# 2017–18 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2017–18 Vancouver Canucks season was the 48th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. 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.

## Standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 51 | 24 | 7 | 47 | 272 | 228 | +44 | 109 |
| 2 | x – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 40 | 235 | 216 | +19 | 101 |
| 3 | x – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 45 | 27 | 10 | 40 | 252 | 229 | +23 | 100 |
| 4 | x – Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 43 | 239 | 203 | +36 | 98 |
| 5 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 35 | 218 | 248 | −30 | 84 |
| 6 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 31 | 234 | 263 | −29 | 78 |
| 7 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 31 | 218 | 264 | −46 | 73 |
| 8 | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 27 | 208 | 256 | −48 | 70 |
Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | PA | x – Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 45 | 29 | 8 | 43 | 239 | 203 | +36 | 98 |
| 2 | CE | x – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 43 | 30 | 9 | 41 | 257 | 237 | +20 | 95 |
| 3 | CE | St. Louis Blues | 82 | 44 | 32 | 6 | 41 | 226 | 222 | +4 | 94 |
| 4 | CE | Dallas Stars | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 38 | 235 | 225 | +10 | 92 |
| 5 | PA | Calgary Flames | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 35 | 218 | 248 | −30 | 84 |
| 6 | PA | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 36 | 40 | 6 | 31 | 234 | 263 | −29 | 78 |
| 7 | CE | Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 32 | 229 | 256 | −27 | 76 |
| 8 | PA | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 31 | 40 | 11 | 31 | 218 | 264 | −46 | 73 |
| 9 | PA | Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 29 | 41 | 12 | 27 | 208 | 256 | −48 | 70 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 14, 2017.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 22, 2017.
2017–18 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Detailed records

Western Conference :
| Central Division |||||||
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pts. | Goals scored | Goals allowed |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 2–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 3–0–0 | 6 | 14 | 6 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 1–0–1 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–1 | 3 | 9 | 11 |
| Dallas Stars | 0–0–1 | 2–0–0 | 2–0–1 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| Minnesota Wild | 0–1–0 | 2–0–0 | 2–1–0 | 4 | 6 | 7 |
| Nashville Predators | 0–1–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–1 | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| St. Louis Blues | 0–1–1 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–1 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 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 |
| Anaheim Ducks | 1–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 1–3–0 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| Arizona Coyotes | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–2–0 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Calgary Flames | 0–2–0 | 1–1–0 | 1–3–0 | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| Edmonton Oilers | 2–0–0 | 0–1–1 | 2–1–1 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 1–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2–2–0 | 4 | 12 | 11 |
| San Jose Sharks | 1–1–0 | 0–2–1 | 1–3–1 | 3 | 12 | 22 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 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 |
Eastern Conference :
| Atlantic Division |||||||
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pts. | Goals scored | Goals allowed |
| Boston Bruins | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Florida Panthers | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| Ottawa Senators | 0–0–1 | 1–0–0 | 1–0–1 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 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 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| New Jersey Devils | 0–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 0–2–0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| New York Islanders | 1–0–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| New York Rangers | 0–0–1 | 0–0–1 | 0–0–2 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 0–1–0 | 1–0–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 1–0–0 | 1–0–0 | 2–0–0 | 4 | 9 | 4 |
| Washington Capitals | 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 |

