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During the off-season, General Manager Dave Nonis sent Todd Bertuzzi, Alex Auld, and Bryan Allen to Florida for Roberto Luongo, Lukas Krajicek and a draft pick. He also picked up Willie Mitchell and Taylor Pyatt to help fill holes left from the departure of Ed Jovanovski and Anson Carter. The Canucks also fired coach Marc Crawford and brought in Alain Vigneault to be the bench boss.

The season started well, with the Canucks hovering around the .500 mark until Christmas. Then, they went on a tear, earning at least a point in 38 of their final 46 games of the season. They finished with a team record 105 points and finished first in the Northwest Division. The Sedin twins continued to improve, with Daniel leading the team in goals (36) and points (84) and Henrik setting a franchise record for assists in a season (71). Roberto Luongo was amazing in net, playing 76 games, recording 47 wins (both team records) and recording 5 shutouts. Sophomore Kevin Bieksa was a pleasant surprise, leading the blueliners with 42 points and being named the team's best defenseman.

The Canucks opened the playoffs against the Dallas Stars. After trading eight goals in the first three periods of the first game, the teams shut each other down defensively. The first game went into quadruple overtime before Henrik Sedin finally ended the marathon. Neither team scored more than two goals in any one game after that. In the seventh game, the Canucks again led 2-1 before scoring two empty net goals to finish the series. In the second round, the Canucks met the Anaheim Ducks. Despite the goaltending heroics of Roberto Luongo, the team continued to struggle offensively. The Canucks were eliminated in five games.

