2018–19 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2018–19 Vancouver Canucks season was the 49th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. On July 25, 2018, president of hockey operations, Trevor Linden left the organization and his role was assumed by general manager Jim Benning. The Canucks were eliminated from playoff contention on March 29, 2019, after the Colorado Avalanche's overtime win against the Arizona Coyotes.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
The Canucks released their pre-season schedule on June 13, 2018.
2018 pre-season game log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2018 pre-season game log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2018 pre-season game log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2018 pre-season game log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2018 pre-season game log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2018 pre-season game log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2018 pre-season game log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2018 pre-season game log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2018 pre-season game log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)	2018 pre-season game log: 1–6–0 (Home: 1–3–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 18 	Edmonton 	4–2 	Vancouver 	 	Nilsson 	— 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 19 	Calgary 	4–1 	Vancouver 	 	Demko 	15,371 	0–2–0 	Recap
3 	September 20 	Los Angeles 	3–4 	Vancouver 	SO 	Markstrom 	15,903 	1–2–0 	Recap
4 	September 22 	Vancouver 	2–5 	Calgary 	 	Demko 	17,746 	1–3–0 	Recap
5 	September 24 	Vancouver 	1–4 	Los Angeles 	 	Markstrom 	12,367 	1–4–0 	Recap
6 	September 25 	Vancouver 	0–6 	Edmonton 	 	Nilsson 	18,347 	1–5–0 	Recap
7 	September 29 	Arizona 	4–1 	Vancouver 	 	Markstrom 	— 	1–6–0 	Recap
Notes:
Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.	
Notes:
Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.	
Notes:
Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.	
Notes:
Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.	
Notes:
Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.	
Notes:
Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.	
Notes:
Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.	
Notes:
Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.	
Notes:
Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.	
Notes:
Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Game was played at Prospera Place in Kelowna, British Columbia.
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.
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October: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)	October: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)	October: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)	October: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)	October: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)	October: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)	October: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)	October: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)	October: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)	October: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)	October: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 3 	Calgary 	2–5 	Vancouver 	 	Markstrom 	18,870 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 6 	Vancouver 	4–7 	Calgary 	 	Markstrom 	18,688 	1–1–0 	2 	Recap
3 	October 9 	Vancouver 	3–5 	Carolina 	 	Markstrom 	11,932 	1–2–0 	2 	Recap
4 	October 11 	Vancouver 	4–1 	Tampa Bay 	 	Nilsson 	19,092 	2–2–0 	4 	Recap
5 	October 13 	Vancouver 	3–2 	Florida 	 	Nilsson 	11,953 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap
6 	October 16 	Vancouver 	3–2 	Pittsburgh 	OT 	Nilsson 	18,492 	4–2–0 	8 	Recap
7 	October 18 	Vancouver 	1–4 	Winnipeg 	 	Nilsson 	15,321 	4–3–0 	8 	Recap
8 	October 20 	Boston 	1–2 	Vancouver 	OT 	Markstrom 	17,871 	5–3–0 	10 	Recap
9 	October 22 	Washington 	5–2 	Vancouver 	 	Nilsson 	17,227 	5–4–0 	10 	Recap
10 	October 24 	Vancouver 	3–2 	Vegas 	SO 	Markstrom 	18,189 	6–4–0 	12 	Recap
11 	October 25 	Vancouver 	1–4 	Arizona 	 	Nilsson 	12,955 	6–5–0 	12 	Recap
12 	October 27 	Pittsburgh 	5–0 	Vancouver 	 	Markstrom 	17,537 	6–6–0 	12 	Recap
13 	October 29 	Minnesota 	2–5 	Vancouver 	 	Markstrom 	16,546 	7–6–0 	14 	Recap
