2019–20 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2019–20 Vancouver Canucks season is the 50th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[1] The Canucks attempted to return to the postseason for the first time since the 2014–15 season.

2019–20 Vancouver Canucks
Division	4th Pacific
Conference	7th Western
2019–20 record	36–27–6
Home record	22–9–4
Road record	14–18–2
Goals for	228
Goals against	217
Team information
General Manager	Jim Benning
Coach	Travis Green
Captain	Bo Horvat
Alternate captains	Alexander Edler Brandon Sutter Christopher Tanev
Arena	Rogers Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Utica Comets (AHL) Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	J. T. Miller Elias Pettersson (27)
Assists	Quinn Hughes J. T. Miller (45)
Points	J. T. Miller (72)
Penalty minutes	Alexander Edler (62)
Plus/minus	Elias Pettersson (+16)
Wins	Jacob Markstrom (23)
Goals against average	Jacob Markstrom (2.75)

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4] The Canucks advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2014–15 season by defeating the Minnesota Wild in the qualifying round in four games. The Canucks are set to face the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Off-season

The Vancouver Canucks hosted the 2019 NHL Entry Draft on June 21–22, 2019.[5]

Training camp

The Canucks held their training camp at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, from September 13–15.[6] The following day, they hosted a preseason game against the Calgary Flames in Victoria, which they lost 4–3.[7]

Regular season

October

Centre ice logo commemorating the Vancouver Canucks 50th season

The Canucks began their season with a 3–2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on October 2.[8] After ending their season-opening two-game road trip with a 3–0 loss to the Calgary Flames, the team returned home for their October 9 home opener against the Los Angeles Kings, the same team the Canucks hosted in their inaugural game exactly 49 years earlier. In a special pre-game ceremony, the Canucks named Bo Horvat the 14th captain in team history.[9] The Canucks defeated the Kings 8–2. The Canucks would get back to .500 in their next game by beating the Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 in a shootout, their first shootout of the year. Before the final game of the homestand, Jacob Markstrom left the team for personal reasons, resulting in Thatcher Demko making his first start of the season, where the Canucks won 5–1 over the Detroit Red Wings. The Canucks opened their road trip on October 17 by defeating the defending champion St. Louis Blues 4–3 in a shootout, coming back after being down 3–1 in the game to earn their first road victory of the year.[10] Playing their next two games on back-to-back days, the Canucks were shutout by the New Jersey Devils 1–0, however they rebounded and defeated the New York Rangers 3–2 the following day, which included Bo Horvat scoring his 100th career goal.[11] The Canucks concluded their road trip by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 5–2, with Bo Horvat scoring his first career hat-trick and helping Vancouver overcome a 2–0 deficit in the game.[12] On October 25, back at home facing the Washington Capitals, the Canucks surrendered a 5–1 second period lead and lost the game 6–5 in a shootout. The team rebounded in their next game and beat the Florida Panthers 7–2.[13] To close out the month of October, the Canucks began a three-game California road trip by visiting the Los Angeles Kings. Vancouver earned a 5–3 victory in the October 30 game, which included a Brock Boeser hat-trick.[14]

November

Continuing their road trip, the Canucks opened November with a 2–1 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks. They responded the following day by winning 5–2 over the San Jose Sharks. The Canucks earned five of six points on the road trip, and won their first game in San Jose since March 31, 2016.[15]

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	86
2	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	83
3	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	79
4	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	78
5	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	74
6	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	67
7	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	64
8	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	63

Source: National Hockey League[16]

Western Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[17]
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	.585	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[17]
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	.450

Source: NHL Western Conference Points percentage

Tiebreaking procedures

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
5. Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
6. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
7. Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Pre-season

The Canucks released their pre-season schedule on June 18, 2019.[18]

2019 pre-season game log: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[A]	September 16	Vancouver	3–2	Calgary	OT	Bachman	17,465	1–0–0	Recap
2^[A]^[a]	September 16	Calgary	4–3	Vancouver		McIntyre	7,006	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 17	Edmonton	2–4	Vancouver		Demko	17,738	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 19	Vancouver	6–1	Edmonton		Markstrom	15,789	3–1–0	Recap
5^[b]	September 21	Vancouver	5–7	Los Angeles		Bachman	10,014	3–2–0	Recap
6^[c]	September 23	Ottawa	4–6	Vancouver		Markstrom	7,046	4–2–0	Recap
7	September 25	Ottawa	6–2	Vancouver		Demko	18,781	4–3–0	Recap
8	September 26	Arizona	4–2	Vancouver		Markstrom	18,528	4–4–0	Recap
Notes: ^A Indicates split-squad. ^a Game was played at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. ^b Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. ^c Game was played at Abbotsford Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 25, 2019.[19]

