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2024–25 Vancouver Canucks season

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

2024–25 Vancouver Canucks
DivisionPacific
ConferenceWestern
2024–25 record9–5–3
Home record3–4–3
Road record6–1–0
Goals for54
Goals against55
Team information
General managerPatrik Allvin
CoachRick Tocchet
CaptainQuinn Hughes
Alternate captainsJ. T. Miller
Elias Pettersson
ArenaRogers Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Abbotsford Canucks (AHL)
Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals4 tied (6)
AssistsQuinn Hughes (15)
PointsQuinn Hughes (18)
Penalty minutesFilip Hronek (16)
Plus/minusFilip Hronek (+8)
WinsKevin Lankinen (8)
Goals against averageKevin Lankinen (2.71)
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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.

Standings

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Divisional standings

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Pacific Division
Pos Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Vegas Golden Knights 18 11 5 2 10 72 57 +15 24
2 Los Angeles Kings 19 10 6 3 10 61 55 +6 23
3 Vancouver Canucks 17 9 5 3 8 54 55 −1 21
4 Calgary Flames 18 9 6 3 6 49 51 −2 21
5 Edmonton Oilers 18 9 7 2 5 50 57 −7 20
6 Seattle Kraken 19 9 9 1 6 55 55 0 19
7 Anaheim Ducks 16 6 8 2 5 39 50 −11 14
8 San Jose Sharks 19 5 10 4 3 45 67 −22 14
Updated to game(s) played on November 17, 2024. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

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Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
 GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 PA Calgary Flames 18 9 6 3 6 49 51 −2 21
2 PA Edmonton Oilers 18 9 7 2 5 50 57 −7 20
3 PA Seattle Kraken 19 9 9 1 6 55 55 0 19
4 CE Colorado Avalanche 18 9 9 0 7 61 68 −7 18
5 CE Utah Hockey Club 17 7 7 3 4 47 56 −9 17
6 CE St. Louis Blues 19 8 10 1 5 47 65 −18 17
7 CE Nashville Predators 19 6 10 3 5 46 61 −15 15
8 PA Anaheim Ducks 16 6 8 2 5 39 50 −11 14
9 PA San Jose Sharks 19 5 10 4 3 45 67 −22 14
10 CE Chicago Blackhawks 18 6 11 1 4 43 56 −13 13
Updated to game(s) played on November 17, 2024. Source: National Hockey League[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

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Preseason

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The preseason schedule was released on June 21, 2024.[4]

Regular season

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The regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.[11]

2024–25 game log
November: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
10 November 2 Vancouver 3–2 San Jose Lankinen 17,435 5–2–3 13 [21]
11 November 5 Vancouver 5–1 Anaheim Lankinen 13,538 6–2–3 15 [22]
12 November 7 Vancouver 4–2 Los Angeles Lankinen 17,855 7–2–3 17 [23]
13 November 9 Edmonton 7–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,714 7–3–3 17 [24]
14 November 12 Calgary 1–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,781 8–3–3 19 [25]
15 November 14 NY Islanders 5–2 Vancouver Lankinen 18,728 8–4–3 19 [26]
16 November 16 Chicago 1–4 Vancouver Silovs 18,620 9–4–3 21 [27]
17 November 17 Nashville 5–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,587 9–5–3 21 [28]
18 November 19 NY Rangers Vancouver
19 November 23 Vancouver Ottawa
20 November 26 Vancouver Boston
21 November 27 Vancouver Pittsburgh
22 November 29 Vancouver Buffalo

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)


Player statistics

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Skaters

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Goaltenders

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Regular season [30]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Kevin Lankinen 11 11 657:57 8 1 2 27 2.46 304 .911 1 0 0 0
Arturs Silovs 4 3 188:51 0 2 1 15 4.77 78 .808 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.