14 	October 31 	Chicago 	2–4 	Vancouver 	 	Markstrom 	16,955 	8–6–0 	16 	Recap
===Detailed records===
Western Conference 	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference	Western Conference
Opponent 	Home 	Away 	Total 	Pts 	 	
Central Division 	Central Division 	Central Division 	Central Division 	Central Division 	Central Division 	Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks 	1–0–0 	1–0–1 	2–0–1 	5 	10 	8
Colorado Avalanche 	1–0–0 	1–0–1 	2–0–1 	5 	14 	10
Dallas Stars 	1–1–0 	1–0–0 	2–1–0 	4 	7 	6
Minnesota Wild 	1–1–0 	0–1–0 	1–2–0 	2 	9 	11
Nashville Predators 	1–0–0 	0–1–1 	1–1–1 	3 	10 	10
St. Louis Blues 	1–0–0 	1–0–1 	2–0–1 	5 	13 	5
Winnipeg Jets 	0–2–0 	0–1–0 	0–3–0 	0 	4 	8
Total 	6–4–0 	4–3–4 	10–7–4 	24 	67 	61
Pacific Division 	Pacific Division 	Pacific Division 	Pacific Division 	Pacific Division 	Pacific Division 	Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks 	1–1–0 	0–2–0 	1–3–0 	2 	11 	10
Arizona Coyotes 	0–0–2 	0–2–0 	0–2–2 	2 	8 	16
Calgary Flames 	2–1–0 	1–1–0 	3–2–0 	6 	17 	17
Edmonton Oilers 	1–0–1 	1–1–0 	2–1–1 	5 	12 	10
Los Angeles Kings 	1–0–1 	2–0–0 	3–0–1 	7 	12 	9
San Jose Sharks 	1–1–0 	0–2–0 	1–3–0 	2 	8 	16
Vancouver Canucks 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
Vegas Golden Knights	0–2–0 	1–1–0 	1–3–0 	2 	8 	15
Total 	6–5–4 	5–9–0 	11–14–4 	26 	76 	93
Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference 	Eastern Conference
Opponent 	Home 	Away 	Total 	Pts 	 	
Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division 	Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins 	1–0–0 	1–0–0 	2–0–0 	4 	10 	5
Buffalo Sabres 	1–0–0 	0–0–1 	1–0–1 	3 	7 	7
Detroit Red Wings 	1–0–0 	0–0–1 	1–0–1 	3 	5 	5
Florida Panthers 	1–0–0 	1–0–0 	2–0–0 	4 	8 	3
Montreal Canadiens 	0–1–0 	0–1–0 	0–2–0 	0 	2 	5
Ottawa Senators 	1–0–0 	1–0–0 	2–0–0 	4 	11 	7
Tampa Bay Lightning 	0–1–0 	1–0–0 	1–1–0 	2 	6 	6
Toronto Maple Leafs 	1–0–0 	0–1–0 	1–1–0 	2 	3 	7
Total 	6–2–0 	4–2–2 	10–4–2 	22 	52 	46
Metropolitan Division	Metropolitan Division	Metropolitan Division	Metropolitan Division	Metropolitan Division	Metropolitan Division	Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes 	0–1–0 	0–1–0 	0–2–0 	0 	5 	10
Columbus Blue Jackets	0–1–0 	1–0–0 	1–1–0 	2 	3 	7
New Jersey Devils 	0–0–1 	0–1–0 	0–1–1 	1 	2 	7
New York Islanders 	0–1–0 	0–1–0 	0–2–0 	0 	2 	9
New York Rangers 	1–0–0 	0–1–0 	1–1–0 	2 	5 	3
Philadelphia Flyers 	1–0–0 	0–1–0 	1–1–0 	2 	6 	3
Pittsburgh Penguins 	0–1–0 	1–0–0 	1–1–0 	2 	3 	7
Washington Capitals 	0–1–0 	0–1–0 	0–2–0 	0 	4 	8
Total 	2–5–1 	2–6–0 	4–11–1 	9 	30 	54
==Player statistics==
Final stats
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	71	28	38	66	3 	12
 	82	27	34	61	−4 	33
 	69	26	30	56	–2 	22
 	56	10	24	34	3 	54
 	65	9 	22	31	5 	118
 	81	11	18	29	−11	22
 	63	7 	20	27	−10	18
 	70	15	10	25	−4 	44
 	78	2 	21	23	9 	32
 	77	12	10	22	−4 	20
 	69	5 	15	20	−23	43
† 	49	10	8 	18	4 	25
 	74	9 	7 	16	−12	10
 	41	2 	14	16	0 	22
 	26	9 	5 	14	−9 	6
 	57	3 	10	13	–8 	18
† 	19	9 	3 	12	0 	4
 	56	5 	7 	12	–8 	18
 	62	3 	9 	12	–1 	30
 	55	2 	10	12	3 	18
 	47	3 	7 	10	−2 	9
‡ 	57	2 	6 	8 	−27	83
 	26	4 	2 	6 	−12	6
‡ 	17	2 	3 	5 	−10	2
‡ 	23	1 	3 	4 	3 	8
† 	11	0 	4 	4 	–1 	0
‡ 	7 	1 	2 	3 	−3 	4
 	3 	1 	2 	3 	3 	0
 	5 	0 	3 	3 	0 	2
‡ 	9 	1 	1 	2 	−1 	12
† 	18	0 	2 	2 	–4 	9
 	17	0 	1 	1 	–2 	2
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	−4 	5
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	–1 	0
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	–4 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	–1 	2
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	60	60	3,599:21	28	23	9	166	2.77	1,896	.912	1	0	3	2
 	9 	8 	534:09 	4 	3 	1	25 	2.81	288 	.913	0	0	1	0
‡ 	12	12	717:56 	3 	8 	1	37 	3.09	353 	.895	0	0	0	0
 	1 	1 	60:00 	0 	1 	0	6 	6.00	29 	.793	0	0	0	0
 	1 	1 	60:00 	0 	1 	0	7 	7.00	24 	.708	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
 	NHL Rookie of the Month for October 	November 1, 2018
 	NHL Second Star of the Week 	November 5, 2018
 	NHL First Star of the Week 	December 10, 2018
 	NHL Rookie of the Month for December	January 2, 2019
 	NHL All-Star game selection 	January 2, 2019
===Milestones===
Regular season
Player	Milestone 	Reached
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point	October 3, 2018
 	300th career NHL game 	October 13, 2018
