2024–25 Vancouver Canucks season explained

The 2024–25 Vancouver Canucks season is the 55th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.^[1]

The Canucks will look to improve from their 2023–24 season, where they finished first place in the Pacific Division but were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs.

Standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was released on June 21, 2024.^[2]

2024 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 3–0–0 ; road: 0–2–1)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 24		1–3	Vancouver			18,519	1–0–0	[3]
2	September 25		3–4	Vancouver	OT		6,534	2–0–0	[4]
3	September 27	Vancouver	1–3	Seattle			17,151	2–1–0	[5]
4	September 28	Vancouver	2–4	Calgary		Silovs	15,978	2–2–0	[6]
5	September 30	Vancouver	2–3		SO	Lankinen	13,998	2–2–1	[7]
6	October 4	Edmonton	1–4	Vancouver		Silovs	18,850	3–2–1	[8]
Notes: Game was played at Abbotsford Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.^[9]

2024–25 game log
October: 4–2–3 (Home: 1–1–3 ; Road: 3–1–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 6–5 Vancouver OT 18,850 0–0–1 1 [10] 2 October 11 3–2 Vancouver SO 18,875 0–0–2 2 [11] 3 October 15 Vancouver 1–4 Silovs 19,092 0–1–2 2 [12] 4 October 17 Vancouver 3–2 OT Lankinen 17,865 1–1–2 4 [13] 5 October 19 Vancouver 3–0 Philadelphia Lankinen 19,083 2–1–2 6 [14] 6 October 22 Vancouver 6–3 Lankinen 17,118 3–1–2 8 [15] 7 October 26 3–4 Vancouver Lankinen 18,748 4–1–2 10 [16] 8 October 28 4–3 Vancouver OT Lankinen 18,682 4–1–3 11 [17] 9 October 30 6–0 Vancouver Silovs 18,717 4–2–3 11 [18]
November: 8–5–0 (Home: 2–4–0 ; Road: 6–1–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 2 Vancouver 3–2 17,435 5–2–3 13 [19] 11 November 5 Vancouver 5–1 Lankinen 13,538 6–2–3 15 [20] 12 November 7 Vancouver 4–2 Lankinen 17,855 7–2–3 17 [21] 13 November 9 7–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,714 7–3–3 17 [22] 14 November 12 1–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,781 8–3–3 19 [23] 15 November 14 5–2 Vancouver Lankinen 18,728 8–4–3 19 [24] 16 November 16 1–4 Vancouver 18,620 9–4–3 21 [25] 17 November 17 5–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,587 9–5–3 21 [26] 18 November 19 4–3 Vancouver Silovs 18,688 9–6–3 21 [27] 19 November 23 Vancouver 4–3 Lankinen 18,995 10–6–3 23 [28] 20 November 26 Vancouver 2–0 Lankinen 17,850 11–6–3 25 [29] 21 November 27 Vancouver 4–5 Silovs 16,016 11–7–3 25 [30] 22 November 29 Vancouver 4–3 OT Lankinen 18,059 12–7–3 27 [31]
December: 1–0–1 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 1 Vancouver 5–4 OT 19,515 13–7–3 29 [32] 24 December 3 Vancouver 2–3 OT Lankinen 18,076 13–7–4 30 [33] 25 December 6 Vancouver 26 December 8 Vancouver 27 December 10 Vancouver 28 December 12 Vancouver 29 December 14 Vancouver 30 December 16 Vancouver 31 December 18 Vancouver 32 December 19 Vancouver 33 December 21 Vancouver 34 December 23 Vancouver 35 December 28 Vancouver 36 December 31 Vancouver
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Vancouver 38 January 3 Vancouver 39 January 6 Vancouver 40 January 8 Vancouver 41 January 10 Vancouver 42 January 11 Vancouver 43 January 14 Vancouver 44 January 16 Vancouver 45 January 18 Vancouver 46 January 21 Vancouver 47 January 23 Vancouver Edmonton 48 January 25 Washington Vancouver 49 January 27 Vancouver 50 January 29 Vancouver Nashville 51 January 31 Vancouver
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 2 Vancouver 53 February 4 Vancouver 54 February 6 Vancouver 55 February 8 Vancouver 56 February 22 Vancouver 57 February 23 Vancouver 58 February 26 Vancouver 59 February 27 Vancouver
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 1 Vancouver 61 March 5 Vancouver 62 March 7 Vancouver 63 March 9 Vancouver 64 March 11 Vancouver 65 March 12 Vancouver 66 March 15 Vancouver 67 March 16 Vancouver 68 March 18 Vancouver 69 March 20 Vancouver 70 March 22 Vancouver 71 March 24 Vancouver 72 March 26 Vancouver 73 March 28 Vancouver 74 March 30 Vancouver Winnipeg
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 2 Vancouver 76 April 5 Vancouver 77 April 6 Vancouver 78 April 8 Vancouver 79 April 10 Vancouver 80 April 12 Vancouver 81 April 14 Vancouver 82 April 16 Vegas Vancouver
Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season ^[34] ! Player! ! ! ! ! data-sort-type="number"

