2020–21 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2020–21 Vancouver Canucks season is the 51st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[1]

2020–21 Vancouver Canucks
2020–21 record6–9–0
Home record4–2–0
Road record2–7–0
Goals for49
Goals against60
Team information
General managerJim Benning
CoachTravis Green
CaptainBo Horvat
Alternate captainsAlexander Edler
Brandon Sutter
ArenaRogers Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)Utica Comets (AHL)
Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsBrock Boeser (9)
AssistsQuinn Hughes (15)
PointsQuinn Hughes (16)
Penalty minutesTyler Myers (31)
Plus/minusAntoine Roussel (+4)
WinsThatcher Demko
Braden Holtby (3)
Goals against averageThatcher Demko (3.81)

Due to the Canada-U.S. border restrictions brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canucks were re-aligned with the other six Canadian franchises into the newly-formed North Division. The league's 56 game season is to be played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Vancouver and the other Canadian teams will play an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings
North Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Toronto Maple Leafs 12 9 2 1 8 45 33 +12 19
2 Montreal Canadiens 12 8 2 2 8 48 31 +17 18
3 Winnipeg Jets 11 7 3 1 5 39 32 +7 15
4 Edmonton Oilers 13 6 7 0 5 46 49 −3 12
5 Vancouver Canucks 15 6 9 0 5 49 60 −11 12
6 Calgary Flames 11 5 5 1 4 33 31 +2 11
7 Ottawa Senators 12 2 9 1 2 28 52 −24 5
Updated to game(s) played on February 6, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater amount of total wins, including shootouts (W); 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 (GD); 7) Greater amount of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on December 23, 2020.[3]

2020–21 game log
February: 0–4–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–4–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
12February 1Vancouver2–6MontrealHoltby06–6–012Recap
13February 2Vancouver3–5MontrealDemko06–7–012Recap
14February 4Vancouver3–7TorontoDemko06–8–012Recap
15February 6Vancouver1–5TorontoHoltby06–9–012Recap
16February 8Vancouver–Toronto
17February 11Calgary–Vancouver
18February 13Calgary–Vancouver
19February 15Calgary–Vancouver
20February 17Vancouver–Calgary
21February 19Winnipeg–Vancouver
22February 21Winnipeg–Vancouver
23February 23Edmonton–Vancouver
24February 25Edmonton–Vancouver
25February 28Vancouver–Winnipeg

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Detailed records
North Division
OpponentHomeAwayTotalPtsGFGA
Calgary Flames0–0–00–2–00–2–0028
Edmonton Oilers0–0–01–1–01–1–0278
Montreal Canadiens1–2–00–2–01–4–021628
Ottawa Senators3–0–00–0–03–0–06163
Toronto Maple Leafs0–0–00–2–00–2–00412
Winnipeg Jets0–0–01–0–01–0–0241
Total4–2–02–7–06–9–0124960

Player statistics

As of February 6, 2021

Skaters
Regular season[4]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Quinn Hughes1511516−126
Brock Boeser159514−68
J. T. Miller1231013−68
Bo Horvat156612−64
Elias Pettersson154610−34
Tanner Pearson15448−318
Nils Hoglander15347−24
Tyler Motte15516−112
Jay Beagle1514524
Tyler Myers15145031
Brandon Sutter15404−20
Alexander Edler14044−218
Antoine Roussel14123427
Nate Schmidt1512330
Jordie Benn903325
Adam Gaudette11202−78
Travis Hamonic502204
Olli Juolevi710120
Zack MacEwen10101212
Jake Virtanen1110106
Brogan Rafferty1011−10
Jalen Chatfield9000−76
Justin Bailey100000
Loui Eriksson1000−20

Goaltenders
Regular season[5]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Braden Holtby77423:10340273.83242.8880010
Thatcher Demko88472:09350303.81291.8970000

