# 2022–23 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2022–23 Vancouver Canucks season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Canucks were eliminated from playoff contention on April 2, 2023, when the Winnipeg Jets defeated the New Jersey Devils.

## Standings
### Divisional standings

Pacific Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Vegas Golden Knights | 82 | 51 | 22 | 9 | 38 | 272 | 229 | +43 | 111 |
| 2 | Edmonton Oilers | 82 | 50 | 23 | 9 | 45 | 325 | 260 | +65 | 109 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Kings | 82 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 37 | 280 | 257 | +23 | 104 |
| 4 | Seattle Kraken | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 37 | 289 | 256 | +33 | 100 |
| 5 | Calgary Flames | 82 | 38 | 27 | 17 | 31 | 260 | 252 | +8 | 93 |
| 6 | Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 24 | 276 | 298 | −22 | 83 |
| 7 | San Jose Sharks | 82 | 22 | 44 | 16 | 16 | 234 | 321 | −87 | 60 |
| 8 | Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 13 | 209 | 338 | −129 | 58 |

### Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card :
| Pos | Div | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | RW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | PA | x – Seattle Kraken | 82 | 46 | 28 | 8 | 37 | 289 | 256 | +33 | 100 |
| 2 | CE | x – Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 46 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 247 | 225 | +22 | 95 |
| 3 | PA | e – Calgary Flames | 82 | 38 | 27 | 17 | 31 | 260 | 252 | +8 | 93 |
| 4 | CE | e – Nashville Predators | 82 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 29 | 229 | 238 | −9 | 92 |
| 5 | PA | e – Vancouver Canucks | 82 | 38 | 37 | 7 | 24 | 276 | 298 | −22 | 83 |
| 6 | CE | e – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 37 | 38 | 7 | 27 | 263 | 301 | −38 | 81 |
| 7 | CE | e – Arizona Coyotes | 82 | 28 | 40 | 14 | 20 | 228 | 299 | −71 | 70 |
| 8 | PA | e – San Jose Sharks | 82 | 22 | 44 | 16 | 16 | 234 | 321 | −87 | 60 |
| 9 | CE | e – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 26 | 49 | 7 | 18 | 204 | 301 | −97 | 59 |
| 10 | PA | e – Anaheim Ducks | 82 | 23 | 47 | 12 | 13 | 209 | 338 | −129 | 58 |

## Schedule and results
### Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on July 5, 2022.

### Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022.
2022–23 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 |
| Elias Pettersson | 80 | 39 | 63 | 102 | +16 | 14 |
| J. T. Miller | 81 | 32 | 50 | 82 | −7 | 60 |
| Quinn Hughes | 78 | 7 | 69 | 76 | +15 | 34 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | 81 | 39 | 35 | 74 | +9 | 8 |
| Brock Boeser | 74 | 18 | 37 | 55 | −20 | 24 |
| Bo Horvat$^‡$ | 49 | 31 | 23 | 54 | +3 | 12 |
| Conor Garland | 81 | 17 | 29 | 46 | −5 | 31 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | 46 | 13 | 15 | 28 | +3 | 2 |
| Dakota Joshua | 79 | 11 | 12 | 23 | −16 | 60 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 54 | 2 | 20 | 22 | −24 | 22 |
| Luke Schenn$^‡$ | 55 | 3 | 18 | 21 | +9 | 71 |
| Anthony Beauvillier$^†$ | 33 | 9 | 11 | 20 | −6 | 14 |
| Sheldon Dries | 63 | 11 | 6 | 17 | −9 | 29 |
| Tyler Myers | 78 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −16 | 76 |
| Nils Aman | 68 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −12 | 18 |
| Ethan Bear$^†$ | 61 | 3 | 13 | 16 | +6 | 25 |
| Phillip Di Giuseppe | 30 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −1 | 14 |
| Nils Hoglander | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −4 | 6 |
| Jack Studnicka$^†$ | 47 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −11 | 12 |
| Vasily Podkolzin | 39 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −5 | 9 |
| Curtis Lazar$^‡$ | 45 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −5 | 14 |
| Kyle Burroughs | 48 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 62 |
| Tanner Pearson | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −9 | 21 |
| Riley Stillman$^‡$ | 32 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −14 | 23 |
| Lane Pederson | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 15 |
| Guillaume Brisebois | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 6 |
| Akito Hirose | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
| Christian Wolanin | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
| Vitali Kravtsov$^†$ | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
| Jack Rathbone | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Cole McWard | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan McDonough | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
| Travis Dermott | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
| Aatu Raty$^†$ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Filip Hronek$^†$ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
| Will Lockwood$^‡$ | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −7 | 0 |
| Tucker Poolman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 |
| Noah Juulsen | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Thatcher Demko | 32 | 32 | 1,878:31 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 99 | 3.16 | 1,005 | .901 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Spencer Martin | 29 | 27 | 1,610:11 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 107 | 3.99 | 830 | .871 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Collin Delia | 20 | 18 | 1,135:40 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 3.28 | 526 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Arturs Silovs | 5 | 5 | 305:56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2.75 | 152 | .908 | 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 |
| Elias Pettersson | NHL Third Star of the Week | December 24, 2022 |
| Elias Pettersson | NHL All-Star game selection | January 5, 2023 |
| Bo Horvat | NHL All-Star game selection | January 19, 2023 |

