2014–15 Vancouver Canucks season

2014–15 Vancouver Canucks · NHL
Division	2nd Pacific
Conference	5th Western
2014–15 record	48–29–5
Home record	24–15–2
Road record	24–14–3
Goals for	242
Goals against	222
General Manager	Jim Benning
Coach	Willie Desjardins
Captain	Henrik Sedin
Alternate captains	Kevin Bieksa Daniel Sedin
Arena	Rogers Arena
Average attendance	18,710 (98.9%)
Team Leaders
Goals	Radim Vrbata (31)
Assists	Daniel Sedin (56)
Points	Daniel Sedin (76)
Penalties in minutes	Derek Dorsett (175)
Wins	Ryan Miller (29)
Goals against average	Eddie Lack (2.45)
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The 2014–15 Vancouver Canucks season was the franchise's 45th season in the NHL. The Canucks managed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 2012-13 season.

Off-season

On April 8, 2014, after missing the playoffs for the first time since 2008, the team fired general manager Mike Gillis. One day later, ownership hired former Canucks captain Trevor Linden as team president, to assist in the search for a new general manager. Three weeks after Linden was hired, the Canucks announced that both head coach John Tortorella and assistant coach Mike Sullivan, who had only just been hired prior to the start of the 2013–14 season, were fired. Throughout the search for Vancouver's new general manager, it was speculated that Linden's preferred candidate was Jim Benning, who was serving as an assistant general manager for the Boston Bruins. On May 21, the Canucks confirmed that Benning had been hired as their new general manager. One of Benning's first changes to the roster was buying out David Booth, who had one year remaining on his contract. As a result of the buyout, Booth became an unrestricted free agent, and he will receive $1,583,333 per year (over the next two seasons) from the Canucks; Booth's buyout salary will not be applied to Vancouver's salary cap. The next major task for the Canucks was finding a new head coach. Among the candidates Benning interviewed were New York Rangers assistant coach Scott Arniel, and former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Bylsma. Additionally, Texas Stars head coach Willie Desjardins was also one the coaches Benning was long rumoured to have interest in. However, Benning was not able to interview Desjardins until late June, as Desjardins had just won the Calder Cup with Texas. On June 23, the Canucks officially introduced Desjardins as the 18th head coach in Canucks history. The next major tasks facing Benning were dealing with the trade request of Ryan Kesler, and preparing for the draft on June 27. On draft day, Benning completed a series of trades before the Canucks even made their first pick. Jason Garrison was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2nd-round draft pick, and then Ryan Kesler was traded to the Anaheim Ducks for Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa, the twenty-fourth overall pick, and a 3rd-round draft pick. Benning then flipped Anaheim's 3rd-round pick to the New York Rangers, in exchange for Derek Dorsett. On June 28 (the second day of the draft), Benning acquired Linden Vey from the Los Angeles Kings, in exchange for Tampa Bay's 2nd-round pick (acquired the day before in the Garrison trade). As a result of trading away Roberto Luongo in March, the Canucks were left with a goalie tandem of Eddie Lack and Jacob Markstrom, who together had combined for 88 games of NHL experience. Thus, Benning's first move on July 1 was to sign free-agent goalie Ryan Miller to a 3-year, $18 million contract, in order to bring a veteran presence to Vancouver's goaltending position. Benning's next major transaction occurred only one day after acquiring Miller, as he signed former Phoenix Coyotes winger Radim Vrbata to a 2-year, $10 million contract. On July 3, Benning signed restricted free agent Zack Kassian to a 2-year, $3.5 million deal. On July 5, the Canucks re-signed defenceman Christopher Tanev to a 1-year, $2 million contract, only hours before the deadline to file for salary arbitration. On July 7, Benning named Doug Lidster as an assistant coach for the Canucks; Lidster had also recently served as an assistant coach to new Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins on the Texas Stars.

Regular season

October

November

December

The Vancouver Canucks began struggling after losing to the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2. They lost five games in a row and finally ended their struggles against the Calgary Flames with a 3–2 win in overtime.

January

February

On February 22, Ryan Miller was injured in shutout win over New York Islanders forcing Eddie Lack into the game. He would miss the next 22 games. Jacob Markstrom was called in from the Utica Comets.