2019–20 game log
October: 8–3–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 Vancouver 2–3 Edmonton Markstrom 18,347 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 5 Vancouver 0–3 Calgary Markstrom 19,005 0–2–0 0 Recap 3 October 9 Los Angeles 2–8 Vancouver Markstrom 18,955 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 12 Philadelphia 2–3 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,652 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 15 Detroit 1–5 Vancouver Demko 18,183 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 17 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis SO Demko 18,096 4–2–0 8 Recap 7 October 19 Vancouver 0–1 New Jersey Demko 13,818 4–3–0 8 Recap 8 October 20 Vancouver 3–2 NY Rangers Markstrom 17,030 5–3–0 10 Recap 9 October 22 Vancouver 5–2 Detroit Markstrom 18,455 6–3–0 12 Recap 10 October 25 Washington 6–5 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,871 6–3–1 13 Recap 11 October 28 Florida 2–7 Vancouver Demko 17,864 7–3–1 15 Recap 12 October 30 Vancouver 5–3 Los Angeles Markstrom 15,565 8–3–1 17 Recap
November: 5–7–3 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 4–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Vancouver 1–2 Anaheim OT Markstrom 15,173 8–3–2 18 Recap 14 November 2 Vancouver 5–2 San Jose Demko 16,480 9–3–2 20 Recap 15 November 5 St. Louis 2–1 Vancouver OT Markstrom 17,789 9–3–3 21 Recap 16 November 7 Vancouver 2–5 Chicago Markstrom 21,418 9–4–3 21 Recap 17 November 8 Vancouver 1–4 Winnipeg Demko 15,325 9–5–3 21 Recap 18 November 10 New Jersey 2–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 9–6–3 21 Recap 19 November 12 Nashville 3–5 Vancouver Demko 18,233 10–6–3 23 Recap 20 November 14 Dallas 4–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,642 10–7–3 23 Recap 21 November 16 Colorado 5–4 Vancouver OT Demko 18,409 10–7–4 24 Recap 22 November 19 Vancouver 1–6 Dallas Markstrom 18,198 10–8–4 24 Recap 23 November 21 Vancouver 6–3 Nashville Markstrom 17,168 11–8–4 26 Recap 24 November 23 Vancouver 2–1 Washington SO Markstrom 18,573 12–8–4 28 Recap 25 November 25 Vancouver 1–2 Philadelphia Demko 17,083 12–9–4 28 Recap 26 November 27 Vancouver 6–8 Pittsburgh Demko 18,465 12–10–4 28 Recap 27 November 30 Vancouver 5–2 Edmonton Markstrom 18,035 13–10–4 30 Recap
December: 8–5–0 (Home: 7–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 1 Edmonton 3–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 13–11–4 30 Recap 29 December 3 Ottawa 2–5 Vancouver Demko 18,559 14–11–4 32 Recap 30 December 7 Buffalo 5–6 Vancouver OT Demko 18,871 15–11–4 34 Recap 31 December 10 Toronto 4–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,290 15–12–4 34 Recap 32 December 12 Carolina 0–1 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,626 16–12–4 36 Recap 33 December 14 Vancouver 2–4 San Jose Markstrom 16,242 16–13–4 36 Recap 34 December 15 Vancouver 3–6 Vegas Markstrom 18,066 16–14–4 36 Recap 35 December 17 Montreal 3–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,788 16–15–4 36 Recap 36 December 19 Vegas 4–5 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,871 17–15–4 38 Recap 37 December 21 Pittsburgh 1–4 Vancouver Markstrom 18,285 18–15–4 40 Recap 38 December 23 Edmonton 2–4 Vancouver Markstrom 18,851 19–15–4 42 Recap 39 December 28 Los Angeles 2–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,837 20–15–4 44 Recap 40 December 29 Vancouver 5–2 Calgary Demko 19,289 21–15–4 46 Recap
