2019–20 Vancouver Canucks season

2019–20 Vancouver Canucks
Division	3rd Pacific
Conference	7th Western
2019–20 record	36–27–6
Home record	22–9–4
Road record	14–18–2
Goals for	228
Goals against	217
Team information
General manager	Jim Benning
Coach	Travis Green
Captain	Bo Horvat
Alternate captains	Alexander Edler Brandon Sutter Christopher Tanev
Arena	Rogers Arena
Average attendance	18,679
Minor league affiliate(s)	Utica Comets (AHL) Kalamazoo Wings (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	J. T. Miller Elias Pettersson (27)
Assists	Quinn Hughes J. T. Miller (45)
Points	J. T. Miller (72)
Penalty minutes	Alexander Edler (62)
Plus/minus	Elias Pettersson (+16)
Wins	Jacob Markstrom (23)
Goals against average	Jacob Markstrom (2.75)

The 2019–20 Vancouver Canucks season was the 50th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Canucks attempted to return to the postseason for the first time since the 2014–15 season.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Canucks advanced to the playoffs for the first time since the 2014–15 season. They defeated the Minnesota Wild in the qualifying round in four games. The Canucks then defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in six games, advancing to the second round for the first time since the 2010–11 season, where they faced off against the Vegas Golden Knights, losing the series in seven games.

Off-season

The Vancouver Canucks hosted the 2019 NHL Entry Draft on June 21–22, 2019.

Training camp

The Canucks held their training camp at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, from September 13–15. The following day, they hosted a preseason game against the Calgary Flames in Victoria, which they lost 4–3.

Regular season

October

Centre ice logo commemorating the Vancouver Canucks 50th season

The Canucks began their season with a 3–2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on October 2. After ending their season-opening two-game road trip with a 3–0 loss to the Calgary Flames, the team returned home for their October 9 home opener against the Los Angeles Kings, the same team the Canucks hosted in their inaugural game exactly 49 years earlier. In a special pre-game ceremony, the Canucks named Bo Horvat the 14th captain in team history. The Canucks defeated the Kings 8–2. The Canucks would get back to .500 in their next game by beating the Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 in a shootout, their first shootout of the year. Before the final game of the homestand, Jacob Markstrom left the team for personal reasons, resulting in Thatcher Demko making his first start of the season, where the Canucks won 5–1 over the Detroit Red Wings. The Canucks opened their road trip on October 17 by defeating the defending champion St. Louis Blues 4–3 in a shootout, coming back after being down 3–1 in the game to earn their first road victory of the year. Playing their next two games on back-to-back days, the Canucks were shutout by the New Jersey Devils 1–0, however they rebounded and defeated the New York Rangers 3–2 the following day, which included Bo Horvat scoring his 100th career goal. The Canucks concluded their road trip by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 5–2, with Bo Horvat scoring his first career hat-trick and helping Vancouver overcome a 2–0 deficit in the game. On October 25, back at home facing the Washington Capitals, the Canucks surrendered a 5–1 second period lead and lost the game 6–5 in a shootout. The team rebounded in their next game and beat the Florida Panthers 7–2. To close out the month of October, the Canucks began a three-game California road trip by visiting the Los Angeles Kings. Vancouver earned a 5–3 victory in the October 30 game, which included a Brock Boeser hat-trick.

November

Continuing their road trip, the Canucks opened November with a 2–1 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks. They responded the following day by winning 5–2 over the San Jose Sharks. The Canucks earned five of six points on the road trip, and won their first game in San Jose since March 31, 2016.

End of season

At the 2020 NHL Awards, first year defenceman Quinn Hughes would finish second in the Calder Memorial Trophy voting, marking the third consecutive year that a Canucks rookie finished in the top 3 in voting for this award, a feat that has not been matched since the New York Rangers did so from 1969 to 1971.

Standings

Divisional standings

Pacific Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	86
2	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	83
3	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	79
4	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	78
5	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	74
6	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	67
7	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	64
8	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	63

Source: National Hockey League

Western Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	.585	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	.450

Source: National Hockey League

Tiebreaking procedures

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
5. Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
6. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
7. Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Pre-season

The Canucks released their pre-season schedule on June 18, 2019.

