# 2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 37th NHL season.

## Season overview

The season began on the heels of a blockbuster trade involving goaltender Roberto Luongo and Lukas Krajicek coming to Vancouver in exchange for Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld and Bryan Allen. The acquisition of Luongo combined with the salary increases of the Sedin twins meant that the Canucks were too close to salary cap and as a result, saw names such as Ed Jovanovski, Anson Carter, Nolan Baumgartner, Jarkko Ruutu and Wade Brookbank lost to free agency.
In addition to the departures of high-profile players such as Bertuzzi, Jovanovski and Carter, general manager Dave Nonis had fired Marc Crawford as head coach after the 2005–06 season, and replaced him with Alain Vigneault. The team also added players such as Jan Bulis, Taylor Pyatt, Marc Chouinard and Willie Mitchell, players who many thought are not as highly skilled as the ones who had recently departed. Despite the arrival of Luongo, many hockey analysts and fans predicted before the season began that the team would either miss the playoffs, or at best battle for the last playoff spots as 7th or 8th seed in the Western Conference. However, a few did foresee that the addition of a high-calibre goaltender in Luongo would propel the Canucks into the top three of the conference.
Under such skepticism, the team played mediocre hockey from October to the Christmas break, and received criticism due to the team's lack of scoring during this period. However, after the Christmas break, the team had settled down on Vigneault's coaching system, and played stellar hockey from that point on, exceeding the expectations of fans, analysts and critics alike. On April 7, 2007, the Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks by a score of 4–3 in overtime to clinch the Northwest Division title; their second in the past three seasons. Not only did the team win a division title, this season was known for many milestones, such as Taylor Pyatt setting career high in points, and Alain Vigneault setting a new franchise record for wins as a head coach. Also, second-year player Kevin Bieksa had emerged as a top-four defenceman on the team throughout the season.
On January 9, 2007, the NHL announced that Roberto Luongo had been voted by the fans to start in goal in the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas. Aside from Luongo's selection into the All-Star Game, the first half of the season was also noted for the "Vote for Rory" internet campaign. The campaign was aimed at getting defenceman Rory Fitzpatrick voted into the 2007 All-Star Game, while mocking the NHL system of internet voting which encouraged people to vote as many times as they liked.
For the first time in franchise history, the Canucks ended the regular season with the league's best penalty killing record, with an 86.9% efficiency.
With the division title and third seed in the conference, the Canucks faced off against the Dallas Stars in the Western Quarterfinals. The Canucks first game back in the playoffs was a long one. On April 11, 2007, the Canucks set a franchise record with a quadruple OT win in Game 1. The game was the longest in Canucks history and the sixth longest in league history. Also in this game the Canucks set a record for shots against, allowing 76. The Canucks won this seven-game series despite the fact that every Dallas victory was a shutout for goalie Marty Turco.
The goal scoring woes continued in the second round against Brian Burke's Anaheim Ducks and the Canucks could not score more than two goals in a game. Although Trevor Linden experienced a resurgence and tied for the team lead for scoring in the playoffs, the Sedin twins could not escape the Ducks' tight checking. The third period of Game 4 was a pivotal point as the Canucks could not protect a 2–0 third-period at home and lost in overtime. In the deciding Game 5 in Anaheim, call-up rookie Jannik Hansen attempted to move the puck from the Canucks' zone, but was caught by a thunderous hit by Rob Niedermayer. The puck then went to his brother Scott, right at the blue line, who fired a wrist shot on net. Roberto Luongo, engaged with a referee over whether the puck had cleared the zone, failed to track the puck, which ended up in the back of the net and ended the Canucks' season.