March

Jacob Markstrom started against San Jose Sharks on March 3, but he was removed after he gave up three goals in four shots as the Canucks lost to the Sharks 6-2. Markstrom finally was able to win against Arizona Coyotes with a 3–1 victory

April

Canucks clinched their playoff spot after a 2–1 victory against Los Angeles Kings.

Playoffs

See also: 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Vancouver Canucks entered the playoffs as the Pacific Division's second seed. This was the seventh playoff meeting for these teams with Calgary having won four of the six previous series. Their most recent meeting was in the 2004 Western Conference Quarterfinals, which Calgary won in seven games. The Flames qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2009. The teams split this year's four-game regular season series, with each team winning once at home and once on the road.

The Flames defeated the Canucks in six games. Calgary rallied from a one-goal deficit in Game 1, as David Jones tied the game 7:59 into the third and Kris Russell scored the winning goal with 29.6 seconds left to give the Flames a 2–1 win. The Canucks tied the series with a 4–1 win, as goalie Eddie Lack made 22 out of 23 saves and Alex Burrows recorded two assists. With 1:17 left to play, a fight broke out that resulted in 132 penalty minutes, with the Flames' Deryk Engelland given a game misconduct for instigating it, but eventually the league rescinded Engelland's penalty and instead fined Calgary head coach Bob Hartley $50,000 for his responsibility for the incident. Jonas Hiller made 23 saves to help give the Flames to a 4–2 win in Game 3. In Game 4, Calgary scored three first-period goals out of seven shots off of Lack. Ryan Miller replaced Lack to start the second period, but Hiller made 28 total saves en route to a 3–1 win.[58] Miller then made 20 saves and Daniel Sedin scored the winning goal 1:47 into the third period to help give the Canucks to a 2–1 win in Game 5. In Game 6, Hartley pulled Hiller after he allowed two goals on his first three shots, and put Karri Ramo in net. The Flames tied the game in the second period, and then Matt Stajan scored what proved to be the game-winning goal late in the third period. Two empty net goals in the final minute of the game sealed the series victory for the Flames.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
Anaheim Ducksx y	82	51	24	2	5	236	226	109
Vancouver Canucksx	82	48	29	3	2	242	222	101
Calgary Flamesx	82	45	30	4	3	241	216	97
Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	7	8	220	205	95
Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	8	4	219	227	90
San Jose Sharks	82	40	33	3	6	228	232	89
Edmonton Oilers	82	24	44	7	7	198	283	62
Arizona Coyotes	82	24	50	3	5	170	272	56

x-clinched playoff berth, y-clinched division title, z-clinched conference title, p-clinched President's Trophy

Conference standings

Central Divison (Top 3)
Team	GP	W	L	OTL	SL	GF	GA	Pts
St. Louis Bluesx y	82	51	24	3	4	248	201	109
Nashville Predatorsx	82	47	25	4	6	232	208	104
Chicago Blackhawksx	82	48	28	3	3	229	189	102
Pacific Division (Top 3)
Anaheim Ducksx y	82	51	24	2	5	236	226	109
Vancouver Canucksx	82	48	29	3	2	242	222	101
Calgary Flamesx	82	45	30	4	3	241	216	97
Western Conference Wildcard (Top 2 qualify)
Minnesota Wildx	82	46	28	5	3	231	201	100
Winnipeg Jetsx	82	43	26	7	6	230	210	99
Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	7	8	220	205	95
Dallas Stars	82	41	31	7	3	261	260	92
Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	8	4	219	227	90
San Jose Sharks	82	40	33	3	6	228	232	89
Edmonton Oilers	82	24	44	7	7	198	283	62
Arizona Coyotes	82	24	50	3	5	170	272	56

x-clinched playoff berth, y-clinched division title, z-clinched conference title, p-clinched President's Trophy

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Pre-season game log: 5–2–0 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 23	San Jose	2–4	Vancouver		Cannata	13,650	1–0–0	Recap
2[a]	September 23	Vancouver	2–5	San Jose		Eriksson	6,810	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 25	Vancouver	3–1	Calgary		Lack	19,289	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 26	Calgary	0–3	Vancouver		Miller	18,482	3–1–0	Recap
5	September 29	Arizona	4–2	Vancouver		Miller	18,050	3–2–0	Recap
6	October 2	Vancouver	2–1	Edmonton		Lack	16,839	4–2–0	Recap
7	October 4	Edmonton	2–3	Vancouver		Miller	18,802	5–2–0	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.

