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Trevor Linden is back. The team's front office is completely rearranged with Linden being hired as team president, Jim Benning becoming the new General Manager and Willie Desjardins in as the new head coach. Jim Benning set about changing the makeup of the team, trading away Ryan Kesler for Luca Sbisa and Nick Bonino, picking up netminder Ryan Miller and winger Radim Vrbata as free agents, and obtaining Linden Vey and Derek Dorsett in separate trades.

The Canucks started the season strong with three straight wins and had a solid 18-7-1 record in early December. By playing above average the rest of the season, the Canucks finished with 101 points, good enough for second place in the Pacific Division. During a game on February 22, Ryan Miller was injured early in the second period and was replaced by Eddie Lack. The Canucks went on to win 4-0, making this the second shared shutout in team history. Miller would not return until the last game of the regular season.

For the seventh time, the Canucks met the Calgary Flames in first round of the playoffs. The teams split their games in Vancouver, with a brawl near the end of a 4-1 victory in game two. The Flames took both games in Calgary forcing the Canucks to win game five to stave off elimination. The Canucks opened a 3-0 lead in game six before the Flames roared back scoring seven -- including two empty net goals -- to take the series.

Regular Season

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L OL  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES
OCT  8  A  CALGARY      4-2 W     1  1  0  0   4   2   2 1.000 Millers first game, win     
OCT 11  H  EDMONTON     5-4 W SO  2  2  0  0   9   6   4 1.000 Canucks trail 4-2 in 2nd    
OCT 17  A  EDMONTON     2-0 W     3  3  0  0  11   6   6 1.000 Miller first Canuck shutout 
OCT 18  H  TAMPA BAY    2-4 L     4  3  1  0  13  10   6  .750 Edler, Higgins score        
OCT 21  A  DALLAS       3-6 L     5  3  2  0  16  16   6  .600 Dallas outshot 46-28        
OCT 23  A  ST. LOUIS    4-1 W     6  4  2  0  20  17   8  .667 Bonino gets winner in third 
OCT 24  A  COLORADO AV. 3-7 L     7  4  3  0  23  24   8  .571 Canucks lead 2-1 after first
OCT 26  H  WASHINGTON   4-2 W     8  5  3  0  27  26  10  .625 Sbisa gets winner in second 
OCT 28  H  CAROLINA     4-1 W     9  6  3  0  31  27  12  .667 Richardson scores first,last
OCT 30  H  MONTREAL     3-2 W OT 10  7  3  0  34  29  14  .700 Daniel's winner on powerplay
NOV  1  A  EDMONTON     3-2 W    11  8  3  0  37  31  16  .727 Dorsett shorthanded winner  
NOV  2  H  NASHVILLE    1-3 L    12  8  4  0  38  34  16  .667 Edler gets lone goal        
NOV  4  A  COLORADO AV. 5-2 W    13  9  4  0  43  36  18  .692 Canucks down 2-0 late in 2nd
NOV  6  A  SAN JOSE     3-2 W    14 10  4  0  46  38  20  .714 Bonino gets winner in second
NOV  8  A  LOS ANGELES  1-5 L    15 10  5  0  47  43  20  .667 Higgins breaks goose egg    
NOV  9  A  ANAHEIM      2-1 W SO 16 11  5  0  49  44  22  .688 Bonino gets goal, assist    
NOV 11  H  OTTAWA       4-3 W OT 17 12  5  0  53  47  24  .706 Daniel gets winner, assist  
NOV 14  H  PHOENIX      0-5 L    18 12  6  0  53  52  24  .667 Coyote Hanzal first 3 goals 
NOV 19  A  EDMONTON     5-4 W    19 13  6  0  58  56  26  .684 Vrbata two powerplay goals  
