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2007-08 Results

The Canucks started 2007-08 with much the same lineup as the previous season. Over the offseason, they added a veterans Aaron Miller, Mike Weaver, Ryan Shannon and Brad Isbister. However, it was the Sedin twins, Markus Naslund, Trevor Linden and Taylor Pyatt that would lead the forwards most nights. The blueline was solid with Mattias Ohlund, Sami Salo, Willie Mitchell and Kevin Bieksa returning. Of course having Roberto Luongo in net made the team competitive every night. As the season progressed, Ryan Kesler and Alex Burrows emerged as effective checkers that chipped in offensively. Youngsters, Alexander Edler and Mason Raymond also attracted some attention.

The team started slowly, posting a 5-7-0 record in October. In November, Roberto Luongo set a team record by recording three shutouts in a row (for a total shutout sequence of 212:12). Helped in part by Trevor Linden's amazing four shootout goals on five shots, the Canucks were an impressive ten games over .500 in early January. The usual January letdown was followed by a strong February and early March. Unfortunately, the Canucks ended the season on a sour note, losing 7 of their last 8 games and missing the playoffs.

After their last game of the season, the Flames stayed on the ice to shake Trevor Linden's hand. This was followed by an extended ovation and Linden skating around the ice waving to the fans. The game would also prove to be the last for Captain Markus Naslund, General Manager Dave Nonis, and, tragically, Luc Bourdon who would be killed during the summer.