Regular season

Game log
October: 7–3–0 (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Vancouver 4–2 Calgary Miller 19,289 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 11 Edmonton 4–5 Vancouver SO Miller 18,870 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 17 Vancouver 2–0 Edmonton Miller 16,839 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 18 Tampa Bay 4–2 Vancouver Lack 18,647 3–1–0 6 Recap 5 October 21 Vancouver 3–6 Dallas Miller 15,678 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 23 Vancouver 4–1 St. Louis Miller 16,099 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 October 24 Vancouver 3–7 Colorado Lack 17,119 4–3–0 8 Recap 8 October 26 Washington 2–4 Vancouver Miller 18,427 5–3–0 10 Recap 9 October 28 Carolina 1–4 Vancouver Miller 18,234 6–3–0 12 Recap 10 October 30 Montreal 2–3 Vancouver OT Miller 18,870 7–3–0 14 Recap
November: 9–4–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 6–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Vancouver 3–2 Edmonton Miller 16,839 8–3–0 16 Recap 12 November 2 Nashville 3–1 Vancouver Lack 18,395 8–4–0 16 Recap 13 November 4 Vancouver 5–2 Colorado Miller 13,221 9–4–0 18 Recap 14 November 6 Vancouver 3–2 San Jose Miller 17,562 10–4–0 20 Recap 15 November 8 Vancouver 1–5 Los Angeles Miller 18,230 10–5–0 20 Recap 16 November 9 Vancouver 2–1 Anaheim SO Lack 16,749 11–5–0 22 Recap 17 November 11 Ottawa 3–4 Vancouver OT Miller 18,775 12–5–0 24 Recap 18 November 14 Arizona 5–0 Vancouver Miller 18,708 12–6–0 24 Recap 19 November 19 Vancouver 5–4 Edmonton Miller 16,839 13–6–0 26 Recap 20 November 20 Anaheim 4–3 Vancouver SO Lack 18,870 13–6–1 27 Recap 21 November 23 Chicago 1–4 Vancouver Miller 18,663 14–6–1 29 Recap 22 November 25 New Jersey 0–2 Vancouver Miller 18,606 15–6–1 31 Recap 23 November 28 Vancouver 5–0 Columbus Miller 14,121 16–6–1 33 Recap 24 November 30 Vancouver 3–5 Detroit Miller 20,027 16–7–1 33 Recap
December: 5–4–2 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 25 December 2 Vancouver 4–3 Washington Miller 18,506 17–7–1 35 Recap 26 December 4 Vancouver 3–0 Pittsburgh Lack 18,463 18–7–1 37 Recap 27 December 6 Vancouver 2–5 Toronto Miller 19,346 18–8–1 37 Recap 28 December 7 Vancouver 3–4 Ottawa OT Lack 16,870 18–8–2 38 Recap 29 December 9 Vancouver 1–3 Montreal Miller 21,286 18–9–2 38 Recap 30 December 13 NY Rangers 5–1 Vancouver Miller 18,870 18–10–2 38 Recap 31 December 17 Dallas 2–0 Vancouver Lack 18,755 18–11–2 38 Recap 32 December 20 Calgary 2–3 Vancouver OT Miller 18,747 19–11–2 40 Recap 33 December 22 Arizona 1–7 Vancouver Miller 18,794 20–11–2 42 Recap 34 December 28 Vancouver 1–2 Anaheim OT Miller 17,374 20–11–3 43 Recap 35 December 30 Vancouver 3–1 San Jose Miller 17,562 21–11–3 45 Recap
January: 6–6–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 1 Los Angeles 3–2 Vancouver Miller 18,870 21–12–3 45 Recap 37 January 3 Detroit 1–4 Vancouver Miller 18,870 22–12–3 47 Recap 38 January 6 NY Islanders 2–3 Vancouver Lack 18,562 23–12–3 49 Recap 39 January 8 Florida 3–1 Vancouver Miller 18,799 23–13–3 49 Recap 40 January 10 Calgary 1–0 Vancouver Lack 18,870 23–14–3 49 Recap 41 January 13 Vancouver 1–5 Nashville Lack 15,726 23–15–3 49 Recap 42 January 15 Vancouver 4–0 Philadelphia Miller 19,571 24–15–3 51 Recap 43 January 16 Vancouver 3–0 Carolina Miller 13,093 25–15–3 53 Recap 44 January 19 Vancouver 2–1 Florida Miller 9,373 26–15–3 55 Recap 45 January 20 Vancouver 1–4 Tampa Bay Miller 18,517 26–16–3 55 Recap 46 January 27 Anaheim 4–0 Vancouver Miller 18,813 26–17–3 55 Recap 47 January 30 Buffalo 2–5 Vancouver Miller 18,570 27–17–3 57 Recap