January: 8–3–0 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Chicago 5–7 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 22–15–4 48 Recap 42 January 4 NY Rangers 1–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 23–15–4 50 Recap 43 January 7 Vancouver 2–9 Tampa Bay Markstrom 19,092 23–16–4 50 Recap 44 January 9 Vancouver 2–5 Florida Demko 12,648 23–17–4 50 Recap 45 January 11 Vancouver 6–3 Buffalo Markstrom 18,509 24–17–4 52 Recap 46 January 12 Vancouver 4–1 Minnesota Markstrom 17,348 25–17–4 54 Recap 47 January 14 Vancouver 0–4 Winnipeg Markstrom 15,325 25–18–4 54 Recap 48 January 16 Arizona 1–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 26–18–4 56 Recap 49 January 18 San Jose 1–4 Vancouver Demko 18,786 27–18–4 58 Recap 50 January 27 St. Louis 1–3 Vancouver Demko 18,871 28–18–4 60 Recap 51 January 29 Vancouver 5–2 San Jose Markstrom 16,024 29–18–4 62 Recap
February: 5–6–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Vancouver 4–3 NY Islanders OT Markstrom 14,862 30–18–4 64 Recap 53 February 2 Vancouver 3–4 Carolina SO Demko 15,767 30–18–5 65 Recap 54 February 4 Vancouver 0–4 Boston Markstrom 17,850 30–19–5 65 Recap 55 February 6 Vancouver 2–4 Minnesota Markstrom 17,191 30–20–5 65 Recap 56 February 8 Calgary 6–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 30–21–5 65 Recap 57 February 10 Nashville 2–6 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 31–21–5 67 Recap 58 February 12 Chicago 0–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 32–21–5 69 Recap 59 February 16 Anaheim 5–1 Vancouver Demko 18,871 32–22–5 69 Recap 60 February 19 Minnesota 4–3 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,871 32–22–6 70 Recap 61 February 22 Boston 3–9 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 33–22–6 72 Recap 62 February 25 Vancouver 4–3 Montreal OT Demko 21,187 34–22–6 74 Recap 63 February 27 Vancouver 2–5 Ottawa Demko 12,166 34–23–6 74 Recap 64 February 29 Vancouver 2–4 Toronto Demko 19,371 34–24–6 74 Recap
March: 2–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 Vancouver 3–5 Columbus Domingue 18,378 34–25–6 74 Recap 66 March 4 Arizona 4–2 Vancouver Demko 17,363 34–26–6 74 Recap 67 March 6 Colorado 3–6 Vancouver Demko 18,871 35–26–6 76 Recap 68 March 8 Columbus 2–1 Vancouver Demko 18,871 35–27–6 76 Recap 69 March 10 NY Islanders 4–5 Vancouver SO Demko 18,871 36–27–6 78 Recap
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 70 March 12 Vancouver Arizona 71 March 13 Vancouver Colorado 72 March 15 Winnipeg Vancouver 73 March 18 Tampa Bay Vancouver 74 March 20 Vancouver Anaheim 75 March 21 Vancouver Los Angeles 76 March 23 Vancouver Vegas 77 March 25 San Jose Vancouver 78 March 27 Calgary Vancouver 79 March 28 Anaheim Vancouver 80 March 30 Vancouver Dallas 81 April 2 Vancouver Arizona 82 April 4 Vegas Vancouver
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Canucks defeated the Minnesota Wild in the qualifying round in four games.[20]