## Regular season

The Canucks finished the regular season with the League's best penalty-kill percentage, at 86.93%.
Northwest Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 222 | 201 | 105 |
| 2 | 7 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 235 | 191 | 104 |
| 3 | 8 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 258 | 226 | 96 |
| 4 | 9 | Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 44 | 31 | 7 | 272 | 251 | 95 |
| 5 | 12 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 195 | 248 | 71 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime/shootout loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM = Penalties in minutes; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Western Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | z-Detroit Red Wings | CE | 82 | 50 | 19 | 13 | 254 | 199 | 113 |
| 2 | y-Anaheim Ducks | PA | 82 | 48 | 20 | 14 | 258 | 208 | 110 |
| 3 | y-Vancouver Canucks | NW | 82 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 222 | 201 | 105 |
| 4 | Nashville Predators | CE | 82 | 51 | 23 | 8 | 272 | 212 | 110 |
| 5 | San Jose Sharks | PA | 82 | 51 | 26 | 5 | 258 | 199 | 107 |
| 6 | Dallas Stars | PA | 82 | 50 | 25 | 7 | 226 | 197 | 107 |
| 7 | Minnesota Wild | NW | 82 | 48 | 26 | 8 | 235 | 191 | 104 |
| 8 | Calgary Flames | NW | 82 | 43 | 29 | 10 | 258 | 226 | 96 |
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| 9 | Colorado Avalanche | NW | 82 | 44 | 31 | 7 | 272 | 251 | 95 |
| 10 | St. Louis Blues | CE | 82 | 34 | 35 | 13 | 214 | 254 | 81 |
| 11 | Columbus Blue Jackets | CE | 82 | 33 | 42 | 7 | 201 | 249 | 73 |
| 12 | Edmonton Oilers | NW | 82 | 32 | 43 | 7 | 195 | 248 | 71 |
| 13 | Chicago Blackhawks | CE | 82 | 31 | 42 | 9 | 201 | 258 | 71 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Kings | PA | 82 | 27 | 41 | 14 | 227 | 283 | 68 |
| 15 | Phoenix Coyotes | PA | 82 | 31 | 46 | 5 | 216 | 284 | 67 |
bold - qualified for playoffs, y - division title, z - best conference record CE - Central Division, NW - Northwest Division, PA - Pacific Division

## Playoffs

The Vancouver Canucks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's third seed.

