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Once again, the off-season saw several free agents change teams. After eleven seasons in Vancouver, Mattias Ohlund was signed by Tampa Bay. The Canucks signed a few players, including veteran forward Mikael Samuelsson and backup netminder Andrew Raycroft. The veteran core was largely intact, led by forwards Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Ryan Kesler, and Alex Burrows, defensemen Willie Mitchell, Sami Salo, and Kevin Bieksa, and Roberto Luongo in net.

The team began the season with a three game losing streak, tying the club record. By mid-December, the Canucks had improved to a solid 20-16-0 on the season. Looming on the horizon was a monster road trip surrounding the Olympics in Vancouver. The Canucks would play 14 games away from GM Place and go 45 days between home dates. Needing to improve their record, they went on a tear, going 14-2-2 by the end of January. Vancouver played well on their extended road trip. Halfway through the trip, several players joined their nation's teams and played in the Olympics, highlighted by Roberto Luongo's gold medal (Canada) and Ryan Kesler's silver (US). The Canucks finished the season in fine form, once again taking the Northwest Division title.

As the regular season wound down, Henrik Sedin found himself in a race for the NHL scoring crown. In the team's final game, he recorded a hat-trick and added an assist to finish with a team-record 112 points. This was enough to win the Art Ross Trophy and, based on his performance, the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player.

With home ice advantage for the playoffs, the Canucks met the Los Angeles Kings in the first round. The two teams split the first games in Vancouver, each winning in overtime. In a series where the Canucks were unable to kill penalties, they finally learned to stay out of the box and won the final three games of the series to move on. In the second round, they met the eventual Stanley Cup champions in Chicago. The Canucks surprised the Blackhawks, taking the first game easily and jumping out to an early lead in the second game. Chicago started rolling, winning game two and the next two games in Vancouver. The Canucks played an inspired game five to avoid elimination, but finally fell in six games.