Regular Season

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L OL  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES
OCT  5  A  DETROIT      3-1 W     1  1  0  0   3   1   2 1.000 Linden's 300th, Luongo debut
OCT  6  A  COLUMBUS     3-2 W OT  2  2  0  0   6   3   4 1.000 Canucks trail 2-0 in third  
OCT  8  A  COLORADO AV. 2-3 L     3  2  1  0   8   6   4 0.667 Naslund records 2 points    
OCT 10  A  MINNESOTA WI 1-2 L SO  4  2  1  1   9   8   5 0.625 Pyatt scores lone goal      
OCT 13  H  SAN JOSE     4-6 L     5  2  2  1  13  14   5 0.500 Bieksa records three points 
OCT 16  H  EDMONTON     2-1 W     6  3  2  1  15  15   7 0.583 Salo gets the winner        
OCT 17  A  EDMONTON     1-2 L     7  3  3  1  16  17   7 0.500 Sabourin makes Canuck debut 
OCT 20  A  ST. LOUIS    3-2 W OT  8  4  3  1  19  19   9 0.563 Canucks trail 2-0 in third  
OCT 21  A  NASHVILLE    4-3 W OT  9  5  3  1  23  22  11 0.611 Krajicek scores in overtime 
OCT 23  A  DALLAS       1-2 L    10  5  4  1  24  24  11 0.550 Daniel gets lone goal       
OCT 25  A  CHICAGO      5-0 W    11  6  4  1  29  24  13 0.591 Luongo makes 32 saves       
OCT 27  H  WASHINGTON   3-2 W SO 12  7  4  1  32  26  15 0.625 Naslund,Morrison in shootout
OCT 31  H  NASHVILLE    2-3 L    13  7  5  1  34  29  15 0.577 Ohlund, Naslund score       
NOV  2  A  MINNESOTA WI 2-5 L    14  7  6  1  36  34  15 0.536 Canucks up 2-0 in first     
NOV  4  A  COLORADO AV. 2-3 L    15  7  7  1  38  37  15 0.500 Naslund, Daniel Sedin score 
NOV  6  H  DALLAS       2-1 W    16  8  7  1  40  38  17 0.531 Pyatt gets winner late      
NOV  9  H  ANAHEIM      0-6 L    17  8  8  1  40  44  17 0.500 Giguere gets the shutout    
NOV 11  H  CALGARY      2-3 L    18  8  9  1  42  47  17 0.472 Canucks lead 2-0 after first
NOV 14  H  DETROIT      2-3 L    19  8 10  1  44  50  17 0.447 Henrik Sedin, Bieksa score  
NOV 17  H  ST. LOUIS    4-2 W    20  9 10  1  48  52  19 0.475 Naslund scores twice        
NOV 19  H  CHICAGO      2-1 W    21 10 10  1  50  53  21 0.500 Green gets the winner       
NOV 22  A  DETROIT      4-3 W OT 22 11 10  1  54  56  23 0.523 Morrison ties it, wins it   
NOV 23  A  NASHVILLE    0-6 L    23 11 11  1  54  62  23 0.500 Vokoun, Mason share shutout 
NOV 25  A  COLORADO AV. 1-4 L    24 11 12  1  55  66  23 0.479 Bieksa gets lone goal       
NOV 28  H  COLUMBUS     1-0 W    25 12 12  1  56  66  25 0.500 Naslund goal, Luongo shutout
NOV 30  H  ANAHEIM      1-2 L    26 12 13  1  57  68  25 0.481 Edler's first NHL goal      
DEC  2  H  COLORADO AV. 2-1 W    27 13 13  1  59  69  27 0.500 Luongo makes 40 saves       
DEC  4  H  EDMONTON     0-4 L    28 13 14  1  59  73  27 0.482 Roloson gets the shutout    
DEC  8  H  CAROLINA     4-3 W OT 29 14 14  1  63  76  29 0.500 Canucks up 3-0 in third     
DEC  9  A  CALGARY      3-5 L    30 14 15  1  66  81  29 0.483 Bieksa gets two points      
DEC 12  H  PHOENIX      5-2 W    31 15 15  1  71  83  31 0.500 Five different Canucks score
DEC 14  H  CALGARY      3-1 W    32 16 15  1  74  84  33 0.516 Eight Canucks get a point   
DEC 16  H  MINNESOTA WI 2-1 W    33 17 15  1  76  85  35 0.530 Twins four powerplay points 
DEC 19  A  MINNESOTA WI 2-5 L    34 17 16  1  78  90  35 0.515 Linden, Bieksa score        
DEC 21  A  BOSTON       0-2 L    35 17 17  1  78  92  35 0.500 No Bruin shots in third     
DEC 22  A  COLUMBUS     2-3 L    36 17 18  1  80  95  35 0.486 Henrik gets two more assists
DEC 26  A  CALGARY      3-1 W    37 18 18  1  83  96  37 0.500 Daniel scores two goals     
DEC 27  H  CALGARY      6-5 W OT 38 19 18  1  89 101  39 0.513 Cooke records two points    
DEC 30  A  EDMONTON     6-2 W    39 20 18  1  95 103  41 0.526 Ohlund scores twice         
JAN  2  A  CALGARY      3-2 W    40 21 18  1  98 105  43 0.538 Morrison two points in first
JAN  3  H  DALLAS       2-1 W SO 41 22 18  1 100 106  45 0.549 Luongo outshot 40-21        
JAN  5  H  EDMONTON     3-2 W OT 42 23 18  1 103 108  47 0.560 Cooke scores first, last    
JAN  7  H  FLORIDA      4-3 W SO 43 24 18  1 107 111  49 0.570 Green shootout hero         
JAN 11  H  MINNESOTA WI 2-5 L    44 24 19  1 109 116  49 0.557 Mitchell's first of season  
JAN 13  A  TORONTO      6-1 W    45 25 19  1 115 117  51 0.567 Danial goal, three assists  
JAN 16  A  MONTREAL     4-0 W    46 26 19  1 119 117  53 0.576 Luongo makes 30 saves       
JAN 18  A  OTTAWA       2-1 W    47 27 19  1 121 118  55 0.585 Luongo outshot 35-14        
JAN 19  A  BUFFALO      3-4 L SO 48 27 19  2 124 122  56 0.583 Sabourin makes 33 saves     
JAN 26  H  LOS ANGELES  2-3 L OT 49 27 19  3 126 125  57 0.582 Luongo makes 41 saves       
JAN 28  H  SAN JOSE     3-1 W    50 28 19  3 129 126  59 0.590 Pyatt one goal, one assist  
JAN 30  H  COLUMBUS     2-3 L SO 51 28 19  4 131 129  60 0.588 Daniel, Salo score          
FEB  1  H  EDMONTON     5-3 W    52 29 19  4 136 132  62 0.596 Powerplays go 0 for 14      
FEB  3  A  CALGARY      3-4 L    53 29 20  4 139 136  62 0.585 Canucks lead 2-0 after first
FEB  6  A  EDMONTON     5-2 W    54 30 20  4 144 138  64 0.593 Daniel 3 goals, 2 assists   
FEB  7  H  CHICAGO      0-3 L    55 30 21  4 144 141  64 0.582 Two empty net goals         
FEB 10  H  ATLANTA THR. 3-2 W    56 31 21  4 147 143  66 0.589 Morrison scores twice       
FEB 14  A  MINNESOTA WI 3-2 W OT 57 32 21  4 150 145  68 0.596 Salo assist, overtime goal  
FEB 16  A  CHICAGO      2-1 W SO 58 33 21  4 152 146  70 0.603 Luongo makes 36 total saves 
FEB 18  H  COLORADO AV. 5-4 W    59 34 21  4 157 150  72 0.610 Morrison 2 goals, 1 assist  
FEB 20  A  ANAHEIM      3-2 W OT 60 35 21  4 160 152  74 0.617 Sabourin's first NHL win    
FEB 22  A  LOS ANGELES  3-2 W    61 36 21  4 163 154  76 0.623 Bieksa goal and assist      
FEB 25  A  DALLAS       1-2 L OT 62 36 21  5 164 156  77 0.621 Canucks 1-0 in final minute 
FEB 27  A  ST. LOUIS    1-3 L    63 36 22  5 165 159  77 0.611 Daniel Sedin gets only goal 
MAR  1  H  PHOENIX      4-3 W    64 37 22  5 169 162  79 0.617 Cowan fight and a goal      
MAR  4  H  MINNESOTA WI 4-3 W SO 65 38 22  5 173 165  81 0.623 Cowan scores twice          
MAR  6  H  TAMPA BAY    5-1 W    66 39 22  5 178 166  83 0.629 Cowan scores two more       
MAR  8  A  PHOENIX      4-2 W    67 40 22  5 182 168  85 0.634 11 Canucks record a point   
MAR  9  A  SAN JOSE     2-1 W OT 68 41 22  5 184 169  87 0.640 Henrik Sedin gets winner    
MAR 11  A  ANAHEIM      2-4 L    69 41 23  5 186 173  87 0.630 Burrows, Sopel score        
MAR 13  H  MINNESOTA WI 2-3 L OT 70 41 23  6 188 176  88 0.629 Canucks lead 2-0 after first
MAR 15  H  ST. LOUIS    3-2 W OT 71 42 23  6 191 178  90 0.634 Daniel, Henrik 2 points each
MAR 17  H  DETROIT      4-1 W    72 43 23  6 195 179  92 0.639 Krajicek scores winner      
MAR 19  A  EDMONTON     2-1 W    73 44 23  6 197 180  94 0.644 Luongo makes 36 saves       
MAR 21  H  NASHVILLE    2-0 W    74 45 23  6 199 180  96 0.649 Luongo makes 20 saves       
MAR 25  H  COLORADO AV. 4-5 L SO 75 45 23  7 203 185  97 0.647 Record: Henrik's 63rd assist
MAR 27  A  COLORADO AV. 3-0 W    76 46 23  7 206 185  99 0.651 Luongo makes 34 saves       
MAR 29  A  LOS ANGELES  4-2 W    77 47 23  7 210 187 101 0.656 Daniel 2 goals, 1 assist    
MAR 31  H  CALGARY      2-3 L    78 47 24  7 212 190 101 0.647 Cooke assists both goals    
APR  3  H  LOS ANGELES  4-2 W    79 48 24  7 216 192 103 0.652 Canucks trail 2-0 in secord 
APR  5  H  COLORADO AV. 1-3 L    80 48 25  7 217 195 103 0.644 Av's Hejduk gets hat trick  
APR  7  A  SAN JOSE     4-3 W OT 81 49 25  7 221 198 105 0.648 Bieksa gets goal and assist 
APR  8  A  PHOENIX      1-3 L    82 49 26  7 222 201 105 0.640 Burrows scores lone goal    