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2006–07 regular season :
October: 7–5–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 5–3–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
1October 5Vancouver3 – 1DetroitLuongo20,0661–0–02Recap
2October 6Vancouver3 – 2ColumbusOTLuongo18,1362–0–04Recap
3October 8Vancouver2 – 3ColoradoLuongo18,0072–1–04Recap
4October 10Vancouver1 – 2MinnesotaSOLuongo18,0642–1–15Recap
5October 13San Jose6 – 4VancouverLuongo18,6302–2–15Recap
6October 16Edmonton1 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6303–2–17Recap
7October 17Vancouver1 – 2EdmontonSabourin16,8393–3–17Recap
8October 20Vancouver3 – 2St. LouisOTLuongo9,0494–3–19Recap
9October 21Vancouver4 – 3NashvilleOTLuongo16,0735–3–111Recap
10October 23Vancouver1 – 2DallasLuongo16,6395–4–111Recap
11October 25Vancouver5 – 0ChicagoLuongo11,6416–4–113Recap
12October 27Washington2 – 3VancouverSOLuongo18,6307–4–115Recap
13October 31Nashville3 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6307–5–115Recap :
November: 5–8–0 (home: 4–4–0; road: 1–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
14November 2Vancouver2 – 5MinnesotaLuongo18,5687–6–115Recap
15November 4Vancouver2 – 3ColoradoLuongo18,0077–7–115Recap
16November 6Dallas1 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6308–7–117Recap
17November 9Anaheim6 – 0VancouverLuongo18,6308–8–117Recap
18November 11Calgary3 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6308–9–117Recap
19November 14Detroit3 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6308–10–117Recap
20November 17St. Louis2 – 4VancouverLuongo18,6309–10–119Recap
21November 19Chicago1 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63010–10–121Recap
22November 22Vancouver4 – 3DetroitOTLuongo20,06611–10–123Recap
23November 23Vancouver0 – 6NashvilleSabourin15,39611–11–123Recap
24November 25Vancouver1 – 4ColoradoLuongo17,82511–12–123Recap
25November 28Columbus0 – 1VancouverLuongo18,63012–12–125Recap
26November 30Anaheim2 – 1VancouverLuongo18,63012–13–125Recap :
December: 8–5–0 (home: 6–1–0; road: 2–4–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
27December 2Colorado1 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63013–13–127Recap
28December 4Edmonton4 – 0VancouverLuongo18,63013–14–127Recap
29December 8Carolina3 – 4VancouverOTLuongo18,63014–14–129Recap
30December 9Vancouver3 – 5CalgaryLuongo19,28914–15–129Recap
31December 12Phoenix2 – 5VancouverLuongo18,63015–15–131Recap
32December 14Calgary1 – 3VancouverLuongo18,63016–15–133Recap
33December 16Minnesota1 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63017–15–135Recap
34December 19Vancouver2 – 5MinnesotaLuongo18,56817–16–135Recap
35December 21Vancouver0 – 2BostonSabourin12,34817–17–135Recap
36December 22Vancouver2 – 3ColumbusLuongo15,86117–18–135Recap
37December 26Vancouver3 – 1CalgaryLuongo19,28918–18–137Recap
38December 27Calgary5 – 6VancouverOTLuongo18,63019–18–139Recap
39December 30Vancouver6 – 2EdmontonLuongo16,83920–18–141Recap :
January: 8–1–3 (home: 4–1–2; road: 4–0–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
40January 2Vancouver3 – 2CalgaryLuongo19,28921–18–143Recap
41January 3Dallas1 – 2VancouverSOLuongo18,63022–18–145Recap
42January 5Edmonton2 – 3VancouverOTLuongo18,63023–18–147Recap
43January 7Florida3 – 4VancouverSOLuongo18,63024–18–149Recap
44January 11Minnesota5 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63024–19–149Recap
45January 13Vancouver6 – 1TorontoLuongo19,60825–19–151Recap
46January 16Vancouver4 – 0MontrealLuongo21,27326–19–153Recap
47January 18Vancouver2 – 1OttawaLuongo19,16127–19–155Recap
48January 19Vancouver3 – 4BuffaloSOSabourin18,69027–19–256Recap
49January 26Los Angeles3 – 2VancouverOTLuongo18,63027–19–357Recap
50January 28San Jose1 – 3VancouverLuongo18,63028–19–359Recap
51January 30Columbus3 – 2VancouverSOLuongo18,63028–19–460Recap :
February: 8–3–1 (home: 3–1–0; road: 5–2–1)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
52February 1Edmonton3 – 5VancouverLuongo18,63029–19–462Recap
53February 3Vancouver3 – 4CalgaryLuongo19,28929–20–462Recap
54February 6Vancouver5 – 2EdmontonLuongo16,83930–20–464Recap
55February 7Chicago3 – 0VancouverLuongo18,63030–21–464Recap
56February 10Atlanta2 – 3VancouverLuongo18,63031–21–466Recap
57February 14Vancouver3 – 2MinnesotaOTLuongo18,56832–21–468Recap
58February 16Vancouver2 – 1ChicagoSOLuongo14,55233–21–470Recap
59February 18Colorado4 – 5VancouverLuongo18,63034–21–472Recap
60February 20Vancouver3 – 2AnaheimOTSabourin17,46735–21–474Recap
61February 22Vancouver3 – 2Los AngelesLuongo17,73736–21–476Recap
62February 25Vancouver1 – 2DallasOTLuongo17,71236–21–577Recap
63February 27Vancouver1 – 3St. LouisLuongo10,41136–22–577Recap :
March: 11–2–2 (home: 6–1–2; road: 5–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
64March 1Phoenix3 – 4VancouverLuongo18,63037–22–579Recap
65March 4Minnesota3 – 4VancouverSOLuongo18,63038–22–581Recap
66March 6Tampa Bay1 – 5VancouverLuongo18,63039–22–583Recap
67March 8Vancouver4 – 2PhoenixSabourin13,84140–22–585Recap
68March 9Vancouver2 – 1San JoseOTLuongo17,49641–22–587Recap
69March 11Vancouver2 – 4AnaheimLuongo17,17441–23–587Recap
70March 13Minnesota3 – 2VancouverOTLuongo18,63041–23–688Recap
71March 15St. Louis2 – 3VancouverOTLuongo18,63042–23–690Recap
72March 17Detroit1 – 4VancouverLuongo18,63043–23–692Recap
73March 19Vancouver2 – 1EdmontonLuongo16,83944–23–694Recap
74March 21Nashville0 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63045–23–696Recap
75March 25Colorado5 – 4VancouverSOLuongo18,63045–23–797Recap
76March 27Vancouver3 – 0ColoradoLuongo17,43746–23–799Recap
77March 29Vancouver4 – 2Los AngelesLuongo17,91647–23–7101Recap
78March 31Calgary3 – 2VancouverLuongo18,63047–24–7101Recap :
April: 2–2–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 1–1–0)
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPointsRecap
79April 3Los Angeles2 – 4VancouverLuongo18,63048–24–7103Recap
80April 5Colorado3 – 1VancouverLuongo18,63048–25–7103Recap
81April 7Vancouver4 – 3San JoseOTLuongo17,49649–25–7105Recap
82April 8Vancouver1 – 3PhoenixSabourin17,40649–26–7105Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

