2007–08 Vancouver Canucks season

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template other The 2007–08 Vancouver Canucks season was the Canucks' 38th season in the National Hockey League. For the second time in three years, the Canucks failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Standings

Divisional standings

Northwest Division

		GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	y – Minnesota Wild	82	44	28	10	223	218	98
2	Colorado Avalanche	82	44	31	7	231	219	95
3	Calgary Flames	82	42	30	10	229	227	94
4	Edmonton Oilers	82	41	35	6	235	251	88
5	Vancouver Canucks	82	39	33	10	213	215	88

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	54	21	7	257	184	115
2	y – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	49	23	10	222	193	108
3	y – Minnesota Wild	NW	82	44	28	10	223	218	98
4	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	47	27	8	205	191	102
5	Dallas Stars	PA	82	45	30	7	242	207	97
6	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	44	31	7	231	219	95
7	Calgary Flames	NW	82	42	30	10	229	227	94
8	Nashville Predators	CE	82	41	32	9	230	229	91
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9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	41	35	6	235	251	88
10	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	40	34	8	239	235	88
11	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	39	33	10	213	215	88
12	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	38	37	7	214	231	83
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	34	36	12	193	218	80
14	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	33	36	13	205	237	79
15	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	32	43	7	231	266	71

Divisions: PA – Pacific, CE – Central, NW – Northwest
bold – qualified for playoffs, y – division winner, p – Presidents' Trophy winner

