2015–16 Vancouver Canucks season

2015–16 Vancouver Canucks
Division	6th Pacific
Conference	13th Western
2015–16 record	31–38–13
Home record	15–21–5
Road record	16–17–8
Goals for	191
Goals against	243
Team information
General Manager	Jim Benning
Coach	Willie Desjardins
Captain	Henrik Sedin
Alternate captains	Alexandre Burrows Dan Hamhuis Daniel Sedin
Arena	Rogers Arena
Average attendance	18,411 (97.4%)[1]
Minor league affiliations	Utica Comets (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Daniel Sedin (28)
Assists	Henrik Sedin (44)
Points	Daniel Sedin (61)
Penalties in minutes	Derek Dorsett (177)
Plus/minus	(+): Jannik Hansen (+16) (−): Bo Horvat       Radim Vrbata (−30)
Wins	Ryan Miller (17)
Goals against average	Ryan Miller (2.70)
<2014–15

The 2015–16 Vancouver Canucks season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[2] The season began its regular games on October 7, 2015 against the Calgary Flames with a 5−1 win. The Canucks missed the playoffs for the second time in three years.^[3]

Off-season

Off-season changes began in late June at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Due to the Canucks having three goaltenders requiring waivers, goaltender Eddie Lack was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes (for a third-round pick at the draft and a seventh-round pick in 2016)^[4] to make room on the roster for Jacob Markstrom. This trade was disliked as fans saw the two draft picks as very little compensation for Lack. The Canucks would draft seven players at the draft. A few days later, long-time Canucks defenceman Kevin Bieksa was traded to the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for a second-round pick in 2016.^[5]

On July 1, Zack Kassian and a fifth-round pick in 2016 were traded to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Brandon Prust.^[6] Jim Benning continued by signing various free agents, including former Boston Bruins defenceman Matt Bartkowski^[7] and prospects Taylor Fedun^[8] and Richard Bachman,^[9] coming from the San Jose Sharks and Edmonton Oilers, respectively.

The following day, Hockey Operations Staff Laurence Gilman, Lorne Henning and Eric Crawford were released by the Canucks.^[10]

On July 28, the Canucks traded centre Nick Bonino, defenceman Adam Clendening, as well as the second-round pick acquired in the Bieksa trade, to the Pittsburgh Penguins for centre Brandon Sutter and a conditional third-round pick.^[11] One week later, the Canucks resigned Sutter to a five-year contract extension, lasting until the 2020-21 NHL season.^[12]

Training camp

The Canucks at their 2015 training camp.

The Canucks held their training camp at CN Centre, in Prince George from September 18–20.

Training camp consisted of various activities, such as power-play drills, strength and conditioning exercises, and intra-squad scrimmages.

Head coach Willie Desjardins was unable to attend training camp. Desjardins was forced to have surgery on September 8 (a mere 10 days before training camp was due to begin), due to a flare-up of a chronic hip condition. While Desjardins wanted to be in attendance, the Canucks medical staff was unable to give him clearance to head to Prince George. In his place, assistant coach Glen Gulutzan (former Dallas Stars head coach) stepped up to run the training camp. Assistant coaches Perry Pearn and Doug Lidster were also in attendance.

Many Canucks prospects and minor-league players were invited to training camp. Some, such as Nicklas Jensen, Jake Virtanen and Alexandre Grenier were fighting for roster spots on the NHL club. The preseason came to an interesting end when the Canucks placed centre Linden Vey and defensemen Alex Biega and Frank Corrado on waivers in favour of defenceman Ben Hutton and forwards Jake Virtanen and Jared McCann. Corrado was claimed by the Toronto Maple Leafs the following day.^[13] Biega and Vey cleared waivers and were sent to the Utica Comets. Both were called up in December and would finish the season with the Canucks.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	25	11	43	218	192	+26	103
2	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	48	28	6	46	225	195	+30	102
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	30	6	42	241	210	+31	98
4	Arizona Coyotes	82	35	39	8	34	209	245	−36	78
5	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	33	231	260	−29	77
6	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	38	13	26	191	243	−52	75
7	Edmonton Oilers	82	31	43	8	27	203	245	−42	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Conference standings

Top 3 (Central Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Dallas Stars	82	50	23	9	48	267	230	+37	109
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	49	24	9	44	224	201	+23	107
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	47	26	9	46	235	209	+26	103

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference.