### Playoffs

2007 Stanley Cup playoffs :
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (6) Dallas Stars: Vancouver won 4–3
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 11Dallas4 – 5Vancouver4OTLuongo18,6301 – 0Recap
2April 13Dallas2 – 0VancouverLuongo18,6301 – 1Recap
3April 15Vancouver2 – 1Dallas1OTLuongo18,5322 – 1Recap
4April 17Vancouver2 – 1DallasLuongo18,5323 – 1Recap
5April 19Dallas1 – 0Vancouver1OTLuongo18,6303 – 2Recap
6April 21Vancouver0 – 2DallasLuongo18,6003 – 3Recap
7April 23Dallas1 – 4VancouverLuongo18,6304 – 3Recap :
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks: Anaheim won 4–1
GameDateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceSeriesRecap
1April 25Vancouver1 – 5AnaheimLuongo17,2500 – 1Recap
2April 27Vancouver2 – 1Anaheim2OTLuongo17,3921 – 1Recap
3April 29Anaheim3 – 2VancouverLuongo18,6301 – 2Recap
4May 1Anaheim3 – 2Vancouver1OTLuongo18,6301 – 3Recap
5May 3Vancouver1 – 2Anaheim2OTLuongo17,4071 – 4Recap :
Legend:
  Win
  Loss :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Centre; D = Defence; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 22 | Daniel Sedin | LW | 81 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −5 | 4 |
| 33 | Henrik Sedin | C | 82 | 10 | 71 | 81 | 19 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −8 | 14 |
| 19 | Markus Naslund | RW | 82 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 3 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −1 | 16 |
| 7 | Brendan Morrison | C | 82 | 20 | 31 | 51 | −9 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Kevin Bieksa | D | 81 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 1 | 134 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 20 |
| 9 | Taylor Pyatt | LW | 76 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 5 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 6 |
| 6 | Sami Salo | D | 67 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Mattias Ohlund | D | 77 | 11 | 20 | 31 | −3 | 80 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
| 24 | Matt Cooke | LW | 81 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Trevor Linden | C | 80 | 12 | 13 | 25 | −6 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 |
| 38 | Jan Bulis | C | 79 | 12 | 11 | 23 | −8 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Ryan Kesler | C | 48 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Lukas Krajicek | D | 78 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −4 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 12 |
| 8 | Willie Mitchell | D | 62 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 12 |
| 20 | Jeff Cowan† | LW | 42 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 93 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| 14 | Alexandre Burrows | LW | 81 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −7 | 93 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 21 | Bryan Smolinski† | C | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −3 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 25 | Josh Green | C | 57 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 18 | Rory Fitzpatrick | D | 58 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 |
| 26 | Tommi Santala | C | 30 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Brent Sopel† | D | 20 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | Marc Chouinard | C | 42 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Alexander Edler | D | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Yannick Tremblay | D | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −6 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | Roberto Luongo | G | 76 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 29 | Patrick Coulombe† | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 39 | Brad Moran | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Tyler Bouck | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Luc Bourdon | D | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 27 | Lee Goren | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 45 | Nathan McIver | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 37 | Brandon Reid | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Rick Rypien | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Dany Sabourin | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 20 | Jesse Schultz | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Nathan Smith | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Jannik Hansen | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | OT | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI | GP | W | L | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 1 | Roberto Luongo | 76 | 47 | 22 | 6 | 2169 | 171 | 2.28 | .921 | 5 | 4490 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 427 | 25 | 1.77 | .941 | 0 | 847 |
| 35 | Dany Sabourin | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 224 | 21 | 2.63 | .906 | 0 | 480 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4.14 | .909 | 0 | 14 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honour | Recipient |
| League (annual) | Jack Adams Award | Alain Vigneault |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Roberto Luongo (Goaltender) |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Roberto Luongo |
| League (in-season) | NHL First Star of the Week | Roberto Luongo (January 7) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Third Star of the Month | Roberto Luongo (January) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Third Star of the Week | Daniel Sedin (December 31) |
| Team | Babe Pratt Trophy | Kevin Bieksa |
| Team | Cyclone Taylor Trophy | Roberto Luongo |
| Team | Cyrus H. McLean Trophy | Daniel Sedin |
| Team | Fred J. Hume Award | Kevin Bieksa |
| Team | Molson Cup | Roberto Luongo |
| Team | Most Exciting Player Award | Roberto Luongo |