	23	5	23	28	+8	19
	23	8	13	21	+3	13
	23	7	14	21	+3	8
	23	10	9	19	+7	10
	17	6	10	16	+1	9
	16	6	8	14	+1	10
	22	9	5	14	+2	2
	23	6	6	12	+5	8
	23	4	6	10	0	13
	23	3	7	10	+2	6
	21	1	8	9	+14	18
	20	3	4	7	+1	4
	23	1	4	5	−5	14
	23	2	3	5	−5	18
‡	9	1	2	3	−2	2
	16	2	1	3	−3	8
	4	0	2	2	+2	0
	5	0	2	2	−3	0
	9	0	2	2	−4	11
	23	0	2	2	−4	14
	4	0	1	1	−2	2
	5	1	0	1	−4	2
	11	1	0	1	−4	0
	13	0	1	1	−4	11
	12	0	0	0	−7	2

Goaltenders

Regular season ^[35] ! Player! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

	17	17	1019:26	12	3	2	45	2.65	483	.907	2	0	0	0
	7	6	365:00	1	4	1	5	4.11	163	.847	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	data-sort-type="date"	Awarded !	Ref
		December 2, 2024	[36]

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	data-sort-type="date"	Reached !	Ref
	800th career NHL game	October 9, 2024	[37]
	1000th career NHL game	October 19, 2024	[38]
	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	October 26, 2024	[39]
	500th career NHL game	November 2, 2024	[40]
	400th career NHL game	November 2, 2024	[41]
	300th career NHL game	November 2, 2024	[42]
	300th career NHL assist	November 5, 2024	[43]
	500th career NHL game	November 9, 2024	[44]
	200th career NHL game	November 9, 2024	[45]
	1st career NHL game	November 12, 2024	[46]
	1st career NHL goal	November 14, 2024	[47]
	300th career NHL game	November 19, 2024	[48]
	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	November 23, 2024	[49]
		December 1, 2024	[50]

Records

Regular season

Player	Record	data-sort-type="date"	Date !	Ref
	Most career assists by a Canucks defenceman	December 1, 2024
	Most consecutive road wins to open a season in NHL history	December 1, 2024

Transactions

The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level.
Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
	To Edmonton Oilers Vasily Podkolzin	To Vancouver Canucks OTT 4th-round pick in 2025	[51]
	To Colorado Avalanche Tucker Poolman 4th-round pick in 2025	To Vancouver Canucks Erik Brannstrom	[52]
	To Seattle Kraken Daniel Sprong	To Vancouver Canucks Future considerations	[53]

Notes

• Canucks retain 20% of Poolman's remaining salary.

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
			7-year	Free agency	[54]
			2-year	Free agency	[55]
			1-year	Free agency	[56]
			2-year	Free agency	[57]
			2-year	Free agency	[58]
			2-year	Free agency	[59]
			1-year	Free agency	[60]
			1-year	Free agency	[61]
		Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency	[62]
	Jiri Patera	Boston Bruins		Waivers	[63]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
			7-year	Free agency	[64]
			6-year	Free agency
			1-year	Free agency	[65]
			3-year	Free agency	[66]
			2-year	Free agency	[67]
		Charlotte Checkers (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	[68]
			1-year	Free agency	[69]
		Adler Mannheim (DEL)	1-year	Free agency	[70]
				Waivers	[71]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
		2-year	[72]
		3-year	[73]
		3-year	[74]

Draft picks

See also: List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks. Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 to 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Round		Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club (League)
3	93	Melvin Fernstrom	RW		Örebro HK (J20 Nationell)
4	125	Riley Patterson	C		Barrie Colts (OHL)
6	162	Anthony Romani	RW		North Bay Battalion (OHL)
189		D		Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
7	221		D		HC Fribourg-Gottéron (U20-Elit)

