# 2021–22 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2021–22 Vancouver Canucks season was the 52nd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Canucks missed the playoffs for the second straight season, as they were eliminated from playoff contention when the Dallas Stars defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in a shootout on April 26, 2022.
On December 5, 2021, the Canucks fired both general manager Jim Benning, and head coach Travis Green following a slow start. This led to Bruce Boudreau to get hired as head coach.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Calgary Flames | 82 | 50 | 21 | 11 | 44 | 293 | 208 | +85 | 111 |
| 2 | x – Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 49 | 27 | 6 | 38 | 290 | 252 | +38 | 104 |
| 3 | x – Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 44 | 27 | 11 | 35 | 239 | 236 | +3 | 99 |
| 4 | e – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 34 | 266 | 248 | +18 | 94 |
| 5 | e – Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 32 | 249 | 236 | +13 | 92 |
| 6 | e – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 22 | 214 | 264 | −50 | 77 |
| 7 | e – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 31 | 37 | 14 | 22 | 232 | 271 | −39 | 76 |
| 8 | e – Seattle Kraken | 82 | 27 | 49 | 6 | 23 | 216 | 285 | −69 | 60 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | CE | x – Dallas Stars | 82 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 31 | 238 | 246 | −8 | 98 |
| 2 | CE | x – Nashville Predators | 82 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 35 | 266 | 252 | +14 | 97 |
| 3 | PA | e – Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 43 | 31 | 8 | 34 | 266 | 248 | +18 | 94 |
| 4 | PA | e – Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 40 | 30 | 12 | 32 | 249 | 236 | +13 | 92 |
| 5 | CE | e – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 39 | 32 | 11 | 32 | 252 | 257 | −5 | 89 |
| 6 | PA | e – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 32 | 37 | 13 | 22 | 214 | 264 | −50 | 77 |
| 7 | PA | e – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 31 | 37 | 14 | 22 | 232 | 271 | −39 | 76 |
| 8 | CE | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 28 | 42 | 12 | 16 | 219 | 291 | −72 | 68 |
| 9 | PA | e – Seattle Kraken | 82 | 27 | 49 | 6 | 23 | 216 | 285 | −69 | 60 |
| 10 | CE | e – Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 25 | 50 | 7 | 18 | 207 | 313 | −106 | 57 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The Canucks released their pre-season schedule on July 20, 2021.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 22, 2021, with only a handful of games originally scheduled in February because NHL players were planning to participate in the 2022 Winter Olympics. As the result of an outbreak of COVID-19 that affected multiple teams and reduced attendance capacity in Canadian NHL cities, the league pulled out of the Olympics after postponing nearly 100 games in order to finish the regular season by April 29. Most of the postponed games were made up during the initially scheduled Olympic break in February.
2021–22 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 |
| J. T. Miller | 80 | 32 | 67 | 99 | +15 | 47 |
| Elias Pettersson | 80 | 32 | 36 | 68 | +1 | 12 |
| Quinn Hughes | 76 | 8 | 60 | 68 | +10 | 28 |
| Bo Horvat | 70 | 31 | 21 | 52 | +3 | 40 |
| Conor Garland | 77 | 19 | 33 | 52 | +18 | 36 |
| Brock Boeser | 71 | 23 | 23 | 46 | −5 | 20 |
| Tanner Pearson | 68 | 14 | 20 | 34 | +9 | 30 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 79 | 5 | 24 | 29 | +5 | 52 |
| Vasily Podkolzin | 79 | 14 | 12 | 26 | +7 | 26 |
| Alex Chiasson | 67 | 13 | 9 | 22 | +5 | 24 |
| Nils Hoglander | 60 | 10 | 8 | 18 | −7 | 24 |
| Tyler Myers | 82 | 1 | 17 | 18 | +15 | 66 |
| Luke Schenn | 66 | 5 | 12 | 17 | +15 | 61 |
| Brad Hunt | 50 | 3 | 14 | 17 | −3 | 12 |
| Tyler Motte$^‡$ | 49 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +3 | 22 |
| Juho Lammikko | 75 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −6 | 14 |
| Matthew Highmore | 46 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +1 | 14 |
| Jason Dickinson | 62 | 5 | 6 | 11 | −1 | 19 |
| Travis Hamonic$^‡$ | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +1 | 6 |
| Kyle Burroughs | 42 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −3 | 39 |
| Brad Richardson$^†$ | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 8 |
| Justin Dowling | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| Sheldon Dries | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
| Tucker Poolman | 40 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 12 |
| Travis Dermott$^†$ | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 0 |
| Nic Petan | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 |
| Noah Juulsen | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −4 | 0 |
| Guillaume Brisebois | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Sheldon Rempal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |
| Madison Bowey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 |
| Will Lockwood | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 9 |
| Jack Rathbone | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 |
| Justin Bailey | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 6 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Thatcher Demko | 64 | 61 | 3,700:39 | 33 | 22 | 7 | 168 | 2.72 | 1,967 | .915 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jaroslav Halak | 17 | 14 | 796:42 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 2.94 | 400 | .903 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Spencer Martin | 6 | 6 | 378:21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1.74 | 218 | .950 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael DiPietro | 1 | 1 | 57:21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3.14 | 17 | .824 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$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.