Schedule and results

Template:Game log start Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost | 1 || October 5 || San Jose || 3–1 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 0–1–0 || 0 || L |- Template:Game-won | 2 || October 6 || Vancouver || 4–3 || Calgary || OT || Luongo || 19,289 || 1–1–0 || 2 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 3 || October 10 || Philadelphia || 8–2 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 1–2–0 || 2 || L |- Template:Game-won | 4 || October 12 || Vancouver || 5–2 || Edmonton || || Luongo || 16,839 || 2–2–0 || 4 || W |- Template:Game-won | 5 || October 13 || Edmonton || 1–4 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 3–2–0 || 6 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 6 || October 15 || San Jose || 4–2 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 3–3–0 || 6 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 7 || October 19 || Los Angeles || 4–2 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 3–4–0 || 6 || L |- Template:Game-won | 8 || October 21 || Vancouver || 4–1 || Columbus || || Sanford || 12,667 || 4–4–0 || 8 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 9 || October 22 || Vancouver || 1–3 || Carolina || || Luongo || 15,532 || 4–5–0 || 8 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 10 || October 24 || Vancouver || 2–3 || Detroit || || Luongo || 17,015 || 4–6–0 || 8 || L |- Template:Game-won | 11 || October 26 || Vancouver || 3–2 || Washington || || Luongo || 12,705 || 5–6–0 || 10 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 12 || October 28 || Detroit || 3–2 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 5–7–0 || 10 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost | 13 || November 1 || Nashville || 3–0 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 5–8–0 || 10 || L |- Template:Game-won | 14 || November 3 || Vancouver || 4–3 || Colorado || || Luongo || 18,007 || 6–8–0 || 12 || W |- Template:Game-won | 15 || November 8 || Vancouver || 3–2 || Calgary || || Luongo || 19,289 || 7–8–0 || 14 || W |- Template:Game-won | 16 || November 9 || Colorado || 1–2 || Vancouver || OT || Luongo || 18,630 || 8–8–0 || 16 || W |- Template:Game-otl | 17 || November 14 || Edmonton || 1–0 || Vancouver || SO || Luongo || 18,630 || 8–8–1 || 17 || OTL |- Template:Game-won | 18 || November 16 || Minnesota || 2–6 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 9–8–1 || 19 || W |- Template:Game-won | 19 || November 18 || Calgary || 1–4 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 10–8–1 || 21 || W |- Template:Game-otl | 20 || November 20 || Vancouver || 4–5 || Edmonton || SO || Luongo || 16,839 || 10–8–2 || 22 || OTL |- Template:Game-won | 21 || November 21 || Vancouver || 4–2 || Minnesota || || Sanford || 18,568 || 11–8–2 || 24 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 22 || November 23 || Vancouver || 1–3 || St. Louis || || Luongo || 18,721 || 11–9–2 || 24 || L |- Template:Game-won | 23 || November 25 || Chicago || 0–2 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 12–9–2 || 26 || W |- Template:Game-won | 24 || November 27 || Anaheim || 0–4 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 13–9–2 || 28 || W |- Template:Game-won | 25 || November 29 || Columbus || 0–2 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 14–9–2 || 30 || W |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost | 26 || December 2 || Vancouver || 1–2 || Minnesota || || Luongo || 18,568 || 14–10–2 || 30 || L |- Template:Game-won | 27 || December 5 || Vancouver || 3–2 || Chicago || || Luongo || 12,444 || 15–10–2 || 32 || W |- Template:Game-won | 28 || December 6 || Vancouver || 5–2 || Nashville || || Sanford || 15,918 || 16–10–2 || 34 || W |- Template:Game-otl | 29 || December 8 || Pittsburgh || 2–1 || Vancouver || SO || Luongo || 18,630 || 16–10–3 || 35 || OTL |- Template:Game-lost | 30 || December 10 || Vancouver || 2–4 || Los Angeles || || Sanford || 15,087 || 16–11–3 || 35 || L |- Template:Game-won | 31 || December 12 || Vancouver || 3–2 || Anaheim || || Sanford || 17,174 || 17–11–3 || 37 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 32 || December 13 || Vancouver || 2–5 || San Jose || || Sanford || 17,496 || 17–12–3 || 37 || L |- Template:Game-otl | 33 || December 15 || Vancouver || 1–2 || Edmonton || SO || Sanford || 16,839 || 17–12–4 || 38 || OTL |- Template:Game-won | 34 || December 18 || New Jersey || 0–5 || Vancouver || || Luongo ||18,630 || 18–12–4 || 40 || W |- Template:Game-won | 35 || December 20 || Dallas || 2–3 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 19–12–4 || 42 || W |- Template:Game-won | 36 || December 22 || Vancouver || 2–1 || Phoenix || SO || Luongo || 17,471 || 20–12–4 || 44 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 37 || December 23 || Vancouver || 1–3 || Colorado || || Luongo || 17,186 || 20–13–4 || 44 || L |- Template:Game-won | 38 || December 27 || Calgary || 3–5 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 21–13–4 || 46 || W |- Template:Game-won | 39 || December 30 || Anaheim || 1–2 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 22–13–4 || 48 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 40 || December 31 || Vancouver || 1–2 || Calgary || || Luongo || 19,289 || 22–14–4 || 48 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-won | 41 || January 3 || NY Rangers || 0–3 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 23–14–4 || 50 || W |- Template:Game-won | 42 || January 8 || NY