2020–21 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2020–21 Vancouver Canucks season was the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.
Due to the Canada-U.S. border restrictions brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canucks were re-aligned with the other six Canadian franchises into the newly-formed North Division. The league's 56 game season was played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Vancouver and the other Canadian teams played an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.
On March 31, 2021, the first of several Canucks games were postponed due to COVID protocols. By April, a majority of the team had tested positive for COVID-19, including several coaches. It is the most extensive COVID outbreak in the NHL and in North American professional sports to date. The Canucks were eliminated from playoff contention on May 10 after the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–3 in overtime.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released on December 23, 2020.
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January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)	January: 6–5–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	January 13 	Vancouver 	5–3 	Edmonton 	 	Holtby 	0 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	January 14 	Vancouver 	2–5 	Edmonton 	 	Demko 	0 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	January 16 	Vancouver 	0–3 	Calgary 	 	Holtby 	0 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
4 	January 18 	Vancouver 	2–5 	Calgary 	 	Demko 	0 	1–3–0 	2 	Recap
5 	January 20 	Montreal 	5–6 	Vancouver 	SO 	Holtby 	0 	2–3–0 	4 	Recap
6 	January 21 	Montreal 	7–3 	Vancouver 	 	Demko 	0 	2–4–0 	4 	Recap
7 	January 23 	Montreal 	5–2 	Vancouver 	 	Holtby 	0 	2–5–0 	4 	Recap
8 	January 25 	Ottawa 	1–7 	Vancouver 	 	Demko 	0 	3–5–0 	6 	Recap
9 	January 27 	Ottawa 	1–5 	Vancouver 	 	Demko 	0 	4–5–0 	8 	Recap
10 	January 28 	Ottawa 	1–4 	Vancouver 	 	Holtby 	0 	5–5–0 	10 	Recap
11 	January 30 	Vancouver 	4–1 	Winnipeg 	 	Demko 	0 	6–5–0 	12 	Recap
===Detailed records===
North Division 	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division	North Division
Opponent 	Home 	Away 	Total 	Pts 	 	
Calgary Flames 	2–1–2 	1–4–0 	3–5–2 	8 	26 	35
Edmonton Oilers 	1–4–0 	3–2–0 	4–6–0 	8 	29 	33
Montreal Canadiens 	2–3–0 	1–2–1 	3–5–1 	7 	26 	41
Ottawa Senators 	4–1–0 	2–2–0 	6–3–0 	12 	30 	20
Toronto Maple Leafs	4–0–0 	0–5–0 	4–5–0 	8 	23 	32
Winnipeg Jets 	0–3–1 	3–2–0 	3–5–1 	7 	17 	27
Total 	13–12–3 	10–17–1 	23–29–4 	50 	151 	188
==Player statistics==
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	56	23	26	49	−3 	16
 	53	15	31	46	−7 	43
 	56	3 	38	41	−24	22
 	56	19	20	39	−6 	23
 	56	13	14	27	−4 	16
 	26	10	11	21	0 	6
 	55	6 	15	21	−8 	51
 	51	10	8 	18	−15	26
 	54	5 	10	15	−7 	4
 	43	9 	3 	12	−9 	2
 	38	3 	7 	10	−3 	39
 	24	6 	3 	9 	0 	14
‡ 	31	1 	8 	9 	+5 	9
 	52	0 	8 	8 	−8 	58
‡ 	33	4 	3 	7 	−13	12
 	38	5 	0 	5 	−4 	41
† 	18	3 	2 	5 	0 	2
 	30	2 	3 	5 	−7 	9
 	30	1 	4 	5 	−2 	8
 	14	3 	1 	4 	−3 	6
 	35	1 	3 	4 	+4 	37
 	23	2 	1 	3 	−1 	0
 	8 	1 	2 	3 	+1 	0
† 	20	0 	3 	3 	−10	6
† 	19	2 	0 	2 	−6 	0
 	34	1 	1 	2 	−2 	44
 	18	0 	1 	1 	−11	12
 	1 	0 	1 	1 	−1 	0
 	7 	0 	1 	1 	−3 	2
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	2
 	15	0 	0 	0 	−5 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	7 	0 	0 	0 	−4 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	17
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	2
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	35	35	2,086:48	16	18	1	99	2.85	1,164	.915	1	0	0	0
 	21	21	1,260:29	7 	11	3	77	3.67	695 	.889	0	0	1	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==
===Milestones===
Regular season
Player	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	January 13, 2021
 	1st career NHL regular season game 	January 13, 2021
 	200th career NHL game 	January 16, 2021
 	400th career NHL game 	January 18, 2021
 	1st career NHL game 	January 20, 2021
 	1st career NHL assist 	January 21, 2021
 	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point 	January 21, 2021
 	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point 	January 25, 2021
 	1st career NHL hat-trick 	January 25, 2021
 	200th career NHL game 	February 2, 2021
 	600th career NHL game 	February 11, 2021
 	200th career NHL assist 	February 21, 2021
 	1000th career NHL Penalty minute 	February 25, 2021