2019 pre-season game log: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1[A]	September 16	Vancouver	3–2	Calgary	OT	Bachman	17,465	1–0–0
2[A][a]	September 16	Calgary	4–3	Vancouver		McIntyre	7,006	1–1–0
3	September 17	Edmonton	2–4	Vancouver		Demko	17,738	2–1–0
4	September 19	Vancouver	6–1	Edmonton		Markstrom	15,789	3–1–0
5[b]	September 21	Vancouver	5–7	Los Angeles		Bachman	10,014	3–2–0
6[c]	September 23	Ottawa	4–6	Vancouver		Markstrom	7,046	4–2–0
7	September 25	Ottawa	6–2	Vancouver		Demko	18,781	4–3–0
8	September 26	Arizona	4–2	Vancouver		Markstrom	18,528	4–4–0
Notes: A Indicates split-squad. a Game was played at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia. b Game was played at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. c Game was played at Abbotsford Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 25, 2019.

2019–20 game log
October: 8–3–1 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 Vancouver 2–3 Edmonton Markstrom 18,347 0–1–0 0 2 October 5 Vancouver 0–3 Calgary Markstrom 19,005 0–2–0 0 3 October 9 Los Angeles 2–8 Vancouver Markstrom 18,955 1–2–0 2 4 October 12 Philadelphia 2–3 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,652 2–2–0 4 5 October 15 Detroit 1–5 Vancouver Demko 18,183 3–2–0 6 6 October 17 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis SO Demko 18,096 4–2–0 8 7 October 19 Vancouver 0–1 New Jersey Demko 13,818 4–3–0 8 8 October 20 Vancouver 3–2 NY Rangers Markstrom 17,030 5–3–0 10 9 October 22 Vancouver 5–2 Detroit Markstrom 18,455 6–3–0 12 10 October 25 Washington 6–5 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,871 6–3–1 13 11 October 28 Florida 2–7 Vancouver Demko 17,864 7–3–1 15 12 October 30 Vancouver 5–3 Los Angeles Markstrom 15,565 8–3–1 17
November: 5–7–3 (Home: 1–2–2 ; Road: 4–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Vancouver 1–2 Anaheim OT Markstrom 15,173 8–3–2 18 14 November 2 Vancouver 5–2 San Jose Demko 16,480 9–3–2 20 15 November 5 St. Louis 2–1 Vancouver OT Markstrom 17,789 9–3–3 21 16 November 7 Vancouver 2–5 Chicago Markstrom 21,418 9–4–3 21 17 November 8 Vancouver 1–4 Winnipeg Demko 15,325 9–5–3 21 18 November 10 New Jersey 2–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 9–6–3 21 19 November 12 Nashville 3–5 Vancouver Demko 18,233 10–6–3 23 20 November 14 Dallas 4–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,642 10–7–3 23 21 November 16 Colorado 5–4 Vancouver OT Demko 18,409 10–7–4 24 22 November 19 Vancouver 1–6 Dallas Markstrom 18,198 10–8–4 24 23 November 21 Vancouver 6–3 Nashville Markstrom 17,168 11–8–4 26 24 November 23 Vancouver 2–1 Washington SO Markstrom 18,573 12–8–4 28 25 November 25 Vancouver 1–2 Philadelphia Demko 17,083 12–9–4 28 26 November 27 Vancouver 6–8 Pittsburgh Demko 18,465 12–10–4 28 27 November 30 Vancouver 5–2 Edmonton Markstrom 18,035 13–10–4 30
December: 8–5–0 (Home: 7–3–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 28 December 1 Edmonton 3–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 13–11–4 30 29 December 3 Ottawa 2–5 Vancouver Demko 18,559 14–11–4 32 30 December 7 Buffalo 5–6 Vancouver OT Demko 18,871 15–11–4 34 31 December 10 Toronto 4–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,290 15–12–4 34 32 December 12 Carolina 0–1 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,626 16–12–4 36 33 December 14 Vancouver 2–4 San Jose Markstrom 16,242 16–13–4 36 34 December 15 Vancouver 3–6 Vegas Markstrom 18,066 16–14–4 36 35 December 17 Montreal 3–1 Vancouver Markstrom 18,788 16–15–4 36 36 December 19 Vegas 4–5 Vancouver OT Markstrom 18,871 17–15–4 38 37 December 21 Pittsburgh 1–4 Vancouver Markstrom 18,285 18–15–4 40 38 December 23 Edmonton 2–4 Vancouver Markstrom 18,851 19–15–4 42 39 December 28 Los Angeles 2–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,837 20–15–4 44 40 December 29 Vancouver 5–2 Calgary Demko 19,289 21–15–4 46
January: 8–3–0 (Home: 5–0–0 ; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 Chicago 5–7 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 22–15–4 48 42 January 4 NY Rangers 1–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 23–15–4 50 43 January 7 Vancouver 2–9 Tampa Bay Markstrom 19,092 23–16–4 50 44 January 9 Vancouver 2–5 Florida Demko 12,648 23–17–4 50 45 January 11 Vancouver 6–3 Buffalo Markstrom 18,509 24–17–4 52 46 January 12 Vancouver 4–1 Minnesota Markstrom 17,348 25–17–4 54 47 January 14 Vancouver 0–4 Winnipeg Markstrom 15,325 25–18–4 54 48 January 16 Arizona 1–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 26–18–4 56 49 January 18 San Jose 1–4 Vancouver Demko 18,786 27–18–4 58 50 January 27 St. Louis 1–3 Vancouver Demko 18,871 28–18–4 60 51 January 29 Vancouver 5–2 San Jose Markstrom 16,024 29–18–4 62
February: 5–6–2 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Vancouver 4–3 NY Islanders OT Markstrom 14,862 30–18–4 64 53 February 2 Vancouver 3–4 Carolina SO Demko 15,767 30–18–5 65 54 February 4 Vancouver 0–4 Boston Markstrom 17,850 30–19–5 65 55 February 6 Vancouver 2–4 Minnesota Markstrom 17,191 30–20–5 65 56 February 8 Calgary 6–2 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 30–21–5 65 57 February 10 Nashville 2–6 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 31–21–5 67 58 February 12 Chicago 0–3 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 32–21–5 69 59 February 16 Anaheim 5–1 Vancouver Demko 18,871 32–22–5 69 60 February 19 Minnesota 4–3 Vancouver SO Markstrom 18,871 32–22–6 70 61 February 22 Boston 3–9 Vancouver Markstrom 18,871 33–22–6 72 62 February 25 Vancouver 4–3 Montreal OT Demko 21,187 34–22–6 74 63 February 27 Vancouver 2–5 Ottawa Demko 12,166 34–23–6 74 64 February 29 Vancouver 2–4 Toronto Demko 19,371 34–24–6 74
March: 2–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 Vancouver 3–5 Columbus Domingue 18,378 34–25–6 74 66 March 4 Arizona 4–2 Vancouver Demko 17,363 34–26–6 74 67 March 6 Colorado 3–6 Vancouver Demko 18,871 35–26–6 76 68 March 8 Columbus 2–1 Vancouver Demko 18,871 35–27–6 76 69 March 10 NY Islanders 4–5 Vancouver SO Demko 18,871 36–27–6 78
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 70 March 12 Vancouver Arizona 71 March 13 Vancouver Colorado 72 March 15 Winnipeg Vancouver 73 March 18 Tampa Bay Vancouver 74 March 20 Vancouver Anaheim 75 March 21 Vancouver Los Angeles 76 March 23 Vancouver Vegas 77 March 25 San Jose Vancouver 78 March 27 Calgary Vancouver 79 March 28 Anaheim Vancouver 80 March 30 Vancouver Dallas 81 April 2 Vancouver Arizona 82 April 4 Vegas Vancouver
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Canucks defeated the Minnesota Wild in the qualifying round in four games.

