2022–23 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2022–23 Vancouver Canucks season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) 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

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on July 5, 2022. 2022 preseason game log: 2–3–2 (Home: 2–0–2; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 25 Calgary 3–2 Vancouver OT Silovs 17,598 0–0–1 2 September 25 Vancouver 0–4 Calgary Delia 5,000 0–1–1 3 September 29 Seattle 4–3 Vancouver OT Silovs 16,480 0–1–2 4 October 1 Vancouver 0–4 Seattle Demko 17,151 0–2–2 5 October 3 Vancouver 2–7 Edmonton Delia 15,716 0–3–2 6 October 5 Edmonton 4–5 Vancouver Martin 7,046 1–3–2 7 October 7 Arizona 0–4 Vancouver Demko 18,672 2–3–2 Notes: Indicates split-squad. Game was played at Abbotsford Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022. 2022–23 game logOctober: 2–5–2 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 1–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Vancouver 3–5 Edmonton Demko 18,347 0–1–0 0 2 October 15 Vancouver 2–3 Philadelphia Demko 14,837 0–2–0 0 3 October 17 Vancouver 4–6 Washington Demko 18,573 0–3–0 0 4 October 18 Vancouver 3–4 Columbus OT Martin 14,060 0–3–1 1 5 October 20 Vancouver 3–4 Minnesota OT Demko 17,323 0–3–2 2 6 October 22 Buffalo 5–1 Vancouver Demko 18,809 0–4–2 2 7 October 24 Carolina 3–2 Vancouver Demko 18,775 0–5–2 2 8 October 27 Vancouver 5–4 Seattle Demko 17,151 1–5–2 4 9 October 28 Pittsburgh 1–5 Vancouver Martin 18,528 2–5–2 6 November: 7–6–1 (Home: 2–3–1; Road: 5–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 New Jersey 5–2 Vancouver Demko 18,548 2–6–2 6 11 November 3 Anaheim 5–8 Vancouver Martin 18,760 3–6–2 8 12 November 5 Nashville 4–3 Vancouver SO Demko 18,855 3–6–3 9 13 November 8 Vancouver 6–4 Ottawa Martin 13,351 4–6–3 11 14 November 9 Vancouver 2–5 Montreal Demko 21,105 4–7–3 11 15 November 12 Vancouver 2–3 Toronto Martin 19,497 4–8–3 11 16 November 13 Vancouver 2–5 Boston Demko 17,850 4–9–3 11 17 November 15 Vancouver 5–4 Buffalo Martin 11,130 5–9–3 13 18 November 18 Los Angeles 1–4 Vancouver Demko 18,841 6–9–3 15 19 November 21 Vegas 5–4 Vancouver Demko 18,558 6–10–3 15 20 November 23 Vancouver 4–3 Colorado Martin 18,132 7–10–3 17 21 November 26 Vancouver 5–1 Vegas Martin 18,004 8–10–3 19 22 November 27 Vancouver 4–3 San Jose OT Demko 11,307 9–10–3 21 23 November 29 Washington 5–1 Vancouver Martin 18,179 9–11–3 21 December: 7–6–0 (Home: 4–4–0; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Florida 5–1 Vancouver Demko 18,052 9–12–3 21 25 December 3 Arizona 2–3 Vancouver OT Martin 18,516 10–12–3 23 26 December 5 Montreal 6–7 Vancouver OT Delia 18,420 11–12–3 25 27 December 7 Vancouver 6–5 San Jose OT Martin 11,492 12–12–3 27 28 December 10 Minnesota 3–0 Vancouver Martin 18,526 12–13–3 27 29 December 14 Vancouver 4–3 Calgary SO Martin 17,552 13–13–3 29 30 December 17 Winnipeg 5–1 Vancouver Martin 18,487 13–14–3 29 31 December 19 St. Louis 5–1 Vancouver Martin 18,692 13–15–3 29 32 December 22 Seattle 5–6 Vancouver SO Martin 18,794 14–15–3 31 33 December 23 Vancouver 5–2 Edmonton Delia 18,347 15–15–3 33 34 December 27 San Jose 2–6 Vancouver Martin 18,875 16–15–3 35 35 December 29 Vancouver 2–4 Winnipeg Delia 15,325 16–16–3 35 36 December 31 Vancouver 2–3 Calgary Martin 19,289 16–17–3 35 January: 4–9–0 (Home: 3–4–0; Road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 3 NY Islanders 6–2 Vancouver Martin 18,912 16–18–3 35 38 January 5 Colorado 2–4 Vancouver Delia 18,706 17–18–3 37 39 January 8 Vancouver 4–7 Winnipeg Martin 14,206 17–19–3 37 40 January 