2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2006–07 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 36th NHL season.
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.Sportsnet 2006–07 Expert NHL Predictions
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 Quarter-finals. 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, Luongo stopped 56 shots to keep the Canucks in contention but got caught looking at the referee in overtime and failed to see a Scott Niedermayer wrister from the blue line. 
==Regular season==
===Game log===
====October====
Monthly Record: 7–5–1 (Home 2–2–0; Road 5–3–1) 
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1 	October 5 	Vancouver 	3 – 1	Detroit 	 	Luongo 	20,066 	1–0–0 	2
2 	October 6 	Vancouver 	3 – 2	Columbus 	OT	Luongo 	18,136 	2–0–0 	4
3 	October 8 	Vancouver 	2 – 3	Colorado 	 	Luongo 	18,007 	2–1–0 	4
4 	October 10	Vancouver 	1 – 2	Minnesota	SO	Luongo 	18,064 	2–1–1 	5
5 	October 13	San Jose 	6 – 4	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	2–2–1 	5
6 	October 16	Edmonton 	1 – 2	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	3–2–1 	7
7 	October 17	Vancouver 	1 – 2	Edmonton 	 	Sabourin	16,839 	3–3–1 	7
8 	October 20	Vancouver 	3 – 2	St. Louis	OT	Luongo 	9,049 	4–3–1 	9
9 	October 21	Vancouver 	4 – 3	Nashville	OT	Luongo 	16,073 	5–3–1 	11
10	October 23	Vancouver 	1 – 2	Dallas 	 	Luongo 	16,639 	5–4–1 	11
11	October 25	Vancouver 	5 – 0	Chicago 	 	Luongo 	11,641 	6–4–1 	13
12	October 27	Washington	2 – 3	Vancouver	SO	Luongo 	18,630 	7–4–1 	15
13	October 31	Nashville 	3 – 2	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	7–5–1 	15
====November====
Monthly record: 5–8–0 (home 4–4–0; road 1–4–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
14	November 2 	Vancouver	2 – 5	Minnesota	 	Luongo 	18,568 	7–6–1 	15
15	November 4 	Vancouver	2 – 3	Colorado 	 	Luongo 	18,007 	7–7–1 	15
16	November 6 	Dallas 	1 – 2	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	8–7–1 	17
17	November 9 	Anaheim 	6 – 0	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	8–8–1 	17
18	November 11	Calgary 	3 – 2	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	8–9–1 	17
19	November 14	Detroit 	3 – 2	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	8–10–1 	17
20	November 17	St. Louis	2 – 4	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	9–10–1 	19
21	November 19	Chicago 	1 – 2	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	10–10–1	21
22	November 22	Vancouver	4 – 3	Detroit 	OT	Luongo 	20,066 	11–10–1	23
23	November 23	Vancouver	0 – 6	Nashville	 	Sabourin	15,396 	11–11–1	23
24	November 25	Vancouver	1 – 4	Colorado 	 	Luongo 	17,825 	11–12–1	23
25	November 28	Columbus 	0 – 1	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	12–12–1	25
26	November 30	Anaheim 	2 – 1	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	12–13–1	25
====December====
Monthly record: 8–5–0 (home 6–1–0; road 2–4–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
27	December 2 	Colorado 	1 – 2	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	13–13–1	27
28	December 4 	Edmonton 	4 – 0	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	13–14–1	27
29	December 8 	Carolina 	3 – 4	Vancouver	OT	Luongo 	18,630 	14–14–1	29
30	December 9 	Vancouver	3 – 5	Calgary 	 	Luongo 	19,289 	14–15–1	29
31	December 12	Phoenix 	2 – 5	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	15–15–1	31
32	December 14	Calgary 	1 – 3	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	16–15–1	33
33	December 16	Minnesota	1 – 2	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	17–15–1	35
34	December 19	Vancouver	2 – 5	Minnesota	 	Luongo 	18,568 	17–16–1	35
35	December 21	Vancouver	0 – 2	Boston 	 	Sabourin	12,348 	17–17–1	35
36	December 22	Vancouver	2 – 3	Columbus 	 	Luongo 	15,861 	17–18–1	35
37	December 26	Vancouver	3 – 1	Calgary 	 	Luongo 	19,289 	18–18–1	37