Regular Season

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L OL  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES
OCT  1  A  CALGARY      3-5 L     1  0  1  0   3   5   0 0.000 Earliest season start date  
OCT  3  A  COLORADO AV. 0-3 L     2  0  2  0   3   8   0 0.000 Anderson makes 35 saves     
OCT  5  H  COLUMBUS     3-5 L     3  0  3  0   6  13   0 0.000 Raycroft sees some action   
OCT  7  H  MONTREAL     7-1 W     4  1  3  0  13  14   2 0.250 Henrik 2 goals, 2 assists   
OCT 11  H  DALLAS       4-3 W SO  5  2  3  0  17  17   4 0.400 Wellwood gets the winner    
OCT 16  A  CALGARY      3-5 L     6  2  4  0  20  22   4 0.333 Canucks trail 5-0 in third  
OCT 17  H  MINNESOTA WI 2-1 W     7  3  4  0  22  23   6 0.429 Samuelsson winner in third  
OCT 19  A  EDMONTON     1-2 L     8  3  5  0  23  25   6 0.375 Bernier opens scoring       
OCT 21  A  CHICAGO      3-2 W     9  4  5  0  26  27   8 0.444 Canucks trail 2-1 after 2nd 
OCT 24  H  TORONTO      3-1 W    10  5  5  0  29  28  10 0.500 Raymond scores twice        
OCT 25  H  EDMONTON     2-0 W    11  6  5  0  31  28  12 0.545 Luongo makes 27 saves       
OCT 27  H  DETROIT      4-5 L    12  6  6  0  35  33  12 0.500 Bieksa gets three assists   
OCT 29  A  LOS ANGELES  2-1 W SO 13  7  6  0  37  34  14 0.538 Samuelsson gets both goals  
OCT 30  A  ANAHEIM      2-7 L    14  7  7  0  39  41  14 0.500 Canucks lead 2-0 in first   
NOV  1  H  COLORADO AV. 3-0 W    15  8  7  0  42  41  16 0.533 Raycroft 1st Canuck shutout 
NOV  3  H  NY RANGERS   4-1 W    16  9  7  0  46  42  18 0.563 Samuelsson scores twice     
NOV  5  A  MINNESOTA WI 5-2 W    17 10  7  0  51  44  20 0.588 Five different Canucks score
NOV  6  A  DALLAS       1-2 L    18 10  8  0  52  46  20 0.556 Schneider makes 45 saves    
NOV 10  A  ST. LOUIS    1-6 L    19 10  9  0  53  52  20 0.526 Chippy right to the end     
NOV 12  A  DETROIT      1-3 L    20 10 10  0  54  55  20 0.500 Raymond gets lone goal      
NOV 14  A  COLORADO AV. 8-2 W    21 11 10  0  62  57  22 0.524 Henrik gets the hat-trick   
NOV 20  H  COLORADO AV. 5-2 W    22 12 10  0  67  59  24 0.545 Ehrhoff two goals, assist   
NOV 22  H  CHICAGO      0-1 L    23 12 11  0  67  60  24 0.522 Edler named second star     
NOV 26  H  LOS ANGELES  4-1 W    24 13 11  0  71  61  26 0.542 Luongo makes 31 saves       
NOV 28  H  EDMONTON     7-3 W    25 14 11  0  78  64  28 0.560 Raymond goal, two assists   
NOV 29  H  SAN JOSE     2-4 L    26 14 12  0  80  68  28 0.538 Wellwood goal and assist    
DEC  2  A  NEW JERSEY   5-2 W    27 15 12  0  85  70  30 0.556 Daniel's goal is the winner 
DEC  3  A  PHILADELPHIA 3-0 W    28 16 12  0  88  70  32 0.571 Luongo outshot 38-29        
DEC  5  A  CAROLINA     3-5 L    29 16 13  0  91  75  32 0.552 Hansen opens the scoring    
DEC  8  A  NASHVILLE    2-4 L    30 16 14  0  93  79  32 0.533 Predator Erat gets hat-trick
DEC 10  H  ATLANTA THR. 4-2 W    31 17 14  0  97  81  34 0.548 Daniel gets the hat-trick   
DEC 12  H  MINNESOTA WI 4-3 W    32 18 14  0 101  84  36 0.563 Henrik records 3 assists    
DEC 14  H  LOS ANGELES  3-1 W    33 19 14  0 104  85  38 0.576 Kesler, Raymond two points  
DEC 16  H  ANAHEIM      2-3 L    34 19 15  0 106  88  38 0.559 Henrik, Bernier score       
DEC 18  H  WASHINGTON   3-2 W    35 20 15  0 109  90  40 0.571 Raymond 2 goals, gets winner
DEC 20  H  ST. LOUIS    1-3 L    36 20 16  0 110  93  40 0.556 O'Brien gets first of season
DEC 22  H  NASHVILLE    4-1 W    37 21 16  0 114  94  42 0.568 Sedins combine for 6 points 
DEC 26  H  EDMONTON     4-1 W    38 22 16  0 118  95  44 0.579 Daniel gets goal, 2 assists 
DEC 27  A  CALGARY      5-1 W    39 23 16  0 123  96  46 0.590 Raymond's 1st NHL hat-trick 
DEC 29  A  PHOENIX      2-3 L SO 40 23 16  1 125  99  47 0.588 Wellwood ties game in third 
DEC 31  A  ST. LOUIS    4-3 W OT 41 24 16  1 129 102  49 0.598 Canucks trail 3-0 in second 
JAN  2  A  DALLAS       3-1 W    42 25 16  1 132 103  51 0.607 Luongo makes 31 saves       
JAN  5  H  COLUMBUS     7-3 W    43 26 16  1 139 106  53 0.616 Burrows gets the hat-trick  
JAN  7  H  PHOENIX      4-0 W    44 27 16  1 143 106  55 0.625 Burrows 3 goals from Henrik 
JAN  9  H  CALGARY      2-3 L SO 45 27 16  2 145 109  56 0.622 Rypien, Prust fight twice   
JAN 11  H  NASHVILLE    2-3 L    46 27 17  2 147 112  56 0.609 Burrows 2 goals, 14 minutes 
JAN 13  A  MINNESOTA WI 2-5 L    47 27 18  2 149 117  56 0.596 Fight-filled third period   
JAN 16  H  PITTSBURGH   6-2 W    48 28 18  2 155 119  58 0.604 Henrik gets goal, 2 assists 
JAN 20  A  EDMONTON     3-2 W OT 49 29 18  2 158 121  60 0.612 Daniel 2 assists, OT goal   
JAN 21  H  DALLAS       4-3 W    50 30 18  2 162 124  62 0.620 Wellwood gets the winner    
JAN 23  H  CHICAGO      5-1 W    51 31 18  2 167 125  64 0.627 Luongo outshot 44-28        
JAN 25  H  BUFFALO      3-2 W    52 32 18  2 170 127  66 0.635 Lukowich 1st goal as Canuck 
JAN 27  H  ST. LOUIS    3-2 W    53 33 18  2 173 129  68 0.642 Raymond 2 goals, assist     
JAN 30  A  TORONTO      5-3 W    54 34 18  2 178 132  70 0.648 Canucks start 14 game trip  
FEB  2  A  MONTREAL     2-3 L    55 34 19  2 180 135  70 0.636 Samuelsson, Kesler score    
FEB  4  A  OTTAWA       1-3 L    56 34 20  2 181 138  70 0.625 Wellwood gets lone goal     
FEB  6  A  BOSTON       3-2 W SO 57 35 20  2 184 140  72 0.632 Demitra ties it, wins it    
FEB  9  A  TAMPA BAY    1-3 L    58 35 21  2 185 143  72 0.621 Canucks visit Ohlund's home 
FEB 11  A  FLORIDA      3-0 W    59 36 21  2 188 143  74 0.627 Luongo makes 31 saves       
FEB 12  A  COLUMBUS     4-3 W    60 37 21  2 192 146  76 0.633 Raycroft makes 35 saves     
FEB 14  A  MINNESOTA WI 2-6 L    61 37 22  2 194 152  76 0.623 Ehrhoff in on both goals    
MAR  2  A  COLUMBUS     4-3 W OT 62 38 22  2 198 155  78 0.629 Canucks down 2-0 after first
MAR  3  A  DETROIT      6-3 W    63 39 22  2 204 158  80 0.635 Kesler scores twice         
MAR  5  A  CHICAGO      3-6 L    64 39 23  2 207 164  80 0.625 Canucks down 5-1 after first
MAR  7  A  NASHVILLE    4-2 W    65 40 23  2 211 166  82 0.631 Hansen gets the winner      
MAR  9  A  COLORADO AV. 6-4 W    66 41 23  2 217 170  84 0.636 Samuelsson hat-trick in 2nd 
MAR 10  A  PHOENIX      3-4 L SO 67 41 23  3 220 174  85 0.634 Seven goals in shootout     
MAR 13  H  OTTAWA       5-1 W    68 42 23  3 225 175  87 0.640 First home game in 45 days  
MAR 14  H  CALGARY      3-1 W    69 43 23  3 228 176  89 0.645 Henrik career assist leader 
MAR 16  H  NY ISLANDERS 2-5 L    70 43 24  3 230 181  89 0.636 Wellwood, Burrows score     
MAR 18  H  SAN JOSE     3-2 W    71 44 24  3 233 183  91 0.641 Kesler gets goal, assist    
MAR 20  H  DETROIT      3-4 L OT 72 44 24  4 236 187  92 0.639 O'Brien gets goal, assist   
MAR 23  A  EDMONTON     2-3 L    73 44 25  4 238 190  92 0.630 Raymond, Daniel score       
MAR 24  H  ANAHEIM      4-1 W    74 45 25  4 242 191  94 0.635 Raycroft makes 30 saves     
MAR 27  A  SAN JOSE     2-4 L    75 45 26  4 244 195  94 0.627 Henrik gets points 100, 101 
MAR 30  H  PHOENIX      4-1 W    76 46 26  4 248 196  96 0.632 Burrows 35th goal of season 
APR  1  A  LOS ANGELES  3-8 L    77 46 27  4 251 204  96 0.623 Wellwood scores twice       
APR  2  A  ANAHEIM      5-4 W SO 78 47 27  4 256 208  98 0.628 Grabner gets NHL goals 3,4,5
APR  4  H  MINNESOTA WI 4-3 W OT 79 48 27  4 260 211 100 0.633 Canucks up 3-1 at 19:05     
APR  6  H  COLORADO AV. 3-4 L SO 80 48 27  5 263 215 101 0.631 Daniel scores twice         
APR  8  A  SAN JOSE     2-4 L    81 48 28  5 265 219 101 0.623 Powerplays go 0 for 11      
APR 10  H  CALGARY      7-3 W    82 49 28  5 272 222 103 0.628 Henrik wins scoring title   

