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	Alex Burrows Dan Hamhuis Daniel Sedin
Arena	Rogers Arena
Average attendance	18,431 (97.5%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Utica Comets (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Daniel Sedin (28)
Assists	Henrik Sedin (44)
Points	Daniel Sedin (61)
Penalty minutes	Derek Dorsett (177)
Plus/minus	Jannik Hansen (+16)
Wins	Ryan Miller (17)
Goals against average	Ryan Miller (2.70)

The 2015–16 Vancouver Canucks season was the 46th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The season began its regular games on October 7, 2015, against the Calgary Flames with a 5−1 win. On March 25, 2016, the Canucks lost 4−0 to the St. Louis Blues and were eliminated from playoff contention. The Canucks missed the playoffs for the second time in three years.

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) 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.

On July 1, Zack Kassian and a fifth-round pick in 2016 were traded to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Brandon Prust. Jim Benning continued by signing various free agents, including former Boston Bruins defenceman Matt Bartkowski and prospects Taylor Fedun and Richard Bachman, 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.

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. One week later, the Canucks resigned Sutter to a five-year contract extension, lasting until the 2020–21 NHL season.

Training camp

The Canucks at their 2015 training camp.

The Canucks held their training camp at CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia, 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. 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

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

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

The Canucks set a franchise record with a goal drought of 234 minutes and 52 seconds beginning after the Daniel Sedin goal at 12:00 of the first period on March 16 against Colorado and ending with the Bo Horvat goal at 6:52 of the first period on March 24 against Nashville.

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 Markstrom 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 18,570 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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Daniel Sedin	82	28	33	61	7	36
Henrik Sedin	74	11	44	55	0	24
Bo Horvat	82	16	24	40	−30	18
Jannik Hansen	67	22	16	38	16	32
Sven Baertschi	69	15	13	28	−14	14
Radim Vrbata	63	13	14	27	−30	12
Ben Hutton	75	1	24	25	−21	14
Alex Burrows	79	9	13	22	−13	49
Alexander Edler	52	6	14	20	−8	46
Jared McCann	69	9	9	18	−6	32
Matt Bartkowski	80	6	12	18	−19	50
Christopher Tanev	69	4	14	18	−8	8
Derek Dorsett	71	5	11	16	−13	177
Linden Vey	41	4	11	15	−14	6
Jake Virtanen	55	7	6	13	−7	45
Dan Hamhuis	58	3	10	13	−2	28
Emerson Etem†	39	7	5	12	−8	9
Adam Cracknell‡	44	5	5	10	1	14
Brandon Sutter	20	5	4	9	3	2
Luca Sbisa	41	2	6	8	5	26
Brandon Prust	35	1	6	7	−3	59
Yannick Weber	45	0	7	7	−17	24
Alex Biega	51	0	7	7	−11	22
Chris Higgins	33	3	1	4	−14	4
Markus Granlund†	16	2	1	3	−3	6
Nikita Tryamkin	13	1	1	2	−3	10
Brendan Gaunce	20	1	0	1	−9	2
Taylor Fedun	1	0	1	1	1	0
Mike Zalewski	3	0	1	1	1	2
Alex Friesen	1	0	0	0	−2	0
Alexandre Grenier	6	0	0	0	−4	2
Ronalds Kenins	8	0	0	0	−1	6
Andrey Pedan	13	0	0	0	−3	16
Hunter Shinkaruk‡	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Ryan Miller	51	51	3043:31	17	24	9	137	2.70	1634	.916	1	0	1	2
Jacob Markstrom	33	30	1847:26	13	14	4	84	2.73	988	.915	0	0	2	4
Richard 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.

Suspensions and fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued	Ref
Brandon Prust	Spearing Boston forward Brad Marchand.	–	$5,000.00	December 6, 2015
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
Jake Virtanen	Interference against San Jose defenceman Roman Polak.	2 games	$9,614.70	March 30, 2016

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
Daniel Sedin	NHL Second Star of the Week	November 23, 2015
Daniel Sedin	NHL All-Star game selection	January 6, 2016