38	December 27	Calgary 	5 – 6	Vancouver	OT	Luongo 	18,630 	19–18–1	39
39	December 30	Vancouver	6 – 2	Edmonton 	 	Luongo 	16,839 	20–18–1	41
====January====
Monthly record: 8–1–3 (home 4–1–2; road 4–0–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
40	January 2 	Vancouver 	3 – 2	Calgary 	 	Luongo 	19,289 	21–18–1	43
41	January 3 	Dallas 	1 – 2	Vancouver	SO	Luongo 	18,630 	22–18–1	45
42	January 5 	Edmonton 	2 – 3	Vancouver	OT	Luongo 	18,630 	23–18–1	47
43	January 7 	Florida 	3 – 4	Vancouver	SO	Luongo 	18,630 	24–18–1	49
44	January 11	Minnesota 	5 – 2	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	24–19–1	49
45	January 13	Vancouver 	6 – 1	Toronto 	 	Luongo 	19,608 	25–19–1	51
46	January 16	Vancouver 	4 – 0	Montreal 	 	Luongo 	21,273 	26–19–1	53
47	January 18	Vancouver 	2 – 1	Ottawa 	 	Luongo 	19,161 	27–19–1	55
48	January 19	Vancouver 	3 – 4	Buffalo 	SO	Sabourin	18,690 	27–19–2	56
49	January 26	Los Angeles	3 – 2	Vancouver	OT	Luongo 	18,630 	27–19–3	57
50	January 28	San Jose 	1 – 3	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	28–19–3	59
51	January 30	Columbus 	3 – 2	Vancouver	SO	Luongo 	18,630 	28–19–4	60
====February====
Monthly record: 8–3–1 (home 3–1–0; road 5–2–1)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
52	February 1 	Edmonton 	3 – 5	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	29–19–4	62
53	February 3 	Vancouver	3 – 4	Calgary 	 	Luongo 	19,289 	29–20–4	62
54	February 6 	Vancouver	5 – 2	Edmonton 	 	Luongo 	16,839 	30–20–4	64
55	February 7 	Chicago 	3 – 0	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	30–21–4	64
56	February 10	Atlanta 	2 – 3	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	31–21–4	66
57	February 14	Vancouver	3 – 2	Minnesota 	OT	Luongo 	18,568 	32–21–4	68
58	February 16	Vancouver	2 – 1	Chicago 	SO	Luongo 	14,552 	33–21–4	70
59	February 18	Colorado 	4 – 5	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	34–21–4	72
60	February 20	Vancouver	3 – 2	Anaheim 	OT	Sabourin	17,467 	35–21–4	74
61	February 22	Vancouver	3 – 2	Los Angeles	 	Luongo 	17,737 	36–21–4	76
62	February 25	Vancouver	1 – 2	Dallas 	OT	Luongo 	17,712 	36–21–5	77
63	February 27	Vancouver	1 – 3	St. Louis 	 	Luongo 	10,411 	36–22–5	77
====March====
Monthly record: 11–2–2 (home 6–1–2; road 5–1–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
64	March 1 	Phoenix 	3 – 4	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	37–22–5	79
65	March 4 	Minnesota	3 – 4	Vancouver 	SO	Luongo 	18,630 	38–22–5	81
66	March 6 	Tampa Bay	1 – 5	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	39–22–5	83
67	March 8 	Vancouver	4 – 2	Phoenix 	 	Sabourin	13,841 	40–22–5	85
68	March 9 	Vancouver	2 – 1	San Jose 	OT	Luongo 	17,496 	41–22–5	87
69	March 11	Vancouver	2 – 4	Anaheim 	 	Luongo 	17,174 	41–23–5	87
70	March 13	Minnesota	3 – 2	Vancouver 	OT	Luongo 	18,630 	41–23–6	88
71	March 15	St. Louis	2 – 3	Vancouver 	OT	Luongo 	18,630 	42–23–6	90
72	March 17	Detroit 	1 – 4	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	43–23–6	92
73	March 19	Vancouver	2 – 1	Edmonton 	 	Luongo 	16,839 	44–23–6	94
74	March 21	Nashville	0 – 2	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	45–23–6	96
75	March 25	Colorado 	5 – 4	Vancouver 	SO	Luongo 	18,630 	45–23–7	97
76	March 27	Vancouver	3 – 0	Colorado 	 	Luongo 	17,437 	46–23–7	99
77	March 29	Vancouver	4 – 2	Los Angeles	 	Luongo 	17,916 	47–23–7	101
78	March 31	Calgary 	3 – 2	Vancouver 	 	Luongo 	18,630 	47–24–7	101
====April====
Monthly record: 2–2–0 (home 1–1–0; road 1–1–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record 	Pts
79	April 3	Los Angeles	2 – 4	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	48–24–7	103
80	April 5	Colorado 	3 – 1	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	48–25–7	103
81	April 7	Vancouver 	4 – 3	San Jose 	OT	Luongo 	17,496 	49–25–7	105
82	April 8	Vancouver 	1 – 3	Phoenix 	 	Sabourin	17,406 	49–26–7	105
*Green background indicates win.