Top 3 (Pacific Division)

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Anaheim Ducks	82	46	25	11	43	218	192	+26	103
2	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	48	28	6	46	225	195	+30	102
3	x – San Jose Sharks	82	46	30	6	42	241	210	+31	98

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division.

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	41	27	14	37	228	215	+13	96
2	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	38	33	11	35	216	206	+10	87
3	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	39	4	35	216	240	−24	82
4	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	35	39	8	34	209	245	−36	78
5	CE	Winnipeg Jets	82	35	39	8	32	215	239	−24	78
6	PA	Calgary Flames	82	35	40	7	33	231	260	−29	77
7	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	31	38	13	26	191	243	−52	75
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	31	43	8	27	203	245	−42	70

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Pre-Season Game Log: 4–3–1 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1^[a]	September 21	San Jose	0–1	Vancouver	OT	Bachman	2,800 (approx.)	1–0–0	Recap
2	September 22	San Jose	4–0	Vancouver		Miller	––	1–1–0	Recap
3	September 25	Vancouver	1–4	Calgary		Bachman	19,289	1–2–0	Recap
4	September 26	Calgary	4–3	Vancouver	OT	Miller	––	1–2–1	Recap
5	September 28	Arizona	0–1	Vancouver		Markstrom	––	2–2–1	Recap
6	September 29	Vancouver	1–2	San Jose		Miller	14,165	2–3–1	Recap
7	October 1	Vancouver	5–2	Edmonton		Markstrom	16,839	3–3–1	Recap
8	October 3	Edmonton	2–3	Vancouver	OT	Miller	18,448	4–3–1	Recap
Notes: ^a Game was played at The Q Centre in Colwood, British Columbia (Kraft Hockeyville game).