Notes

Notes and References

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2. News: Cole . Tyson . June 21, 2024 . Canucks announce 2024-2025 pre-season schedule . Canucks Army . July 1, 2024.
3. Web site: Seattle Kraken - Vancouver Canucks - Sep 24, 2024 . NHL.com . September 24, 2024 . September 24, 2024.
4. Web site: Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - Sep 25, 2024 . NHL.com . September 26, 2024 . September 25, 2024.
5. Web site: Seattle Kraken - Vancouver Canucks - Sep 27, 2024 . NHL.com . September 27, 2024 . September 27, 2024.
6. Web site: Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - Sep 28, 2024 . NHL.com . September 28, 2024 . September 28, 2024.
7. Web site: Edmonton Oilers - Vancouver Canucks - Sep 30, 2024 . NHL.com . September 30, 2024 . September 30, 2024.
8. Web site: Edmonton Oilers - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 4, 2024 . NHL.com . October 4, 2024 . October 4, 2024.
9. Web site: Canucks Announce 2024.25 Regular Season Schedule. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
10. Web site: Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 9, 2024 . NHL.com . October 9, 2024 . October 9, 2024.
11. Web site: Philadelphia Flyers - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 11, 2024 . NHL.com . October 11, 2024 . October 11, 2024.
12. Web site: Tampa Bay Lightning - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 15, 2024 . NHL.com . October 15, 2024 . October 15, 2024.
13. Web site: Florida Panthers - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 17, 2024 . NHL.com . October 17, 2024 . October 17, 2024.
14. Web site: Philadelphia Flyers - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 19, 2024 . NHL.com . October 19, 2024 . October 19, 2024.
15. Web site: Chicago Blackhawks - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 22, 2024 . NHL.com . October 22, 2024 . October 22, 2024.
16. Web site: Pittsburgh Penguins - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 26, 2024 . NHL.com . October 26, 2024 . October 26, 2024.
17. Web site: Carolina Hurricanes - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 28, 2024 . NHL.com . October 28, 2024 . October 28, 2024.
18. Web site: New Jersey Devils - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 30, 2024 . NHL.com . October 30, 2024 . October 30, 2024.
19. Web site: San Jose Sharks - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 2, 2024 . NHL.com . November 2, 2024 . November 2, 2024.
20. Web site: Anaheim Ducks - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 5, 2024 . NHL.com . November 5, 2024 . November 5, 2024.
21. Web site: Los Angeles Kings - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 7, 2024 . NHL.com . November 7, 2024 . November 7, 2024.
22. Web site: Edmonton Oilers - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 9, 2024 . NHL.com . November 9, 2024 . November 9, 2024.
23. Web site: Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 12, 2024 . NHL.com . November 12, 2024 . November 12, 2024.
24. Web site: New York Islanders - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 14, 2024 . NHL.com . November 14, 2024 . November 14, 2024.
25. Web site: Chicago Blackhawks - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 16, 2024 . NHL.com . November 16, 2024 . November 16, 2024.
26. Web site: Nashville Predators - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 17, 2024 . NHL.com . November 17, 2024 . November 17, 2024.
27. Web site: New York Rangers - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 19, 2024 . NHL.com . November 19, 2024 . November 19, 2024.
28. Web site: Ottawa Senators - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 23, 2024 . NHL.com . November 23, 2024 . November 23, 2024.
29. Web site: Boston Bruins - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 26, 2024 . NHL.com . November 26, 2024 . November 26, 2024.
30. Web site: Pittsburgh Penguins - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 27, 2024 . NHL.com . November 27, 2024 . November 27, 2024.
31. Web site: Buffalo Sabres - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 29, 2024 . NHL.com . November 29, 2024 . November 29, 2024.
32. Web site: Detroit Red Wings - Vancouver Canucks - Dec 1, 2024 . NHL.com . December 1, 2024 . December 1, 2024.
33. Web site: Minnesota Wild - Vancouver Canucks - Dec 3, 2024 . NHL.com . December 3, 2024 . December 3, 2024.
34. Web site: Vancouver Canucks - Regular Season - Skaters Stats . NHL.com . NHL . November 13, 2024.
35. Web site: Vancouver Canucks - Regular Season - Goalie Stats . NHL.com . NHL . November 13, 2024.
36. Web site: Celebrini leads 3 Stars of the Week . NHL.com . December 2, 2024 . December 2, 2024.