*Red background indicates regulation loss.
*White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.
==Playoffs==
The Vancouver Canucks ended the 2006–07 regular season as the Western Conference's third seed.
====Western Conference Quarter-finals: vs. (6) Dallas Stars====
Vancouver wins series 4–3
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 11	Dallas 	4 – 5	Vancouver	4OT	Luongo 	18,630 	1 – 0
2	April 13	Dallas 	2 – 0	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	1 – 1
3	April 15	Vancouver	2 – 1	Dallas 	1OT	Luongo 	18,532 	2 – 1
4	April 17	Vancouver	2 – 1	Dallas 	 	Luongo 	18,532 	3 – 1
5	April 19	Dallas 	1 – 0	Vancouver	1OT	Luongo 	18,630 	3 – 2
6	April 21	Vancouver	0 – 2	Dallas 	 	Luongo 	18,600 	3 – 3
7	April 23	Dallas 	1 – 4	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	4 – 3
====Western Conference Semi-finals: vs. (2) Anaheim Ducks====
Anaheim win series 4–1
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score	Home 	OT 	Decision	Attendance	Series
1	April 25	Vancouver	1 – 5	Anaheim 	 	Luongo 	17,250 	0 – 1
2	April 27	Vancouver	2 – 1	Anaheim 	2OT	Luongo 	17,392 	1 – 1
3	April 29	Anaheim 	3 – 2	Vancouver	 	Luongo 	18,630 	1 – 2
4	May 1 	Anaheim 	3 – 2	Vancouver	1OT	Luongo 	18,630 	1 – 3
5	May 3 	Vancouver	1 – 2	Anaheim 	2OT	Luongo 	17,407 	1 – 4
Note:
*Green background indicates win
*Red background indicates loss
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes
  	 	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Player 	# 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
Daniel Sedin 	22 	 	81 	36 	48 	84 	36 	 	12 	2 	3 	5 	4
Henrik Sedin 	33 	 	82 	10 	71 	81 	66 	 	12 	2 	2 	4 	14
Markus Naslund 	19 	 	82 	24 	36 	60 	54 	 	12 	4 	1 	5 	16
Brendan Morrison 	7 	 	82 	20 	31 	51 	60 	 	12 	1 	3 	4 	6
Kevin Bieksa 	3 	 	81 	12 	30 	42 	134 	 	9 	0 	0 	0 	20
Taylor Pyatt 	9 	 	76 	23 	14 	37 	42 	 	12 	2 	4 	6 	6
Sami Salo 	6 	 	67 	14 	23 	37 	26 	 	10 	0 	1 	1 	4
Mattias Ohlund 	2 	 	77 	11 	20 	31 	80 	 	12 	2 	5 	7 	12
Matt Cooke 	24 	 	81 	10 	20 	30 	64 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
Trevor Linden 	16 	 	80 	12 	13 	25 	34 	 	12 	2 	5 	7 	6
Jan Bulis 	38 	 	79 	12 	11 	23 	70 	 	12 	1 	1 	2 	2
Ryan Kesler 	17 	 	48 	6 	10 	16 	40 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Lukas Krajicek 	5 	 	78 	3 	13 	16 	64 	 	12 	0 	2 	2 	12
Willie Mitchell 	8 	 	62 	1 	10 	11 	45 	 	12 	0 	1 	1 	12
Jeff Cowan† 	20 	 	42 	7 	3 	10 	93 	 	10 	2 	0 	2 	22
Alexandre Burrows	14 	 	81 	3 	6 	9 	93 	 	11 	1 	0 	1 	14
Bryan Smolinski† 	21 	 	20 	4 	3 	7 	8 	 	12 	2 	2 	4 	8
Josh Green 	25 	 	57 	2 	5 	7 	25 	 	9 	0 	1 	1 	12
Rory Fitzpatrick 	18 	 	58 	1 	6 	7 	46 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	6
Tommi Santala 	26 	 	30 	1 	5 	6 	24 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
Brent Sopel† 	4 	 	20 	1 	4 	5 	10 	 	11 	0 	0 	0 	2
Marc Chouinard 	32 	 	42 	2 	2 	4 	10 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Yannick Tremblay 	28 	 	12 	1 	2 	3 	12 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Alexander Edler 	23 	 	22 	1 	2 	3 	6 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	2
Roberto Luongo 	1 	 	76 	0 	2 	2 	10 	 	12 	0 	0 	0 	0
Brad Moran 	39 	 	3 	0 	1 	1 	2 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Patrick Coulombe 	29 	 	7 	0 	1 	1 	4 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Jannik Hansen 	36 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	 	10 	0 	1 	1 	4
Nathan Smith 	29 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
Nathan McIver 	45 	 	1 	0 	0 	0 	7 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Lee Goren 	27 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Jesse Schultz 	20 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Rick Rypien 	15 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	5 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Brandon Reid 	37 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	1 	0 	1 	1 	0
Tyler Bouck 	21 	 	6 	0 	0 	0 	16 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
Dany Sabourin 	35 	 	9 	0 	0 	0 	0 	 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
Luc Bourdon 	4 	 	9 	0 	0 	0 	4 	 	-- 	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
*Denotes player traded by Vancouver midway through the season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.