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log
October: 5–2–4 (Home: 1–2–3 ; Road: 4–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 7 Vancouver 5–1 Calgary Miller 19,289 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 10 Calgary 3–2 Vancouver OT Miller 18,570 1–0–1 3 Recap 3 October 12 Vancouver 2–1 Anaheim SO Miller 17,174 2–0–1 5 Recap 4 October 13 Vancouver 3–0 Los Angeles Miller 18,230 3–0–1 7 Recap 5 October 16 St. Louis 4–3 Vancouver Miller 18,362 3–1–1 7 Recap 6 October 18 Edmonton 2–1 Vancouver OT Miller 18,261 3–1–2 8 Recap 7 October 22 Washington 3–2 Vancouver Miller 18,188 3–2–2 8 Recap 8 October 24 Detroit 3–2 Vancouver OT Miller 18,312 3–2–3 9 Recap 9 October 27 Montreal 1–5 Vancouver Miller 18,570 4–2–3 11 Recap 10 October 29 Vancouver 3–4 Dallas OT Miller 17,664 4–2–4 12 Recap 11 October 30 Vancouver 4–3 Arizona Bachman 12,166 5–2–4 14 Recap
November: 4–7–3 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 2–5–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 2 Philadelphia 1–4 Vancouver Miller 18,264 6–2–4 16 Recap 13 November 4 Pittsburgh 3–2 Vancouver Miller 18,570 6–3–4 16 Recap 14 November 7 Vancouver 2–3 Buffalo Miller 19,070 6–4–4 16 Recap 15 November 8 Vancouver 3–4 New Jersey OT Miller 14,896 6–4–5 17 Recap 16 November 10 Vancouver 5–3 Columbus Markstrom 14,148 7–4–5 19 Recap 17 November 12 Vancouver 2–3 Ottawa Miller 19,229 7–5–5 19 Recap 18 November 14 Vancouver 2–4 Toronto Miller 19,798 7–6–5 19 Recap 19 November 16 Vancouver 3–4 Montreal OT Markstorm 21,288 7–6–6 20 Recap 20 November 18 Vancouver 1–4 Winnipeg Miller 15,294 7–7–6 20 Recap 21 November 21 Chicago 3–6 Vancouver Miller 18,570 8–7–6 22 Recap 22 November 22 New Jersey 3–2 Vancouver Markstorm 18,268 8–8–6 22 Recap 23 November 25 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota Miller 18,877 9–8–6 24 Recap 24 November 27 Vancouver 2–3 Dallas SO Miller 18,532 9–8–7 25 Recap 25 November 30 Vancouver 0–4 Anaheim Miller 14,006 9–9–7 25 Recap
December: 5–6–2 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 2–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 1 Vancouver 1–2 Los Angeles OT Markstrom 18,230 9–9–8 26 Recap 27 December 3 Dallas 4–2 Vancouver Miller 18,910 9–10–8 26 Recap 28 December 5 Boston 4–0 Vancouver Markstrom 18,570 9–11–8 26 Recap 29 December 7 Buffalo 2–5 Vancouver Miller 18,278 10–11–8 28 Recap 30 December 9 NY Rangers 1–2 Vancouver Miller 18,195 11–11–8 30 Recap 31 December 13 Vancouver 0–4 Chicago Miller 21,711 11–12–8 30 Recap 32 December 15 Vancouver 2–6 Minnesota Miller 18,804 11–13–8 30 Recap 33 December 17 Vancouver 0–2 Philadelphia Markstrom 17,943 11–14–8 30 Recap 34 December 18 Vancouver 4–3 Detroit SO Miller 20,027 12–14–8 32 Recap 35 December 20 Vancouver 4–5 Florida SO Miller 13,459 12–14–9 33 Recap 36 December 22 Vancouver 2–1 Tampa Bay Markstrom 19,092 13–14–9 35 Recap 37 December 26 Edmonton 1–2 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,785 14–14–9 37 Recap 38 December 28 Los Angeles 5–0 Vancouver Markstrom 18,570 14–15–9 37 Recap