February: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 1 Minnesota 4–2 Vancouver Miller 18,438 27–18–3 57 Recap 49 February 3 Winnipeg 2–3 Vancouver OT Lack 18,509 28–18–3 59 Recap 50 February 5 San Jose 5–1 Vancouver Miller 18,508 28–19–3 59 Recap 51 February 7 Pittsburgh 0–5 Vancouver Miller 18,870 29–19–3 61 Recap 52 February 9 Vancouver 3–5 Minnesota Miller 18,804 29–20–3 61 Recap 53 February 11 Vancouver 5–4 Chicago OT Lack 21,346 30–20–3 63 Recap 54 February 13 Boston 2–5 Vancouver Miller 18,870 31–20–3 65 Recap 55 February 14 Vancouver 2–3 Calgary Miller 19,289 31–21–3 65 Recap 56 February 16 Minnesota 2–3 Vancouver Lack 18,465 32–21–3 67 Recap 57 February 19 Vancouver 5–4 NY Rangers SO Miller 18,006 33–21–3 69 Recap 58 February 20 Vancouver 2–4 New Jersey Lack 14,822 33–22–3 69 Recap 59 February 22 Vancouver 4–0 NY Islanders Miller 16,170 34–22–3 71 Recap 60 February 24 Vancouver 2–1 Boston Lack 17,565 35–22–3 73 Recap 61 February 26 Vancouver 3–6 Buffalo Lack 19,070 35–23–3 73 Recap
March: 10–4–2 (Home: 5–4–1 ; Road: 5–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 St. Louis 5–6 Vancouver SO Lack 18,870 36–23–3 75 Recap 63 March 3 San Jose 6–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,535 36–24–3 75 Recap 64 March 5 Vancouver 2–3 Arizona SO Lack 12,589 36–24–4 76 Recap 65 March 7 Vancouver 3–2 San Jose Lack 17,562 37–24–4 78 Recap 66 March 9 Anaheim 1–2 Vancouver Lack 18,557 38–24–4 80 Recap 67 March 12 Los Angeles 4–0 Vancouver Lack 18,663 38–25–4 80 Recap 68 March 14 Toronto 1–4 Vancouver Lack 18,870 39–25–4 82 Recap 69 March 17 Philadelphia 1–4 Vancouver Lack 18,870 40–25–4 84 Recap 70 March 19 Columbus 6–2 Vancouver Lack 18,668 40–26–4 84 Recap 71 March 21 Vancouver 4–1 Los Angeles Lack 18,230 41–26–4 86 Recap 72 March 22 Vancouver 3–1 Arizona Markstrom 12,405 42–26–4 88 Recap 73 March 24 Winnipeg 2–5 Vancouver Lack 18,870 43–26–4 90 Recap 74 March 26 Colorado 4–1 Vancouver Lack 18,870 43–27–4 90 Recap 75 March 28 Dallas 4–3 Vancouver OT Lack 18,595 43–27–5 91 Recap 76 March 30 Vancouver 4–1 St. Louis Lack 19,204 44–27–5 93 Recap 77 March 31 Vancouver 5–4 Nashville SO Lack 17,113 45–27–5 95 Recap
April: 3–2–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Vancouver 1–3 Chicago Lack 21,901 45–28–5 95 Recap 79 April 4 Vancouver 4–5 Winnipeg Lack 15,016 45–29–5 95 Recap 80 April 6 Los Angeles 1–2 Vancouver SO Lack 18,870 46–29–5 97 Recap 81 April 9 Arizona 0–5 Vancouver Lack 18,796 47–29–5 99 Recap 82 April 11 Edmonton 5–6 Vancouver OT Miller 18,870 48–29–5 101 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Western Conference Central Division Chicago Blackhawks 1–0–0 1–1–0 2–1–0 4 10 8 Colorado Avalanche 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–2–0 2 9 13 Dallas Stars 0–1–1 0–1–0 0–2–1 1 6 12 Minnesota Wild 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–2–0 2 8 11 Nashville Predators 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–2–0 2 7 12 St. Louis Blues 1–0–0 2–0–0 3–0–0 6 14 7 Winnipeg Jets 2–0–0 0–1–0 2–1–0 4 12 9 Total 5–4–1 5–6–0 10–10–1 21 66 72 Pacific Division Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed Anaheim Ducks 1–1–1 1–0–1 2–1–2 6 8 12 Arizona Coytes 2–1–0 1–0–1 3–1–1 7 17 10 Calgary Flames 1–1–0 1–1–0 2–2–0 4 9 8 Edmonton Oilers 2–0–0 3–0–0 5–0–0 10 21 15 Los Angeles Kings 1–2–0 1–1–0 2–3–0 4 9 14 San Jose Sharks 0–2–0 3–0–0 3–2–0 6 12 16 Vancouver Canucks – – – – – – Total 7–7–1 10–2–2 17–9–3 37 76 75