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Ben Hutton	1st NHL game 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	October 7, 2015
Jared McCann	1st NHL game	October 7, 2015
Jared McCann	1st NHL goal 1st NHL point	October 10, 2015
Jake Virtanen	1st NHL game	October 13, 2015
Brandon Sutter	500th NHL game 100th NHL goal	October 16, 2015
Henrik Sedin	1,100th NHL game	October 24, 2015
Jake Virtanen	1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	October 27, 2015
Derek Dorsett	100th NHL point	October 27, 2015
Brendan Gaunce	1st NHL game	October 29, 2015
Brendan Gaunce	1st NHL goal 1st NHL point	October 30, 2015
Alex Burrows	700th NHL game	November 2, 2015
Jake Virtanen	1st NHL goal	November 2, 2015
Jared McCann	1st NHL assist	November 4, 2015
Hunter Shinkaruk	1st NHL game	November 16, 2015
Alexandre Grenier	1st NHL game	November 18, 2015
Daniel Sedin	900th NHL point	November 21, 2015
Alexander Edler	200th NHL assist	November 21, 2015
Adam Cracknell	100th NHL game	November 27, 2015
Andrey Pedan	1st NHL game	December 1, 2015
Jannik Hansen	200th NHL point	December 3, 2015
Jannik Hansen	500th NHL game	December 9, 2015
Radim Vrbata	900th NHL game	December 13, 2015
Bo Horvat	100th NHL game	December 15, 2015
Alexander Edler	600th NHL game	December 17, 2015
Alex Biega	1st NHL assist	December 20, 2015
Sven Baertschi	100th NHL game	December 26, 2015
Jacob Markstrom	1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	December 26, 2015
Chris Higgins	700th NHL game	December 28, 2015
Daniel Sedin	1100th NHL game	January 1, 2016
Linden Vey	100th NHL game	January 6, 2016
Ben Hutton	1st NHL goal	January 17, 2016
Alex Friesen	1st NHL game	February 15, 2016
Dan Hamhuis	300th NHL point	March 7, 2016
Nikita Tryamkin	1st NHL game 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	March 16, 2016
Matt Bartkowski	200th NHL game	March 22, 2016
Markus Granlund	100th NHL game	April 6, 2016
Nikita Tryamkin	1st 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 (2015-06-27)	To Vancouver Canucks: 3rd round pick (66th overall) in 2015 7th round pick in 2016	To Carolina Hurricanes: Eddie Lack
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27)	To Vancouver Canucks: 7th round pick in 2015	To San Jose Sharks: Patrick McNally
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	To Vancouver Canucks: 2nd round pick in 2016	To Anaheim Ducks: Kevin Bieksa
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	To Vancouver Canucks: Brandon Prust	To Montreal Canadiens: Zack Kassian 5th round pick (124th overall) in 2016
August 28, 2015 (2015-08-28)	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
January 8, 2016 (2016-01-08)	To Vancouver Canucks: Emerson Etem	To New York Rangers: Nicklas Jensen 6th-round pick (157th overall) in 2017
February 22, 2016 (2016-02-22)	To Vancouver Canucks: Markus Granlund	To Calgary Flames: Hunter Shinkaruk
February 24, 2016 (2016-02-24)	To Vancouver Canucks: Philip Larsen	To Edmonton Oilers: Conditional 5th-round pick (126th overall) in 2017

Free agents acquired

Player	Date	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
Matt Bartkowski	July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Boston Bruins	1 year, $1.75 million
Richard Bachman	July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Edmonton Oilers	1 year, $575,000
Taylor Fedun	July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	San Jose Sharks	1 year, $600,000
Blair Jones	July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03)	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $600,000
Adam Cracknell	August 25, 2015 (2015-08-25)	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $575,000

Free agents lost

Player	Date	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
Brad Richardson	July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Arizona Coyotes	3 years, $6.25 million
Cal O'Reilly	July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	Buffalo Sabres	2 years, $1.4 million
Bobby Sanguinetti	July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02)	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $600,000
Shawn Matthias	July 6, 2015 (2015-07-06)	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $2.3 million
Ryan Stanton	July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)	Washington Capitals	1 year, $575,000

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
Adam Cracknell	Edmonton Oilers	February 29, 2016

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
Joseph LaBate	April 30, 2015 (2015-04-30)	2-year, $680,000 entry-level contract
Mackenze Stewart	May 12, 2015 (2015-05-12)	3-year, $655,000 entry-level contract
Jordan Subban	May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14)	3-year, $755,000 entry-level contract
Linden Vey	June 29, 2015 (2015-06-29)	1 year, $1 million
Alex Biega	June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30)	1 year, $600,000
Yannick Weber	July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01)	1 year, $1.5 million
Sven Baertschi	July 28, 2015 (2015-07-28)	1 year, $900,000
Brandon Sutter	August 4, 2015 (2015-08-04)	5 years, $21.875 million contract extension
Guillaume Brisebois	December 10, 2015 (2015-12-10)	3-year, $703,333 entry-level contract

Draft picks

See also: List of Vancouver Canucks 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

• The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick went 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.
• ^a The Carolina Hurricanes' third-round pick went 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 went 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.
• ^b The New York Rangers' fifth-round pick went 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.
• The Vancouver Canucks' seventh-round pick went 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. 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.
• ^c The San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick (from New York Islanders via Tampa Bay Lightning) went 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.