# 2014–15 Vancouver Canucks season

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. The team would not appear in the post season again until the 2019-20 NHL 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
On November 4, rookie Bo Horvat made his NHL debut against the Colorado Avalanche; it was a winning debut for Horvat as the Canucks rally from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2. On November 20, Bo Horvat scored his first NHL goal against the Anaheim Ducks, the Canucks went onto lose the game 4-3 in a shootout. On November 23, Daniel Sedin played his 1000th NHL game against the Chicago Blackhawks; the Canucks went on to defeat the Blackhawks by a final score of 4-1, forward Jannik Hansen also scored his first career hat trick this game.
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

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

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | z – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 43 | 236 | 226 | +10 | 109 |
| 2 | x – Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 48 | 29 | 5 | 42 | 242 | 222 | +20 | 101 |
| 3 | x – Calgary Flames | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 41 | 241 | 216 | +25 | 97 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 38 | 220 | 205 | +15 | 95 |
| 5 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 40 | 33 | 9 | 36 | 228 | 232 | −4 | 89 |
| 6 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 24 | 44 | 14 | 19 | 198 | 283 | −85 | 62 |
| 7 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 24 | 50 | 8 | 19 | 170 | 272 | −102 | 56 |

## Schedule and results
### Pre-season

Regular season
Game log :
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 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold italics = Player scored game-winning goal :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Daniel Sedin | 82 | 20 | 56 | 76 | +5 | 18 |
| Henrik Sedin | 82 | 18 | 55 | 73 | +11 | 22 |
| Radim Vrbata | 79 | 31 | 32 | 63 | +6 | 20 |
| Nick Bonino | 75 | 15 | 24 | 39 | +7 | 22 |
| Chris Higgins | 77 | 12 | 24 | 36 | +8 | 16 |
| Alex Burrows | 70 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 0 | 68 |
| Jannik Hansen | 81 | 16 | 17 | 33 | −6 | 27 |
| Alexander Edler | 74 | 8 | 23 | 31 | +13 | 54 |
| Shawn Matthias | 78 | 18 | 9 | 27 | −3 | 16 |
| Bo Horvat | 68 | 13 | 12 | 25 | −8 | 16 |
| Derek Dorsett | 79 | 7 | 18 | 25 | +4 | 175 |
| Linden Vey | 75 | 10 | 14 | 24 | −3 | 18 |
| Dan Hamhuis | 59 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 0 | 44 |
| Yannick Weber | 65 | 11 | 10 | 21 | +4 | 30 |
| Brad Richardson | 45 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| Christopher Tanev | 70 | 2 | 18 | 20 | +8 | 12 |
| Zack Kassian | 42 | 10 | 6 | 16 | −5 | 81 |
| Kevin Bieksa | 60 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 77 |
| Ronalds Kenins | 30 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −2 | 8 |
| Ryan Stanton | 54 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +9 | 35 |
| Luca Sbisa | 76 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −8 | 46 |
| Sven Baertschi$^†$ | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Adam Clendening$^†$ | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 8 |
| Alex Biega | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| Frank Corrado | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −7 | 0 |
| Tom Sestito | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 |
| Brandon McMillan$^†$ | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Brandon DeFazio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicklas Jensen | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Totals | 82 | 236 | 406 | 642 | +31 | 858 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Jannik Hansen | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 0 |
| Daniel Sedin | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −1 | 0 |
| Radim Vrbata | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
| Bo Horvat | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 2 |
| Henrik Sedin | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 |
| Nick Bonino | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 4 |
| Christopher Tanev | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 |
| Alexander Edler | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| Ronalds Kenins | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Chris Higgins | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Luca Sbisa | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 7 |
| Shawn Matthias | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 10 |
| Alex Burrows | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 21 |
| Brandon McMillan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| Dan Hamhuis | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 16 |
| Linden Vey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sven Baertschi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Richardson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 15 |
| Kevin Bieksa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 9 |
| Derek Dorsett | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 20 |
| Yannick 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 |
| Ryan Miller | 45 | 45 | 2,541:31 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 107 | 2.53 | 1,198 | .911 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Lack | 41 | 35 | 2,323:57 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 95 | 2.45 | 1,201 | .921 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jacob Markstrom | 3 | 2 | 77:38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3.09 | 33 | .879 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 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 |
| Ryan Miller | 3 | 2 | 156:10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2.31 | 67 | .910 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Lack | 4 | 4 | 198:16 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3.03 | 88 | .886 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 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.