## Awards and honours
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| Thatcher Demko | NHL First Star of the Week | December 13, 2021 |
| Thatcher Demko | NHL Third Star of the Month | January 2, 2022 |
| Thatcher Demko | NHL All-Star game selection | January 13, 2022 |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Vasily Podkolzin | 1st career NHL game | October 13, 2021 |
| Vasily Podkolzin | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | October 15, 2021 |
| Conor Garland | 100th career NHL point | October 19, 2021 |
| Quinn Hughes | 100th career NHL point | October 21, 2021 |
| Luke Schenn | 800th career NHL game | October 30, 2021 |
| Brock Boeser | 100th career NHL goal | October 30, 2021 |
| Juho Lammikko | 100th career NHL game | November 14, 2021 |
| Quinn Hughes | 100th career NHL assist | November 14, 2021 |
| Vasily Podkolzin | 1st career NHL assist | November 19, 2021 |
| Kyle Burroughs | 1st career NHL goal | November 19, 2021 |
| Matthew Highmore | 100th career NHL game | December 30, 2021 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 800th career NHL game | January 1, 2022 |
| Elias Pettersson | 200th career NHL game | January 11, 2022 |
| Brad Hunt | 200th career NHL game | January 11, 2022 |
| Thatcher Demko | 100th career NHL game | January 11, 2022 |
| Conor Garland | 200th career NHL game | January 13, 2022 |
| Elias Pettersson | 100th career NHL assist | January 23, 2022 |
| Tyler Myers | 800th career NHL game | January 25, 2022 |
| Spencer Martin | 1st career NHL win | January 27, 2022 |
| Nils Hoglander | 100th career NHL game | January 29, 2022 |
| Alex Chiasson | 600th career NHL game | January 31, 2022 |
| J.T. Miller | 600th career NHL game | January 31, 2022 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 400th career NHL point | February 8, 2022 |
| J.T. Miller | 400th career NHL point | February 8, 2022 |
| Travis Hamonic | 200th career NHL point | February 21, 2022 |
| Brock Boeser | 300th career NHL game | February 24, 2022 |
| Elias Pettersson | 200th career NHL point | March 26, 2022 |
| Quinn Hughes | 200th career NHL game | April 19, 2022 |

### Records

| Player | Record | Date |
| Quinn Hughes | Most assists by Canucks defenceman in single season | April 23, 2022 |
| Quinn Hughes | Most points by Canucks defenceman in single season | April 26, 2022 |