Eastern Conference Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed Atlantic Division Boston Bruins 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 7 3 Buffalo Sabres 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 8 8 Detroit Red Wings 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 7 6 Florida Panthers 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 3 4 Montreal Canadiens 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 4 5 Ottawa Senators 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 7 7 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 3 8 Toronto Maple Leafs 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 6 6 Total 6–2–0 2–5–1 8–7–1 17 45 47 Metropolitan Division Carolina Hurricanes 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 7 1 Columbus Blue Jackets 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 7 6 New Jersey Devils 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 4 4 New York Islanders 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 7 2 New York Rangers 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 6 9 Philadelphia Flyers 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 8 1 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 8 0 Washington Capitals 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 8 5 Total 6–2–0 7–1–0 13–3–0 26 55 28

Playoffs

2015 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference First Round vs. (P3) Calgary Flames: Calgary won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Canucks Goals Flames Goals Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 15 Calgary 2–1 Vancouver Horvat Jones, Russell Lack 18,870 0–1 Recap 2 April 17 Calgary 1–4 Vancouver D. Sedin, Higgins, Kenins, Vrbata Russell Lack 18,870 1–1 Recap 3 April 19 Vancouver 2–4 Calgary Matthias, Hansen Bollig, Brodie, Bennett, Monahan Lack 19,289 1–2 Recap 4 April 21 Vancouver 1–3 Calgary H. Sedin Gaudreau, Hudler, Bennett Lack 19,289 1–3 Recap 5 April 23 Calgary 1–2 Vancouver Bonino, D. Sedin Jones Miller 18,870 2–3 Recap 6 April 25 Vancouver 4–7 Calgary McMillan, Hansen, Vrbata, Sbisa Ferland (2), Monahan, Gaudreau, Hudler (2), Stajan Miller 19,289 2–4 Recap
Legend:           = Win           = Loss Bold italics = Player scored game-winning goal

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin 82 20 56 76 +5 18 Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin 82 18 55 73 +11 22 Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata 79 31 32 63 +6 20 Bonino, NickNick Bonino 75 15 24 39 +7 22 Higgins, ChrisChris Higgins 77 12 24 36 +8 16 Burrows, AlexAlex Burrows 70 18 15 33 0 68 Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen 81 16 17 33 −6 27 Edler, AlexanderAlexander Edler 74 8 23 31 +13 54 Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias 78 18 9 27 −3 16 Horvat, BoBo Horvat 68 13 12 25 −8 16 Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett 79 7 18 25 +4 175 Vey, LindenLinden Vey 75 10 14 24 −3 18 Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis 59 1 22 23 0 44 Weber, YannickYannick Weber 65 11 10 21 +4 30 Richardson, BradBrad Richardson 45 8 13 21 0 34 Tanev, ChristopherChristopher Tanev 70 2 18 20 +8 12 Kassian, ZackZack Kassian 42 10 6 16 −5 81 Bieksa, KevinKevin Bieksa 60 4 10 14 0 77 Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins 30 4 8 12 −2 8 Stanton, RyanRyan Stanton 54 3 8 11 +9 35 Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa 76 3 8 11 −8 46 Baertschi, SvenSven Baertschi † || 3 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 4 Clendening, AdamAdam Clendening † || 17 || 0 || 2 || 2 || +1 || 8 Biega, AlexAlex Biega 7 1 0 1 −2 0 Corrado, FrankFrank Corrado 10 1 0 1 −7 0 Sestito, TomTom Sestito 3 0 1 1 +1 7 McMillan, BrandonBrandon McMillan † || 8 || 0 || 1 || 1 || −1 || 0 Defazio, BrandonBrandon DeFazio 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jensen, NicklasNicklas Jensen 5 0 0 0 −1 0 Totals 82 236 406 642 +31 858