10 Vancouver 4–5 Pittsburgh Martin 17,986 17–20–3 37 41 January 12 Vancouver 4–5 Tampa Bay Delia 19,092 17–21–3 37 42 January 14 Vancouver 3–4 Florida Martin 17,584 17–22–3 37 43 January 15 Vancouver 4–3 Carolina SO Delia 18,680 18–22–3 39 44 January 18 Tampa Bay 5–2 Vancouver Martin 18,792 18–23–3 39 45 January 20 Colorado 4–1 Vancouver Delia 18,813 18–24–3 39 46 January 21 Edmonton 4–2 Vancouver Martin 18,977 18–25–3 39 47 January 24 Chicago 2–5 Vancouver Delia 18,988 19–25–3 41 48 January 25 Vancouver 1–6 Seattle Martin 17,151 19–26–3 41 49 January 27 Columbus 2–5 Vancouver Delia 18,700 20–26–3 43 February: 4–5–2 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 3–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 6 Vancouver 4–5 New Jersey OT Delia 14,630 20–26–4 44 51 February 8 Vancouver 3–4 NY Rangers Martin 18,006 20–27–4 44 52 February 9 Vancouver 6–5 NY Islanders Delia 17,255 21–27–4 46 53 February 11 Vancouver 2–5 Detroit Martin 19,515 21–28–4 46 54 February 13 Detroit 6–1 Vancouver Delia 18,465 21–29–4 46 55 February 15 NY Rangers 6–4 Vancouver Silovs 18,404 21–30–4 46 56 February 18 Philadelphia 2–6 Vancouver Silovs 18,799 22–30–4 48 57 February 21 Vancouver 4–5 Nashville SO Delia 17,161 22–30–5 49 58 February 23 Vancouver 3–2 St. Louis OT Silovs 18,096 23–30–5 51 59 February 25 Boston 3–1 Vancouver Silovs 18,722 23–31–5 51 60 February 27 Vancouver 5–4 Dallas OT Demko 17,876 24–31–5 53 March: 10–3–2 (Home: 6–2–1; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Minnesota 2–1 Vancouver Demko 18,903 24–32–5 53 62 March 4 Toronto 1–4 Vancouver Demko 18,905 25–32–5 55 63 March 6 Nashville 3–4 Vancouver SO Silovs 18,525 26–32–5 57 64 March 8 Anaheim 2–3 Vancouver OT Demko 18,617 27–32–5 59 65 March 11 Ottawa 2–5 Vancouver Demko 18,813 28–32–5 61 66 March 14 Dallas 2–5 Vancouver Demko 18,794 29–32–5 63 67 March 16 Vancouver 2–3 Arizona Demko 4,600 29–33–5 63 68 March 18 Vancouver 3–2 Los Angeles SO Demko 18,230 30–33–5 65 69 March 19 Vancouver 2–1 Anaheim Delia 14,842 31–33–5 67 70 March 21 Vegas 4–3 Vancouver Demko 18,757 31–34–5 67 71 March 23 San Jose 2–7 Vancouver Demko 18,919 32–34–5 69 72 March 25 Vancouver 3–1 Dallas Demko 18,532 33–34–5 71 73 March 26 Vancouver 4–2 Chicago Delia 18,276 34–34–5 73 74 March 28 Vancouver 5–6 St. Louis OT Demko 18,096 34–34–6 74 75 March 31 Calgary 5–4 Vancouver OT Demko 18,811 34–34–7 75 April: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 76 April 2 Los Angeles 4–1 Vancouver Demko 18,725 34–35–7 75 77 April 4 Seattle 5–2 Vancouver Delia 18,722 34–36–7 75 78 April 6 Chicago 0–3 Vancouver Demko 18,945 35–36–7 77 79 April 8 Calgary 2–3 Vancouver SO Demko 18,852 36–36–7 79 80 April 10 Vancouver 0–3 Los Angeles Delia 18,230 36–37–7 79 81 April 11 Vancouver 3–2 Anaheim Demko 14,803 37–37–7 81 82 April 13 Vancouver 5–4 Arizona OT Delia 4,600 38–37–7 83 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters Regular season Player 80 39 63 102 +16 14 81 32 50 82 −7 60 78 7 69 76 +15 34 81 39 35 74 +9 8 74 18 37 55 −20 24 ‡ 49 31 23 54 +3 12 81 17 29 46 −5 31 46 13 15 28 +3 2 79 11 12 23 −16 60 54 2 20 22 −24 22 ‡ 55 3 18 21 +9 71 † 33 9 11 20 −6 14 63 11 6 17 −9 29 78 1 16 17 −16 76 68 4 12 16 −12 18 † 61 3 13 16 +6 25 30 6 6 12 −1 14 25 3 6 9 −4 6 † 47 4 4 8 −11 12 39 4 3 7 −5 9 ‡ 45 3 2 5 −5 14 48 2 3 5 −4 62 14 1 4 5 −9 21 ‡ 32 0 5 5 −14 23 11 1 2 3 +3 15 17 1 2 3 −2 6 7 0 3 3 −1 4 16 0 3 3 +5 4 † 16 1 1 2 −3 4 11 1 1 2 −1 2 5 1 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 1 −2 2 11 1 0 1 −4 2 † 3 0 1 1 −1 0 † 4 0 1 1 −1 0 ‡ 13 0 1 1 −7 0 3 0 1 1 +1 0 12 0 0 0 +1 6

