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2015-16 Results

As the Canucks continued their rebuilding efforts, several deals were made in the off-season. Popular netminder Eddie Lack was traded for two draft picks, while ten-year veteran defenseman Kevin Bieksa was dealt to Anaheim for another draft pick. Also leaving the team were Zack Kassian and Nick Bonino. Joining the team were Brandon Sutter, Emerson Etem and Matt Bartkowski.

The season started promising with the Canucks going 3-0-1 in their first four games. However, by mid-December the Canuck record of 11-14-8 put them in danger of finishing last in the division yet within two points of a playoff spot. Over the next fifteen games, the team put together a solid run of 9-3-3 but then spent the rest of the season sliding out of contention. They finished with the third worst record in the league.

On December 9, defenseman Dan Hamhuis had a slapshot deflect into his jaw causing a frightening injury. Just returning to play on February 6th was an accomplishment. One of the few highlights of the season came on January 21 when Daniel Sedin scored two goals in a 4-2 win in Boston. They were his 347th and 348th goals as a Canuck, passing Markus Naslund's record for career goals.

Regular Season

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L OL  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES
OCT  7  A  CALGARY      5-1 W     1  1  0  0   5   1   2 1.000 Hutton assist in first game 
OCT 10  H  CALGARY      2-3 L OT  2  1  0  1   7   4   3  .750 Canucks up 2-1 in third     
OCT 12  A  ANAHEIM      2-1 W SO  3  2  0  1   9   5   5  .833 Burrows gets shootout winner
OCT 13  A  LOS ANGELES  3-0 W     4  3  0  1  12   5   7  .875 Miller makes 15 saves       
OCT 16  H  ST. LOUIS    3-4 L     5  3  1  1  15   9   7  .700 Sutter goal, two assists    
OCT 18  H  EDMONTON     1-2 L OT  6  3  1  2  16  11   8  .667 Bartkowski gets lone goal   
OCT 22  H  WASHINGTON   2-3 L     7  3  2  2  18  14   8  .571 Henrik puts Canucks up 2-1  
OCT 24  H  DETROIT      2-3 L OT  8  3  2  3  20  17   9  .563 Sutter makes it 2-0 in 2nd  
OCT 27  H  MONTREAL     5-1 W     9  4  2  3  25  18  11  .611 McCann two goals in first   
OCT 29  A  DALLAS       3-4 L OT 10  4  2  4  28  22  12  .600 Vrbata makes it 3-1 in third
OCT 30  A  PHOENIX      4-3 W    11  5  2  4  32  25  14  .636 Bachman win in first game   
NOV  2  H  PHILADELPHIA 4-1 W    12  6  2  4  36  26  16  .667 Horvat gets winner, assist  
NOV  4  H  PITTSBURGH   2-3 L    13  6  3  4  38  29  16  .615 Daniel, Hansen score late   
NOV  7  A  BUFFALO      2-3 L    14  6  4  4  40  32  16  .571 Henrik, Higgins get goals   
NOV  8  A  NEW JERSEY   3-4 L OT 15  6  4  5  43  36  17  .567 Canucks trail 3-1 in second 
NOV 10  A  COLUMBUS     5-3 W    16  7  4  5  48  39  19  .594 Hansen, Daniel 4 points each
NOV 12  A  OTTAWA       2-3 L    17  7  5  5  50  42  19  .559 Baertschi, Edler get goals  
NOV 14  A  TORONTO      2-4 L    18  7  6  5  52  46  19  .528 Hansen, Burrows score       