               Canucks seeded 3rd out of 15 teams in the Western Conference

Playoffs

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L  T  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES   
APR 15  H  LOS ANGELES  3-2 W OT  1  1  0  0   3   2   2 1.000 Samuelsson scores 2nd in OT 
APR 17  H  LOS ANGELES  2-3 L OT  2  1  1  0   5   5   2 0.500 Canucks up 2-0 after first  
APR 19  A  LOS ANGELES  3-5 L     3  1  2  0   8  10   2 0.333 Kings 3 for 3 on powerplay  
APR 21  A  LOS ANGELES  6-4 W     4  2  2  0  14  14   4 0.500 Six different Canucks score 
APR 23  H  LOS ANGELES  7-2 W     5  3  2  0  21  16   6 0.600 Samuelsson 2 goals, assist  
APR 25  A  LOS ANGELES  4-2 W     6  4  2  0  25  18   8 0.667 Daniel gets series winner   
                 VANCOUVER WINS BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOUR GAMES TO TWO  

MAY  1  A  CHICAGO      5-1 W     7  5  2  0  30  19  10 0.714 Luongo makes 36 saves       
MAY  3  A  CHICAGO      2-4 L     8  5  3  0  32  23  10 0.625 Canucks lead 2-0 in first   
MAY  5  H  CHICAGO      2-5 L     9  5  4  0  34  28  10 0.556 Hansen, Burrows score       
MAY  7  H  CHICAGO      4-7 L    10  5  5  0  38  35  10 0.500 Canucks in penalty trouble  
MAY  9  A  CHICAGO      4-1 W    11  6  5  0  42  36  12 0.545 Bieksa two goals, assist    
MAY 11  H  CHICAGO      1-5 L    12  6  6  0  43  41  12 0.500 Shorthanded goal backbreaker
                  Chicago wins best of seven series four games to two