NOV 20  H  ANAHEIM      3-4 L SO 20 13  6  1  61  60  27  .675 Canucks down 2-0 after 1st  
NOV 23  H  CHICAGO      4-1 W    21 14  6  1  65  61  29  .690 Hansen hat trick in EN      
NOV 25  H  NEW JERSEY   2-0 W    22 15  6  1  67  61  31  .705 Miller makes all 20 saves   
NOV 28  A  COLUMBUS     5-0 W    23 16  6  1  72  61  33  .717 Bonino records three assists
NOV 30  A  DETROIT      3-5 L    24 16  7  1  75  66  33  .688 Vey two goals, assist       
DEC  2  A  WASHINGTON   4-3 W    25 17  7  1  79  69  35  .700 Daniel two goals, assist    
DEC  4  A  PITTSBURGH   3-0 W    26 18  7  1  82  69  37  .712 Richardson two goals, assist
DEC  6  A  TORONTO      2-5 L    27 18  8  1  84  74  37  .685 Daniel, Tanev score         
DEC  7  A  OTTAWA       3-4 L OT 28 18  8  2  87  78  38  .679 Canucks lead 3-0 in second  
DEC  9  A  MONTREAL     1-3 L    29 18  9  2  88  81  38  .655 Dorsett gets lone goal      
DEC 13  H  NY RANGERS   1-5 L    30 18 10  2  89  86  38  .633 Bonino gets only goal       
DEC 17  H  DALLAS       0-2 L    31 18 11  2  89  88  38  .613 Star Lehtonen makes 27 saves
DEC 20  H  CALGARY      3-2 W OT 32 19 11  2  92  90  40  .625 Tanev OT winner on birthday 
DEC 22  H  PHOENIX      7-1 W    33 20 11  2  99  91  42  .636 Burrows scores twice        
DEC 28  A  ANAHEIM      1-2 L OT 34 20 11  3 100  93  43  .632 Weber opens scoring in 2nd  
DEC 30  A  SAN JOSE     3-1 W    35 21 11  3 103  94  45  .643 Miller faces 2 penalty shots
JAN  1  H  LOS ANGELES  2-3 L    36 21 12  3 105  97  45  .625 Canucks up 2-0 in second    
JAN  3  H  DETROIT      4-1 W    37 22 12  3 109  98  47  .635 H.Sedin 200th & 201st goal  
JAN  6  H  NY ISLANDERS 3-2 W    38 23 12  3 112 100  49  .645 Vey gets eventual winner    
JAN  8  H  FLORIDA      1-3 L    39 23 13  3 113 103  49  .628 Daniel scores lone goal     
JAN 10  H  CALGARY      0-1 L    40 23 14  3 113 104  49  .613 Flame Ortio outshot 36-23   
JAN 13  A  NASHVILLE    1-5 L    41 23 15  3 114 109  49  .598 Edler gets the only goal    
JAN 15  A  PHILADELPHIA 4-0 W    42 24 15  3 118 109  51  .607 Miller makes 30 saves       
JAN 16  A  CAROLINA     3-0 W    43 25 15  3 121 109  53  .616 Miller makes 28 saves       
JAN 19  A  FLORIDA      2-1 W    44 26 15  3 123 110  55  .625 Vrbata, Horvat score in 1st 
JAN 20  A  TAMPA BAY    1-4 L    45 26 16  3 124 114  55  .611 Corrado gets lone goal      
JAN 27  H  ANAHEIM      0-4 L    46 26 17  3 124 118  55  .598 Duck Andersen faces 17 shots
JAN 30  H  BUFFALO      5-2 W    47 27 17  3 129 120  57  .606 Kenins plays first NHL game 
FEB  1  H  MINNESOTA WI 2-4 L    48 27 18  3 131 124  57  .594 Kenins first NHL goal       
FEB  3  H  WINNIPEG (2) 3-2 W OT 49 28 18  3 134 126  59  .602 Sbisa scores in overtime    
FEB  5  H  SAN JOSE     1-5 L    50 28 19  3 135 131  59  .590 Vrbata gets the only goal   
FEB  7  H  PITTSBURGH   5-0 W    51 29 19  3 140 131  61  .598 Five different Canucks score
FEB  9  A  MINNESOTA WI 3-5 L    52 29 20  3 143 136  61  .587 Miller pulled at 5-2        
FEB 11  A  CHICAGO      5-4 W OT 53 30 20  3 148 140  63  .594 Daniel scores 4-2, 5-4 goals
FEB 13  H  BOSTON       5-2 W    54 31 20  3 153 142  65  .602 Matthias nets three goals   
FEB 14  A  CALGARY      2-3 L    55 31 21  3 155 145  65  .591 Kenins, Vey score           
