2007–08 Vancouver Canucks season

2007–08 Vancouver Canucks
Division	5th Northwest
Conference	11th Western
2007–08 record	39–33–10
Home record	21–15–5
Road record	18–18–5
Goals for	213
Goals against	215
Team information
General manager	Dave Nonis
Coach	Alain Vigneault
Captain	Markus Naslund
Alternate captains	Trevor Linden Brendan Morrison
Arena	General Motors Place
Average attendance	18,630 (100%)
Team leaders
Goals	Daniel Sedin (29)
Assists	Henrik Sedin (61)
Points	Henrik Sedin (76)
Penalty minutes	Alexandre Burrows (179)
Plus/minus	Alexandre Burrows (+11)
Wins	Roberto Luongo (35)
Goals against average	Roberto Luongo (2.38)

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

2007–08 regular season
October: 5–7–0 (home: 1–5–0; road: 4–2–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 1 October 5 San Jose 3–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 October 6 Vancouver 4–3 Calgary OT Luongo 19,289 1–1–0 2 Recap 3 October 10 Philadelphia 8–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 1–2–0 2 Recap 4 October 12 Vancouver 5–2 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 2–2–0 4 Recap 5 October 13 Edmonton 1–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 3–2–0 6 Recap 6 October 15 San Jose 4–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 3–3–0 6 Recap 7 October 19 Los Angeles 4–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 3–4–0 6 Recap 8 October 21 Vancouver 4–1 Columbus Sanford 12,667 4–4–0 8 Recap 9 October 22 Vancouver 1–3 Carolina Luongo 15,532 4–5–0 8 Recap 10 October 24 Vancouver 2–3 Detroit Luongo 17,015 4–6–0 8 Recap 11 October 26 Vancouver 3–2 Washington Luongo 12,705 5–6–0 10 Recap 12 October 28 Detroit 3–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 5–7–0 10 Recap
November: 9–2–2 (home: 6–1–1; road: 3–1–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 13 November 1 Nashville 3–0 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 5–8–0 10 Recap 14 November 3 Vancouver 4–3 Colorado Luongo 18,007 6–8–0 12 Recap 15 November 8 Vancouver 3–2 Calgary Luongo 19,289 7–8–0 14 Recap 16 November 9 Colorado 1–2 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 8–8–0 16 Recap 17 November 14 Edmonton 1–0 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 8–8–1 17 Recap 18 November 16 Minnesota 2–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 9–8–1 19 Recap 19 November 18 Calgary 1–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 10–8–1 21 Recap 20 November 20 Vancouver 4–5 Edmonton SO Luongo 16,839 10–8–2 22 Recap 21 November 21 Vancouver 4–2 Minnesota Sanford 18,568 11–8–2 24 Recap 22 November 23 Vancouver 1–3 St. Louis Luongo 18,721 11–9–2 24 Recap 23 November 25 Chicago 0–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 12–9–2 26 Recap 24 November 27 Anaheim 0–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 13–9–2 28 Recap 25 November 29 Columbus 0–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 14–9–2 30 Recap
December: 7–5–2 (home: 3–0–1; road: 4–5–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 26 December 2 Vancouver 1–2 Minnesota Luongo 18,568 14–10–2 30 Recap 27 December 5 Vancouver 3–2 Chicago Luongo 12,444 15–10–2 32 Recap 28 December 6 Vancouver 5–2 Nashville Sanford 15,918 16–10–2 34 Recap 29 December 8 Pittsburgh 2–1 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 16–10–3 35 Recap 30 December 10 Vancouver 2–4 Los Angeles Sanford 15,087 16–11–3 35 Recap 31 December 12 Vancouver 3–2 Anaheim Sanford 17,174 17–11–3 37 Recap 32 December 13 Vancouver 2–5 San Jose Sanford 17,496 17–12–3 37 Recap 33 December 15 Vancouver 1–2 Edmonton SO Sanford 16,839 17–12–4 38 Recap 34 December 18 New Jersey 0–5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 18–12–4 40 Recap 35 December 20 Dallas 2–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 19–12–4 42 Recap 36 December 22 Vancouver 2–1 Phoenix SO Luongo 17,471 20–12–4 44 Recap 37 December 23 Vancouver 1–3 Colorado Luongo 17,186 20–13–4 44 Recap 38 December 27 Calgary 3–5 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 21–13–4 46 Recap 39 December 30 Anaheim 1–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 22–13–4 48 Recap 40 December 31 Vancouver 1–2 Calgary Luongo 19,289 22–14–4 48 Recap
January: 4–7–1 (home: 3–4–0; road: 1–3–1) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 41 January 3 NY Rangers 0–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 23–14–4 50 Recap 42 January 8 NY Islanders 2–3 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 24–14–4 52 Recap 43 January 10 Vancouver 1–3 San Jose Luongo 17,496 24–15–4 52 Recap 44 January 11 Phoenix 4–3 Vancouver Sanford 18,630 24–16–4 52 Recap 45 January 13 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis SO Luongo 16,828 25–16–4 54 Recap 46 January 15 Vancouver 2–3 Columbus Luongo 13,555 25–17–4 54 Recap 47 January 17 Vancouver 2–3 Detroit SO Luongo 18,878 25–17–5 55 Recap 48 January 19 Los Angeles 4–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 25–18–5 55 Recap 49 January 21 Minnesota 4–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 25–19–5 55 Recap 50 January 23 St. Louis 2–3 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 26–19–5 57 Recap 51 January 29 Dallas 4–3 Vancouver MacIntyre 18,630 26–20–5 57 Recap 52 January 31 Vancouver 3–4 Tampa Bay Luongo 17,019 26–21–5 57 Recap
February: 6–1–5 (home: 3–1–3; road: 3–0–2) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 53 February 1 Vancouver 3–4 Florida SO Luongo 17,523 26–21–6 58 Recap 54 February 5 Vancouver 2–3 Dallas SO Luongo 17,642 26–21–7 59 Recap 55 February 7 Vancouver 2–1 Atlanta Luongo 16,813 27–21–7 61 Recap 56 February 9 Colorado 6–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 27–22–7 61 Recap 57 February 10 Chicago 2–3 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 28–22–7 63 Recap 58 February 14 Minnesota 5–4 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 28–22–8 64 Recap 59 February 16 Edmonton 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 29–22–8 66 Recap 60 February 19 Vancouver 3–2 Minnesota OT Luongo 18,568 30–22–8 68 Recap 61 February 21 Vancouver 3–2 Nashville SO Luongo 17,113 31–22–8 70 Recap 62 February 23 Detroit 1–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 32–22–8 72 Recap 63 February 27 Colorado 3–2 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,630 32–22–9 73 Recap 64 February 29 Columbus 3–2 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,630 32–22–10 74 Recap
March: 7–8–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–7–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 65 March 2 Vancouver 1–4 Chicago Luongo 19,670 32–23–10 74 Recap 66 March 4 Vancouver 1–2 Colorado Luongo 17,621 32–24–10 74 Recap 67 March 6 Nashville 2–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 33–24–10 76 Recap 68 March 8 St. Louis 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 34–24–10 78 Recap 69 March 10 Vancouver 2–1 Los Angeles OT Luongo 14,653 35–24–10 80 Recap 70 March 12 Vancouver 1–4 Anaheim Luongo 17,174 35–25–10 80 Recap 71 March 13 Vancouver 0–2 Phoenix Luongo 15,562 35–26–10 80 Recap 72 March 15 Vancouver 4–3 Dallas Luongo 18,584 36–26–10 82 Recap 73 March 17 Phoenix 1–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 37–26–10 84 Recap 74 March 20 Vancouver 4–1 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 38–26–10 86 Recap 75 March 21 Minnesota 2–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 38–27–10 86 Recap 76 March 25 Vancouver 2–3 Calgary Luongo 19,025 38–28–10 86 Recap 77 March 26 Vancouver 3–6 Colorado Luongo 18,050 38–29–10 86 Recap 78 March 28 Vancouver 0–4 Minnesota Luongo 18,064 38–30–10 86 Recap 79 March 30 Calgary 2–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 39–30–10 88 Recap
April: 0–3–0 (home: 0–3–0; road: 0–0–0) Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Points Recap 80 April 1 Colorado 4–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 39–31–10 88 Recap 81 April 3 Edmonton 2–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 39–32–10 88 Recap 82 April 5 Calgary 7–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,630 39–33–10 88 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

