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2010-11 Results

The 2010-11 season was the most successful season in team history. During the off-season, the Canucks picked up some solid players like Dan Hamhuis, Manny Malhotra, and Raffi Torres. These players complemented the veteran core of Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows, Kevin Bieksa, Christian Ehrhoff and Roberto Luongo. Younger players like Mason Raymond, Jannik Hansen and Cory Schneider were also expected to contribute to the success of the team.

The Canucks started the season slowly, going 2-3-2 in their first seven games before winning eight of their next nine games. Starting with a win on December 8, the Canucks put together a streak where they earned at least a point in 17 consecutive games, including an eight game winning streak (the second longest in team history). After 42 games, they sported a record of 28-8-6 and were in first place in the NHL. The Canucks also had a six game winning streak starting on January 24 and a seven game winning streak starting on March 5. By the time they defeated Calgary on April 9, their 117 points earned them the President's Trophy for the first time in team history.

Daniel Sedin finished the season with 104 points and he was awarded the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer. The Canucks finished the season with the fewest goals against, so Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider shared the William Jennings Trophy. Later in the spring, Ryan Kesler won the Frank Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward, Daniel Sedin won the Ted Lindsay award as the league MVP (as chosen by the players), and Mike Gillis was named the league's General Manager of the Year. Both Daniel Sedin (Left Wing) and Henrik Sedin (Centre) were named to the NHL's first all-star team.

For the third straight season, the Canucks met the Chicago Blackhawks in the opening round of the playoffs. The Canucks won the first three games, but the Hawks won the next three. In game seven, Alex Burrows scored in the first period and then again in overtime to allow the Canucks to escape to the next round. Ryan Kesler dominated the second round series against the Nashville Predators. He scored five goals and recorded assists even though the Canucks only scored 14 goals. In the Conference Finals, Canucks won two games at home and then split the two games in San Jose. In game five, Luongo made 54 saves over four and a half periods before Kevin Bieksa took advantage of a lucky bounce to score the series winning goal in double overtime.

For the first time in their history the Canucks had home ice advantage in the finals. After winning the first two games, each by a single goal, game three started as another tight game. The Bruins responded to a late Aaron Rome hit that injured Nathan Horton with an 8-1 blowout. After a 4-0 loss, Luongo was excellent in another 1-0 shutout in Vancouver. Facing elimination, the Bruins won 5-2 at home and then took game seven and the Stanley Cup on the road.

