# 2024–25 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2024–25 Vancouver Canucks season is the 55th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.
The Canucks will look to improve from their 2023–24 season, where they finished first place in the Pacific Division but were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Vegas Golden Knights | 67 | 39 | 20 | 8 | 36 | 222 | 184 | +38 | 86 |
| 2 | Edmonton Oilers | 67 | 39 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 214 | 194 | +20 | 82 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Kings | 66 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 31 | 186 | 172 | +14 | 81 |
| 4 | Vancouver Canucks | 67 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 24 | 185 | 203 | −18 | 73 |
| 5 | Calgary Flames | 66 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 24 | 171 | 196 | −25 | 71 |
| 6 | Anaheim Ducks | 67 | 29 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 179 | 211 | −32 | 65 |
| 7 | Seattle Kraken | 68 | 29 | 34 | 5 | 23 | 203 | 221 | −18 | 63 |
| 8 | e – San Jose Sharks | 68 | 18 | 41 | 9 | 13 | 178 | 255 | −77 | 45 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CE | Minnesota Wild | 68 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 187 | 195 | −8 | 81 |
| 2 | PA | Vancouver Canucks | 67 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 24 | 185 | 203 | −18 | 73 |
| 3 | CE | St. Louis Blues | 68 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 202 | 202 | 0 | 73 |
| 4 | PA | Calgary Flames | 66 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 24 | 171 | 196 | −25 | 71 |
| 5 | CE | Utah Hockey Club | 67 | 30 | 26 | 11 | 22 | 190 | 198 | −8 | 71 |
| 6 | PA | Anaheim Ducks | 67 | 29 | 31 | 7 | 21 | 179 | 211 | −32 | 65 |
| 7 | PA | Seattle Kraken | 68 | 29 | 34 | 5 | 23 | 203 | 221 | −18 | 63 |
| 8 | CE | Nashville Predators | 66 | 25 | 33 | 8 | 21 | 171 | 214 | −43 | 58 |
| 9 | CE | Chicago Blackhawks | 67 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 17 | 182 | 237 | −55 | 49 |
| 10 | PA | e – San Jose Sharks | 68 | 18 | 41 | 9 | 13 | 178 | 255 | −77 | 45 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 21, 2024.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.
2024–25 game log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Quinn Hughes | 53 | 16 | 47 | 63 | +9 | 27 |
| Elias Pettersson | 61 | 15 | 27 | 42 | −12 | 14 |
| Conor Garland | 67 | 17 | 24 | 41 | −9 | 50 |
| Jake DeBrusk | 67 | 23 | 15 | 38 | −14 | 14 |
| Brock Boeser | 60 | 18 | 20 | 38 | −26 | 16 |
| J. T. Miller$^‡$ | 40 | 9 | 26 | 35 | −4 | 37 |
| Pius Suter | 66 | 18 | 14 | 32 | +3 | 10 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | 63 | 14 | 13 | 27 | +1 | 31 |
| Filip Hronek | 46 | 4 | 22 | 26 | −1 | 34 |
| Tyler Myers | 63 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 74 |
| Teddy Blueger | 67 | 7 | 14 | 21 | −6 | 25 |
| Danton Heinen$^‡$ | 51 | 6 | 12 | 18 | −1 | 31 |
| Nils Hoglander | 63 | 5 | 13 | 18 | +4 | 30 |
| Carson Soucy | 59 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −13 | 42 |
| Dakota Joshua | 42 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −11 | 26 |
| Erik Brannstrom$^‡$ | 28 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −4 | 17 |
| Derek Forbort | 41 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −6 | 36 |
| Filip Chytil$^†$ | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −11 | 4 |
| Max Sasson | 24 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +3 | 0 |
| Phillip Di Giuseppe | 20 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
| Drew O'Connor$^†$ | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| Aatu Raty | 21 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 8 |
| Jonathan Lekkerimaki | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −7 | 2 |
| Daniel Sprong$^‡$ | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 2 |
| Nils Aman | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −3 | 2 |
| Marcus Pettersson$^†$ | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 14 |
| Vincent Desharnais$^‡$ | 34 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −5 | 34 |
| Elias Pettersson | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 |
| Linus Karlsson | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 |
| Arshdeep Bains | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −5 | 0 |
| Victor Mancini$^†$ | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 |
| Mark Friedman$^‡$ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 10 |
| Noah Juulsen | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | 21 |
| Guillaume Brisebois | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Kevin Lankinen | 43 | 41 | 2554:01 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 108 | 2.54 | 1,125 | .904 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Thatcher Demko | 17 | 17 | 810:32 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 2.87 | 412 | .891 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arturs Silovs | 10 | 9 | 542:31 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 3.65 | 238 | .861 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canucks. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only. $^‡$Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