### Milestones

Regular season :
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| Nils Aman | 1st career NHL game | October 12, 2022 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | October 12, 2022 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | 1st career NHL assist | October 17, 2022 |
| Elias Pettersson | 100th career NHL goal | October 18, 2022 |
| Nils Aman | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 20, 2022 |
| Guillaume Brisebois | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 28, 2022 |
| Andrei Kuzmenko | 1st career NHL hat-trick | November 3, 2022 |
| Bo Horvat | 200th career NHL assist | November 5, 2022 |
| Will Lockwood | 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 15, 2022 |
| Ethan Bear | 200th career NHL game | November 21, 2022 |
| J.T. Miller | 300th career NHL assist | December 5, 2022 |
| Bo Horvat | 600th career NHL game | December 10, 2022 |
| Bo Horvat | 400th career NHL point | December 23, 2022 |
| Luke Schenn | 900th career NHL game | January 3, 2023 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 300th career NHL assist | January 5, 2023 |
| Bo Horvat | 200th career NHL goal | January 14, 2023 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | 100th career NHL point | January 27, 2023 |
| J.T. Miller | 500th career NHL point | February 8, 2023 |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | 900th career NHL game | February 11, 2023 |
| Vasily Podkolzin | 100th career NHL game | February 13, 2023 |
| Conor Garland | 100th career NHL assist | February 13, 2023 |
| Arturs Silovs | 1st career NHL game | February 15, 2023 |
| Arturs Silovs | 1st career NHL win | February 18, 2023 |
| Elias Pettersson | 300th career NHL game | February 21, 2023 |
| Sheldon Dries | 100th career NHL game | February 27, 2023 |
| Conor Garland | 300th career NHL game | February 27, 2023 |
| Aatu Räty | 1st career NHL assist | February 27, 2023 |
| Dakota Joshua | 100th career NHL game | March 2, 2023 |
| Quinn Hughes | 200th career NHL assist | March 4, 2023 |
| Tyler Myers | 900th career NHL game | March 6, 2023 |
| Elias Pettersson | 300th career NHL point | March 6, 2023 |
| J.T. Miller | 700th career NHL game | March 8, 2023 |
| Brock Boeser | 300th career NHL point | March 14, 2023 |
| Guillaume Brisebois | 1st career NHL goal | March 14, 2023 |
| Aidan McDonough | 1st career NHL game | March 26, 2023 |
| Aidan McDonough | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | March 31, 2023 |
| Cole McWard | 1st career NHL game | April 6, 2023 |
| Cole McWard | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | April 8, 2023 |
| J.T. Miller | 200th career NHL goal | April 11, 2023 |
| Conor Garland | 1st career NHL hat-trick | April 13, 2023 |

### Records

Regular season :
| Player | Record | Date | Ref |
| Quinn Hughes | Fastest defenseman in NHL history to record 200 assists (263 games) | March 4, 2023 | |