Islanders || 2–3 || Vancouver || SO || Luongo || 18,630 || 24–14–4 || 52 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 43 || January 10 || Vancouver || 1–3 || San Jose || || Luongo || 17,496 || 24–15–4 || 52 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 44 || January 11 || Phoenix || 4–3 || Vancouver || || Sanford || 18,630 || 24–16–4 || 52 || L |- Template:Game-won | 45 || January 13 || Vancouver || 4–3 || St. Louis || SO || Luongo|| 16,828 || 25–16–4 || 54 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 46 || January 15 || Vancouver || 2–3 || Columbus || || Luongo || 13,555 || 25–17–4 || 54 || L |- Template:Game-otl | 47 || January 17 || Vancouver || 2–3 || Detroit || SO || Luongo || 18,878 || 25–17–5 || 55 || OTL |- Template:Game-lost | 48 || January 19 || Los Angeles || 4–3 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 25–18–5 || 55 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 49 || January 21 || Minnesota || 4–2 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 25–19–5 || 55 || L |- Template:Game-won | 50 || January 23 || St. Louis || 2–3 || Vancouver || SO || Luongo || 18,630 || 26–19–5 || 57 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 51 || January 29 || Dallas || 4–3 || Vancouver || || MacIntyre || 18,630 || 26–20–5 || 57 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 52 || January 31 || Vancouver || 3–4 || Tampa Bay || || Luongo || 17,019 || 26–21–5 || 57 || L |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-otl | 53 || February 1 || Vancouver || 3–4 || Florida || SO || Luongo || 17,523 || 26–21–6 || 58 || OTL |- Template:Game-otl | 54 || February 5 || Vancouver || 2–3 || Dallas || SO || Luongo || 17,642 || 26–21–7 || 59 || OTL |- Template:Game-won | 55 || February 7 || Vancouver || 2–1 || Atlanta || || Luongo || 16,813 || 27–21–7 || 61 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 56 || February 9 || Colorado || 6–2 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 27–22–7 || 61 || L |- Template:Game-won | 57 || February 10 || Chicago || 2–3 || Vancouver || SO || Luongo || 18,630 || 28–22–7 || 63 || W |- Template:Game-otl | 58 || February 14 || Minnesota || 5–4 || Vancouver || SO || Luongo || 18,630 || 28–22–8 || 64 || OTL |- Template:Game-won | 59 || February 16 || Edmonton || 2–4 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 29–22–8 || 66 || W |- Template:Game-won | 60 || February 19 || Vancouver || 3–2 || Minnesota || OT || Luongo || 18,568 || 30–22–8 || 68 || W |- Template:Game-won | 61 || February 21 || Vancouver || 3–2 || Nashville || SO || Luongo || 17,113 || 31–22–8 || 70 || W |- Template:Game-won | 62 || February 23 || Detroit || 1–4 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 32–22–8 || 72 || W |- Template:Game-otl | 63 || February 27 || Colorado || 3–2 || Vancouver || SO || Luongo || 18,630 || 32–22–9 || 73 || OTL |- Template:Game-otl | 64 || February 29 || Columbus || 3–2 || Vancouver || OT || Luongo || 18,630 || 32–22–10 || 74 || OTL |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost | 65 || March 2 || Vancouver || 1–4 || Chicago || || Luongo || 19,670 || 32–23–10 || 74 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 66 || March 4 || Vancouver || 1–2 || Colorado || || Luongo || 17,621 || 32–24–10 || 74 || L |- Template:Game-won | 67 || March 6 || Nashville || 2–6 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 33–24–10 || 76 || W |- Template:Game-won | 68 || March 8 || St. Louis || 2–4 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 34–24–10 || 78 || W |- Template:Game-won | 69 || March 10 || Vancouver || 2–1 || Los Angeles || OT || Luongo || 14,653 || 35–24–10 || 80 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 70 || March 12 || Vancouver || 1–4 || Anaheim || || Luongo || 17,174 || 35–25–10 || 80 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 71 || March 13 || Vancouver || 0–2 || Phoenix || || Luongo || 15,562 || 35–26–10 || 80 || L |- Template:Game-won | 72 || March 15 || Vancouver || 4–3 || Dallas || || Luongo || 18,584 || 36–26–10 || 82 || W |- Template:Game-won | 73 || March 17 || Phoenix || 1–3 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 37–26–10 || 84 || W |- Template:Game-won | 74 || March 20 || Vancouver || 4–1 || Edmonton || || Luongo || 16,839 || 38–26–10 || 86 || W |- Template:Game-lost | 75 || March 21 || Minnesota || 2–1 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 38–27–10 || 86 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 76 || March 25 || Vancouver || 2–3 || Calgary || || Luongo || 19,025 || 38–28–10 || 86 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 77 || March 26 || Vancouver || 3–6 || Colorado || || Luongo || 18,050 || 38–29–10 || 86 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 78 || March 28 || Vancouver || 0–4 || Minnesota || || Luongo || 18,064 || 38–30–10 || 86 || L |- Template:Game-won | 79 || March 30 || Calgary || 2–6 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 39–30–10 || 88 || W |- Template:Game log section end Template:Game log section start |- Template:Game-lost | 80 || April 1 || Colorado || 4–2 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 39–31–10 || 88 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 81 || April 3 || Edmonton || 2–1 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 39–32–10 || 88 || L |- Template:Game-lost | 82 || April 5 || Calgary || 7–1 || Vancouver || || Luongo || 18,630 || 39–33–10 || 88 || L |- Template:Game log section end |- | Legend:

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Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM 82 15 61 76 +6 56 82 29 45 74 +6 50 82 25 30 55 -7 46 80 21 16 37 +1 79 79 16 21 37 +9 60 82 12 19 31 +11 179 39 9 16 25 -3 18 63 8 17 25 +8 38 53 9 15 24 -1 79 49 9 12 21 +1 2 75 8 12 20 +6 42 ‡ 61 7 9 16 -4 64 27 5 8 13 -1 24 59 7 5 12 0 15 34 2 10 12 -11 90 72 2 10 12 +6 81 55 6 5 11 -4 38 71 3 8 11 -10 80 39 2 9 11 -3 36 57 1 8 9 -1 32 † 20 4 2 6 0 11 19 2 4 6 +4 19 22 1 2 3 -5 41 27 2 0 2 +7 20 †‡ 4 1 1 2 +1 0 19 1 0 1 -2 55 46 0 1 1 -5 110 55 0 1 1 +1 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 17 0 0 0 -8 52

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice; W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime/shootout losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average; G = Goals; A = Assists; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO G A PIM 73 4233 35 29 9 168 2.38 2029 1861 .917 6 0 3 4 16 679 4 3 1 32 2.83 313 281 .898 0 0 1 2 2 61 0 1 0 3 2.95 22 19 .864 0 0 0 0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Vancouver. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.
^‡Denotes player no longer with the team. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Awards and records

2008 Canuck Awards winners

• Molson Cup - Roberto Luongo
• Cyclone Taylor Trophy - Roberto Luongo
• Cyrus H. McLean Trophy - Henrik Sedin
• Babe Pratt Trophy - Willie Mitchell
• Fred J. Hume Award - Alexandre Burrows
• Most Exciting Player Award - Alexandre Burrows

Markus Naslund

• Recorded his 500th career point as Canuck captain on October 26, 2007, at Washington.
• Recorded his 11th career NHL hat trick on November 21, 2007, at Minnesota. With the hat trick Naslund is tied with Tony Tanti for the most hat tricks by a Canuck player with 10.
• Recorded a four-game point streak November 16–21, scoring 6–2–8.
• Recorded an assist on December 5, 2007, at Chicago to become the all-time franchise leader with 725 points.
• Surpassed 800 career NHL points on December 27, 2007, vs. Calgary.
• Played in his 1,000th career NHL game on January 17, 2008, at Detroit.

Roberto Luongo

• Made 26 saves and established a club record by registering his third consecutive shutout on November 29, 2007, vs. Columbus.
• Was named the NHL's Second Star for November 2007, posting an 8–2–2 record, 1.56 GAA, .940 save percentage and four shutouts.
• Was named the NHL's first star of the week on December 3, 2007, after he posted a 2–1–0 record with a 0.67 goals-against average, a .976 save percentage and two shutouts from November 28-December 2.
• Was voted in by the fans to represent the Western Conference at the 2008 All-Star Game in Atlanta, as the starting goaltender. Eventually, Luongo decided to skip the All-Star Game to spend time with his pregnant wife in Florida.

Trevor Linden

• Recorded his 412th career Canuck assist on November 8, 2007, at Calgary to become the all-time franchise assists leader. Linden surpassed the previous record of 411 that was held by Stan Smyl.
• Played in his 1,100th game in a Canucks uniform on December 5, 2007, at Chicago.
• Was awarded the NHL Foundation Player Award on May 22, 2008, along with Tampa Bay's Vincent Lecavalier.