The Canucks faced the St. Louis Blues in the first round, and defeated them in six games.

In the second round, the Canucks faced the Vegas Golden Knights, but lost in seven games.

Detailed records

Western Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts	GF	GA
Central Division
Chicago Blackhawks	2–0–0	0–1–0	2–1–0	4	12	10
Colorado Avalanche	1–0–1	0–0–0	1–0–1	3	10	8
Dallas Stars	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	3	10
Minnesota Wild	0–0–1	1–1–0	1–1–1	3	9	9
Nashville Predators	2–0–0	1–0–0	3–0–0	6	17	8
St. Louis Blues	1–0–1	1–0–0	2–0–1	5	8	6
Winnipeg Jets	0–0–0	0–2–0	0–2–0	0	1	8
Total	6–1–3	3–5–0	9–6–3	21	60	59
Pacific Division
Anaheim Ducks	0–1–0	0–0–1	0–1–1	1	2	7
Arizona Coyotes	1–1–0	0–0–0	1–1–0	2	5	5
Calgary Flames	0–1–0	1–1–0	1–2–0	2	7	11
Edmonton Oilers	1–1–0	1–1–0	2–2–0	4	13	10
Los Angeles Kings	2–0–0	1–0–0	3–0–0	6	16	7
San Jose Sharks	1–0–0	2–1–0	3–1–0	6	16	9
Vancouver Canucks	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vegas Golden Knights	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	8	10
Total	6–4–0	5–4–1	11–8–1	23	67	59

