one-year contract and forward Sheldon Dries to two-year, two-way contract . NHL.com . . July 1, 2024.
19. Web site: Aidan McDonough inks one-year AHL deal with Charlotte . . July 5, 2024.
20. Web site: Blue Jackets sign Zach Sawchenko to one-year contract . NHL.com . . July 7, 2024.
21. Web site: Adlerm complete the defense with Nick Cicek . . July 18, 2024.
22. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Goaltender Artūrs Šilovs on a 2-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 16, 2024. July 21, 2024.