Goaltenders Regular season Player 32 32 1,878:31 14 14 4 99 3.16 1,005 .901 1 0 1 4 29 27 1,610:11 11 15 1 107 3.99 830 .871 0 0 0 0 20 18 1,135:40 10 6 2 62 3.28 526 .882 0 0 1 0 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 Ref NHL Third Star of the Week December 24, 2022 NHL All-Star game selection January 5, 2023 NHL All-Star game selection January 19, 2023

Milestones Regular season Player Milestone Reached Ref 1st career NHL game October 12, 2022 1st career NHL game1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point October 12, 2022 1st career NHL assist October 17, 2022 100th career NHL goal October 18, 2022 1st career NHL goal1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point October 20, 2022 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point October 28, 2022 1st career NHL hat-trick November 3, 2022 200th career NHL assist November 5, 2022 1st career NHL assist1st career NHL point November 15, 2022 200th career NHL game November 21, 2022 300th career NHL assist December 5, 2022 600th career NHL game December 10, 2022 400th career NHL point December 23, 2022 900th career NHL game January 3, 2023 300th career NHL assist January 5, 2023 200th career NHL goal January 14, 2023 100th career NHL point January 27, 2023 500th career NHL point February 8, 2023 900th career NHL game February 11, 2023 100th career NHL game February 13, 2023 100th career NHL assist February 13, 2023 1st career NHL game February 15, 2023 1st career NHL win February 18, 2023 300th career NHL game February 21, 2023 100th career NHL game February 27, 2023 300th career NHL game February 27, 2023 1st career NHL assist February 27, 2023 100th career NHL game March 2, 2023 200th career NHL assist March 4, 2023 900th career NHL game March 6, 2023 300th career NHL point March 6, 2023 700th career NHL game March 8, 2023 300th career NHL point March 14, 2023 1st career NHL goal March 14, 2023 1st career NHL game March 26, 2023 1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point March 31, 2023 1st career NHL game April 6, 2023 1st career NHL goal1st career NHL point April 8, 2023 200th career NHL goal April 11, 2023 1st career NHL hat-trick April 13, 2023

Records Regular season Player Record Date Ref 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 Ref To Chicago BlackhawksJason Dickinson2nd-round pick in 2024 To Vancouver CanucksRiley Stillman To Boston BruinsMichael DiPietroJonathan MyrenbergTo Vancouver CanucksJack Studnicka To Carolina Hurricanes5th-round pick in 2023To Vancouver CanucksEthan BearLane Pederson To New York IslandersBo HorvatTo Vancouver CanucksAnthony BeauvillierAatu RatyConditional 1st-round pick in 2023 To New York RangersWill Lockwood7th-round pick in 2026To Vancouver CanucksVitali Kravtsov To Buffalo SabresRiley StillmanTo Vancouver CanucksJosh Bloom To Toronto Maple LeafsLuke SchennTo Vancouver Canucks3rd-round pick in 2023 To Detroit Red WingsNYI conditional 1st-round pick in 20232nd-round pick in 2023To Vancouver CanucksFilip Hronek4th-round pick in 2023 To New Jersey DevilsCurtis LazarTo Vancouver Canucks4th-round pick in 2024 To New York RangersWyatt KalynukTo Vancouver CanucksFuture considerations

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Collin Delia Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Free agency Dakota Joshua St. Louis Blues 2-year Free agency Wyatt Kalynuk Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Free agency Andrei Kuzmenko SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) 1-year Free agency Curtis Lazar Boston Bruins 3-year Free agency Ilya Mikheyev Toronto Maple Leafs 4-year Free agency Christian Wolanin Los Angeles Kings 1-year Free agency Max Sasson Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC) 2-year Free agency Akito Hirose Minnesota State Mavericks (CCHA) 1-year Free agency Nikita Tolopilo Södertälje SK (HockeyAllsvenskan) 2-year Free agency Cole McWard Ohio State Buckeyes (B1G) 2-year Free agency

Players lost