NOV 16  A  MONTREAL     3-4 L OT 19  7  6  6  55  50  20  .526 Canucks lead 3-0 in second  
NOV 18  A  WINNIPEG (2) 1-4 L    20  7  7  6  56  54  20  .500 Daniel gets the only goal   
NOV 21  H  CHICAGO      6-3 W    21  8  7  6  62  57  22  .524 D.Sedin nets a hat trick    
NOV 22  H  NEW JERSEY   2-3 L    22  8  8  6  64  60  22  .500 Schneider wins in return    
NOV 25  A  MINNESOTA WI 3-2 W    23  9  8  6  67  62  24  .522 Vrbata scores two goals     
NOV 27  A  DALLAS       2-3 L SO 24  9  8  7  69  65  25  .521 Both Sedins get a goal      
NOV 30  A  ANAHEIM      0-4 L    25  9  9  7  69  69  25  .500 Duck Gibson makes 25 saves  
DEC  1  A  LOS ANGELES  1-2 L OT 26  9  9  8  70  71  26  .500 Daniel opens the scoring    
DEC  3  H  DALLAS       2-4 L    27  9 10  8  72  75  26  .481 Edler, Hansen get goals     
DEC  5  H  BOSTON       0-4 L    28  9 11  8  72  79  26  .464 Bruin Rask makes 17 saves   
DEC  7  H  BUFFALO      5-2 W    29 10 11  8  77  81  28  .483 Vrbata 2 in 1st, 3rd in 3rd 
DEC  9  H  NY RANGERS   2-1 W    30 11 11  8  79  82  30  .500 Hamhuis takes shot to face  
DEC 13  A  CHICAGO      0-4 L    31 11 12  8  79  86  30  .484 Hawk Crawford makes 30 saves
DEC 15  A  MINNESOTA WI 2-6 L    32 11 13  8  81  92  30  .469 Hansen, Daniel get goals    
DEC 17  A  PHILADELPHIA 0-2 L    33 11 14  8  81  94  30  .455 Flyer Mason makes 36 saves  
DEC 18  A  DETROIT      4-3 W SO 34 12 14  8  85  97  32  .471 Vey gets the shootout winner
DEC 20  A  FLORIDA      4-5 L SO 35 12 14  9  89 102  33  .471 Miller hurt during shootout 
DEC 22  A  TAMPA BAY    2-1 W    36 13 14  9  91 103  35  .486 Daniel gets winner in third 
DEC 26  H  EDMONTON     2-1 W OT 37 14 14  9  93 104  37  .500 Hansen cut, gets OT winner  
DEC 28  H  LOS ANGELES  0-5 L    38 14 15  9  93 109  37  .487 King Toffoli gets hat trick 
JAN  1  H  ANAHEIM      2-1 W SO 39 15 15  9  95 110  39  .500 Burrows gets shootout winner
JAN  4  H  PHOENIX      2-3 L    40 15 16  9  97 113  39  .488 Horvat, Daniel get goals    
JAN  6  H  CAROLINA     3-2 W    41 16 16  9 100 115  41  .500 Horvat two goals in third   
JAN  9  H  TAMPA BAY    2-3 L OT 42 16 16 10 102 118  42  .500 Horvat, Baertschi score     
JAN 11  H  FLORIDA      3-2 W OT 43 17 16 10 105 120  44  .512 Canucks trail 2-0 in 2nd    
JAN 14  A  WASHINGTON   1-4 L    44 17 17 10 106 124  44  .500 Vrbata gets the only goal   
JAN 15  A  CAROLINA     3-2 W OT 45 18 17 10 109 126  46  .511 Horvat two goals, winner    
JAN 17  A  NY ISLANDERS 2-1 W SO 46 19 17 10 111 127  48  .522 Vrbata gets shootout winner 
JAN 19  A  NY RANGERS   2-3 L OT 47 19 17 11 113 130  49  .521 Burrows gives team 2-1 lead 
JAN 21  A  BOSTON       4-2 W    48 20 17 11 117 132  51  .531 Daniel winner, empty netter 
JAN 23  A  PITTSBURGH   4-5 L    49 20 18 11 121 137  51  .520 Hansen hat trick not enough 
JAN 26  H  NASHVILLE    1-2 L    50 20 19 11 122 139  51  .510 Sutter gets lone goal       