January: 6–4–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 1 Anaheim 1–2 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,570 15–15–9 39 Recap 40 January 4 Arizona 3–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,377 15–16–9 39 Recap 41 January 6 Carolina 2–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,364 16–16–9 41 Recap 42 January 9 Tampa Bay 3–2 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,335 16–16–10 42 Recap 43 January 11 Florida 2–3 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,570 17–16–10 44 Recap 44 January 14 Vancouver 1–4 Washington Miller 18,506 17–17–10 44 Recap 45 January 15 Vancouver 3–2 Carolina OT Markstrom 11,657 18–17–10 46 Recap 46 January 17 Vancouver 2–1 NY Islanders SO Miller 15,795 19–17–10 48 Recap 47 January 19 Vancouver 2–3 NY Rangers OT Miller 18,006 19–17–11 49 Recap 48 January 21 Vancouver 4–2 Boston Markstrom 17,565 20–17–11 51 Recap 49 January 23 Vancouver 4–5 Pittsburgh Miller 18,539 20–18–11 51 Recap 50 January 26 Nashville 2–1 Vancouver Miller 18,570 20–19–11 51 Recap
February: 4–6–1 (Home: 2–5–1 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 4 Columbus 2–1 Vancouver SO Miller 18,199 20–19–12 52 Recap 52 February 6 Calgary 4–1 Vancouver Miller 18,570 20–20–12 52 Recap 53 February 9 Vancouver 3–1 Colorado Markstrom 14,436 21–20–12 54 Recap 54 February 10 Vancouver 2–1 Arizona Miller 12,255 22–20–12 56 Recap 55 February 13 Toronto 5–2 Vancouver Miller 18,570 22–21–12 56 Recap 56 February 15 Minnesota 5–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,437 22–22–12 56 Recap 57 February 18 Anaheim 5–2 Vancouver Miller 18,435 22–23–12 56 Recap 58 February 19 Vancouver 2–5 Calgary Markstrom 19,289 22–24–12 56 Recap 59 February 21 Colorado 1–5 Vancouver Miller 18,431 23–24–12 58 Recap 60 February 25 Ottawa 3–5 Vancouver Miller 18,570 24–24–12 60 Recap 61 February 28 San Jose 4–1 Vancouver Miller 18,570 24–25–12 60 Recap
March: 4–11–1 (Home: 2–7–0 ; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 1 NY Islanders 3–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,264 24–26–12 60 Recap 63 March 3 San Jose 3–2 Vancouver Miller 18,422 24–27–12 60 Recap 64 March 5 Vancouver 4–2 San Jose Markstrom 17,562 25–27–12 62 Recap 65 March 7 Vancouver 1–5 Los Angeles Miller 18,230 25–28–12 62 Recap 66 March 9 Arizona 2–3 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,374 26–28–12 64 Recap 67 March 12 Nashville 2–4 Vancouver Miller 18,898 27–28–12 66 Recap 68 March 14 Winnipeg 5–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,361 27–29–12 66 Recap 69 March 16 Colorado 3–1 Vancouver Miller 18,427 27–30–12 66 Recap 70 March 18 Vancouver 0–2 Edmonton Markstrom 16,839 27–31–12 66 Recap 71 March 19 St. Louis 3–0 Vancouver Miller 18,402 27–32–12 66 Recap 72 March 22 Vancouver 0–2 Winnipeg Markstrom 15,294 27–33–12 66 Recap 73 March 24 Vancouver 2–3 Nashville SO Miller 17,113 27–33–13 67 Recap 74 March 25 Vancouver 0–4 St. Louis Markstrom 19,580 27–34–13 67 Recap 75 March 27 Chicago 3–2 Vancouver Miller 18,570 27–35–13 67 Recap 76 March 29 San Jose 4–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,315 27–36–13 67 Recap 77 March 31 Vancouver 4–2 San Jose Miller 15,689 28–36–13 69 Recap
April: 3–2–0 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 1 Vancouver 3–2 Anaheim Markstrom 16,331 29–36–13 71 Recap 79 April 4 Los Angeles 2–3 Vancouver Miller 18,415 30–36–13 73 Recap 80 April 6 Vancouver 2–6 Edmonton Markstrom 16,839 30–37–13 73 Recap 81 April 7 Vancouver 3–7 Calgary Miller 19,289 30–38–13 73 Recap 82 April 9 Edmonton 3–4 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,570 31–38–13 75 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records