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen 6 2 2 4 +1 0 Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin 6 2 2 4 −1 0 Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata 6 2 2 4 −2 0 Horvat, BoBo Horvat 6 1 3 4 +1 2 Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin 6 1 3 4 −1 2 Bonino, NickNick Bonino 6 1 2 3 −2 4 Tanev, ChristopherChristopher Tanev 6 0 3 3 +4 0 Edler, AlexanderAlexander Edler 6 0 3 3 +3 4 Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins 5 1 1 2 +2 4 Higgins, ChrisChris Higgins 6 1 1 2 0 2 Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa 6 1 1 2 −2 7 Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias 6 1 1 2 −3 10 Burrows, AlexAlex Burrows 3 0 2 2 +1 21 McMillan, BrandonBrandon McMillan 2 1 0 1 +1 4 Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis 6 0 1 1 −2 16 Vey, LindenLinden Vey 1 0 0 0 0 0 Baertschi, SvenSven Baertschi 2 0 0 0 0 0 Richardson, BradBrad Richardson 5 0 0 0 −3 15 Bieksa, KevinKevin Bieksa 6 0 0 0 −1 9 Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett 6 0 0 0 −3 20 Weber, YannickYannick Weber 6 0 0 0 −5 12 Totals 6 14 27 41 −12 132

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Miller, RyanRyan Miller	45	45	2541-312,541:31	29	15	1	107	2.53	1,198	.911	6	0	0	0
Lack, EddieEddie Lack	41	35	2323-572,323:57	18	13	4	95	2.45	1,201	.921	2	0	0	2
Markstrom, JacobJacob Markstrom	3	2	0077-3877:38	1	1	0	4	3.09	33	.879	0	0	0	0
Totals		82	4,943:06	48	29	5	206	2.50	2,432	.915	8	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Miller, RyanRyan Miller	3	2	156:10	1	1	6	2.31	67	.910	0	0	0	0
Lack, EddieEddie Lack	4	4	198:16	1	3	10	3.03	88	.886	0	0	0	0
Totals		6	354:26	2	4	16	2.71	155	.897	0	0	0	0

^†Traded to Canucks mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Final roster

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
47	Switzerland	Baertschi, SvenSven Baertschi	6.0 LW	L	22	2015	Langenthal, Switzerland
3	Canada	Bieksa, KevinKevin Bieksa  (A)	2.0 D	R	33	2001	Grimsby, Ontario
13	United States	Bonino, NickNick Bonino	4.0 C	L	27	2014	Hartford, Connecticut
14	Canada	Burrows, AlexAlex Burrows	7.0 RW	L	34	2005	Pincourt, Quebec
51	Canada	Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett	7.0 RW	R	28	2014	Kindersley, Saskatchewan
23	Sweden	Edler, AlexanderAlexander Edler	2.0 D	L	29	2004	Östersund, Sweden
2	Canada	Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis	2.0 D	L	32	2010	Smithers, British Columbia
36	Denmark	Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen	7.0 RW	R	29	2004	Herlev, Denmark
20	United States	Higgins, ChrisChris Higgins	6.0 LW	L	31	2011	Smithtown, New York
53	Canada	Horvat, BoBo Horvat	4.0 C	L	20	2013	London, Ontario
9	Canada	Kassian, ZackZack Kassian	7.0 RW	R	24	2012	Windsor, Ontario
41	Latvia	Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins	6.0 LW	L	24	2013	Riga, Soviet Union
31	Sweden	Lack, EddieEddie Lack	1.0 G	L	27	2010	Norrtälje, Sweden
27	Canada	Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias	4.0 C	L	27	2014	Mississauga, Ontario
21	Canada	McMillan, BrandonBrandon McMillan	6.0 LW	L	25	2015	Delta, British Columbia
30	United States	Miller, RyanRyan Miller	1.0 G	L	34	2014	East Lansing, Michigan
15	Canada	Richardson, BradBrad Richardson	7.0 RW	L	30	2013	Belleville, Ontario
5	Switzerland	Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa	2.0 D	L	25	2014	Ozieri, Italy
22	Sweden	Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin  (A)	6.0 LW	L	34	1999	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
33	Sweden	Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin  (C)	4.0 C	L	34	1999	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
18	Canada	Stanton, RyanRyan Stanton	2.0 D	L	25	2013	St. Albert, Alberta
8	Canada	Tanev, ChristopherChristopher Tanev	2.0 D	R	25	2010	East York, Ontario
7	Canada	Vey, LindenLinden Vey	7.0 RW	R	23	2014	Wakaw, Saskatchewan
17	Czech Republic	Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata	7.0 RW	R	33	2014	Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
6	Switzerland	Weber, YannickYannick Weber	2.0 D	R	26	2013	Morges, Switzerland