## Player statistics

Final stats

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Brock Boeser | 62 | 29 | 26 | 55 | −5 | 16 |
| Daniel Sedin | 81 | 23 | 32 | 55 | −21 | 40 |
| Henrik Sedin | 82 | 3 | 47 | 50 | −22 | 30 |
| Bo Horvat | 64 | 22 | 22 | 44 | −1 | 10 |
| Thomas Vanek$^‡$ | 61 | 17 | 24 | 41 | −12 | 28 |
| Alexander Edler | 70 | 6 | 28 | 34 | −18 | 68 |
| Sam Gagner | 74 | 10 | 21 | 31 | −18 | 31 |
| Sven Bartschi | 53 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 20 |
| Brandon Sutter | 61 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 8 |
| Loui Eriksson | 50 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 4 |
| Michael Del Zotto | 82 | 6 | 16 | 22 | −8 | 48 |
| Derrick Pouliot | 71 | 3 | 19 | 22 | −22 | 39 |
| Jake Virtanen | 75 | 10 | 10 | 20 | −11 | 46 |
| Nikolay Goldobin | 38 | 8 | 6 | 14 | −14 | 6 |
| Markus Granlund | 53 | 8 | 4 | 12 | −10 | 8 |
| Christopher Tanev | 42 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| Troy Stecher | 68 | 1 | 10 | 11 | −7 | 35 |
| Jussi Jokinen$^†$ | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| Derek Dorsett | 20 | 7 | 2 | 9 | −1 | 74 |
| Darren Archibald | 27 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −1 | 14 |
| Brendan Leipsic$^†$ | 14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 10 |
| Alex Biega | 43 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 32 |
| Brendan Gaunce | 37 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Alexander Burmistrov | 24 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −5 | 12 |
| Ben Hutton | 61 | 0 | 6 | 6 | −9 | 23 |
| Reid Boucher | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −12 | 0 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 52 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −7 | 35 |
| Nic Dowd$^†$ | 40 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −7 | 16 |
| Tyler Motte$^†$ | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 |
| Ashton Sautner | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Jayson Megna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Holm$^‡$ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 |
| Adam Gaudette | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Chaput | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 5 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Jacob Markstrom | 60 | 57 | 3,413:43 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 154 | 2.71 | 1,745 | .912 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Anders Nilsson | 27 | 24 | 1,463:41 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 84 | 3.44 | 850 | .901 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Thatcher Demko | 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.

## Awards and honours
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Brock Boeser | NHL Rookie of the Month for November | December 1, 2017 |
| Brock Boeser | NHL Rookie of the Month for December | January 2, 2018 |
| Brock Boeser | NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2018 |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Brandon Sutter | 600th career NHL game | October 14, 2017 |
| Sam Gagner | 700th career NHL game | October 14, 2017 |
| Jacob Markstrom | 100th career NHL start | October 14, 2017 |
| Derek Dorsett | 500th career NHL game | October 17, 2017 |
| Thomas Vanek | 700th career NHL point | October 17, 2017 |
| Sven Bartschi | 100th career NHL point | October 26, 2017 |
| Alexander Burmistrov | 100th career NHL point | October 26, 2017 |
| Alex Biega | 100th career NHL game | November 4, 2017 |
| Brock Boeser | 1st career NHL hat-trick | November 4, 2017 |
| Thomas Vanek | 900th career NHL game | November 7, 2017 |
| Michael Del Zotto | 500th career NHL game | November 9, 2017 |
| Loui Eriksson | 800th career NHL game | November 22, 2017 |
| Alexander Edler | 700th career NHL game | November 26, 2017 |
| Daniel Sedin | 1000th career NHL point | November 30, 2017 |
| Jacob Markstrom | 1st career NHL shutout | December 5, 2017 |
| Markus Granlund | 200th career NHL game | December 9, 2017 |
| Michael Del Zotto | 200th career NHL point | December 9, 2017 |
| Henrik Sedin | 800th career NHL assist | December 13, 2017 |
| Derrick Pouliot | 100th career NHL game | December 21, 2017 |
| Nic Dowd | 100th career NHL game | December 30, 2017 |
| Brendan Gaunce | 100th career NHL game | December 30, 2017 |
| Jake Virtanen | 100th career NHL game | December 30, 2017 |
| Troy Stecher | 100th career NHL game | January 9, 2018 |
| Henrik Sedin | 1300th career NHL game | February 3, 2018 |
| Anders Nilsson | 100th career NHL game | February 23, 2018 |
| Ben Hutton | 200th career NHL game | March 2, 2018 |
| Daniel Sedin | 1300th career NHL game | March 25, 2018 |
| Ashton Sautner | 1st career NHL game | March 25, 2018 |
| Adam Gaudette | 1st career NHL game | March 29, 2018 |
| Thatcher Demko | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL win | March 31, 2018 |
| Ashton Sautner | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | March 31, 2018 |