Eastern Conference
Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pts	GF	GA
Atlantic Division
Boston Bruins	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	9	7
Buffalo Sabres	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	12	8
Detroit Red Wings	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	10	3
Florida Panthers	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	9	7
Montreal Canadiens	0–1–0	1–0–0	1–1–0	2	5	6
Ottawa Senators	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	7	7
Tampa Bay Lightning	0–0–0	0–1–0	0–1–0	0	2	9
Toronto Maple Leafs	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	3	8
Total	5–2–0	3–5–0	8–7–0	16	57	55
Metropolitan Division
Carolina Hurricanes	1–0–0	0–0–1	1–0–1	3	4	4
Columbus Blue Jackets	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	4	7
New Jersey Devils	0–1–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	0	1	3
New York Islanders	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	9	7
New York Rangers	1–0–0	1–0–0	2–0–0	4	5	3
Philadelphia Flyers	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	4	4
Pittsburgh Penguins	1–0–0	0–1–0	1–1–0	2	10	9
Washington Capitals	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–1	3	7	7
Total	5–2–1	3–4–1	8–6–2	18	44	44

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
J. T. Miller	69	27	45	72	11	47
Elias Pettersson	68	27	39	66	16	18
Bo Horvat	69	22	31	53	−15	21
Quinn Hughes	68	8	45	53	−10	22
Tanner Pearson	69	21	24	45	−4	27
Brock Boeser	57	16	29	45	4	14
Jake Virtanen	69	18	18	36	−4	41
Adam Gaudette	59	12	21	33	−7	37
Alexander Edler	59	5	28	33	13	62
Tyler Myers	68	6	15	21	−7	49
Christopher Tanev	69	2	18	20	4	41
Josh Leivo	36	7	12	19	0	4
Brandon Sutter	44	8	9	17	1	25
Troy Stecher	69	5	12	17	10	32
Antoine Roussel	41	7	6	13	0	43
Loui Eriksson	49	6	7	13	−2	12
Tyler Toffoli†	10	6	4	10	3	4
Tyler Motte	34	4	4	8	−10	10
Jay Beagle	55	2	6	8	−9	38
Jordie Benn	44	1	6	7	−7	17
Tim Schaller‡	51	5	1	6	−13	14
Zack MacEwen	17	5	1	6	6	20
Oscar Fantenberg	36	1	5	6	−10	6
Micheal Ferland	14	1	4	5	−3	7
Tyler Graovac	8	2	0	2	−2	2
Sven Baertschi	6	0	2	2	−2	4
Nikolay Goldobin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ashton Sautner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Justin Bailey	2	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Elias Pettersson	17	7	11	18	2	2
J. T. Miller	17	6	12	18	3	14
Quinn Hughes	17	2	14	16	−2	2
Bo Horvat	17	10	2	12	0	4
Brock Boeser	17	4	7	11	−1	10
Tanner Pearson	17	4	4	8	−4	4
Christopher Tanev	17	1	6	7	1	4
Alexander Edler	17	0	7	7	5	20
Brandon Sutter	17	1	5	6	−2	4
Tyler Motte	17	4	1	5	0	2
Tyler Toffoli	7	2	2	4	−4	0
Antoine Roussel	17	2	2	4	0	46
Troy Stecher	17	2	1	3	9	10
Jake Virtanen	16	2	1	3	2	25
Jay Beagle	17	1	1	2	2	10
Tyler Myers	10	0	0	0	−5	24
Loui Eriksson	10	0	0	0	0	6
Zack MacEwen	6	0	0	0	1	9
Oscar Fantenberg	16	0	0	0	−3	4
Adam Gaudette	10	0	0	0	−1	2
Jordie Benn	7	0	0	0	1	0
Olli Juolevi	1	0	0	0	0	0
Micheal Ferland	2	0	0	0	0	7