Regular Season

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L OL  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES
OCT  5  H  SAN JOSE     1-3 L     1  0  1  0   1   3   0 0.000 Morrison gets lone goal     
OCT  6  A  CALGARY      4-3 W OT  2  1  1  0   5   6   2 0.500 Daniel wins it on powerplay 
OCT 10  H  PHILADELPHIA 2-8 L     3  1  2  0   7  14   2 0.333 Shannon, Krajicek score     
OCT 12  A  EDMONTON     5-2 W     4  2  2  0  12  16   4 0.500 Five Canucks score          
OCT 13  H  EDMONTON     4-1 W     5  3  2  0  16  17   6 0.600 Henrik gets three assists   
OCT 15  H  SAN JOSE     2-4 L     6  3  3  0  18  21   6 0.500 Pyatt, Henrik score         
OCT 19  H  LOS ANGELES  2-4 L     7  3  4  0  20  25   6 0.429 Cooke opens the scoring     
OCT 21  A  COLUMBUS     4-1 W     8  4  4  0  24  26   8 0.500 No Canuck shots in 2nd      
OCT 22  A  CAROLINA     1-3 L     9  4  5  0  25  29   8 0.444 Morrison gets lone goal     
OCT 24  A  DETROIT      2-3 L    10  4  6  0  27  32   8 0.400 Cooke, Daniel Sedin score   
OCT 26  A  WASHINGTON   3-2 W    11  5  6  0  30  34  10 0.455 Pyatt scores twice          
OCT 28  H  DETROIT      2-3 L    12  5  7  0  32  37  10 0.417 Cooke, Naslund score        
NOV  1  H  NASHVILLE    0-3 L    13  5  8  0  32  40  10 0.385 Ellis makes 29 saves        
NOV  3  A  COLORADO AV. 4-3 W    14  6  8  0  36  43  12 0.429 Henrik gets three assists   
NOV  8  A  CALGARY      3-2 W    15  7  8  0  39  45  14 0.467 Canucks score three in 2nd  
NOV  9  H  COLORADO AV. 2-1 W OT 16  8  8  0  41  46  16 0.500 Henrik gets both goals      
NOV 14  H  EDMONTON     0-1 L SO 17  8  8  1  41  47  17 0.500 Garon stops everything      
NOV 16  H  MINNESOTA WI 6-2 W    18  9  8  1  47  49  19 0.528 Canucks up 4-0 in first     
NOV 18  H  CALGARY      4-1 W    19 10  8  1  51  50  21 0.553 Luongo makes 29 saves       
NOV 20  A  EDMONTON     4-5 L SO 20 10  8  2  55  55  22 0.550 Canucks trail 3-1 after 1st 
NOV 21  A  MINNESOTA WI 4-2 W    21 11  8  2  59  57  24 0.571 Naslund records hat trick   
NOV 23  A  ST. LOUIS    1-3 L    22 11  9  2  60  60  24 0.545 Kesler gets lone goal       
NOV 25  H  CHICAGO      2-0 W    23 12  9  2  62  60  26 0.565 Luango makes 27 saves       
NOV 27  H  ANAHEIM      4-0 W    24 13  9  2  66  60  28 0.583 Kesler 2 goals on powerplay 
NOV 29  H  COLUMBUS     2-0 W    25 14  9  2  68  60  30 0.600 Ohlund, Krajicek score      
DEC  2  A  MINNESOTA WI 1-2 L    26 14 10  2  69  62  30 0.577 Luongo shutout streak 212:12
DEC  5  A  CHICAGO      3-2 W    27 15 10  2  72  64  32 0.593 Morrison records two points 
DEC  6  A  NASHVILLE    5-2 W    28 16 10  2  77  66  34 0.607 Daniel two goals in third   
DEC  8  H  PITTSBURGH   1-2 L SO 29 16 10  3  78  68  35 0.603 Kesler ties it in third     
DEC 10  A  LOS ANGELES  2-4 L    30 16 11  3  80  72  35 0.583 Pyatt scores, assists       
DEC 12  A  ANAHEIM      3-2 W    31 17 11  3  83  74  37 0.597 Jaffray's first goal, assist
DEC 13  A  SAN JOSE     2-5 L    32 17 12  3  85  79  37 0.578 Sanford, MacIntyre share net
DEC 15  A  EDMONTON     1-2 L SO 33 17 12  4  86  81  38 0.576 Third shootout with Oilers  
DEC 18  H  NEW JERSEY   5-0 W    34 18 12  4  91  81  40 0.588 Luongo returns, 32 saves    
DEC 20  H  DALLAS       3-2 W    35 19 12  4  94  83  42 0.600 Daniel 2 goals, winner      
DEC 22  A  PHOENIX      2-1 W SO 36 20 12  4  96  84  44 0.611 Linden, Pyatt score in SO   
DEC 23  A  COLORADO AV. 1-3 L    37 20 13  4  97  87  44 0.595 Pyatt scores lone goal      
DEC 27  H  CALGARY      5-3 W    38 21 13  4 102  90  46 0.605 Five different Canucks score
DEC 30  H  ANAHEIM      2-1 W    39 22 13  4 104  91  48 0.615 Daniel, Cooke score         
DEC 31  A  CALGARY      1-2 L    40 22 14  4 105  93  48 0.600 Daniel gets lone goal       
JAN  3  H  NY RANGERS   3-0 W    41 23 14  4 108  93  50 0.610 Luongo outshot 28-19        