The Canucks will face the St. Louis Blues in the first round.[21]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Qualifying Round vs. (10) Minnesota Wild: Vancouver won 3–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 2 Minnesota 3–0 Vancouver Markstrom 0–1 Recap 2 August 4 Minnesota 3–4 Vancouver Markstrom 1–1 Recap 3 August 6 Vancouver 3–0 Minnesota Markstrom 2–1 Recap 4 August 7 Vancouver 5–4 Minnesota OT Markstrom 3–1 Recap
Western Conference First Round vs. (4) St. Louis Blues: Vancouver leads 2–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Vancouver 5–2 St. Louis Markstrom 1–0 Recap 2 August 14 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis OT Markstrom 2–0 Recap 3 August 16 St. Louis 3–2 Vancouver OT Markstrom 2–1 Recap 4 August 17 St. Louis Vancouver 5 August 19 Vancouver St. Louis 6 August 21 St. Louis Vancouver (if necessary) 7 August 23 Vancouver St. Louis (if necessary)
Legend:   Win   Loss

Detailed records

Western Conference Opponent Home Away Total Pts GF GA Central Division Chicago Blackhawks 2–0–0 0–1–0 2–1–0 4 12 10 Colorado Avalanche 1–0–1 0–0–0 1–0–1 3 10 8 Dallas Stars 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 3 10 Minnesota Wild 0–0–1 1–1–0 1–1–1 3 9 9 Nashville Predators 2–0–0 1–0–0 3–0–0 6 17 8 St. Louis Blues 1–0–1 1–0–0 2–0–1 5 8 6 Winnipeg Jets 0–0–0 0–2–0 0–2–0 0 1 8 Total 6–1–3 3–5–0 9–6–3 21 60 59 Pacific Division Anaheim Ducks 0–1–0 0–0–1 0–1–1 1 2 7 Arizona Coyotes 1–1–0 0–0–0 1–1–0 2 5 5 Calgary Flames 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–2–0 2 7 11 Edmonton Oilers 1–1–0 1–1–0 2–2–0 4 13 10 Los Angeles Kings 2–0–0 1–0–0 3–0–0 6 16 7 San Jose Sharks 1–0–0 2–1–0 3–1–0 6 16 9 Vancouver Canucks — — — — — — Vegas Golden Knights 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 8 10 Total 6–4–0 5–4–1 11–8–1 23 67 59

Eastern Conference Opponent Home Away Total Pts GF GA Atlantic Division Boston Bruins 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 9 7 Buffalo Sabres 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 12 8 Detroit Red Wings 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 10 3 Florida Panthers 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 9 7 Montreal Canadiens 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 5 6 Ottawa Senators 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 7 7 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–0–0 0–1–0 0–1–0 0 2 9 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 3 8 Total 5–2–0 3–5–0 8–7–0 16 57 55 Metropolitan Division Carolina Hurricanes 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 4 4 Columbus Blue Jackets 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 4 7 New Jersey Devils 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 1 3 New York Islanders 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 9 7 New York Rangers 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 5 3 Philadelphia Flyers 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 4 4 Pittsburgh Penguins 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 10 9 Washington Capitals 0–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 3 7 7 Total 5–2–1 3–4–1 8–6–2 18 44 44

Player statistics

As of August 7, 2020

Skaters

Regular season[22] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM J. T. Miller 69 27 45 72 11 47 Elias Pettersson 68 27 39 66 16 18 Bo Horvat 69 22 31 53 −15 21 Quinn Hughes 68 8 45 53 −10 22 Tanner Pearson 69 21 24 45 −4 27 Brock Boeser 57 16 29 45 4 14 Jake Virtanen 69 18 18 36 −4 41 Adam Gaudette 59 12 21 33 −7 37 Alexander Edler 59 5 28 33 13 62 Tyler Myers 68 6 15 21 −7 49 Christopher Tanev 69 2 18 20 4 41 Josh Leivo 36 7 12 19 0 4 Brandon Sutter 44 8 9 17 1 25 Troy Stecher 69 5 12 17 10 32 Antoine Roussel 41 7 6 13 0 43 Loui Eriksson 49 6 7 13 −2 12 Tyler Toffoli^† 10 6 4 10 3 4 Tyler Motte 34 4 4 8 −10 10 Jay Beagle 55 2 6 8 −9 38 Jordie Benn 44 1 6 7 −7 17 Tim Schaller^‡ 51 5 1 6 −13 14 Zack MacEwen 17 5 1 6 6 20 Oscar Fantenberg 36 1 5 6 −10 6 Micheal Ferland 14 1 4 5 −3 7 Tyler Graovac 8 2 0 2 −2 2 Sven Baertschi 6 0 2 2 −2 4 Nikolay Goldobin 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ashton Sautner 1 0 0 0 0 0 Justin Bailey 2 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs[23] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Quinn Hughes 4 1 5 6 2 0 Bo Horvat 4 2 2 4 1 0 Elias Pettersson 4 1 3 4 1 2 Christopher Tanev 4 1 3 4 1 2 Brock Boeser 4 2 1 3 2 6 Tanner Pearson 4 2 1 3 −1 4 J. T. Miller 4 1 2 3 1 2 Antoine Roussel 4 1 1 2 0 14 Alexander Edler 4 0 2 2 −2 2 Brandon Sutter 4 1 0 1 −1 2 Jay Beagle 4 0 0 0 −1 2 Tyler Myers 4 0 0 0 −2 18 Loui Eriksson 3 0 0 0 −1 2 Tyler Motte 4 0 0 0 0 0 Jake Virtanen 3 0 0 0 −1 7 Oscar Fantenberg 3 0 0 0 1 0 Troy Stecher 4 0 0 0 3 6 Zack MacEwen 2 0 0 0 2 2 Adam Gaudette 1 0 0 0 0 0 Tyler Toffoli 1 0 0 0 −1 0 Olli Juolevi 1 0 0 0 0 0 Micheal Ferland 2 0 0 0 0 7

Goaltenders

Regular season[24]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jacob Markstrom	43	43	2,551:53	23	16	4	117	2.75	1,420	.918	2	0	1	4
Thatcher Demko	27	25	1,529:03	13	10	2	78	3.06	822	.905	0	0	0	0
Louis Domingue^†	1	1	58:47	0	1	0	4	4.08	34	.882	0	0	0	0
Michael DiPietro	1	0	8:23	0	0	0	1	7.16	7	.857	0	0	0	0

Playoffs[25]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jacob Markstrom	4	4	238:22	3	1	9	2.27	121	.926	1	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.