 	300th career NHL game 	March 2, 2021
 	1st career NHL game 	March 4, 2021
 	100th career NHL game 	March 4, 2021
 	900th career NHL game 	March 6, 2021
 	100th career NHL assist 	March 14, 2021
 	300th career NHL point 	March 14, 2021
 	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point 	April 18, 2021
 	500th career NHL game 	May 4, 2021
 	200th career NHL points 	May 4, 2021
 	500th career NHL game 	May 16, 2021
==Transactions==
The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Vegas Golden Knights3rd-round pick in 2022	To Vancouver CanucksNate Schmidt 	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksAdam Gaudette 	To Vancouver CanucksMatthew Highmore 	
 	To Chicago Blackhawks4th-round pick in 2021 	To Vancouver CanucksMadison Bowey5th-round pick in 2021	
 	To Winnipeg JetsJordie Benn 	To Vancouver Canucks6th-round pick in 2021 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Braden Holtby 	from Washington Capitals 	2-year 	
 	Jacob Markstrom 	to Calgary Flames 	6-year 	
 	Christopher Tanev	to Calgary Flames 	4-year 	
 	Louis Domingue 	to Calgary Flames 	1-year 	
 	Troy Stecher 	to Detroit Red Wings 	2-year 	
 	Tyler Toffoli 	to Montreal Canadiens 	4-year 	
 	Jayce Hawryluk 	from Ottawa Senators 	1-year 	
 	Josh Leivo 	to Calgary Flames 	1-year 	
 	Oscar Fantenberg 	to SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL)	1-year 	
 	Travis Hamonic 	from Calgary Flames 	1-year 	
===Waivers===
Date 	Player 	Team 	Ref
March 17, 2021	Jimmy Vesey	from Toronto Maple Leafs	
March 22, 2021	Travis Boyd	from Toronto Maple Leafs	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player	Via	Ref
 	 	 	
===Retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
 	 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Zack MacEwen 	2-year 	
 	Tyler Motte 	2-year 	
 	Ashton Sautner 	1-year 	
 	Jake Kielly 	1-year 	
 	Adam Gaudette 	1-year 	
 	Jake Virtanen 	2-year 	
 	Guillaume Brisebois	1-year 	
 	Jalen Chatfield 	1-year 	
 	Tyler Graovac 	1-year 	
 	Justin Bailey 	1-year 	
 	Carson Focht 	3-year 	
 	Thatcher Demko 	5-year 	
 	Tanner Pearson 	3-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was held virtually via video conference call on October 6 and 7, 2020 from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
3 	82 	Joni Jurmo 	D 	Finland 	Jokerit U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
4 	113 	Jackson Kunz 	LW 	United States	Shattuck-St. Mary's High School (Minnesota)
5 	144 	Jacob Truscott 	D 	United States	U.S. NTDP U-18 (USHL)
6 	175 	Dmitry Zlodeyev	C 	Russia 	Dynamo Moscow 2 (MHL)
7 	1913	Viktor Persson 	D 	Sweden 	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
Notes:
# The Vancouver Canucks' first-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 16, 2020 that sent Blake Coleman to Tampa Bay in exchange for Nolan Foote and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The condition – New Jersey will receive a first-round pick in 2020 if Vancouver qualifies for the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted when the Canucks advanced to the First Round of the playoffs on August 7, 2020.
#:Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick in a trade on June 22, 2019 that sent J. T. Miller to Vancouver in exchange for Marek Mazanec, a third-round pick in 2019 and this pick.
# The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020 that sent Edmonton's second-round pick in 2020 (45th overall) to Los Angeles in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2020 (97th overall) and this pick.
#:Los Angeles previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 17, 2020 that sent Tyler Toffoli to Vancouver in exchange for Tim Schaller, Tyler Madden, a conditional fourth-round pick in 2022 and this pick.
# The Anaheim Ducks' seventh-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on January 16, 2019 that sent Michael Del Zotto to Anaheim in exchange for Luke Schenn and this pick.
# The Vancouver Canucks' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020 that sent a fifth-round pick in 2020 (127th overall) to the New York Rangers in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2020 (196th overall) and this pick.
#:The Rangers previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 12, 2019 that sent Marek Mazanec to Vancouver in exchange for this pick.
==Notes==
==References==
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