 	400th career NHL game 	October 22, 2018
 	400th career NHL game 	October 24, 2018
 	1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	October 25, 2018
 	100th career NHL assist 	November 21, 2018
 	1st career NHL goal 	November 24, 2018
 	100th career NHL game 	December 31, 2018
 	1st career NHL hat-trick 	January 2, 2019
 	100th career NHL game 	January 16, 2019
 	200th career NHL point 	January 18, 2019
 	500th career NHL game 	February 4, 2019
 	1st career NHL game 	February 11, 2019
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	February 11, 2019
 	1st career NHL game 	February 14, 2019
 	900th career NHL game 	February 16, 2019
 	100th career NHL point 	February 16, 2019
 	200th career NHL game 	February 28, 2019
 	800th career NHL game 	March 7, 2019
 	200th career NHL game 	March 13, 2019
 	1st career NHL game 	March 26, 2019
 	1st career NHL game1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point 	March 28, 2019
===Records===
Player 	Record 	Date
Alexander Edler 	Most games played by Canucks defenceman	December 22, 2018
Elias Pettersson	Most points by Canucks rookie 	March 18, 2019
Alexander Edler 	Most goals scored by Canucks defenceman	March 28, 2018
==Transactions==
The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Washington Capitals6th-round pick in 2018 	To Vancouver Canucks6th-round pick in 20186th-round pick in 2019	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksMichael Chaput 	To Vancouver CanucksTanner Kero 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsMichael Carcone 	To Vancouver CanucksJosh Leivo 	
 	To Ottawa SenatorsDarren ArchibaldAnders Nilsson	To Vancouver CanucksMike McKennaTom Pyatt6th-round pick in 2019 	
 	To Anaheim DucksMichael Del Zotto 	To Vancouver CanucksLuke Schenn7th-round pick in 2020 	
 	To New York Rangers7th-round pick in 2020 	To Vancouver CanucksMarek Mazanec 	
 	To Edmonton OilersSam Gagner 	To Vancouver CanucksRyan Spooner 	
 	To Pittsburgh PenguinsErik Gudbranson 	To Vancouver CanucksTanner Pearson 	
 	To San Jose SharksJonathan Dahlen 	To Vancouver CanucksLinus Karlsson 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Jay Beagle 	from Washington Capitals 	4-year 	
 	Nic Dowd 	to Washington Capitals 	1-year 	
 	Antoine Roussel 	from Dallas Stars 	4-year 	
 	Tim Schaller 	from Boston Bruins 	2-year 	
 	Jayson Megna 	to Washington Capitals 	1-year 	
 	Griffen Molino 	to Toronto Marlies (AHL) 	Unknown 	
 	Patrick Wiercioch	to Dinamo Minsk (KHL) 	Unknown 	
 	Cole Cassels 	to Grizzlys Wolfsburg (DEL) 	1-year 	
 	Joseph LaBate 	to Belleville Senators (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Mackenze Stewart 	to Toledo Walleye (ECHL) 	1-year 	
 	Mitch Eliot 	from Sarnia Sting (OHL) 	3-year 	
 	Michael Leighton 	from Utica Comets (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Josh Teves 	from Princeton Tigers (ECAC Hockey) 	1-year 	
 	Jake Kielly 	from Clarkson Golden Knights (ECAC Hockey)	2-year 	
 	Brogan Rafferty 	from Quinnipiac Bobcats (ECAC Hockey) 	1-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player 	Team 	Ref
 	Brendan Leipsic	to Los Angeles Kings 	
 	Mike McKenna 	to Philadelphia Flyers	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player	Via	Ref
 	 	 	
===Retirement===
Date	Player 	Ref
 	Daniel Sedin	
 	Henrik Sedin	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Markus Granlund 	1-year 	
 	Derrick Pouliot 	1-year 	
 	Sven Bartschi 	3-year 	
 	Darren Archibald	1-year 	
 	Troy Stecher 	2-year 	
 	Jake Virtanen 	2-year 	
 	Quinn Hughes 	3-year 	
 	Jett Woo 	3-year 	
 	Thatcher Demko 	2-year 	
 	Alexander Edler 	2-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality 	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	7 	Quinn Hughes 	D 	United States	University of Michigan (B1G)
2 	37 	Jett Woo 	D 	Canada 	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
3 	68 	Tyler Madden 	C 	United States	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
5 	130 	Toni Utunen 	D 	Finland 	LeKi (Mestis)
6 	1861	Artyom Manukyan 	RW 	Russia 	Avangard Omsk (KHL)
7 	192 	Matthew Thiessen	G 	Canada 	Steinbach Pistons (MJHL)
Notes:
# The Washington Capitals' sixth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a sixth-round pick in 2018 (161st overall) to Washington in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2019 and this pick.
==References==
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