Roster

Updated July 28, 2020[26][27]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
38		Justin Bailey	RW	R	25	2019	Buffalo, New York
83		Jay Beagle	C	R	34	2018	Calgary, Alberta
4		Jordie Benn	D	L	33	2019	Victoria, British Columbia
6		Brock Boeser	RW	R	23	2015	Burnsville, Minnesota
63		Jalen Chatfield	D	R	24	2017	Ypsilanti, Michigan
35		Thatcher Demko	G	L	24	2014	San Diego, California
30		Louis Domingue	G	R	28	2020	Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
23		Alexander Edler (A)	D	L	34	2004	Östersund, Sweden
21		Loui Eriksson	RW	L	35	2016	Gothenburg, Sweden
5		Oscar Fantenberg	D	L	28	2019	Ljungby, Sweden
79		Micheal Ferland	LW	L	28	2019	Swan River, Manitoba
88		Adam Gaudette	C	R	23	2015	Braintree, Massachusetts
44		Tyler Graovac	C	L	27	2019	Brampton, Ontario
53		Bo Horvat (C)	C	L	25	2013	Rodney, Ontario
43		Quinn Hughes	D	L	20	2018	Orlando, Florida
48		Olli Juolevi	D	L	22	2016	Helsinki, Finland
71		Zack MacEwen	C/RW	R	24	2017	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
25		Jacob Markstrom	G	L	30	2014	Gävle, Sweden
9		J. T. Miller	C/RW	L	27	2019	East Palestine, Ohio
64		Tyler Motte	C/LW	L	25	2018	Port Huron, Michigan
57		Tyler Myers	D	R	30	2019	Houston, Texas
70		Tanner Pearson	LW	L	28	2019	Kitchener, Ontario
40		Elias Pettersson	C	L	21	2017	Sundsvall, Sweden
3		Brogan Rafferty	D	R	25	2019	Dundee, Illinois
26		Antoine Roussel	LW	L	30	2018	Roubaix, France
51		Troy Stecher	D	R	26	2016	Richmond, British Columbia
20		Brandon Sutter (A)	C	R	31	2015	Huntington, New York
8		Christopher Tanev (A)	D	R	30	2010	East York, Ontario
73		Tyler Toffoli	RW/C	R	28	2020	Scarborough, Ontario
18		Jake Virtanen	RW	R	24	2014	New Westminster, British Columbia

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
Elias Pettersson	NHL First Star of the Week	November 4, 2019[28]
Elias Pettersson	NHL All-Star game selection	December 30, 2019[29]
Jacob Markstrom	NHL All-Star game selection	January 3, 2020[30]
Quinn Hughes	NHL All-Star game selection	January 11, 2020[31]
J.T. Miller	NHL Third Star of the Week	February 3, 2020[32]

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Quinn Hughes	1st career NHL goal	October 9, 2019[33]
Christopher Tanev	100th career NHL point	October 12, 2019[34]
Bo Horvat	100th career NHL goal	October 20, 2019[35]
Bo Horvat	1st career NHL hat-trick	October 22, 2019[36]
J. T. Miller	100th career NHL goal	October 28, 2019[37]
Tanner Pearson	400th career NHL game	October 30, 2019[38]
Brandon Sutter	700th career NHL game	November 8, 2019[39]
Bo Horvat	400th career NHL game	November 21, 2019[40]
Jordie Benn	500th career NHL game	November 30, 2019[41]
Elias Pettersson	100th career NHL game	December 3, 2019[42]
Zack MacEwen	1st career NHL goal	December 3, 2019[42]
Elias Pettersson	100th career NHL point	December 12, 2019[43]
Antoine Roussel	100th career NHL assist	December 21, 2019[44]
Tyler Myers	200th career NHL assist	December 21, 2019[45]
Oscar Fantenberg	100th career NHL game	December 28, 2019[46]
Jacob Markstrom	100th career NHL win	December 28, 2019[47]
Tanner Pearson	100th career NHL assist	January 2, 2020[48]
Tanner Pearson	200th career NHL point	January 2, 2020[49]
Tanner Pearson	100th career NHL goal	January 16, 2020[50]
Adam Gaudette	100th career NHL game	January 18, 2020[51]
Antoine Roussel	500th career NHL game	January 27, 2020[52]
Christopher Tanev	500th career NHL game	February 6, 2020[53]

