2022–23 Vancouver Canucks season
{{Short description|NHL hockey team season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox ice hockey team season
| League = NHL
| Season = 2022–23
| year = 2022
| Team = Vancouver Canucks
| Division = Pacific
| DivisionRank = 6th
| Conference = Western
| ConferenceRank = 11th
| Record = 38–37–7
| HomeRecord = 19–20–2
| RoadRecord = 19–17–5
| GoalsFor = 276
| GoalsAgainst = 298
| GeneralManager = Patrik Allvin
| Coach = Bruce Boudreau (Oct. 12 – Jan. 22)
Rick Tocchet (Jan. 22 – Apr. 13)
| Captain = Bo Horvat (Oct. 12 – Jan. 30)
Vacant (Jan. 30 – Apr. 13)
| AltCaptain = Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Quinn Hughes (Feb–Apr)
J. T. Miller
Tyler Myers (Oct–Feb)
Elias Pettersson (Feb–Apr)
| Arena = Rogers Arena
| MinorLeague = Abbotsford Canucks (AHL)
| GoalsLeader = Andrei Kuzmenko
Elias Pettersson (39)
| AssistsLeader = Quinn Hughes (69)
| PointsLeader = Elias Pettersson (102)
| PlusMinusLeader = Elias Pettersson (+16)
| PIMLeader = Tyler Myers (76)
| WinsLeader = Thatcher Demko (14)
| GAALeader = Arturs Silovs (2.75)
}}
The 2022–23 Vancouver Canucks season was the 53rd season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.{{cite book |last=National Hockey League|title=The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014|year=2013 |publisher= Diamond Sports Data, Inc. |page=129|isbn= 978-1-894801-26-3}} The Canucks were eliminated from playoff contention on April 2, 2023, when the Winnipeg Jets defeated the New Jersey Devils.{{cite web |last1=Woodley |first1=Kevin |title=Kings defeat Canucks, clinch Stanley Cup Playoff berth |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/los-angeles-kings-vancouver-canucks-game-recap/c-343026704 |website=NHL.com |access-date=April 3, 2023 |date=April 2, 2023 |quote=...and were eliminated from playoff contention when the Winnipeg Jets defeated the New Jersey Devils 6-1 earlier on Sunday.}}
Standings
=Divisional standings=
{{2022–23 NHL standings|Pacific|showteam=VAN}}
=Conference standings=
{{2022–23 NHL standings|Western Conference Wild Card|showteam=VAN}}
Schedule and results
=Preseason=
The preseason schedule was published on July 5, 2022.{{cite web |title=Canucks Announce 2022.23 Pre-Season Schedule |url=https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/canucks-announce-202223-pre-season-schedule/c-334810584 |website=NHL.com |access-date=July 5, 2022 |date=July 5, 2022}}
=Regular season=
The regular season schedule was published on July 6, 2022.{{cite web |title=Canucks Announce 2022.23 Regular Season Schedule |url=https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/vancouver-canucks-2022-23-season-schedule/c-334828894 |website=NHL.com |access-date=July 7, 2022 |date=July 6, 2022}}
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Legend:
{{legend2|#cfc|Win (2 points)|border=1px solid #ccffcc}}
{{legend2|#fcc|Loss (0 points)|border=1px solid #ffcccc}}
{{legend2|#fff|Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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Player statistics
=Skaters=
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|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#002D55 5px solid; border-bottom:#008852 5px solid;"|Regular season{{cite web |title=2022–23 Regular season – Vancouver Canucks Stats – Skaters |url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20222023&seasonTo=20222023&gameType=2&playerPlayedFor=franchise.20&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=points,goals,assists |website=NHL.com |access-date=April 14, 2023}} ! Player ! {{abbr|GP|Games Played}} ! {{abbr|G|Goals}} ! {{abbr|A|Assists}} ! {{abbr|Pts|Points}} ! data-sort-type="number"|{{abbr|+/−|Plus/Minus}} ! {{abbr|PIM|Penalty Minutes}} | ||||||
{{sortname|Elias|Pettersson}} | 80 | 39 | 63 | 102 | +16 | 14 |
{{sortname|J. T.|Miller}} | 81 | 32 | 50 | 82 | −7 | 60 |
{{sortname|Quinn|Hughes}} | 78 | 7 | 69 | 76 | +15 | 34 |
{{sortname|Andrei|Kuzmenko}} | 81 | 39 | 35 | 74 | +9 | 8 |
{{sortname|Brock|Boeser}} | 74 | 18 | 37 | 55 | −20 | 24 |
{{sortname|Bo|Horvat}}‡ | 49 | 31 | 23 | 54 | +3 | 12 |
{{sortname|Conor|Garland}} | 81 | 17 | 29 | 46 | −5 | 31 |