Western Conference Central Division Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed Chicago Blackhawks 1–1–0 0–1–0 1–2–0 2 8 10 Colorado Avalanche 1–1–0 1–0–0 2–1–0 4 9 5 Dallas Stars 0–1–0 0–0–2 0–1–2 2 7 11 Minnesota Wild 0–1–0 1–1–0 1–2–0 2 6 14 Nashville Predators 1–1–0 0–0–1 1–1–1 3 7 7 St. Louis Blues 0–2–0 0–1–0 0–3–0 0 3 11 Winnipeg Jets 0–1–0 0–2–0 0–3–0 0 2 11 Total 3–8–0 2–5–3 5–13–3 13 42 69 Pacific Division Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed Anaheim Ducks 1–1–0 2–1–0 3–2–0 6 9 13 Arizona Coyotes 1–1–0 2–0–0 3–1–0 6 11 9 Calgary Flames 0–1–1 1–2–0 1–3–1 3 13 20 Edmonton Oilers 2–0–1 0–2–0 2–2–1 5 9 14 Los Angeles Kings 1–1–0 1–1–1 2–2–1 5 8 14 San Jose Sharks 0–3–0 2–0–0 2–3–0 4 12 15 Vancouver Canucks – – – – – – Total 5–7–2 8–6–1 13–13–3 29 62 85

Eastern Conference Atlantic Division Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed Boston Bruins 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 4 6 Buffalo Sabres 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 7 5 Detroit Red Wings 0–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 3 5 5 Florida Panthers 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 7 7 Montreal Canadiens 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 8 5 Ottawa Senators 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 7 6 Tampa Bay Lightning 0–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 3 4 4 Toronto Maple Leafs 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 4 9 Total 4–2–2 3–3–2 7–5–4 18 46 47 Metropolitan Division Opponent Home Away Total Pts. Goals scored Goals allowed Carolina Hurricanes 1–0–0 1–0–0 2–0–0 4 6 4 Columbus Blue Jackets 0–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–1 3 6 4 New Jersey Devils 0–1–0 0–0–1 0–1–1 1 5 7 New York Islanders 0–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 2 4 4 New York Rangers 1–0–0 0–0–1 1–0–1 3 4 4 Philadelphia Flyers 1–0–0 0–1–0 1–1–0 2 4 3 Pittsburgh Penguins 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 6 8 Washington Capitals 0–1–0 0–1–0 0–2–0 0 3 7 Total 3–4–1 3–3–2 6–7–3 15 38 41