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jacob Markstrom	43	43	2,551:53	23	16	4	117	2.75	1,420	.918	2	0	1	4
Thatcher Demko	27	25	1,529:03	13	10	2	78	3.06	822	.905	0	0	0	0
Louis Domingue†	1	1	58:47	0	1	0	4	4.08	34	.882	0	0	0	0
Michael DiPietro	1	0	8:23	0	0	0	1	7.16	7	.857	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Jacob Markstrom	14	14	841:11	8	6	40	2.85	491	.919	1	0	0	0
Thatcher Demko	4	3	186:19	2	1	2	0.64	130	.985	1	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

Regular season

Player	Award	Awarded
Elias Pettersson	NHL First Star of the Week	November 4, 2019
Elias Pettersson	NHL All-Star game selection	December 30, 2019
Jacob Markstrom	NHL All-Star game selection	January 3, 2020
Quinn Hughes	NHL All-Star game selection	January 11, 2020
J. T. Miller	NHL Third Star of the Week	February 3, 2020

Milestones

Regular season

Player	Milestone	Reached
Quinn Hughes	1st career NHL goal	October 9, 2019
Christopher Tanev	100th career NHL point	October 12, 2019
Bo Horvat	100th career NHL goal	October 20, 2019
Bo Horvat	1st career NHL hat-trick	October 22, 2019
J. T. Miller	100th career NHL goal	October 28, 2019
Tanner Pearson	400th career NHL game	October 30, 2019
Brandon Sutter	700th career NHL game	November 8, 2019
Bo Horvat	400th career NHL game	November 21, 2019
Jordie Benn	500th career NHL game	November 30, 2019
Elias Pettersson	100th career NHL game	December 3, 2019
Zack MacEwen	1st career NHL goal	December 3, 2019
Elias Pettersson	100th career NHL point	December 12, 2019
Antoine Roussel	100th career NHL assist	December 21, 2019
Tyler Myers	200th career NHL assist	December 21, 2019
Oscar Fantenberg	100th career NHL game	December 28, 2019
Jacob Markstrom	100th career NHL win	December 28, 2019
Tanner Pearson	100th career NHL assist 200th career NHL point	January 2, 2020
Tanner Pearson	100th career NHL goal	January 16, 2020
Adam Gaudette	100th career NHL game	January 18, 2020
Antoine Roussel	500th career NHL game	January 27, 2020
Christopher Tanev	500th career NHL game	February 6, 2020

Playoffs

Player	Milestone	Reached
Brock Boeser	1st NHL playoff game	August 2, 2020
Adam Gaudette	1st NHL playoff game	August 2, 2020
Quinn Hughes	1st NHL playoff game	August 2, 2020
Jacob Markstrom	1st NHL playoff game	August 2, 2020
Tyler Motte	1st NHL playoff game	August 2, 2020
Elias Pettersson	1st NHL playoff game	August 2, 2020
Troy Stecher	1st NHL playoff game	August 2, 2020
Jake Virtanen	1st NHL playoff game	August 4, 2020
Brock Boeser	1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point	August 4, 2020
Elias Pettersson	1st NHL playoff assist 1st NHL playoff point	August 4, 2020
Quinn Hughes	1st NHL playoff assist 1st NHL playoff point	August 4, 2020
Jacob Markstrom	1st NHL playoff win	August 4, 2020
Zack MacEwen	1st NHL playoff game	August 6, 2020
Elias Pettersson	1st NHL playoff goal	August 6, 2020
Brock Boeser	1st NHL playoff assist	August 6, 2020
Jacob Markstrom	1st NHL playoff shutout	August 6, 2020
Quinn Hughes	1st NHL playoff goal	August 7, 2020
Christopher Tanev	1st NHL playoff goal	August 7, 2020
Olli Juolevi	1st NHL playoff game	August 7, 2020
Troy Stecher	1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point	August 12, 2020
Tyler Motte	1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point	August 19, 2020
Jake Virtanen	1st NHL playoff assist 1st NHL playoff goal 1st NHL playoff point	August 19, 2020
Troy Stecher	1st NHL playoff assist	August 19, 2020
Thatcher Demko	1st NHL playoff game	August 23, 2020
Thatcher Demko	1st NHL playoff win	September 1, 2020
Tyler Motte	1st NHL playoff assist	September 3, 2020
Thatcher Demko	1st NHL playoff shutout	September 3, 2020

Records

Player	Record	Date
Alexander Edler	Most assists by Canucks defenceman	January 16, 2020