### Milestones
#### Roberto Luongo

* Was voted in by the fans to represent the Western Conference at the 2007 All-Star Game in Dallas, as the starting goaltender on January 9, 2007. In addition, Luongo won the goaltenders' competition at the All-Star Skills Competition by allowing the fewest goals-against for the In The Zone and Shootout events on January 23, 2007.
* Earned his 39th victory on March 9, 2007, at San Jose. With the win, Luongo broke the franchise single-season win record of 38, which was set by Kirk McLean in the 1991–92 NHL season.
* Played in his 73rd game this season on March 31, 2007, vs. Calgary. By playing that game Luongo broke the franchise single-season games played record, which was held by Gary Smith in the 1974–75 NHL season.
* Named on the NHL Second All-Star Team on June 14, 2007.
* Was the Monthly Award winner of the Mark Messier Leadership Award on March 21, 2007.
* Nominated for the Vezina Trophy, but lost to Martin Brodeur on June 14, 2007.
* Nominated for the Lester B. Pearson Award, but lost to Sidney Crosby on June 14, 2007.
* Nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy, but lost to Sidney Crosby on June 14, 2007.

#### Daniel Sedin

* Played in his 400th career NHL and Canuck game on October 8, 2006, at Colorado.
* Registered his 100th career NHL and Canuck goal on January 13, 2007, at Toronto. With the goal, Sedin became the sixth most prolific scoring left winger in Canucks history with 237 points.
* Scored the OT game-winner on March 15, 2007, vs. St. Louis, tying an NHL record with his fourth this season.
* Got a goal and an assist on March 27, 2007, at Colorado, to register his 300th career NHL and Canuck point.

#### Henrik Sedin

* Recorded one assist on February 1, 2007, vs. Edmonton. With the assist, Sedin recorded his 200th career NHL and Canuck assist.
* Recorded three assists on March 25, 2007, vs. Colorado, to break the franchise single-season assists record with 63. The previous record was 62, set by Andre Boudrias in the 1974–75 NHL season.
* Recorded two assists on April 3, 2007, vs. Los Angeles, to earn his 300th and 301st career NHL and Canuck points.
* Scored the game-winning goal in Game 1 vs. Dallas ending the longest overtime game in team history and the 6th longest in NHL history on April 11, 2007. He was set up by his brother Daniel and Mattias Ohlund.

#### Trevor Linden

* Scored his 300th career goal as a Canuck on October 6, 2006, at Detroit.
* Got an assist, to earn his 400th career assist and his 700th career point as a Canuck on November 14, 2006, vs. Detroit.
* Played his 1,300th career NHL game on February 18, 2007, at Colorado.
* Scored his 12th goal on March 19, 2007, at Edmonton to record his 367th career NHL goal to surpass Jacques Lemaire (366) as the 97th all-time goal scorer in league history.

#### Markus Naslund

* Became the all-time franchise goal scoring leader with 301 goals on October 17, 2006, at Edmonton.
* Played his 900th career NHL game on December 8, 2006, vs. Carolina.
* Registered his 103rd power play goal as a Canuck to become the all-time franchise leader in power play goals on February 14, 2007, at Minnesota.

#### Brendan Morrison

* Earned his 400th career NHL point with an assist on October 13, 2006, vs. San Jose.
* On November 22, 2006, at Detroit, Morrison scored the overtime winner to become the franchise leader in overtime goals.
* Played his 600th career NHL game on January 18, 2007, at Ottawa.
* Sets a new franchise "Ironman" record playing his 483rd consecutive game on February 22, 2007, at Los Angeles, breaking the record that was previously held by Trevor Linden. On February 25, he became the NHL's active leader with 492 games. Finished the season with 512 consecutive games.

#### Alain Vigneault

* Recorded 36 wins as head coach of the Canucks on February 22, 2007, at Los Angeles. With the win, Vigneault recorded the most wins by a Vancouver Canucks head coach during his first year behind the bench.
* On March 29, 2007, set a new franchise record for wins in a season with his 47th victory at Los Angeles. The record was previously held by coach Pat Quinn and was set in the 1992–93 NHL season.
* Won the Jack Adams Award for Coach of the Year on June 14, 2007.