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season[14] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin 82 28 33 61 7 36 Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin 74 11 44 55 0 24 Horvat, BoBo Horvat 82 16 24 40 −30 18 Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen 67 22 16 38 16 32 Baertschi, SvenSven Baertschi 69 15 13 28 −14 14 Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata 63 13 14 27 −30 12 Hutton, BenBen Hutton 75 1 24 25 −21 14 Burrows, AlexAlex Burrows 79 9 13 22 −13 49 Edler, AlexAlex Edler 52 6 14 20 −8 46 Tanev, ChrisChris Tanev 69 4 14 18 −8 8 McCann, JaredJared McCann 69 9 9 18 −6 32 Bartkowski, MattMatt Bartkowski 80 6 12 18 −19 50 Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett 71 5 11 16 −13 177 Vey, LindenLinden Vey 41 4 11 15 −14 6 Virtanen, JakeJake Virtanen 55 7 6 13 −7 45 Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis 58 3 10 13 −2 28 Etem, EmersonEmerson Etem^† 39 7 5 12 −8 9 Cracknell, AdamAdam Cracknell^‡ 44 5 5 10 1 14 Sutter, BrandonBrandon Sutter 20 5 4 9 3 2 Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa 41 2 6 8 5 26 Prust, BrandonBrandon Prust 35 1 6 7 −3 59 Weber, YannickYannick Weber 45 0 7 7 −17 24 Biega, AlexAlex Biega 51 0 7 7 −11 22 Higgins, ChrisChris Higgins 33 3 1 4 −14 4 Granlund, MarkusMarkus Granlund^† 16 2 1 3 −3 6 Tryamkin, NikitaNikita Tryamkin 13 1 1 2 −3 10 Fedun, TaylorTaylor Fedun 1 0 1 1 1 0 Zalewski, MikeMike Zalewski 3 0 1 1 1 2 Gaunce, BrendanBrendan Gaunce 20 1 0 1 −9 2 Friesen, AlexAlex Friesen 1 0 0 0 −2 0 Grenier, AlexandreAlexandre Grenier 6 0 0 0 −4 2 Kenins, RonaldsRonalds Kenins 8 0 0 0 −1 6 Pedan, AndreyAndrey Pedan 13 0 0 0 −3 16 Shinkaruk, HunterHunter Shinkaruk^‡ 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[15]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Miller, RyanRyan Miller	51	51	3043:31	17	24	9	137	2.70	1634	.916	1	0	1	2
Markstrom, JacobJacob Markstrom	33	30	1847:26	13	14	4	84	2.73	988	.915	0	0	2	4
Bachman, RichardRichard Bachman	1	1	59:52	1	0	0	3	3.01	31	.903	0	0	0	0

^†Traded to Canucks mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.
^‡Traded (or lost by waivers) to another team mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Roster

Updated March 14, 2016.^[16]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
47		Baertschi, SvenSven Baertschi	LW	L	23	2015	Langenthal, Switzerland
44		Bartkowski, MattMatt Bartkowski	D	L	27	2015	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
55		Biega, AlexAlex Biega	D	R	28	2013	Montreal, Quebec
14		Burrows, AlexandreAlexandre Burrows (A)	RW	L	35	2005	Pincourt, Quebec
15		Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett	RW	R	29	2014	Kindersley, Saskatchewan
23		Edler, AlexanderAlexander Edler	D	L	30	2004	Östersund, Sweden
26		Etem, EmersonEmerson Etem	RW	L	23	2016	Long Beach, California
50		Gaunce, BrendanBrendan Gaunce	C	L	24	2012	Sudbury, Ontario
60		Granlund, MarkusMarkus Granlund	C	L	23	2016	Oulu, Finland
65		Grenier, AlexandreAlexandre Grenier	RW	R	25	2010	Laval, Quebec
2		Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis (A)	D	L	33	2010	Smithers, British Columbia
36		Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen	RW	R	30	2004	Herlev, Denmark
53		Horvat, BoBo Horvat	C	L	21	2013	London, Ontario
27		Hutton, BenBen Hutton	D	L	23	2012	Prescott, Ontario
25		Markstrom, JacobJacob Markstrom	G	L	26	2014	Gävle, Sweden
91		McCann, JaredJared McCann	C	L	19	2014	Stratford, Ontario
30		Miller, RyanRyan Miller	G	L	35	2014	East Lansing, Michigan
29		Pedan, AndreyAndrey Pedan	D	L	22	2014	Kaunas, Lithuania
5		Sbisa, LucaLuca Sbisa	D	L	26	2014	Ozieri, Italy
22		Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin (A)	LW	L	35	1999	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
33		Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin (C)	C	L	35	1999	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
21		Sutter, BrandonBrandon Sutter	C	R	27	2015	Huntington, New York
8		Tanev, ChrisChris Tanev	D	R	26	2010	East York, Ontario
88		Tryamkin, NikitaNikita Tryamkin	D	L	21	2014	Yekaterinburg, Russia
7		Vey, LindenLinden Vey	RW	R	24	2014	Wakaw, Saskatchewan
18		Virtanen, JakeJake Virtanen	RW	R	19	2014	New Westminster, British Columbia
17		Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata	RW	R	34	2014	Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
6		Weber, YannickYannick Weber	D	R	27	2013	Morges, Switzerland