### Records

| Player | Record | Date |
| Alexander Edler | Most points by Canucks defenceman | March 2, 2018 |

## Suspensions/fines

| Player | Explanation | Length | Salary | Date issued |
| Erik Gudbranson | Boarding Boston forward Frank Vatrano | 1 game | $18,817.20 | October 20, 2017 |

## Transactions

The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2017–18 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03) | To Vancouver CanucksDerrick Pouliot | To Pittsburgh PenguinsAndrey Pedan 4th-round pick in 2018 |
| December 7, 2017 (2017-12-07) | To Vancouver CanucksNic Dowd | To Los Angeles KingsJordan Subban |
| February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) | To Vancouver CanucksBrendan Leipsic | To Vegas Golden KnightsPhilip Holm |
| February 26, 2018 (2018-02-26) | To Vancouver CanucksJussi Jokinen Tyler Motte | To Columbus Blue JacketsThomas Vanek |

### Player signings

| Date | Player | Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) |
| July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) | Anton Rodin | 1-year, $700,000 |
| July 7, 2017 (2017-07-07) | Joseph LaBate | 1-year, $650,000 |
| July 12, 2017 (2017-07-12) | Evan McEneny | 2-year, $1.315 million |
| July 13, 2017 (2017-07-13) | Michael Chaput | 1-year, $687,500 |
| July 24, 2017 (2017-07-24) | Reid Boucher | 2-year, $1.315 million |
| August 9, 2017 (2017-08-09) | Brendan Gaunce | 2-year, $1.5 million |
| September 8, 2017 (2017-09-08) | Bo Horvat | 6-year, $33 million |
| October 16, 2017 (2017-10-16) | Jonah Gadjovich | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| February 20, 2018 (2018-02-20) | Erik Gudbranson | 3-year, $12 million contract extension |
| February 28, 2018 (2018-02-28) | Alex Biega | 2-year, $1.65 million contract extension |
| March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01) | Kole Lind | 3-year, $3.375 million entry-level contract |
| March 8, 2018 (2018-03-08) | Ashton Sautner | 2-year, $1.35 million contract extension |
| March 26, 2018 (2018-03-26) | Adam Gaudette | 3-year, $4.475 million entry-level contract |
| April 20, 2018 (2018-04-20) | Lukas Jasek | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| May 25, 2018 (2018-05-25) | Elias Pettersson | 3-year, $11.325 million entry-level contract |
| May 28, 2018 (2018-05-28) | Petrus Palmu | 2-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| May 31, 2018 (2018-05-31) | Michael DiPietro | 3-year, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| June 19, 2018 (2018-06-19) | Reid Boucher | 1-year, $725,000 contract extension |
| June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20) | Richard Bachman | 2-year, $1.35 million contract extension |

## 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) |
| 1 | 5 | Elias Pettersson | C | Sweden | Timra IK (Allsvenskan) |
| 2 | 33 | Kole Lind | RW | Canada | Kelowna Rockets (WHL) |
| 2 | 55$^1$ | Jonah Gadjovich | LW | Canada | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) |
| 3 | 64 | Michael DiPietro | G | Canada | Windsor Spitfires (OHL) |
| 4 | 95 | Jack Rathbone | D | United States | Dexter School (USHS) |
| 5 | 135$^2$ | Kristoffer Gunnarsson | D | Sweden | IK Oskarshamn (Allsvenskan) |
| 6 | 181$^3$ | Petrus Palmu | LW | Finland | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) |
| 7 | 188 | Matt Brassard | D | Canada | Oshawa Generals (OHL) |

### Draft notes

* The Columbus Blue Jackets' second-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as compensation for Columbus hiring John Tortorella as their head coach on October 21, 2015.
* The Carolina Hurricanes' fifth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017, that sent San Jose's fourth-round pick in 2017 (112th overall) to Chicago in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2017 (181st overall) and this pick.
* The Chicago Blackhawks' sixth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 24, 2017, that sent San Jose's fourth-round pick in 2017 (112th overall) to Chicago in exchange for Carolina's fifth-round pick in 2017 (135th overall) and this pick.