{{sortname|Ilya|Mikheyev}} | 46 | 13 | 15 | 28 | +3 | 2 |
{{sortname|Dakota|Joshua}} | 79 | 11 | 12 | 23 | −16 | 60 |
{{sortname|Oliver|Ekman-Larsson}} | 54 | 2 | 20 | 22 | −24 | 22 |
{{sortname|Luke|Schenn}}‡ | 55 | 3 | 18 | 21 | +9 | 71 |
{{sortname|Anthony|Beauvillier}}† | 33 | 9 | 11 | 20 | −6 | 14 |
{{sortname|Sheldon|Dries}} | 63 | 11 | 6 | 17 | −9 | 29 |
{{sortname|Tyler|Myers}} | 78 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −16 | 76 |
{{sortname|Nils|Aman|Nils Åman}} | 68 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −12 | 18 |
{{sortname|Ethan|Bear}}† | 61 | 3 | 13 | 16 | +6 | 25 |
{{sortname|Phillip|Di Giuseppe}} | 30 | 6 | 6 | 12 | −1 | 14 |
{{sortname|Nils|Hoglander|Nils Höglander}} | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −4 | 6 |
{{sortname|Jack|Studnicka}}† | 47 | 4 | 4 | 8 | −11 | 12 |
{{sortname|Vasily|Podkolzin}} | 39 | 4 | 3 | 7 | −5 | 9 |
{{sortname|Curtis|Lazar}}‡ | 45 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −5 | 14 |
{{sortname|Kyle|Burroughs}} | 48 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −4 | 62 |
{{sortname|Tanner|Pearson}} | 14 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −9 | 21 |
{{sortname|Riley|Stillman}}‡ | 32 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −14 | 23 |
{{sortname|Lane|Pederson}} | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 15 |
{{sortname|Guillaume|Brisebois}} | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 6 |
{{sortname|Akito|Hirose}} | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 4 |
{{sortname|Christian|Wolanin}} | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
{{sortname|Vitali|Kravtsov}}† | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 4 |
{{sortname|Jack|Rathbone}} | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
{{sortname|Cole|McWard}} | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
{{sortname|Aidan|McDonough}} | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 |
{{sortname|Travis|Dermott}} | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 2 |
{{sortname|Aatu|Raty|Aatu Räty}}† | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
{{sortname|Filip|Hronek}}† | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
{{sortname|Will|Lockwood|dab=ice hockey}}‡ | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −7 | 0 |
{{sortname|Tucker|Poolman}} | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 |
{{sortname|Noah|Juulsen}} | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 |
=Goaltenders=
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|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#002D55 5px solid; border-bottom:#008852 5px solid;"|Regular season{{cite web |title=2022–23 Regular season – Vancouver Canucks Stats – Goalies |url=https://www.nhl.com/stats/goalies?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20222023&seasonTo=20222023&gameType=2&playerPlayedFor=franchise.20&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=wins,savePct |website=NHL.com |access-date=April 14, 2023}} ! Player ! {{abbr|GP|Games Played}} ! {{abbr|GS|Games Started}} ! {{abbr|TOI|Time on Ice}} ! {{abbr|W|Win}} ! {{abbr|L|Loss}} ! {{abbr|OT|Overtime Loss}} ! {{abbr|GA|Goals Against}} ! {{abbr|GAA|Goals Against Average}} ! {{abbr|SA|Shots Against}} ! {{abbr|SV%|Save Percentage}} ! {{abbr|SO|Shutouts}} ! {{abbr|G|Goals}} ! {{abbr|A|Assists}} ! {{abbr|PIM|Penalty Minutes}} | ||||||||||||||
{{sortname|Thatcher|Demko}} | 32 | 32 | 1,878:31 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 99 | 3.16 | 1,005 | .901 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
{{sortname|Spencer|Martin|dab=ice hockey}} | 29 | 27 | 1,610:11 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 107 | 3.99 | 830 | .871 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
{{sortname|Collin|Delia}} | 20 | 18 | 1,135:40 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 3.28 | 526 | .882 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
{{sortname|Arturs|Silovs|Artūrs Šilovs}} | 5 | 5 | 305:56 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2.75 | 152 | .908 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†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.