## Transactions

The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) | To Arizona CoyotesLoui Eriksson Antoine Roussel Jay Beagle 1st-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2022 7th-round pick in 2023 | To Vancouver CanucksOliver Ekman-Larsson Conor Garland |
| July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27) | To Winnipeg JetsNate Schmidt | To Vancouver Canucks3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31) | To Tampa Bay LightningFuture considerations | To Vancouver CanucksSpencer Martin |
| October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10) | To Florida PanthersOlli Juolevi | To Vancouver CanucksNoah Juulsen Juho Lammikko |
| March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20) | To Ottawa SenatorsTravis Hamonic | To Vancouver Canucks3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20) | To Toronto Maple Leafs3rd-round pick in 2022 | To Vancouver CanucksTravis Dermott |
| March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20) | To New York RangersTyler Motte | To Vancouver Canucks4th-round pick in 2023 |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Kyle Burroughs | Colorado Avalanche | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Phillip Di Giuseppe | New York Rangers | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Justin Dowling | Dallas Stars | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Sheldon Dries | Colorado Avalanche | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Jaroslav Halak | Boston Bruins | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Brad Hunt | Minnesota Wild | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Brady Keeper | Florida Panthers | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Nic Petan | Toronto Maple Leafs | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Tucker Poolman | Winnipeg Jets | 4-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Sheldon Rempal | Carolina Hurricanes | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Luke Schenn | Tampa Bay Lightning | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Devante Stephens | Syracuse Crunch (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | John Stevens | Utica Comets (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12) | Alex Chiasson | Edmonton Oilers | 1-year | Free agency |
| December 18, 2021 (2021-12-18) | Ashton Sautner | Abbotsford Canucks (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| March 11, 2022 (2022-03-11) | Arshdeep Bains | Red Deer Rebels (WHL) | 3-year | Free agency |
| March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21) | Brad Richardson | Calgary Flames | | Waivers |
| June 7, 2022 (2022-06-07) | Nils Aman | Leksands IF (SHL) | 2-year | Free agency |
| June 13, 2022 (2022-06-13) | Filip Johansson | Frölunda HC (SHL) | 2-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Term | Via |
| July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21) | Kole Lind | Seattle Kraken | | Expansion draft |
| July 25, 2021 (2021-07-25) | Jake Virtanen | Spartak Moscow (KHL) | 1-year | Buy-out |
| July 26, 2021 (2021-07-26) | Tyler Graovac | Dinamo Minsk (KHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27) | Braden Holtby | Dallas Stars | 1-year | Buy-out |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Sven Baertschi | Vegas Golden Knights | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Alexander Edler | Los Angeles Kings | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) | Brogan Rafferty | Anaheim Ducks | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 30, 2021 (2021-07-30) | Jalen Chatfield | Carolina Hurricanes | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 3, 2021 (2021-08-03) | Travis Boyd | Arizona Coyotes | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 6, 2021 (2021-08-06) | Josh Teves | Rochester Americans (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 13, 2021 (2021-08-13) | Ashton Sautner | Abbotsford Canucks (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18) | Mitch Eliot | Rochester Americans (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 18, 2021 (2021-08-18) | Marc Michaelis | Toronto Marlies (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 3, 2021 (2021-09-03) | Jayce Hawryluk | Skelleftea AIK (SHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07) | Jonah Gadjovich | San Jose Sharks | | Waivers |
| October 10, 2021 (2021-10-10) | Jimmy Vesey | New Jersey Devils | 1-year | Free agency |
| October 13, 2021 (2021-10-13) | Zack MacEwen | Philadelphia Flyers | | Waivers |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27) | Conor Garland | 5-year | Re-signing |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Justin Bailey | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Travis Hamonic | 2-year | Re-signing |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Danila Klimovich | 3-year | Entry-level |
| July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) | Brandon Sutter | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 9, 2021 (2021-08-09) | Olli Juolevi | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 12, 2021 (2021-08-12) | Guillaume Brisebois | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 14, 2021 (2021-08-14) | Jason Dickinson | 3-year | Re-signing |
| October 3, 2021 (2021-10-03) | Quinn Hughes | 6-year | Re-signing |
| October 3, 2021 (2021-10-03) | Elias Pettersson | 3-year | Re-signing |
| April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08) | Spencer Martin | 2-year | Re-signing |
| May 26, 2022 (2022-05-26) | Linus Karlsson | 2-year | Entry-level |
| June 27, 2022 (2022-06-27) | Guillaume Brisebois | 1-year | Extension |
| June 27, 2022 (2022-06-27) | Sheldon Dries | 2-year | Extension |
| June 27, 2022 (2022-06-27) | John Stevens | 1-year | Extension |
| July 1, 2022 (2022-07-01) | Brock Boeser | 3-year | Extension |
| July 1, 2022 (2022-07-01) | Noah Juulsen | 1-year | Extension |
| July 1, 2022 (2022-07-01) | William Lockwood | 1-year | Extension |
| July 1, 2022 (2022-07-01) | Jack Rathbone | 1-year | Extension |

## Draft picks

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which will be held virtually via video conference call on July 23 and 24, 2021 from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 2 | 41 | Danila Klimovich | C | Belarus | Minskie Zubry (Vysshaya Liga) |
| 5 | 137 | Aku Koskenvuo | G | Finland | HIFK Hockey (U20 SM-sarja) |
| 5 | 140 | Jonathan Myrenberg | D | Sweden | Sollentuna HC (Hockeyettan) |
| 6 | 169 | Hugo Gabrielson | D | Sweden | Halmstad Hammers HC (Hockeyettan) |
| 6 | 178 | Connor Lockhart | C | Canada | Erie Otters (OHL) |
| 7 | 201 | Lucas Forsell | LW | Sweden | Färjestad BK (J20 SuperElit) |