Regular Season

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L OL  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES
OCT  9  H  LOS ANGELES  1-2 L SO  1  0  0  1   1   2   1  .500 Henrik Sedin now captain    
OCT 11  H  FLORIDA      2-1 W     2  1  0  1   3   3   3  .750 Daniel scores both goals    
OCT 13  A  ANAHEIM      3-4 L     3  1  1  1   6   7   3  .500 Daniel, Torres goals in 0:17
OCT 15  A  LOS ANGELES  1-4 L     4  1  2  1   7  11   3  .375 Daniel gets lone goal       
OCT 17  H  CAROLINA     5-1 W     5  2  2  1  12  12   5  .500 Raymond scores twice        
OCT 19  A  MINNESOTA WI 2-6 L     6  2  3  1  14  18   5  .417 Daniel first and last goal  
OCT 20  A  CHICAGO      1-2 L SO  7  2  3  2  15  20   6  .429 Luongo 31 saves through OT  
OCT 22  H  MINNESOTA WI 5-1 W     8  3  3  2  20  21   8  .500 Malhotra 2 goals, assist    
OCT 26  H  COLORADO AV. 4-3 W OT  9  4  3  2  24  24  10  .556 Raymend gets the OT winner  
NOV  1  H  NEW JERSEY   3-0 W    10  5  3  2  27  24  12  .600 Luongo shuts out NHL's worst
NOV  2  A  EDMONTON     4-3 W    11  6  3  2  31  27  14  .636 Torres scores three, winner 
NOV  4  A  COLORADO AV. 3-1 W    12  7  3  2  34  28  16  .667 Schneider makes 33 saves    
NOV  6  H  DETROIT      6-4 W    13  8  3  2  40  32  18  .692 Canucks trail 4-3 in third  
NOV  9  A  MONTREAL     0-2 L    14  8  4  2  40  34  18  .643 Hab Price makes 34 saves    
NOV 11  A  OTTAWA       6-2 W    15  9  4  2  46  36  20  .667 Vigneault's 300th NHL win   
NOV 13  A  TORONTO      5-3 W    16 10  4  2  51  39  22  .688 Canucks trail 2-0 early     
NOV 15  A  BUFFALO      3-4 L OT 17 10  4  3  54  43  23  .676 Two goals in 3rd earn point 
NOV 17  A  PITTSBURGH   1-3 L    18 10  5  3  55  46  23  .639 Hamhuis gets lone goal      
NOV 20  H  CHICAGO      1-7 L    19 10  6  3  56  53  23  .605 Samuelsson busts goose egg  
NOV 21  H  PHOENIX      2-3 L    20 10  7  3  58  56  23  .575 Ehrhoff, Glass score        
NOV 24  H  COLORADO AV. 4-2 W    21 11  7  3  62  58  25  .595 Kesler's 100th goal         
NOV 26  H  SAN JOSE     6-1 W    22 12  7  3  68  59  27  .614 Samuelsson scores twice     
DEC  1  A  CALGARY      7-2 W    23 13  7  3  75  61  29  .630 Raymond nets a hat trick    
DEC  3  A  CHICAGO      3-0 W    24 14  7  3  78  61  31  .646 Glass gets winner in second 
DEC  5  H  ST. LOUIS    2-3 L    25 14  8  3  80  64  31  .620 Hansen, Bieksa get goals    
DEC  8  H  ANAHEIM      5-4 W SO 26 15  8  3  85  68  33  .635 Kesler ties it at 19:38     
DEC 11  H  TAMPA BAY    4-5 L OT 27 15  8  4  89  73  34  .630 Naslund's number 19 retired 
DEC 12  A  EDMONTON     2-1 W    28 16  8  4  91  74  36  .643 Daniel, Henrik 2 points each
DEC 15  H  COLUMBUS     3-2 W OT 29 17  8  4  94  76  38  .655 Kesler scores all three     
DEC 18  H  TORONTO      4-1 W    30 18  8  4  98  77  40  .667 Volpatti's first NHL game   
DEC 20  A  ST. LOUIS    3-1 W    31 19  8  4 101  78  42  .677 Volpatti's first NHL goal   
DEC 22  A  DETROIT      4-5 L OT 32 19  8  5 105  83  43  .672 Luongo makes 40 saves       
DEC 23  A  COLUMBUS     7-3 W    33 20  8  5 112  86  45  .682 Canucks lead 6-0 in second  
DEC 26  H  EDMONTON     3-2 W    34 21  8  5 115  88  47  .691 Canucks down 2-0 late in 2nd
DEC 28  H  PHILADELPHIA 6-2 W    35 22  8  5 121  90  49  .700 Kesler 2 goals, assist      
DEC 31  A  DALLAS       4-1 W    36 23  8  5 125  91  51  .708 Schneider makes 44 saves    
JAN  2  A  COLORADO AV. 2-1 W    37 24  8  5 127  92  53  .716 Bolduc gets goal and assist 
JAN  3  A  SAN JOSE     4-3 W    38 25  8  5 131  95  55  .724 Burrows gets winner in third
JAN  5  H  CALGARY      3-1 W    39 26  8  5 134  96  57  .731 Luongo shutout for 59:49    
JAN  7  H  EDMONTON     6-1 W    40 27  8  5 140  97  59  .738 Kesler scores three times   