JAN  8  H  NY ISLANDERS 3-2 W SO 42 24 14  4 111  95  52 0.619 Linden, Edler in SO         
JAN 10  A  SAN JOSE     1-3 L    43 24 15  4 112  98  52 0.605 Kesler gets lone goal       
JAN 11  H  PHOENIX      3-4 L    44 24 16  4 115 102  52 0.591 Pyatt scores twice          
JAN 13  A  ST. LOUIS    4-3 W SO 45 25 16  4 119 105  54 0.600 Daniel records three points 
JAN 15  A  COLUMBUS     2-3 L    46 25 17  4 121 108  54 0.587 Beech, Daniel score         
JAN 17  A  DETROIT      2-3 L SO 47 25 17  5 123 111  55 0.585 Luongo outshot 49-28        
JAN 19  H  LOS ANGELES  3-4 L    48 25 18  5 126 115  55 0.573 Canucks trail 3-0 in 2nd    
JAN 21  H  MINNESOTA WI 2-4 L    49 25 19  5 128 119  55 0.561 Pyatt makes it 3-2 late     
JAN 23  H  ST. LOUIS    3-2 W SO 50 26 19  5 131 121  57 0.570 Ohlund 2 goals on powerplay 
JAN 29  H  DALLAS       3-4 L    51 26 20  5 134 125  57 0.559 Sanford pulled down 3-1     
JAN 31  A  TAMPA BAY    3-4 L    52 26 21  5 137 129  57 0.548 Bourdon opens the scoring   
FEB  1  A  FLORIDA      3-4 L SO 53 26 21  6 140 133  58 0.547 Sedins two points each      
FEB  5  A  DALLAS       2-3 L SO 54 26 21  7 142 136  59 0.546 Naslund scores three times  
FEB  7  A  ATLANTA THR. 2-1 W    55 27 21  7 144 137  61 0.555 Canucks trail 1-0 after 2nd 
FEB  9  H  COLORADO AV. 2-6 L    56 27 22  7 146 143  61 0.545 Salo powerplay goal, assist 
FEB 10  H  CHICAGO      3-2 W SO 57 28 22  7 149 145  63 0.553 Shannon gets the winner     
FEB 14  H  MINNESOTA WI 4-5 L SO 58 28 22  8 153 150  64 0.552 Edler two goals, assist     
FEB 16  H  EDMONTON     4-2 W    59 29 22  8 157 152  66 0.559 Five fights in final minute 
FEB 19  A  MINNESOTA WI 3-2 W OT 60 30 22  8 160 154  68 0.567 Daniel gets winner, assist  
FEB 21  A  NASHVILLE    3-2 W SO 61 31 22  8 163 156  70 0.574 Bieksa 1st game in 4 months 
FEB 23  H  DETROIT      4-1 W    62 32 22  8 167 157  72 0.581 Kesler two goals in third   
FEB 27  H  COLORADO AV. 2-3 L SO 63 32 22  9 169 160  73 0.579 Raymond, Burrows score      
FEB 29  H  COLUMBUS     2-3 L OT 64 32 22 10 171 163  74 0.578 Canucks lead 2-0 after 2nd  
MAR  2  A  CHICAGO      1-4 L    65 32 23 10 172 167  74 0.569 Kesler gets lone goal       
MAR  4  A  COLORADO AV. 1-2 L    66 32 24 10 173 169  74 0.561 Shannon only Canuck scorer  
MAR  6  H  NASHVILLE    6-2 W    67 33 24 10 179 171  76 0.567 Canucks lead 3-2 at 6:21    
MAR  8  H  ST. LOUIS    4-2 W    68 34 24 10 183 173  78 0.574 Burrows gets goal, assist   
MAR 10  A  LOS ANGELES  2-1 W OT 69 35 24 10 185 174  80 0.580 Kesler gets both goals      
MAR 12  A  ANAHEIM      1-4 L    70 35 25 10 186 178  80 0.571 Canucks down 3-0 in first   
MAR 13  A  PHOENIX      0-2 L    71 35 26 10 186 180  80 0.563 Luongo outshot 45-24        
MAR 15  A  DALLAS       4-3 W    72 36 26 10 190 183  82 0.569 Morrison winner, two assists
MAR 17  H  PHOENIX      3-1 W    73 37 26 10 193 184  84 0.575 Henrik scores first, last   
MAR 20  A  EDMONTON     4-1 W    74 38 26 10 197 185  86 0.581 Luongo outshot 34-21        
MAR 21  H  MINNESOTA WI 1-2 L    75 38 27 10 198 187  86 0.573 Salo breaks the goose egg   
MAR 25  A  CALGARY      2-3 L    76 38 28 10 200 190  86 0.566 Canucks lead 2-0 after first
MAR 26  A  COLORADO AV. 3-6 L    77 38 29 10 203 196  86 0.558 Canucks lead 2-1 after first
MAR 28  A  MINNESOTA WI 0-4 L    78 38 30 10 203 200  86 0.551 Luongo pulled again         
MAR 30  H  CALGARY      6-2 W    79 39 30 10 209 202  88 0.557 Linden scores twice in 2nd  
APR  1  H  COLORADO AV. 2-4 L    80 39 31 10 211 206  88 0.550 Canucks lead 2-0 in second  
APR  3  H  EDMONTON     1-2 L    81 39 32 10 212 208  88 0.543 Burrows scores in third     
APR  5  H  CALGARY      1-7 L    82 39 33 10 213 215  88 0.537 Goodbye Linden and Naslund  

       Canucks finish 11th out of 15 teams in Western Conference (out of the playoffs)