FEB 16  H  MINNESOTA WI 3-2 W    56 32 21  3 158 147  67  .598 Biega goal in first NHL game
FEB 19  A  NY RANGERS   5-4 W SO 57 33 21  3 163 151  69  .605 Henrik two goals in third   
FEB 20  A  NEW JERSEY   2-4 L    58 33 22  3 165 155  69  .595 Kassian scores both goals   
FEB 22  A  NY ISLANDERS 4-0 W    59 34 22  3 169 155  71  .602 Miller, Lack share shutout  
FEB 24  A  BOSTON       2-1 W    60 35 22  3 171 156  73  .608 Stanton, Kassian score      
FEB 26  A  BUFFALO      3-6 L    61 35 23  3 174 162  73  .598 Game tied 3-3 in third      
MAR  1  H  ST. LOUIS    6-5 W SO 62 36 23  3 180 167  75  .605 Canucks trail 2-0, lead 5-2 
MAR  3  H  SAN JOSE     2-6 L    63 36 24  3 182 173  75  .595 Henrik scores both goals    
MAR  5  A  PHOENIX      2-3 L SO 64 36 24  4 184 176  76  .594 Canucks trail 2-0 in 3rd    
MAR  7  A  SAN JOSE     3-2 W    65 37 24  4 187 178  78  .600 Vrbata starts, ends comeback
MAR  9  H  ANAHEIM      2-1 W    66 38 24  4 189 179  80  .606 Horvat, Kassian score       
MAR 12  H  LOS ANGELES  0-4 L    67 38 25  4 189 183  80  .597 King Quick stops 19 shots   
MAR 14  H  TORONTO      4-1 W    68 39 25  4 193 184  82  .603 Dorsett scores, two assists 
MAR 17  H  PHILADELPHIA 4-1 W    69 40 25  4 197 185  84  .609 Burrows two goals in 0:17   
MAR 19  H  COLUMBUS     2-6 L    70 40 26  4 199 191  84  .600 Canucks lead 2-0 in second  
MAR 21  A  LOS ANGELES  4-1 W    71 41 26  4 203 192  86  .606 Canucks two empty net goals 
MAR 22  A  PHOENIX      3-1 W    72 42 26  4 206 193  88  .611 Weber gets goal and assist  
MAR 24  H  WINNIPEG (2) 5-2 W    73 43 26  4 211 195  90  .616 Vrbata two goals, assist    
MAR 26  H  COLORADO AV. 1-4 L    74 43 27  4 212 199  90  .608 Weber gets lone goal        
MAR 28  H  DALLAS       3-4 L OT 75 43 27  5 215 203  91  .607 Vrbata ties game late in 3rd
MAR 30  A  ST. LOUIS    4-1 W    76 44 27  5 219 204  93  .612 Four different Canucks score
MAR 31  A  NASHVILLE    5-4 W SO 77 45 27  5 224 208  95  .617 Canucks down 2-0, up 4-3    
APR  2  A  CHICAGO      1-3 L    78 45 28  5 225 211  95  .609 Dorsett gets the only goal  
APR  4  A  WINNIPEG (2) 4-5 L    79 45 29  5 229 216  95  .601 Burrows scores twice        
APR  6  H  LOS ANGELES  2-1 W SO 80 46 29  5 231 217  97  .606 Higgins gets shootout winner
APR  9  H  PHOENIX      5-0 W    81 47 29  5 236 217  99  .611 Edler records three assists 
APR 11  H  EDMONTON     6-5 W OT 82 48 29  5 242 222 101  .616 Canucks down 5-3 in 3rd     

                    Canucks finish second in the Pacific Division

Playoffs

 DATE  H/A OPPOSITION   SCORE OT GP  W  L  -  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES   
APR 15  H  CALGARY      1-2 L     1  0  1  -   1   2   0  .000 Horvat opens the scoring    
APR 17  H  CALGARY      4-1 W     2  1  1  -   5   3   2  .500 Line brawl late in third    
APR 19  A  CALGARY      2-4 L     3  1  2  -   7   7   2  .333 Matthias, Hansen score      
APR 21  A  CALGARY      1-3 L     4  1  3  -   8  10   2  .250 All scoring in first period 
APR 23  H  CALGARY      2-1 W     5  2  3  -  10  11   4  .400 Bonino, Daniel score        
APR 25  A  CALGARY      4-7 L     6  2  4  -  14  18   4  .333 Canucks lead 3-0 in first   
                  Calgary wins best of seven series four games to two