Records

Player	Record	Date
Alexander Edler	Most assists by Canucks defenceman	January 16, 2020[54]

Transactions

The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Marek Mazanec 3rd-round pick in 2019 conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	To Vancouver Canucks J. T. Miller	[55]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Buffalo Sabres 4th-round pick in 2019	To Vancouver Canucks SJS's 4th-round pick in 2019 WPG's 6th-round pick in 2019	[56]
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To San Jose Sharks Tom Pyatt 6th-round pick in 2019	To Vancouver Canucks Francis Perron 7th-round pick in 2019	[57]
October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)	To Detroit Red Wings Alex Biega	To Vancouver Canucks David Pope	[58]
February 17, 2020 (2020-02-17)	To Los Angeles Kings Tyler Madden Tim Schaller 2nd-round pick in 2020 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2022	To Vancouver Canucks Tyler Toffoli	[59]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To New Jersey Devils Zane McIntyre	To Vancouver Canucks Louis Domingue	[60]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Jordie Benn	from Montreal Canadiens	2-year	[61]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Oscar Fantenberg	from Calgary Flames	1-year	[62]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Brendan Gaunce	to Boston Bruins	1-year	[63]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Markus Granlund	to Edmonton Oilers	1-year	[64]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tyler Graovac	from Calgary Flames	1-year	[65]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tanner Kero	to Dallas Stars	2-year	[66]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Zane McIntyre	from Boston Bruins	1-year	[67]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tyler Myers	from Winnipeg Jets	5-year	[68]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Derrick Pouliot	to St. Louis Blues	1-year	[69]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Luke Schenn	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	[70]
July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)	Justin Bailey	from Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	[71]
July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)	Micheal Ferland	from Carolina Hurricanes	4-year	[72]
September 18, 2019 (2019-09-18)	Ben Hutton	to Los Angeles Kings	1-year	[73]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
		from/to

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref June 30, 2019 (2019-06-30) Ryan Spooner Buyout [74]

Retirement Date Player Ref October 7, 2019 (2019-10-07) Michael Leighton [75]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Tyler Motte	1-year	[76]
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)	Josh Leivo	1-year	[77]
July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	Francis Perron	1-year	[78]
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Reid Boucher	1-year	[79]
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Brogan Rafferty	2-year	[79]
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Josh Teves	2-year	[79]
August 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)	Arturs Silovs	3-year	[80]
September 4, 2019 (2019-09-04)	Nikolay Goldobin	1-year	[81]
September 16, 2019 (2019-09-16)	Brock Boeser	3-year	[82]

Draft picks

See also: List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks

The 2019 NHL Entry Draft prior to the Vancouver Canucks selecting Ethan Keppen at 122nd overall.

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	10	Vasili Podkolzin	RW	Russia	SKA-Neva (VHL)
2	40	Nils Hoglander	LW	Sweden	Rögle BK (SHL)
4	122^1	Ethan Keppen	LW	Canada	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
5	133	Carson Focht	C	Canada	Calgary Hitman (WHL)
6	156^2	Arturs Silovs	G	Latvia	HK Rīga (MHL)
6	175^3	Karel Plasek	RW	Czech Republic	Kometa Brno (ELH)
6	180^4	Jack Malone	RW	United States	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
7	195	Aidan McDonough	LW	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
7	215^5	Arvid Costmar	C	Sweden	Linköpings J20 (J20 SuperElit)

Notes:

1. The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2019 (102nd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for Winnipeg's sixth-round pick in 2019 (175th overall) and this pick.[83]
2. The Ottawa Senators' sixth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on January 2, 2019, that sent Anders Nilsson and Darren Archibald to Ottawa in exchange for Mike McKenna, Tom Pyatt and this pick.[84]
3. The Winnipeg Jets' sixth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2019 (102nd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for San Jose's fourth-round pick in 2019 (122nd overall) and this pick.[83]
4. 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 to Washington in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2018 and this pick.[85]
5. The San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Tom Pyatt and a sixth-round pick in 2019 (164th overall) to San Jose in exchange for Francis Perron and this pick.[86]

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