2015–16_Vancouver_Canucks_season

2015–16 Vancouver Canucks
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)
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2015–16 Vancouver Canucks season

NHL hockey team season

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. 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.^[3]

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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]

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.

Regular season

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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)

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

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued	Ref
Brandon Prust	Spearing Boston forward Brad Marchand.	–	$5,000.00	December 6, 2015	^[18]
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	^[19]
Jake Virtanen	Interference against San Jose defenceman Roman Polak.	2 games	$9,614.70	March 30, 2016	^[20]

2015–16_Vancouver_Canucks_season

2015–16 Vancouver Canucks season

Off-season

Training camp

Standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Regular season

Detailed records

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

Suspensions and fines

Awards and honours

Awards

Milestones

Records

Transactions

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Player signings

Draft picks

References

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Pos	Team v t e	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

Pos	Div	Team v t e	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