Transactions

The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Marek Mazanec 3rd-round pick in 2019 conditional 1st-round pick in 2020	To Vancouver Canucks J. T. Miller
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To Buffalo Sabres 4th-round pick in 2019	To Vancouver Canucks SJS's 4th-round pick in 2019 WPG's 6th-round pick in 2019
June 22, 2019 (2019-06-22)	To San Jose Sharks Tom Pyatt 6th-round pick in 2019	To Vancouver Canucks Francis Perron 7th-round pick in 2019
October 6, 2019 (2019-10-06)	To Detroit Red Wings Alex Biega	To Vancouver Canucks David Pope
February 17, 2020 (2020-02-17)	To Los Angeles Kings Tyler Madden Tim Schaller 2nd-round pick in 2020 Conditional 4th-round pick in 2022	To Vancouver Canucks Tyler Toffoli
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To New Jersey Devils Zane McIntyre	To Vancouver Canucks Louis Domingue

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Jordie Benn	from Montreal Canadiens	2-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Oscar Fantenberg	from Calgary Flames	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Brendan Gaunce	to Boston Bruins	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Markus Granlund	to Edmonton Oilers	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tyler Graovac	from Calgary Flames	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tanner Kero	to Dallas Stars	2-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Zane McIntyre	from Boston Bruins	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Tyler Myers	from Winnipeg Jets	5-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Derrick Pouliot	to St. Louis Blues	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Luke Schenn	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year
July 4, 2019 (2019-07-04)	Justin Bailey	from Philadelphia Flyers	1-year
July 10, 2019 (2019-07-10)	Micheal Ferland	from Carolina Hurricanes	4-year
September 18, 2019 (2019-09-18)	Ben Hutton	to Los Angeles Kings	1-year
June 18, 2020 (2020-06-18)	Nikolay Goldobin	to CSKA Moscow (KHL)	2-year
June 23, 2020 (2020-06-23)	Reid Boucher	to Avangard Omsk (KHL)	1-year

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
		from/to

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
June 30, 2019 (2019-06-30)	Ryan Spooner	Buyout

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
October 7, 2019 (2019-10-07)	Michael Leighton

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Tyler Motte	1-year
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)	Josh Leivo	1-year
July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	Francis Perron	1-year
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Reid Boucher	1-year
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Brogan Rafferty	2-year
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Josh Teves	2-year
August 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)	Arturs Silovs	3-year
September 4, 2019 (2019-09-04)	Nikolay Goldobin	1-year
September 16, 2019 (2019-09-16)	Brock Boeser	3-year
March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19)	William Lockwood	2-year
March 19, 2020 (2020-03-19)	Marc Michaelis	1-year
April 29, 2020 (2020-04-29)	Nils Höglander	3-year
July 14, 2020 (2020-07-14)	Jack Rathbone	3-year

Draft picks

See also: List of Vancouver Canucks draft picks

The 2019 NHL Entry Draft prior to the Vancouver Canucks selecting Ethan Keppen at 122nd overall.

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Vasily Podkolzin	RW	Russia	SKA-Neva (VHL)
2	40	Nils Hoglander	LW	Sweden	Rögle BK (SHL)
4	1221	Ethan Keppen	LW	Canada	Flint Firebirds (OHL)
5	133	Carson Focht	C	Canada	Calgary Hitman (WHL)
6	1562	Arturs Silovs	G	Latvia	HK Rīga (MHL)
6	1753	Karel Plasek	RW	Czech Republic	Kometa Brno (ELH)
6	1804	Jack Malone	RW	United States	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
7	195	Aidan McDonough	LW	United States	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)
7	2155	Arvid Costmar	C	Sweden	Linköpings J20 (J20 SuperElit)

Notes:

1. The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2019 (102nd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for Winnipeg's sixth-round pick in 2019 (175th overall) and this pick.
2. The Ottawa Senators' sixth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on January 2, 2019, that sent Anders Nilsson and Darren Archibald to Ottawa in exchange for Mike McKenna, Tom Pyatt and this pick.
3. The Winnipeg Jets' sixth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent a fourth-round pick in 2019 (102nd overall) to Buffalo in exchange for San Jose's fourth-round pick in 2019 (122nd overall) and this pick.
4. The Washington Capitals' sixth-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent a sixth-round pick in 2018 to Washington in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2018 and this pick.
5. The San Jose Sharks' seventh-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent Tom Pyatt and a sixth-round pick in 2019 (164th overall) to San Jose in exchange for Francis Perron and this pick.