#### Others

* Luc Bourdon played in his first NHL game on October 10, 2006, at Minnesota.
* Taylor Pyatt earned his 100th career NHL point on an even-strength goal on October 16, 2006, vs. Edmonton.
* Lukas Krajicek played in his 100th career NHL game on October 23, 2006, at Dallas.
* Alexander Edler played in his first NHL game on November 4, 2006, at Colorado.
* Patrick Coulombe and Nathan McIver played in their first NHL game on November 9, 2006, vs. Anaheim.
* Sami Salo recorded his 100th career NHL point on November 11, 2006, vs. Calgary.
* Jesse Schultz played in his first NHL game on November 28, 2006, vs. Columbus.
* Mattias Ohlund played in his 600th career NHL game as a Canuck game on January 5, 2007, vs. Edmonton.
* Matt Cooke earned his 100th career NHL point as a Canuck on an assist on February 14, 2007, at Minnesota.
* Jannik Hansen played in his first NHL game on April 13, 2007, vs. Dallas.

## Transactions

The Canucks were involved in the following transactions from June 20, 2006, the day after the deciding game of the 2006 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 6, 2007, the day of the deciding game of the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 24, 2006 (2006-06-24) | To Vancouver Canucks Lukas KrajicekRoberto Luongo6th-round pick in 2006 | To Florida Panthers Bryan AllenAlex AuldTodd Bertuzzi |
| July 5, 2006 (2006-07-05) | To Vancouver Canucks 2nd-round pick in 2007Conditional draft pick in 2009 | To Los Angeles Kings Dan Cloutier |
| July 14, 2006 (2006-07-14) | To Vancouver Canucks Taylor Pyatt | To Buffalo Sabres 4th-round pick in 2007 |
| September 12, 2006 (2006-09-12) | To Vancouver Canucks Drew MacIntyre | To Detroit Red Wings Conditional draft pick in 2007 |
| January 24, 2007 (2007-01-24) | To Vancouver Canucks Colby Genoway | To Anaheim Ducks Joe Rullier |
| February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) | To Vancouver Canucks Bryan Smolinski | To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional 2nd-round pick in 2007 |
| February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26) | To Vancouver Canucks Brent Sopel | To Los Angeles Kings 2nd-round pick in 2007 or 20084th-round pick in 2008 |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Willie Mitchell | Dallas Stars | 4-year | Free agency |
| July 20, 2006 (2006-07-20) | Marc Chouinard | Minnesota Wild | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) | Shaun Heshka | Everett Silvertips (WHL) | | Free agency |
| July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) | Joe Rullier | New York Rangers | | Free agency |
| July 25, 2006 (2006-07-25) | Jan Bulis | Montreal Canadiens | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28) | Yannick Tremblay | Adler Mannheim (DEL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 18, 2006 (2006-08-18) | Rory Fitzpatrick | Buffalo Sabres | | Free agency |
| October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04) | Dany Sabourin | Pittsburgh Penguins | | Waivers |
| November 3, 2006 (2006-11-03) | Patrick Coulombe | Manitoba Moose (AHL) | 3-year | Free agency |
| December 30, 2006 (2006-12-30) | Jeff Cowan | Los Angeles Kings | | Waivers |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Nolan Baumgartner | Philadelphia Flyers | Free agency (III) |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Keith Carney | Minnesota Wild | Free agency (III) |
| July 1, 2006 (2006-07-01) | Ed Jovanovski | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency (III) |
| July 4, 2006 (2006-07-04) | Jarkko Ruutu | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency (III) |
| July 21, 2006 (2006-07-21) | Wade Brookbank | Boston Bruins | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) | Jozef Balej | HC Fribourg-Gotteron (NLA) | Free agency (II) |
| July 28, 2006 (2006-07-28) | Sean Brown | DEG Metro Stars (DEL) | Free agency (III) |
| July 29, 2006 (2006-07-29) | Craig Darby | Augsburger Panther (DEL) | Free agency (III) |
| August 4, 2006 (2006-08-04) | Mika Noronen | Ak Bars Kazan (RSL) | Free agency (II) |
| August 7, 2006 (2006-08-07) | Eric Weinrich | | Retirement (III) |
| September 13, 2006 (2006-09-13) | Anson Carter | Columbus Blue Jackets | Free agency (III) |
| September 13, 2006 (2006-09-13) | Jason King | Skelleftea AIK (SHL) | Free agency (II) |
| October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02) | Richard Park | New York Islanders | Free agency (III) |
| October 3, 2006 (2006-10-03) | Rob McVicar | Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| November 15, 2006 (2006-11-15) | Jason Doig | Traktor Chelyabinsk (RSL) | Free agency (III) |
| February 1, 2007 (2007-02-01) | Maxime Ouellet | Kassel Huskies (ESBG) | Free agency (VI) |
| May 29, 2007 (2007-05-29) | Brandon Reid | DEG Metro Stars (DEL) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 29, 2006 (2006-06-29) | Roberto Luongo | 4-year | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30) | Daniel Sedin | 3-year | Re-signing |
| June 30, 2006 (2006-06-30) | Henrik Sedin | 3-year | Re-signing |
| July 3, 2006 (2006-07-03) | Wade Flaherty | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 16, 2006 (2006-07-16) | Daniel Rahimi | | Entry-level |
| July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) | Alexander Edler | | Entry-level |
| July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) | Lee Goren | | Re-signing |
| July 24, 2006 (2006-07-24) | Jannik Hansen | | Entry-level |
| August 17, 2006 (2006-08-17) | Kevin Bieksa | | Re-signing |
| August 17, 2006 (2006-08-17) | Tyler Bouck | | Re-signing |
| August 19, 2006 (2006-08-19) | Prestin Ryan | | Re-signing |
| August 19, 2006 (2006-08-19) | Jesse Schultz | | Re-signing |
| September 8, 2006 (2006-09-08) | Alex Burrows | 3-year | Re-signing |
| September 8, 2006 (2006-09-08) | Lukas Krajicek | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 11, 2006 (2006-09-11) | Trevor Linden | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 14, 2006 (2006-09-14) | Ryan Kesler | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 16, 2006 (2006-09-16) | Josh Green | 1-year | Re-signing |
| March 27, 2007 (2007-03-27) | Mason Raymond | | Entry-level |
| March 29, 2007 (2007-03-29) | Sami Salo | 4-year | Extension |
| May 24, 2007 (2007-05-24) | Ryan Kesler | 3-year | Extension |
| May 30, 2007 (2007-05-30) | Mario Bliznak | | Entry-level |
| June 4, 2007 (2007-06-04) | Taylor Pyatt | 2-year | Extension |

## Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2006 NHL entry draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | NHL team | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 14 | Michael Grabner (RW) | Austria | Vancouver Canucks | Spokane Chiefs (WHL) |
| 3 | 82 | Daniel Rahimi (D) | Sweden | Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim) | IF Björklöven (Swe Jr.) |
| 6 | 163 | Sergei Shirokov (W) | Russia | Vancouver Canucks (from Florida) | HC CSKA Moscow (Russian Superleague) |
| 6 | 167 | Juraj Simek (LW) | Slovakia | Vancouver Canucks | Kloten Flyers (Nationalliga A) |
| 7 | 197 | Evan Fuller (RW) | Canada | Vancouver Canucks | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |

## Farm teams
### Manitoba Moose

AHL affiliate that is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and their home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2000–01 AHL season. In the 2006–07 AHL season, Manitoba finished in 1st place in the North Division, it was the franchises first regular season divisional championship in history. In addition, Mike Keane won the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for Sportsmanship, Perseverance and overall dedication to hockey. In the playoffs, the Manitoba Moose defeated the Grand Rapids Griffins, 4 games to 3, in the first round. However, Manitoba would eventually be eliminated by the Hamilton Bulldogs, 4 games to 2, in the second round of the playoffs.

### Victoria Salmon Kings

ECHL affiliate that is based in Victoria, British Columbia and their home arena is the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. This is the first year that the franchise has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks in its three-year existence. In the 2006–07 ECHL season, the Salmon Kings established their first winning record by going on a nine-game winning streak to end the regular season. The Salmon Kings finished 7th overall in the National Conference and made their first playoff appearance against the Alaska Aces in the National Quarterfinal. The Salmon Kings would win Game 1 by a score of 3–2, however, the Aces would win 4 of the next 5 games to win the series 4–2, eliminating Salmon Kings from the playoffs.