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen NHL First Star of the Week November 24, 2014 Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata NHL All-Star game selection January 10, 2015 Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin NHL Second Star of the Week February 23, 2015

Milestones

Regular season Player Milestone Reached Vey, LindenLinden Vey 1st NHL goal October 11, 2014 Edler, AlexanderAlexander Edler 500th NHL game October 23, 2014 Miller, RyanRyan Miller 300th NHL win October 28, 2014 Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata 800th NHL game October 28, 2014 Bonino, NickNick Bonino 200th NHL game November 1, 2014 Higgins, ChrisChris Higgins 300th NHL point November 1, 2014 Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen 400th NHL game November 1, 2014 Horvat, BoBo Horvat 1st NHL game November 4, 2014 DeFazio, BrandonBrandon DeFazio 1st NHL game November 9, 2014 Horvat, BoBo Horvat 1st NHL goal 1st NHL point November 20, 2014 Horvat, BoBo Horvat 1st NHL assist November 23, 2014 Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen 1st NHL hat-trick November 23, 2014 Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin 1,000th NHL game November 23, 2014 Bonino, NickNick Bonino 100th NHL point November 28, 2014 Richardson, BradBrad Richardson 500th NHL game January 1, 2015 Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin 200th NHL goal January 3, 2015 Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa 300th NHL game January 8, 2015 Tanev, ChristopherChristopher Tanev 200th NHL game January 19, 2015 Weber, YannickYannick Weber 200th NHL game January 27, 2015 Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins 1st NHL game January 30, 2015 Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins 1st NHL goal 1st NHL point February 1, 2015 Stanton, RyanRyan Stanton 100th NHL game February 3, 2015 Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata 500th NHL point February 7, 2015 Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins 1st NHL assist February 11, 2015 Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias 1st NHL hat-trick February 13, 2015 Miller, RyanRyan Miller 600th NHL game February 13, 2015 Biega, AlexAlex Biega 1st NHL game 1st NHL goal 1st NHL point February 16, 2015 Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen 100th NHL assist February 16, 2015 Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin 900th NHL point March 3, 2015 Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis 800th NHL game March 12, 2015 Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias 400th NHL game March 22, 2015 Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett 400th NHL game March 22, 2015 Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin 700th NHL assist April 6, 2015

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached Horvat, BoBo Horvat 1st NHL playoff game 1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point April 15, 2015 Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins 1st NHL playoff game April 15, 2015 Lack, EddieEddie Lack 1st NHL playoff game April 15, 2015 Horvat, BoBo Horvat 1st NHL playoff assist April 17, 2015 Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins 1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point April 17, 2015 Lack, EddieEddie Lack 1st NHL playoff win April 17, 2015 Matthias, ShawnShawn Matthias 1st NHL playoff goal April 19, 2015 Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins 1st NHL playoff assist April 19, 2015 Vey, LindenLinden Vey 1st NHL playoff game April 21, 2015 Baertschi, SvenSven Baertschi 1st NHL playoff game April 23, 2015 Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa 1st NHL playoff goal April 25, 2015

Records

Player	Record	Date
Ryan Miller	First Canucks goaltender to post back-to-back road game shutouts in back-to-back days	January 16, 2015
Daniel Sedin	Most career power-play goals in Canucks history	February 7, 2015
Eddie Lack	Most saves by a Canuck goalie in a relief appearance without allowing a goal	February 22, 2015

Transactions

The Canucks been involved in the following transactions:

Trades

Date	Details
June 27, 2014	To Vancouver Canucks: Nick Bonino Luca Sbisa 1st-round pick (24th overall) in 2014 3rd-round pick (85th overall) in 2014	To Anaheim Ducks: Ryan Kesler 3rd-round pick in 2015
June 27, 2014	To Vancouver Canucks: 2nd-round pick (50th overall) in 2014	To Tampa Bay Lightning: Jason Garrison Jeff Costello 7th-round pick in 2015
June 27, 2014	To Vancouver Canucks: Derek Dorsett	To New York Rangers: ANA's 3rd-round pick (85th overall) in 2014
June 28, 2014	To Vancouver Canucks: Linden Vey	To Los Angeles Kings: TBL's 2nd-round pick (50th overall) in 2014
November 20, 2014	To Vancouver Canucks: Will Acton	To Edmonton Oilers: Kellan Lain
November 25, 2014	To Vancouver Canucks: Andrey Pedan	To New York Islanders: Alexandre Mallet 3rd-round pick in 2016
January 29, 2015	To Vancouver Canucks: Adam Clendening	To Chicago Blackhawks: Gustav Forsling
March 2, 2015	To Vancouver Canucks: Cory Conacher	To New York Islanders: Dustin Jeffrey
March 2, 2015	To Vancouver Canucks: Sven Baertschi	To Calgary Flames: 2nd-round pick in 2015

Free agents acquired Player Date Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref Ryan Miller July 1, 2014 St. Louis Blues 3 years, $18 million Bobby Sanguinetti July 1, 2014 Atlant Moscow Oblast 1 year, $600,000 Dustin Jeffrey July 2, 2014 Dallas Stars 1 year, $600,000 Cal O'Reilly July 2, 2014 Utica Comets 1 year, $600,000 Radim Vrbata July 2, 2014 Phoenix Coyotes 2 years, $10 million

Free agents lost Player Date New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref Mike Santorelli July 3, 2014 Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $1.5 million Jordan Schroeder July 11, 2014 Minnesota Wild 2 years, $1.2 million Zac Dalpe July 13, 2014 Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $700,000 Benn Ferriero July 16, 2014 St. Louis Blues 1 year, $600,000 Jeremy Welsh July 21, 2014 St. Louis Blues 1 year, $550,000 David Booth July 22, 2014 Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $1.1 million

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Brandon McMillan Arizona Coyotes February 12, 2015

Player signings Player Date Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref Alex Biega July 1, 2014 1 year, $600,000 contract extension Zack Kassian July 3, 2014 2 year, $3.5 million contract extension Yannick Weber July 4, 2014 1 year, $850,000 contract extension Joe Cannata July 4, 2014 1 year, $600,000 contract extension Peter Andersson July 5, 2014 1 year, $600,000 contract extension Christopher Tanev July 5, 2014 1 year, $2 million contract extension Linden Vey July 14, 2014 1 year, $735,000 contract extension Darren Archibald July 22, 2014 1 year, $600,000 contract extension Brandon DeFazio July 22, 2014 1 year, $600,000 contract extension Jared McCann July 24, 2014 3 year, $2.775 million entry-level contract Jake Virtanen July 25, 2014 3 year, $2.775 million entry-level contract Suspensions and fines Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued Ref Alex Burrows Illegal check to the head of Montreal defenceman Alexei Emelin. 3 games $72,580.65 October 31, 2014 Jannik Hansen Illegal check to the head of San Jose forward Tommy Wingels. — $5,000.00 December 31, 2014 Draft picks See also: List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks The 2014 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Canucks had following picks: Round # Player Pos Nationality College/junior/club team (league) 1 6 Jake Virtanen RW Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL) 1 24[a] Jared McCann C Canada Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) 2 36 Thatcher Demko G United States Boston College Eagles (NCAA D1) 3 66 Nikita Tryamkin D Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL) 5 126 Gustav Forsling D Sweden Linköpings HC (SHL) 6 156 Kyle Pettit C Canada Erie Otters (OHL) 7 186 Mackenze Stewart D Canada Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) Draft notes a Anaheim's first-round pick went to Vancouver, as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014, that sent Ryan Kesler and a third-round pick in 2015 to Anaheim, in exchange for Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa, a third-round pick in 2014, and this pick. Vancouver's fourth-round pick went to Carolina, as the result of a trade on September 28, 2013, that sent Zac Dalpe and Jeremy Welsh to Vancouver, in exchange for Kellan Tochkin and this pick. References