FEB  4  H  COLUMBUS     1-2 L SO 51 20 19 12 123 141  52  .510 Vey opens scoring in first  
FEB  6  H  CALGARY      1-4 L    52 20 20 12 124 145  52  .500 Etem gets the only goal     
FEB  9  A  COLORADO AV. 3-1 W    53 21 20 12 127 146  54  .509 Edler, Sutter out for season
FEB 10  A  PHOENIX      2-1 W    54 22 20 12 129 147  56  .519 Virtanen, Hansen score      
FEB 13  H  TORONTO      2-5 L    55 22 21 12 131 152  56  .509 Daniel, Baertschi score     
FEB 15  H  MINNESOTA WI 2-5 L    56 22 22 12 133 157  56  .500 Friesen plays first NHL game
FEB 18  H  ANAHEIM      2-5 L    57 22 23 12 135 162  56  .491 Canucks trail 4-0 in third  
FEB 19  A  CALGARY      2-5 L    58 22 24 12 137 167  56  .483 Virtanen makes it 2-1 in 1st
FEB 21  H  COLORADO AV. 5-1 W    59 23 24 12 142 168  58  .492 Henrik records four assists 
FEB 25  H  OTTAWA       5-3 W    60 24 24 12 147 171  60  .500 Bartkowski two goals, assist
FEB 28  H  SAN JOSE     1-4 L    61 24 25 12 148 175  60  .492 Daniel opens scoring in 2nd 
MAR  1  H  NY ISLANDERS 2-3 L    62 24 26 12 150 178  60  .484 Vey, Daniel get goals       
MAR  3  H  SAN JOSE     2-3 L    63 24 27 12 152 181  60  .476 Virtanen two points in first
MAR  5  A  SAN JOSE     4-2 W    64 25 27 12 156 183  62  .484 Hamhuis gets winner in third
MAR  7  A  LOS ANGELES  1-5 L    65 25 28 12 157 188  62  .477 Hamhuis opens scoring in 2nd
MAR  9  H  PHOENIX      3-2 W OT 66 26 28 12 160 190  64  .485 Canucks trail 2-0 in 2nd    
MAR 12  H  NASHVILLE    4-2 W    67 27 28 12 164 192  66  .493 Four different Canucks score
MAR 14  H  WINNIPEG (2) 2-5 L    68 27 29 12 166 197  66  .485 McCann, Virtanen score late 
MAR 16  H  COLORADO AV. 1-3 L    69 27 30 12 167 200  66  .478 Henrik opens the scoring    
MAR 18  A  EDMONTON     0-2 L    70 27 31 12 167 202  66  .471 Oiler Talbot makes 40 saves 
MAR 19  H  ST. LOUIS    0-3 L    71 27 32 12 167 205  66  .465 Canucks outshot 50-19       
MAR 22  A  WINNIPEG (2) 0-2 L    72 27 33 12 167 207  66  .458 Canucks outshot 49-28       
MAR 24  A  NASHVILLE    2-3 L SO 73 27 33 13 169 210  67  .459 Horvat, Daniel score in 1st 
MAR 25  A  ST. LOUIS    0-4 L    74 27 34 13 169 214  67  .453 Canucks outshot 37-15       
MAR 27  H  CHICAGO      2-3 L    75 27 35 13 171 217  67  .447 Burrows, Baertschi score    
MAR 29  H  SAN JOSE     1-4 L    76 27 36 13 172 221  67  .441 Higgins gets only point     
MAR 31  A  SAN JOSE     4-2 W    77 28 36 13 176 223  69  .448 Four different Canucks score
APR  1  A  ANAHEIM      3-2 W    78 29 36 13 179 225  71  .455 Etem gets winner in third   
APR  4  H  LOS ANGELES  3-2 W    79 30 36 13 182 227  73  .462 Miller makes 39 saves       
APR  6  A  EDMONTON     2-6 L    80 30 37 13 184 233  73  .456 Bartkowski, Horvat score    
APR  7  A  CALGARY      3-7 L    81 30 38 13 187 240  73  .451 Tryamkin,Horvat score in 1st
APR  9  H  EDMONTON     4-3 W SO 82 31 38 13 191 243  75  .457 Etem goal, shootout winner  

     Canucks finish 13th out of 14 teams in the Western Conference (out of the playoffs)