               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 11  H  DALLAS       5-4 W OT  1  1  0  0   5   4   2 1.000 Luongo 72 saves in 7 periods
APR 13  H  DALLAS       0-2 L     2  1  1  0   5   6   2 0.500 Turco gets shutout          
APR 15  A  DALLAS       2-1 W OT  3  2  1  0   7   7   4 0.667 Pyatt gets the winner       
APR 17  A  DALLAS       2-1 W     4  3  1  0   9   8   6 0.750 Linden gets the winner      
APR 19  H  DALLAS       0-1 L OT  5  3  2  0   9   9   6 0.600 Morrow scores on powerplay  
APR 21  A  DALLAS       0-2 L     6  3  3  0   9  11   6 0.500 Turco's third shutout       
APR 23  H  DALLAS       4-1 W     7  4  3  0  13  12   8 0.571 Linden gets series winner   
                 VANCOUVER WINS BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOUR GAMES TO THREE  

APR 25  A  ANAHEIM      1-5 L     8  4  4  0  14  17   8 0.500 Cowen opens scoring         
APR 27  A  ANAHEIM      2-1 W OT  9  5  4  0  16  18  10 0.556 Cowen scores winner at 27:49
APR 29  H  ANAHEIM      2-3 L    10  5  5  0  18  21  10 0.500 Daniel Sedin, Naslund score 
MAY  1  H  ANAHEIM      2-3 L OT 11  5  6  0  20  24  10 0.455 Canucks lead 2-0 after 2nd  
MAY  3  A  ANAHEIM      1-2 L OT 12  5  7  0  21  26  10 0.417 Luongo makes 56 saves       
                  Anaheim wins best of seven series four games to one