Roster

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Updated November 17, 2024[31][32]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
53   Teddy Blueger C L 30 2023 Riga, Latvia
6   Brock Boeser   RW R 27 2015 Burnsville, Minnesota
26   Erik Brannstrom D L 25 2024 Eksjö, Sweden
74   Jake DeBrusk RW L 28 2024 Edmonton, Alberta
35   Thatcher Demko   G L 28 2014 San Diego, California
73   Vincent Desharnais D R 28 2024 Laval, Quebec
27   Derek Forbort   D L 32 2024 Duluth, Minnesota
8   Conor Garland RW R 28 2021 Scituate, Massachusetts
20   Danton Heinen LW L 29 2024 Langley, British Columbia
21   Nils Hoglander LW L 23 2019 Bocktrask, Sweden
17   Filip Hronek D R 27 2023 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
43   Quinn Hughes (C) D L 25 2018 Orlando, Florida
81   Dakota Joshua C L 28 2022 Dearborn, Michigan
47   Noah Juulsen D R 27 2021 Surrey, British Columbia
32   Kevin Lankinen G L 29 2024 Helsinki, Finland
23   Jonathan Lekkerimaki RW R 20 2022 Huddinge, Sweden
9   J. T. Miller (A) C/RW L 31 2019 East Palestine, Ohio
57   Tyler Myers D R 34 2019 Houston, Texas
26   Elias Pettersson D L 20 2022 Västerås, Sweden
40   Elias Pettersson (A) C L 26 2017 Sundsvall, Sweden
54   Aatu Raty C L 22 2023 Oulunsalo, Finland
44   Kiefer Sherwood RW R 29 2024 Columbus, Ohio
31   Arturs Silovs G L 23 2019 Ventspils, Latvia
7   Carson Soucy D L 30 2023 Viking, Alberta
24   Pius Suter C L 28 2023 Zürich, Switzerland


Awards and honours

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Awards

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Regular season
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Milestones

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Records

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Regular season
Player Record Date Ref

Transactions

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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.

Trades

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Date Details Ref
August 18, 2024 (2024-08-18) To Edmonton Oilers
Vasily Podkolzin 		To Vancouver Canucks
OTT 4th-round pick in 2025 		[43]
October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06) To Colorado Avalanche
Tucker Poolman1
4th-round pick in 2025 		To Vancouver Canucks
Erik Brannstrom 		[44]
November 8, 2024 (2024-11-08) To Seattle Kraken
Daniel Sprong 		To Vancouver Canucks
Future considerations 		[45]

Notes

  • Canucks retain 20% of Poolman's remaining salary.

Players acquired

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Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Jake DeBrusk Boston Bruins 7-year Free agency [46]
Danton Heinen 2-year Free agency [47]
Derek Forbort 1-year Free agency [48]
Vincent Desharnais Edmonton Oilers 2-year Free agency [49]
Jiri Patera Vegas Golden Knights 2-year Free agency [50]
Kiefer Sherwood Nashville Predators 2-year Free agency [51]
Nathan Smith Utah Hockey Club 1-year Free agency [52]
July 20, 2024 (2024-07-20) Daniel Sprong Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency [53]
September 21, 2024 (2024-09-21) Kevin Lankinen Nashville Predators 1-year Free agency [54]
October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07) Jiri Patera Boston Bruins Waivers [55]

Players lost

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Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 1, 2024 (2024-07-01) Elias Lindholm Boston Bruins 7-year Free agency [56]
Nikita Zadorov 6-year Free agency [56]
Ian Cole Utah Hockey Club 1-year Free agency [57]
Casey DeSmith Dallas Stars 3-year Free agency [58]
Sheldon Dries Detroit Red Wings 2-year Free agency [59]
July 5, 2024 (2024-07-05) Aidan McDonough Charlotte Checkers (AHL) 1-year Free agency [60]
July 7, 2024 (2024-07-07) Zach Sawchenko Columbus Blue Jackets 1-year Free agency [61]
July 18, 2024 (2024-07-18) Nick Cicek Adler Mannheim (DEL) 1-year Free agency [62]
October 2, 2024 (2024-10-02) Jiri Patera Boston Bruins Waivers [63]

Signings

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Date Player Term Ref
July 16, 2024 (2024-07-16) Arturs Silovs 2-year [64]
September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29) Vilmer Alriksson 3-year† [65]
October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06) Nils Hoglander 3-year‡ [66]

Draft picks

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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   Sweden Örebro HK (J20 Nationell)
4 125 Riley Patterson C   Canada Barrie Colts (OHL)
6 162[A] Anthony Romani RW   Canada North Bay Battalion (OHL)
189 Parker Alcos D   Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
7 221 Basile Sansonnens D    Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron (U20-Elit)

Notes

  1. ^ The San Jose Sharks' sixth-round pick will go to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on December 15, 2023, that sent Jack Studnicka to San Jose in exchange for Nick Cicek and this pick.[67]

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