†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 January 31, 2020[6][7]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
38 Justin Bailey RW R 25 2019 Buffalo, New York
83 Jay Beagle C R 35 2018 Calgary, Alberta
8 Jordie Benn D L 33 2019 Victoria, British Columbia
6 Brock Boeser RW R 23 2015 Burnsville, Minnesota
55 Guillaume Brisebois D L 23 2015 Longueuil, Quebec
63 Jalen Chatfield D R 24 2017 Ypsilanti, Michigan
35 Thatcher Demko G L 25 2014 San Diego, California
75 Michael DiPietro G L 21 2017 Windsor, Ontario
23 Alexander Edler (A) D L 34 2004 Östersund, Sweden
21 Loui Eriksson RW L 35 2016 Gothenburg, Sweden
79 Micheal Ferland  LW L 28 2019 Swan River, Manitoba
96 Adam Gaudette C R 24 2015 Braintree, Massachusetts
27 Travis Hamonic  D R 30 2021 St. Malo, Manitoba
13 Jayce Hawryluk  C R 25 2020 Yorkton, Saskatchewan
36 Nils Hoglander LW L 20 2019 Bockträsk, Sorsele Municipality, Sweden
49 Braden Holtby G L 31 2020 Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
53 Bo Horvat (C) C L 25 2013 Rodney, Ontario
43 Quinn Hughes D L 21 2018 Orlando, Florida
48 Olli Juolevi D L 22 2016 Helsinki, Finland
71 Zack MacEwen C/RW R 24 2017 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
56 Marc Michaelis LW L 25 2020 Mannheim, Germany
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 31 2019 Houston, Texas
70 Tanner Pearson LW L 28 2019 Kitchener, Ontario
40 Elias Pettersson C L 22 2017 Sundsvall, Sweden
25 Brogan Rafferty D R 25 2019 Dundee, Illinois
3 Jack Rathbone D L 21 2017 Boston, Massachusetts
26 Antoine Roussel LW L 31 2018 Roubaix, France
88 Nate Schmidt D L 29 2020 St. Cloud, Minnesota
20 Brandon Sutter (A) C R 31 2015 Huntington, New York
18 Jake Virtanen RW R 24 2014 Abbotsford, British Columbia

Awards and honours


Milestones

Transactions

The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades
DateDetailsRef
October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12) To Vegas Golden Knights
2022 third-round pick		 To Vancouver Canucks
Nate Schmidt		 [12]

Free agents
DatePlayerTeamContract termRef
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)Braden Holtbyfrom Washington Capitals2-year[13]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)Jacob Markstromto Calgary Flames6-year[14]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)Christopher Tanevto Calgary Flames4-year[15]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)Louis Domingueto Calgary Flames1-year[16]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)Troy Stecherto Detroit Red Wings2-year[17]
October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12)Tyler Toffolito Montreal Canadiens4-year[18]
October 19, 2020 (2020-10-19)Jayce Hawrylukfrom Ottawa Senators1-year[19]
October 24, 2020 (2020-10-24)Josh Leivoto Calgary Flames1-year[20]
October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)Oscar Fantenbergto SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL)1-year[21]
January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12)Travis Hamonicfrom Calgary Flames1-year[22]

Waivers
DatePlayerTeamRef

Signings
DatePlayerContract termRef
October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06)Zack MacEwen2-year[23]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)Tyler Motte2-year[24]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)Ashton Sautner1-year[25]
October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16)Jake Kielly1-year[26]
October 19, 2020 (2020-10-19)Adam Gaudette1-year[27]
October 22, 2020 (2020-10-22)Jake Virtanen2-year[28]
October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30)Guillaume Brisebois1-year[29]
December 9, 2020 (2020-12-09)Jalen Chatfield1-year[30]
December 13, 2020 (2020-12-13)Tyler Graovac1-year[31]
December 17, 2020 (2020-12-17)Justin Bailey1-year[32]
January 6, 2021 (2021-01-06)Carson Focht3-year[33]

Draft picks
See also: List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was held virtually via video conference call on October 6 and 7, 2020 from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club Team (League)
3 82 Joni Jurmo D Finland Jokerit U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)
4 113 Jackson Kunz LW United States Shattuck-St. Mary's High School (Minnesota)
5 144 Jacob Truscott D United States U.S. NTDP U-18 (USHL)
6 175 Dmitry Zlodeyev C Russia Dynamo Moscow 2 (MHL)
7 1913 Viktor Persson D Sweden Kamloops Blazers (WHL)

Notes:

  1. The Vancouver Canucks' first-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on February 16, 2020 that sent Blake Coleman to Tampa Bay in exchange for Nolan Foote and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[34] The condition – New Jersey will receive a first-round pick in 2020 if Vancouver qualifies for the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs – was converted when the Canucks advanced to the First Round of the playoffs on August 7, 2020.[35]
    Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick in a trade on June 22, 2019 that sent J. T. Miller to Vancouver in exchange for Marek Mazanec, a third-round pick in 2019 and this pick.[36]
  2. The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020 that sent Edmonton's second-round pick in 2020 (45th overall) to Los Angeles in exchange for a fourth-round pick in 2020 (97th overall) and this pick.[37]
    Los Angeles previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 17, 2020 that sent Tyler Toffoli to Vancouver in exchange for Tim Schaller, Tyler Madden, a conditional fourth-round pick in 2022 and this pick.[38]
  3. The Anaheim Ducks' seventh-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on January 16, 2019 that sent Michael Del Zotto to Anaheim in exchange for Luke Schenn and this pick.[39]
  4. The Vancouver Canucks' seventh-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on October 7, 2020 that sent a fifth-round pick in 2020 (127th overall) to the New York Rangers in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2020 (196th overall) and this pick.[40]
    The Rangers previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 12, 2019 that sent Marek Mazanec to Vancouver in exchange for this pick.[41][42]

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