## Transactions

The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.
Key:
† Contract is entry-level.  ‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) | To Chicago BlackhawksJason Dickinson 2nd-round pick in 2024 | To Vancouver CanucksRiley Stillman |
| October 27, 2022 (2022-10-27) | To Boston BruinsMichael DiPietro Jonathan Myrenberg | To Vancouver CanucksJack Studnicka |
| October 28, 2022 (2022-10-28) | To Carolina Hurricanes5th-round pick in 2023 | To Vancouver CanucksEthan Bear Lane Pederson |
| January 30, 2023 (2023-01-30) | To New York IslandersBo Horvat | To Vancouver CanucksAnthony Beauvillier Aatu Raty Conditional 1st-round pick in 2023 |
| February 25, 2023 (2023-02-25) | To New York RangersWill Lockwood 7th-round pick in 2026 | To Vancouver CanucksVitali Kravtsov |
| February 27, 2023 (2023-02-27) | To Buffalo SabresRiley Stillman | To Vancouver CanucksJosh Bloom |
| March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01) | To Toronto Maple LeafsLuke Schenn | To Vancouver Canucks3rd-round pick in 2023 |
| March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01) | To Detroit Red WingsNYI conditional 1st-round pick in 2023 2nd-round pick in 2023 | To Vancouver CanucksFilip Hronek 4th-round pick in 2023 |
| March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03) | To New Jersey DevilsCurtis Lazar | To Vancouver Canucks4th-round pick in 2024 |
| March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03) | To New York RangersWyatt Kalynuk | To Vancouver CanucksFuture considerations |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Collin Delia | Chicago Blackhawks | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Dakota Joshua | St. Louis Blues | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Wyatt Kalynuk | Chicago Blackhawks | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Andrei Kuzmenko | SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) | 1-year† | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Curtis Lazar | Boston Bruins | 3-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Ilya Mikheyev | Toronto Maple Leafs | 4-year | Free agency |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Christian Wolanin | Los Angeles Kings | 1-year | Free agency |
| March 26, 2023 (2023-03-26) | Max Sasson | Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC) | 2-year†‡ | Free agency |
| March 29, 2023 (2023-03-29) | Akito Hirose | Minnesota State Mavericks (CCHA) | 1-year† | Free agency |
| March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31) | Nikita Tolopilo | Södertälje SK (HockeyAllsvenskan) | 2-year†‡ | Free agency |
| April 4, 2023 (2023-04-04) | Cole McWard | Ohio State Buckeyes (B1G) | 2-year† | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Term | Via |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Madison Bowey | Montreal Canadiens | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Jaroslav Halak | New York Rangers | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Nic Petan | Minnesota Wild | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Sheldon Rempal | Vegas Golden Knights | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 14, 2022 (2022-07-14) | Matthew Highmore | St. Louis Blues | 1-year | Free agency |
| July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15) | Brad Hunt | Colorado Avalanche | 2-year | Free agency |
| July 15, 2022 (2022-07-15) | Ashton Sautner | Winnipeg Jets | 1-year | Free agency |
| August 4, 2022 (2022-08-04) | Juho Lammikko | ZSC Lions (NL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 8, 2022 (2022-09-08) | Justin Bailey | Bakersfield Condors (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09) | Devante Stephens | Tucson Roadrunners (AHL) | 1-year | Free agency |
| May 25, 2023 (2023-05-25) | Vitali Kravtsov | Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL) | 2-year‡ | Free agency |
| June 16, 2023 (2023-06-16) | Oliver Ekman-Larsson | Florida Panthers | 1-year | Buy-out |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term |
| July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) | Phillip Di Giuseppe | 1-year |
| July 17, 2022 (2022-07-17) | Michael DiPietro | 1-year |
| September 2, 2022 (2022-09-02) | J. T. Miller | 7-year‡ |
| January 26, 2023 (2023-01-26) | Andrei Kuzmenko | 2-year‡ |
| March 7, 2023 (2023-03-07) | Guillaume Brisebois | 2-year‡ |
| March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) | Kirill Kudryavtsev | 3-year†‡ |
| March 12, 2023 (2023-03-12) | Phillip Di Giuseppe | 2-year‡ |
| March 13, 2023 (2023-03-13) | Aidan McDonough | 2-year† |
| March 23, 2023 (2023-03-23) | Christian Wolanin | 2-year‡ |
| April 19, 2023 (2023-04-19) | Elias Pettersson | 3–year†‡ |
| May 6, 2023 (2023-05-06) | Jonathan Lekkerimäki | 3-year†‡ |
| May 31, 2023 (2023-05-31) | Jett Woo | 1-year‡ |

## Draft picks

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7 and 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 15 | Jonathan Lekkerimaki | RW | Sweden | Djurgårdens IF (SHL) |
| 3 | 80 | Elias Pettersson | D | Sweden | Örebro HK (J20 Nationell) |
| 4 | 112 | Daimon Gardner | C | Canada | Warroad High (USHS-MN) |
| 5 | 144 | Ty Young | G | Canada | Prince George Cougars (WHL) |
| 6 | 176 | Jackson Dorrington | D | United States | Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) |
| 7 | 208 | Kirill Kudryavtsev | D | Russia | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds (OHL) |
Notes:
* The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on March 21, 2022, that sent Jack McBain to Arizona in exchange for this pick.