JAN  8  H  DETROIT      1-2 L SO 41 27  8  6 141  99  60  .732 Daniel opens the scoring    
JAN 11  A  NY ISLANDERS 4-3 W SO 42 28  8  6 145 102  62  .738 Kesler gets shootout winner 
JAN 13  A  NY RANGERS   0-1 L    43 28  9  6 145 103  62  .721 Team point streak ends at 17
JAN 14  A  WASHINGTON   4-2 W    44 29  9  6 149 105  64  .727 Daniel 2 goals, assist      
JAN 16  A  MINNESOTA WI 0-4 L    45 29 10  6 149 109  64  .711 Ballard, Kobasew rare fight 
JAN 18  A  COLORADO AV. 3-4 L OT 46 29 10  7 152 113  65  .707 Edler gets goal, assist     
JAN 20  H  SAN JOSE     1-2 L SO 47 29 10  8 153 115  66  .702 Henrik opens the scoring    
JAN 22  H  CALGARY      3-4 L SO 48 29 10  9 156 119  67  .698 Edler scores twice          
JAN 24  H  DALLAS       7-1 W    49 30 10  9 163 120  69  .704 Seven Canucks get a goal    
JAN 26  H  NASHVILLE    2-1 W    50 31 10  9 165 121  71  .710 Sweatt first NHL game, goal 
FEB  1  A  DALLAS       4-1 W    51 32 10  9 169 122  73  .716 Cody Hodgson's NHL debut    
FEB  2  A  PHOENIX      6-0 W    52 33 10  9 175 122  75  .721 Kesler scores 29th and 30th 
FEB  4  H  CHICAGO      4-3 W    53 34 10  9 179 125  77  .726 Henrik goal and two assists 
FEB  7  H  OTTAWA       4-2 W    54 35 10  9 183 127  79  .731 Samuelsson goal, two assists
FEB  9  H  ANAHEIM      3-4 L    55 35 11  9 186 131  79  .718 Burrows gets 100th goal     
FEB 12  H  CALGARY      4-2 W    56 36 11  9 190 133  81  .723 Samuelsson 2 goals, winner  
FEB 14  A  ST. LOUIS    2-3 L    57 36 12  9 192 136  81  .711 Canucks still best in NHL   
FEB 15  A  MINNESOTA WI 4-1 W    58 37 12  9 196 137  83  .716 EN goal only shot in third  
FEB 17  A  NASHVILLE    1-3 L    59 37 13  9 197 140  83  .703 Daniel gets lone goal       
FEB 19  H  DALLAS       5-2 W    60 38 13  9 202 142  85  .708 Daniel 2 goals, assist      
FEB 22  H  MONTREAL     2-3 L    61 38 14  9 204 145  85  .697 Samuelsson records 2 points 
FEB 24  H  ST. LOUIS    3-2 W    62 39 14  9 207 147  87  .702 Malhotra gets winner in 3rd 
FEB 26  H  BOSTON       1-3 L    63 39 15  9 208 150  87  .690 Malhotra scores lone goal   
MAR  1  H  COLUMBUS     2-1 W SO 64 40 15  9 210 151  89  .695 Torres 16th shootout shooter
MAR  3  H  NASHVILLE    0-3 L    65 40 16  9 210 154  89  .685 Rinne makes 29 saves        
MAR  5  A  LOS ANGELES  3-1 W    66 41 16  9 213 155  91  .689 Luongo makes 35 saves       
MAR  6  A  ANAHEIM      3-0 W    67 42 16  9 216 155  93  .694 Malhotra scores first two   
MAR  8  A  PHOENIX      4-3 W OT 68 43 16  9 220 158  95  .699 Canucks trail 2-0 in first  
MAR 10  A  SAN JOSE     5-4 W SO 69 44 16  9 225 162  97  .703 Higgins first game as Canuck
MAR 12  A  CALGARY      4-3 W    70 45 16  9 229 165  99  .707 Canucks down 2-0 early      
MAR 14  H  MINNESOTA WI 4-2 W    71 46 16  9 233 167 101  .711 Canucks outshot 35-22       
MAR 16  H  COLORADO AV. 4-2 W    72 47 16  9 237 169 103  .715 Canucks trail 2-0 after 1st 
MAR 18  H  PHOENIX      1-3 L    73 47 17  9 238 172 103  .705 Ehrhoff gets lone goal      
MAR 23  A  DETROIT      2-1 W    74 48 17  9 240 173 105  .709 Daniel scores both goals    
MAR 25  A  ATLANTA THR. 3-1 W    75 49 17  9 243 174 107  .713 Team sets record for points 
MAR 27  A  COLUMBUS     4-1 W    76 50 17  9 247 175 109  .717 Higgins two goals, assist   
MAR 29  A  NASHVILLE    3-1 W    77 51 17  9 250 176 111  .721 Burrows two goals in third  
MAR 31  H  LOS ANGELES  3-1 W    78 52 17  9 253 177 113  .724 Ehrhoff winner at 19:59 2nd 
APR  2  H  EDMONTON     1-4 L    79 52 18  9 254 181 113  .715 Burrows scores lone goal    
APR  5  A  EDMONTON     0-2 L    80 52 19  9 254 183 113  .706 Last place beats first place
APR  7  H  MINNESOTA WI 5-0 W    81 53 19  9 259 183 115  .710 Kesler scores once a period 
APR  9  A  CALGARY      3-2 W OT 82 54 19  9 262 185 117  .713 Canucks trail 2-0 after 2nd 