Awards and honours
=Awards=
=Milestones=
=Records=
Transactions
The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.
Key:
{{Color box|#f8f9fa|{{dagger}}|border=darkgray}} Contract is entry-level.
{{Color box|#f8f9fa|{{double-dagger}}|border=darkgray}} Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.
=Trades=
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style="width: 10em;"|Date | colspan=2 |Details | style="width: 2.5em;"|Ref |
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{{start date|2022|10|7}}
| style="width: 25em;" valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks Jason Dickinson 2nd-round pick in 2024 | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"| To Vancouver Canucks Riley Stillman | ||
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| {{start date|2022|10|27}} | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Boston Bruins Michael DiPietro Jonathan Myrenberg | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Vancouver Canucks Jack Studnicka | ||
{{start date|2022|10|28}}
| style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Carolina Hurricanes 5th-round pick in 2023 | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Vancouver Canucks Ethan Bear Lane Pederson | ||
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| {{start date|2023|01|30}} | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To New York Islanders Bo Horvat | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Vancouver Canucks Anthony Beauvillier Aatu Raty Conditional 1st-round pick in 2023 | ||
{{start date|2023|02|25}}
| style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To New York Rangers Will Lockwood 7th-round pick in 2026 | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Vancouver Canucks Vitali Kravtsov | ||
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| {{start date|2023|02|27}} | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Buffalo Sabres Riley Stillman | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Vancouver Canucks Josh Bloom | ||
{{start date|2023|03|01}}
| style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Toronto Maple Leafs Luke Schenn | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Vancouver Canucks 3rd-round pick in 2023 | ||
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| {{start date|2023|03|01}} | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Detroit Red Wings NYI conditional 1st-round pick in 2023 2nd-round pick in 2023 | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Vancouver Canucks Filip Hronek 4th-round pick in 2023 | ||
{{start date|2023|03|03}}
| style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To New Jersey Devils Curtis Lazar | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Vancouver Canucks 4th-round pick in 2024 | ||
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| {{start date|2023|03|03}} | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To New York Rangers Wyatt Kalynuk | style="width: 25em;" valign="top"|To Vancouver Canucks Future considerations |
=Players acquired=
=Players lost=
=Signings=
Draft picks
{{See also|List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks}}
Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7 and 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec.
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Round
! # ! Player ! Pos ! Nationality ! College/Junior/Club team (League) |
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style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|15 | RW | {{flagu|Sweden}} | Djurgårdens IF (SHL) |
style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|80 | D | {{flagu|Sweden}} |
style="text-align:center;"|4
| style="text-align:center;"|112 | C | {{flagu|Canada}} | Warroad High (USHS-MN) |
style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|144 | Ty Young | G | {{flagu|Canada}} |
style="text-align:center;"|6
| style="text-align:center;"|176 | D | {{flagu|United States}} |
style="text-align:center;"|7
| style="text-align:center;"|208 | D | {{flagu|Russia}} |
Notes:
- The Vancouver Canucks' second-round pick went to the Minnesota Wild as the result of a trade on March 21, 2022, that sent Jack McBain to Arizona in exchange for this pick.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-get-mcbain-from-wild-for-2022-2nd-round-draft-choice/c-332077404|title=Coyotes Get McBain from Wild For 2022 2nd Round Draft Choice|date=March 21, 2022|accessdate=March 21, 2022}}
References
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