===Goaltenders===
Note: GP = Games Played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/Shootout Losses; GA = Goals Against; SO = Shutouts; Sv% = Save Percentage; GAA = Goals Against Average
  	 	 	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
Player 	# 	 	GP 	Min 	W 	L 	OT 	GA 	SO 	Sv% 	GAA 	 	GP 	Min 	W 	L 	GA 	SO 	Sv% 	GAA
Roberto Luongo	1 	 	76 	4490 	47 	22 	6 	171 	5 	.921 	2.28 	 	12 	847 	5 	7 	25 	0 	.941 	1.77
Dany Sabourin 	30 	 	9 	480 	2 	4 	1 	21 	0 	.906 	2.63 	 	2 	14 	0 	0 	1 	0 	.909 	4.29
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
==Awards and records==
===2007 Canuck Awards winners===
* Molson Cup - Roberto Luongo
* Cyclone Taylor Trophy - Roberto Luongo
* Cyrus H. McLean Trophy - Daniel Sedin
* Babe Pratt Trophy - Kevin Bieksa
* Fred J. Hume Award - Kevin Bieksa
* Most Exciting Player Award - Roberto Luongo
=====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 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=====
* 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. 
* Sami Salo recorded his 100th career NHL point on November 11, 2006, vs. Calgary.
* 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.
== Transactions ==
===Trades===
June 24, 2006 	To Vancouver Canucks Roberto Luongo Lukas Krajicek 6th round pick in 2006 (Sergei Shirokov)	To Florida Panthers Todd Bertuzzi Alex Auld Bryan Allen
July 5, 2006 	To Vancouver Canucks 2nd round pick in 2007 Conditional pick in 2009 	To Los Angeles Kings Dan Cloutier
July 14, 2006 	To Vancouver Canucks Taylor Pyatt 	To Buffalo Sabres 4th round pick in 2007
February 26, 2007	To Vancouver Canucks Bryan Smolinski 	To Chicago Blackhawks Conditional 2nd round pick in 2007
February 26, 2007	To Vancouver Canucks Brent Sopel 	To Los Angeles Kings 2nd round pick in 2007 4th round pick in 2008
====Free agents acquired====
Player 	Former team
D Willie Mitchell 	Dallas Stars
F Marc Chouinard 	Minnesota Wild
F Jan Bulis 	Montreal Canadiens
D Rory Fitzpatrick	Buffalo Sabres
====Free agents lost====
Player 	New team
D Ed Jovanovski 	Phoenix Coyotes
D Wade Brookbank 	Boston Bruins
D Nolan Baumgartner	Philadelphia Flyers
D Keith Carney 	Minnesota Wild
F Jarkko Ruutu 	Pittsburgh Penguins
F Anson Carter 	Columbus Blue Jackets
F Richard Park 	New York Islanders
====Received from waivers====
Player 	From
G Dany Sabourin	Pittsburgh Penguins
F Jeff Cowan 	Los Angeles Kings
====Placed on waivers====
Player 	Picked up/Cleared waivers
F Marc Chouinard	Cleared waivers and was sent down to the Manitoba Moose
====Draft picks====
Vancouver's picks at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft in Vancouver, British Columbia.2006 NHL Entry Draft Results
Round	# 	Player 	Nationality	NHL team 	College/junior/club team (league)
1 	14 	Michael Grabner (RW)	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3 	82 	Daniel Rahimi (D) 	 	Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim)	Bjorkloven (Swe Jr.)
6 	163	Sergei Shirokov (W) 	 	Vancouver Canucks (from Florida)	HC CSKA Moscow (Russian Superleague)
6 	167	Juraj Simek (LW) 	 	Vancouver Canucks 	Kloten Flyers (Nationalliga A)
7 	197	Evan Fuller (RW) 	 	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 Quarter-final. 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.
==External links==
*Official website of the Vancouver Canucks
==See also==
*2006–07 NHL Season
==References==
*Team standings: NHL standings on espn.com
* NHL standings on NHL.com
 
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