## Notable achievements
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Jannik Hansen | NHL First Star of the Week | November 24, 2014 |
| Radim Vrbata | NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2015 |
| Henrik Sedin | NHL Second Star of the Week | February 23, 2015 |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Linden Vey | 1st NHL goal | October 11, 2014 |
| Alexander Edler | 500th NHL game | October 23, 2014 |
| Ryan Miller | 300th NHL win | October 28, 2014 |
| Radim Vrbata | 800th NHL game | October 28, 2014 |
| Nick Bonino | 200th NHL game | November 1, 2014 |
| Chris Higgins | 300th NHL point | November 1, 2014 |
| Jannik Hansen | 400th NHL game | November 1, 2014 |
| Bo Horvat | 1st NHL game | November 4, 2014 |
| Brandon DeFazio | 1st NHL game | November 9, 2014 |
| Bo Horvat | 1st NHL goal 1st NHL point | November 20, 2014 |
| Bo Horvat | 1st NHL assist | November 23, 2014 |
| Jannik Hansen | 1st NHL hat-trick | November 23, 2014 |
| Daniel Sedin | 1,000th NHL game | November 23, 2014 |
| Nick Bonino | 100th NHL point | November 28, 2014 |
| Brad Richardson | 500th NHL game | January 1, 2015 |
| Henrik Sedin | 200th NHL goal | January 3, 2015 |
| Luca Sbisa | 300th NHL game | January 8, 2015 |
| Christopher Tanev | 200th NHL game | January 19, 2015 |
| Yannick Weber | 200th NHL game | January 27, 2015 |
| Ronalds Kenins | 1st NHL game | January 30, 2015 |
| Ronalds Kenins | 1st NHL goal 1st NHL point | February 1, 2015 |
| Ryan Stanton | 100th NHL game | February 3, 2015 |
| Radim Vrbata | 500th NHL point | February 7, 2015 |
| Ronalds Kenins | 1st NHL assist | February 11, 2015 |
| Shawn Matthias | 1st NHL hat-trick | February 13, 2015 |
| Ryan Miller | 600th NHL game | February 13, 2015 |
| Alex Biega | 1st NHL game 1st NHL goal 1st NHL point | February 16, 2015 |
| Jannik Hansen | 100th NHL assist | February 16, 2015 |
| Henrik Sedin | 900th NHL point | March 3, 2015 |
| Dan Hamhuis | 800th NHL game | March 12, 2015 |
| Shawn Matthias | 400th NHL game | March 22, 2015 |
| Derek Dorsett | 400th NHL game | March 22, 2015 |
| Henrik Sedin | 700th NHL assist | April 6, 2015 |
Playoffs :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Bo Horvat | 1st NHL playoff game 1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point | April 15, 2015 |
| Ronalds Kenins | 1st NHL playoff game | April 15, 2015 |
| Eddie Lack | 1st NHL playoff game | April 15, 2015 |
| Bo Horvat | 1st NHL playoff assist | April 17, 2015 |
| Ronalds Kenins | 1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point | April 17, 2015 |
| Eddie Lack | 1st NHL playoff win | April 17, 2015 |
| Shawn Matthias | 1st NHL playoff goal | April 19, 2015 |
| Ronalds Kenins | 1st NHL playoff assist | April 19, 2015 |
| Linden Vey | 1st NHL playoff game | April 21, 2015 |
| Sven Baertschi | 1st NHL playoff game | April 23, 2015 |
| Luca 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 | 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 (64th overall) 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 (53rd overall) in 2015 |

### Player signings

| Player | Date | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| 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

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 | 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.