Suspensions and fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued	Ref
Brandon Prust	Spearing Boston forward Brad Marchand.	–	$5,000.00	December 6, 2015	[17]
Jannik Hansen	Diving/Embellishment during NHL Game No. 510 in Tampa Bay on December 22, 2015, at 10:15 of the third period.	–	$2,000.00	December 31, 2015	[18]
Jake Virtanen	Interference against San Jose defenceman Roman Polak.	2 games	$9,614.70	March 30, 2016	[19]

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season Player Award Awarded Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin NHL Second Star of the Week[20] November 23, 2015 Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin NHL All-Star game selection[21] January 6, 2016

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Hutton, BenBen Hutton 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point October 7, 2015 McCann, JaredJared McCann 1st Career NHL Game October 7, 2015 McCann, JaredJared McCann 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point October 10, 2015 Virtanen, JakeJake Virtanen 1st Career NHL Game October 13, 2015 Sutter, BrandonBrandon Sutter 500th Career NHL Game 100th Career NHL Goal October 16, 2015 Sedin, HenrikHenrik Sedin 1,100th Career NHL Game October 24, 2015 Virtanen, JakeJake Virtanen 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point October 27, 2015 Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett 100th Career NHL Point October 27, 2015 Gaunce, BrendanBrendan Gaunce 1st Career NHL Game October 29, 2015 Gaunce, BrendanBrendan Gaunce 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point October 30, 2015 Burrows, AlexandreAlexandre Burrows 700th Career NHL Game November 2, 2015 Virtanen, JakeJake Virtanen 1st Career NHL Goal November 2, 2015 McCann, JaredJared McCann 1st Career NHL Assist November 4, 2015 Shinkaruk, HunterHunter Shinkaruk 1st Career NHL Game November 16, 2015 Grenier, AlexandreAlexandre Grenier 1st Career NHL Game November 18, 2015 Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin 900th Career NHL Point November 21, 2015 Edler, AlexanderAlexander Edler 200th Career NHL Assist November 21, 2015 Cracknell, AdamAdam Cracknell 100th Career NHL Game November 27, 2015 Pedan, AndreyAndrey Pedan 1st Career NHL Game December 1, 2015 Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen 200th Career NHL Point December 3, 2015 Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen 500th Career NHL Game December 9, 2015 Vrbata, RadimRadim Vrbata 900th Career NHL Game December 13, 2015 Horvat, BoBo Horvat 100th Career NHL Game December 15, 2015 Edler, AlexanderAlexander Edler 600th Career NHL Game December 17, 2015 Biega, AlexAlex Biega 1st Career NHL Assist December 20, 2015 Baertschi, SvenSven Baertschi 100th Career NHL Game December 26, 2015 Markstrom, JacobJacob Markstrom 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point December 26, 2015 Higgins, ChrisChris Higgins 700th Career NHL Game December 28, 2015 Sedin, DanielDaniel Sedin 1100th Career NHL Game January 1, 2016 Vey, LindenLinden Vey 100th Career NHL Game January 6, 2016 Hutton, BenBen Hutton 1st Career NHL Goal January 17, 2016 Friesen, AlexAlex Friesen 1st Career NHL Game February 15, 2016 Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis 300th Career NHL Point March 7, 2016 Tryamkin, NikitaNikita Tryamkin 1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point March 16, 2016 Bartkowski, MattMatt Bartkowski 200th Career NHL Game March 22, 2016 Granlund, MarkusMarkus Granlund 100th Career NHL Game April 6, 2016 Tryamkin, NikitaNikita Tryamkin 1st Career NHL Goal April 7, 2016 Records Player Record Date Daniel Sedin Most career goals in Canucks history January 21, 2016 Transactions The Canucks been involved in the following transactions: Trades Date Details Ref June 27, 2015 To Vancouver Canucks: 3rd round pick in 2015 7th round pick in 2016 To Carolina Hurricanes: Eddie Lack [4] June 27, 2015 To Vancouver Canucks: 7th round pick in 2015 To San Jose Sharks: Patrick McNally [22] June 30, 2015 To Vancouver Canucks: 2nd round pick in 2016 To Anaheim Ducks: Kevin Bieksa [5] July 1, 2015 To Vancouver Canucks: Brandon Prust To Montreal Canadiens: Zack Kassian 5th round pick in 2016 [6] August 28, 2015 To Vancouver Canucks: Brandon Sutter BUF's 3rd round pick in 2016 To Pittsburgh Penguins: Nick Bonino Adam Clendening ANA's 2nd round pick in 2016 [23] January 8, 2016 To Vancouver Canucks: Emerson Etem To New York Rangers: Nicklas Jensen 6th-round pick in 2017 [24] February 22, 2016 To Vancouver Canucks: Markus Granlund To Calgary Flames: Hunter Shinkaruk [25] February 24, 2016 To Vancouver Canucks: Philip Larsen To Edmonton Oilers: Conditional 5th-round pick in 2017 [26] Free agents acquired Player Date Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref Matt Bartkowski July 1, 2015 Boston Bruins 1 year, $1.75 million [7] Richard Bachman July 1, 2015 Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $575,000 [9] Taylor Fedun July 1, 2015 San Jose Sharks 1 year, $600,000 [8] Blair Jones July 3, 2015 Philadelphia Flyers 1 year, $600,000 [27] Adam Cracknell August 25, 2015 St. Louis Blues 1 year, $575,000 [28] Free agents lost Player Date New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref Brad Richardson July 1, 2015 Arizona Coyotes 3 years, $6.25 million [29] Cal O'Reilly July 1, 2015 Buffalo Sabres 2 years, $1.4 million [30] Bobby Sanguinetti July 2, 2015 Buffalo Sabres 1 year, $600,000 [31] Shawn Matthias July 6, 2015 Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $2.3 million [32] Ryan Stanton July 24, 2015 Washington Capitals 1 year, $575,000 [33] Claimed via waivers Player Previous team Date Ref Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref Frank Corrado Toronto Maple Leafs October 6, 2015 [34] Adam Cracknell Edmonton Oilers February 29, 2016 [35] Player signings Player Date Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref Linden Vey June 29, 2015 1 year, $1 million [36] Alex Biega June 30, 2015 1 year, $600,000 [37] Yannick Weber July 1, 2015 1 year, $1.5 million [38] Sven Baertschi July 28, 2015 1 year, $900,000 [39] Brandon Sutter August 4, 2015 5 years, $21.875 million contract extension [40] Draft picks Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League) 1 23 Brock Boeser RW  United States Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) 3 66^[a] Guillaume Brisebois D  Canada Acadie–Bathurst Titan (QMJHL) 4 114 Dmitry Zhukenov C  Russia Omskie Yastreby (MHL) 5 144 Carl Neill D  Canada Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL) 5 149^[b] Adam Gaudette C  United States Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL) 6 174 Lukas Jasek RW  Czech Republic Ocelari Trinec (Czech Extraliga) 7 210^[c] Tate Olson D  Canada Prince George Cougars (WHL) Draft notes[41] The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick will go to the Calgary Flames as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015 that sent Sven Baertschi to Vancouver in exchange for this pick.[42] ^a The Carolina Hurricanes' third-round pick will go to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Eddie Lack to Carolina in exchange for a 2016 seventh-round pick and this pick. The Vancouver Canucks' third-round pick will go to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent Nick Bonino, Luca Sbisa and a first and third-round pick in 2014 to Vancouver in exchange for Ryan Kesler and this pick.[43] ^b The New York Rangers' fifth-round pick will go to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Raphael Diaz to New York in exchange for this pick.[44] The Vancouver Canucks' seventh-round pick will go to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014 that sent a third-round pick in 2014 to Tampa Bay in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[45] Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 27, 2014 that sent a second-round pick in 2014 to Vancouver in exchange for Jason Garrison, the rights to Jeff Costello and this pick.[46] ^c The San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick (from New York Islanders via Tampa Bay Lightning) will go to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Patrick McNally to San Jose in exchange for this pick. 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