## Roster

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Updated March 8, 2025
| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 88 | Nils Aman | C | L | 25 | 2022 | Avesta, Sweden |
| 13 | Arshdeep Bains | LW | L | 24 | 2022 | Surrey, British Columbia |
| 53 | Teddy Blueger | C | L | 30 | 2023 | Riga, Latvia |
| 6 | Brock Boeser | RW | R | 28 | 2015 | Burnsville, Minnesota |
| 72 | Filip Chytil | C | L | 25 | 2025 | Kroměříž, Czech Republic |
| 74 | Jake DeBrusk | RW | L | 28 | 2024 | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 35 | Thatcher Demko | G | L | 29 | 2014 | San Diego, California |
| 27 | Derek Forbort | D | L | 33 | 2024 | Duluth, Minnesota |
| 8 | Conor Garland | RW | R | 29 | 2021 | Scituate, Massachusetts |
| 21 | Nils Hoglander | LW | L | 24 | 2019 | Bocktrask, Sweden |
| 17 | Filip Hronek | D | R | 27 | 2023 | Hradec Králové, Czech Republic |
| 43 | Quinn Hughes (C) | D | L | 25 | 2018 | Orlando, Florida |
| 81 | Dakota Joshua | C | L | 28 | 2022 | Dearborn, Michigan |
| 47 | Noah Juulsen | D | R | 27 | 2021 | Surrey, British Columbia |
| 32 | Kevin Lankinen | G | L | 29 | 2024 | Helsinki, Finland |
| 23 | Jonathan Lekkerimaki | RW | R | 20 | 2022 | Huddinge, Sweden |
| 90 | Victor Mancini | D | R | 22 | 2025 | Hancock, Michigan |
| 57 | Tyler Myers (A) | D | R | 35 | 2019 | Houston, Texas |
| 18 | Drew O'Connor | LW | L | 26 | 2025 | Chatham, New Jersey |
| 25 | Elias Pettersson | D | L | 21 | 2022 | Västerås, Sweden |
| 40 | Elias Pettersson (A) | C | L | 26 | 2017 | Sundsvall, Sweden |
| 29 | Marcus Pettersson | D | L | 28 | 2025 | Skellefteå, Sweden |
| 44 | Kiefer Sherwood | RW | R | 29 | 2024 | Columbus, Ohio |
| 31 | Arturs Silovs | G | L | 23 | 2019 | Ventspils, Latvia |
| 24 | Pius Suter | C | L | 28 | 2023 | Zürich, Switzerland |