              Canucks finish first out of 15 teams in the Western Conference

Playoffs

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L  -  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES   
APR 13  H  CHICAGO      2-0 W     1  1  0  -   2   0   2 1.000 Luongo makes 32 saves       
APR 15  H  CHICAGO      4-3 W     2  2  0  -   6   3   4 1.000 Daniel two goals, assist    
APR 17  A  CHICAGO      3-2 W     3  3  0  -   9   5   6 1.000 Samuelsson winner in third  
APR 19  A  CHICAGO      2-7 L     4  3  1  -  11  12   6  .750 Luongo pulled in third      
APR 21  H  CHICAGO      0-5 L     5  3  2  -  11  17   6  .600 Hawk Crawford 36 saves      
APR 24  A  CHICAGO      3-4 L OT  6  3  3  -  14  21   6  .500 Burrows 3 points not enough 
APR 26  H  CHICAGO      2-1 W OT  7  4  3  -  16  22   8  .571 Burrows gets both goals     
                VANCOUVER WINS BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOUR GAMES TO THREE

APR 28  H  NASHVILLE    1-0 W     8  5  3  -  17  22  10  .625 Luongo makes 20 saves       
APR 30  H  NASHVILLE    1-2 L OT  9  5  4  -  18  24  10  .556 Luongo 44 saves in 5 periods
MAY  3  A  NASHVILLE    3-2 W OT 10  6  4  -  21  26  12  .600 Kesler 2 goals, assist      
MAY  5  A  NASHVILLE    4-2 W    11  7  4  -  25  28  14  .636 Kesler powerplay winner     
MAY  7  H  NASHVILLE    3-4 L    12  7  5  -  28  32  14  .583 Kesler two goals            
MAY  9  A  NASHVILLE    2-1 W    13  8  5  -  30  33  16  .615 Kesler the series MVP       
                 VANCOUVER WINS BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOUR GAMES TO TWO  

MAY 15  H  SAN JOSE     3-2 W    14  9  5  -  33  35  18  .643 Bieksa, Henrik goals in 3rd 
MAY 18  H  SAN JOSE     7-3 W    15 10  5  -  40  38  20  .667 12 Canucks record points    
MAY 20  A  SAN JOSE     3-4 L    16 10  6  -  43  42  20  .625 Sharks lead 3-0 after second
MAY 22  A  SAN JOSE     4-2 W    17 11  6  -  47  44  22  .647 Henrik assists all 4 goals  
MAY 24  H  SAN JOSE     3-2 W OT 18 12  6  -  50  46  24  .667 Bieksa scores in double OT  
                 VANCOUVER WINS BEST OF SEVEN SERIES FOUR GAMES TO ONE  

JUN  1  H  BOSTON       1-0 W    19 13  6  -  51  46  26  .684 Torres scores late in third 
JUN  4  H  BOSTON       3-2 W OT 20 14  6  -  54  48  28  .700 Burrows 2 goals, assist     
JUN  6  A  BOSTON       1-8 L    21 14  7  -  55  56  28  .667 Rome major sparks Bruins    
JUN  8  A  BOSTON       0-4 L    22 14  8  -  55  60  28  .636 Schneider 9 shots, 9 saves  
JUN 10  H  BOSTON       1-0 W    23 15  8  -  56  60  30  .652 Luongo returns with 31 saves
JUN 13  A  BOSTON       2-5 L    24 15  9  -  58  65  30  .625 Canucks trail 4-0 after 9:45
JUN 15  H  BOSTON       0-4 L    25 15 10  -  58  69  30  .600 Thomas shutout, Conn Smythe 
                       Boston wins Stanley Cup four games to three