Henrik Sedin

• Played in his 500th career NHL and Canuck game on November 16, 2007, vs. Minnesota.
• Was selected by the NHL to represent the Western Conference at the 2008 All-Star Game in Atlanta.

Brendan Morrison

• Recorded his 300th career assist on October 6, 2007, at Calgary.
• Sustained a wrist injury, which ended his current NHL Ironman streak at 542 games. His franchise leading Ironman streak stopped at 534 games on December 12, 2007.

Mattias Ohlund

• Recorded his 200th career NHL and Canuck assist on November 3, 2007, at Colorado.
• Scored a goal on December 15, 2007, at Edmonton to surpass Jyrki Lumme to become the all-time leader in goal scoring by a Canucks defenceman with 84 career goals.

Others

• Taylor Pyatt played in his 400th career game on November 9, 2007, vs. Colorado.
• Willie Mitchell played in his 400th career game on November 9, 2007, vs. Colorado.
• Brad Isbister played in his 500th career NHL game on November 16, 2007, vs. Minnesota.
• Daniel Sedin played in his 500th career NHL and Canuck game on November 23, 2007, at St. Louis.
• Jason Jaffray recorded his first career goal and assist in his NHL debut and was named third star of the game on December 12, 2007, at Anaheim.
• Alexander Edler was selected to represent the Western Conference at the 2008 YoungStars Game in Atlanta.
• Matt Cooke recorded an assist to earn his 200th career NHL and Canuck point on February 1, 2008, at Florida.
• Alexandre Burrows played in his 200th career NHL and Canuck game on March 25, 2008, at Calgary.

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2007	To Vancouver Canucks Ryan Shannon	To Anaheim Ducks Jason King Conditional pick in 2009
June 23, 2007	To Vancouver Canucks Jim Sharrow	To Atlanta Thrashers Jesse Schultz
August 1, 2007	To Vancouver Canucks Zack Fitzgerald	To St. Louis Blues Francois-Pierre Guenette
February 26, 2008	To Vancouver Canucks Matt Pettinger	To Washington Capitals Matt Cooke

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
F Brad Isbister	New York Rangers	1 year, $525,000
F Byron Ritchie	Calgary Flames	1 year, $675,000
G Curtis Sanford	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $600,000
D Aaron Miller	Los Angeles Kings	1 year, $1.5 million

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract Terms
G Dany Sabourin	Pittsburgh Penguins	2 years, $1.025 million
F Bryan Smolinski	Montreal Canadiens	1 year, $2 million
G Wade Flaherty	Chicago Blackhawks
D Prestin Ryan	Chicago Blackhawks
F Nathan Smith	Pittsburgh Penguins	1 year, $500,000
D Brent Sopel	Chicago Blackhawks	1 year, $1.5 million
D Rory Fitzpatrick	Philadelphia Flyers	1 year, $550,000

Received from waivers

Player	From
D Mike Weaver	Los Angeles Kings
C Kris Beech	Columbus Blue Jackets

Placed on waivers

Player	New Team
C Kris Beech	Washington Capitals

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2007 NHL entry draft in Columbus, Ohio.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	25	Patrick White (C)		Tri-City Storm (USHL)
2	33	Taylor Ellington (D)		Everett Silvertips (WHL)
5	145	Charles-Antoine Messier (C)		Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
5	146	Ilya Kablukov (LW)		CKSA Moscow (RSL)
6	176	Taylor Matson (C)		Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
7	206	Dan Gendur (RW)		Everett Silvertips (WHL)

Farm teams

Manitoba Moose

AHL affiliate that is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and their home arena is the MTS Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2000–01 AHL season.

Victoria Salmon Kings

ECHL affiliate that is based in Victoria, British Columbia and their home arena is the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. The team has been affiliated with the Vancouver Canucks since the 2006–07 ECHL season.

See also

• 2007–08 NHL season