## Awards and honours
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded | Ref |
| Quinn Hughes | NHL Second Star of the Week | December 2, 2024 | |
| Thatcher Demko | NHL Second Star of the Week | February 10, 2025 | |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| J. T. Miller | 800th career NHL game | October 9, 2024 |
| Tyler Myers | 1000th career NHL game | October 19, 2024 |
| Arshdeep Bains | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | October 26, 2024 |
| Derek Forbort | 500th career NHL game | November 2, 2024 |
| Filip Hronek | 400th career NHL game | November 2, 2024 |
| Carson Soucy | 300th career NHL game | November 2, 2024 |
| Quinn Hughes | 300th career NHL assist | November 5, 2024 |
| Danton Heinen | 500th career NHL game | November 9, 2024 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | 200th career NHL game | November 9, 2024 |
| Jonathan Lekkerimaki | 1st career NHL game | November 12, 2024 |
| Jonathan Lekkerimaki | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | November 14, 2024 |
| Pius Suter | 300th career NHL game | November 19, 2024 |
| Max Sasson | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 23, 2024 |
| Jake DeBrusk | 2nd career NHL hat-trick | December 1, 2024 |
| Brock Boeser | 400th career NHL point | December 6, 2024 |
| Brock Boeser | 500th career NHL game | December 12, 2024 |
| Max Sasson | 1st career NHL goal | December 14, 2024 |
| Dakota Joshua | 200th career NHL game | December 16, 2024 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | 1st career NHL hat-trick | December 16, 2024 |
| Jake DeBrusk | 500th career NHL game | December 28, 2024 |
| Quinn Hughes | 400th career NHL game | January 6, 2025 |
| Jonathan Lekkerimaki | 1st career NHL assist | January 6, 2025 |
| Elias Pettersson (b. 2004) | 1st career NHL game | January 25, 2025 |
| Nils Hoglander | 100th career NHL point | January 25, 2025 |
| Phillip Di Giuseppe | 300th career NHL game | January 27, 2025 |
| Linus Karlsson | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | January 29, 2025 |
| Elias Pettersson (b. 2004) | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | February 2, 2025 |
| Derek Forbort | 100th career NHL point | February 8, 2025 |

### Records

Regular season :
| Player | Record | Date | Ref |
| Quinn Hughes | Most career assists by a Canucks defenceman | December 1, 2024 | |
| Kevin Lankinen | Most consecutive road wins to open a season in NHL history | December 1, 2024 | |

## Transactions

The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.
Key:
† Contract is entry-level.  ‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| August 18, 2024 (2024-08-18) | To Edmonton OilersVasily Podkolzin | To Vancouver CanucksOTT 4th-round pick in 2025 |
| October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06) | To Colorado AvalancheTucker Poolman$^1$ 4th-round pick in 2025 | To Vancouver CanucksErik Brannstrom |
| November 8, 2024 (2024-11-08) | To Seattle KrakenDaniel Sprong | To Vancouver CanucksFuture considerations |
| January 31, 2025 (2025-01-31) | To New York RangersErik Brannstrom Jackson Dorrington J. T. Miller | To Vancouver CanucksFilip Chytil Victor Mancini conditional 1st-round pick in 2025 or 2026$^2$ |
| January 31, 2025 (2025-01-31) | To Pittsburgh PenguinsVincent Desharnais Melvin Fernstrom Danton Heinen NYR 1st-round pick in 2025$^2$ | To Vancouver CanucksDrew O'Connor Marcus Pettersson |
| February 7, 2025 (2025-02-07) | To Nashville PredatorsMark Friedman | To Vancouver CanucksFuture considerations |
Notes
* Canucks retain 20% of Poolman's remaining salary.
* This pick is top-13 protected, Pittsburgh will receive New York's first-round pick in 2025 if it's outside the top-13; otherwise it becomes a first-round pick in 2026.

### Players acquired

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

### Players lost

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

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term |
| July 16, 2024 (2024-07-16) | Arturs Silovs | 2-year |
| September 29, 2024 (2024-09-29) | Vilmer Alriksson | 3-year† |
| October 6, 2024 (2024-10-06) | Nils Hoglander | 3-year‡ |
| February 5, 2025 (2025-02-05) | Marcus Pettersson | 6-year‡ |
| February 18, 2025 (2025-02-18) | Drew O'Connor | 2-year |
| February 21, 2025 (2025-02-21) | Kevin Lankinen | 5-year‡ |
| March 18, 2025 (2025-03-18) | Aku Koskenuvo | 2-year† |

## Draft picks

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 to 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club (League) |
| 3 | 93 | Melvin Fernstrom | RW | Sweden | Örebro HK (J20 Nationell) |
| 4 | 125 | Riley Patterson | C | Canada | Barrie Colts (OHL) |
| 6 | 162 | Anthony Romani | RW | Canada | North Bay Battalion (OHL) |
| 6 | 189 | Parker Alcos | D | Canada | Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) |
| 7 | 221 | Basile Sansonnens | D | Switzerland | HC Fribourg-Gottéron (U20-Elit) |
Notes
* ↑ The San Jose Sharks' sixth-round pick will go to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on December 15, 2023, that sent Jack Studnicka to San Jose in exchange for Nick Cicek and this pick.