37. Web site: 'I feel very, very lucky': Canucks centre J.T. Miller set to play 800th game . October 9, 2024.
38. Web site: Tyler Myers Skates in His 1000th Career Game, Will be Honoured on October 26 . October 19, 2024.
39. Web site: Arshdeep Bains Scores First NHL Goal in Second Period Surge as Canucks Down Penguins 4-3 . October 26, 2024.
40. Web site: 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ for Forbort! Congrats, Derek . November 2, 2024.
41. Web site: Celebrating game 400 on his birthday! Congrats, Fil! . November 2, 2024.
42. Web site: Congrats Carson Soucy on reaching 300 games played! . November 2, 2024.
43. Web site: Canucks' Quinn Hughes becomes third-fastest defenceman to 300 career assists . Sportsnet . November 7, 2024 . November 5, 2024.
44. Web site: Hometown Heinen reaches 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣! Congrats, Danton! . November 9, 2024.
45. Web site: Achievement unlocked: 200 games. Congrats, Sherwood! . November 9, 2024.
46. Web site: Pettersson has goal, assist to lift Canucks past Flames . NHL . November 13, 2024 . November 12, 2024.
47. Web site: Islanders 5, Canucks 2: Ugly performance spoils rookie Jonathan Lekkerimaki's dream night . The Province . November 23, 2024 . November 14, 2024.
48. Web site: Game 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ for Suter. Congrats, Pius! . November 23, 2024.
49. Web site: DeBrusk has 3 points, Canucks hand Senators 5th straight loss . NHL . November 23, 2024 . November 23, 2024.
50. Web site: DeBrusk completes hat trick in OT, Canucks recover to defeat Red Wings . NHL . December 2, 2024 . December 1, 2024.
51. Web site: Canucks Acquire Fourth-Round Pick from Edmonton in Exchange for Vasily Podkolzin. NHL.com. August 18, 2024. August 18, 2024.
52. Web site: Canucks Acquire Defenceman Erik Brannstrom from Colorado. NHL.com. October 6, 2024. October 6, 2024.
53. Web site: Canucks Trade Forward Daniel Sprong to Seattle. NHL.com. November 8, 2024. November 8, 2024.
54. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Forward Jake DeBrusk on a Seven-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
55. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Forward Danton Heinen on a Two-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
56. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Defenceman Derek Forbort on a One-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
57. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Defenceman Vincent Desharnais on a Two-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
58. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Goaltender Jiří Patera on a Two-Year, Two-Way Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
59. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Forward Kiefer Sherwood on a Two-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
60. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Forward Nate Smith on a One-Year, Two-Way Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
61. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Forward Daniel Sprong on a One-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 20, 2024. July 21, 2024.
62. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Goaltender Kevin Lankinen on a One-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. September 21, 2024. September 22, 2024.
63. Web site: Reimer, Aston-Reese among five claimed off waivers . TSN.ca . October 7, 2024 . October 7, 2024.
64. Web site: Bruins Announce July 1 Transactions . NHL.com . Boston Bruins . July 1, 2024.
65. Web site: Utah Hockey Club Signs Defenseman Ian Cole to One-Year Contract . NHL.com . Utah Hockey Club . July 1, 2024.
66. Web site: Stars sign Casey DeSmith to a three-year contract . NHL.com . Dallas Stars . July 1, 2024.
67. Web site: Red Wings sign goaltender Jack Campbell to one-year contract and forward Sheldon Dries to two-year, two-way contract . NHL.com . . July 1, 2024.
68. Web site: Aidan McDonough inks one-year AHL deal with Charlotte . . July 5, 2024.
69. Web site: Blue Jackets sign Zach Sawchenko to one-year contract . NHL.com . . July 7, 2024.
70. Web site: Adlerm complete the defense with Nick Cicek . . July 18, 2024.
71. Web site: Bruins claim G Patera off waivers from Canucks amid Swayman drama . TSN.ca . October 2, 2024 . October 2, 2024.
72. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Goaltender Artūrs Šilovs on a 2-Year Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. July 16, 2024. July 21, 2024.
73. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Vilmer Alriksson on a Three-Year, Entry-Level Contract. NHL.com. Vancouver Canucks. September 29, 2024. October 1, 2024.
74. Web site: Canucks Agree to Terms with Forward Nils Höglander on a Three-Year Contract Extension. Vancouver Canucks. October 6, 2024. October 6, 2024.