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 Henrik Sedin 82 15 61 76 +6 56 Daniel Sedin 82 29 45 74 +6 50 Markus Naslund 82 25 30 55 -7 46 Ryan Kesler 80 21 16 37 +1 79 Taylor Pyatt 79 16 21 37 +9 60 Alexandre Burrows 82 12 19 31 +11 179 Brendan Morrison 39 9 16 25 -3 18 Sami Salo 63 8 17 25 +8 38 Mattias Ohlund 53 9 15 24 -1 79 Mason Raymond 49 9 12 21 +1 2 Alexander Edler 75 8 12 20 +6 42 Matt Cooke‡ 61 7 9 16 -4 64 Ryan Shannon 27 5 8 13 -1 24 Trevor Linden 59 7 5 12 0 15 Kevin Bieksa 34 2 10 12 -11 90 Willie Mitchell 72 2 10 12 +6 81 Brad Isbister 55 6 5 11 -4 38 Byron Ritchie 71 3 8 11 -10 80 Lukas Krajicek 39 2 9 11 -3 36 Aaron Miller 57 1 8 9 -1 32 Matt Pettinger† 20 4 2 6 0 11 Jason Jaffray 19 2 4 6 +4 19 Rick Rypien 22 1 2 3 -5 41 Luc Bourdon 27 2 0 2 +7 20 Kris Beech†‡ 4 1 1 2 +1 0 Mike Brown 19 1 0 1 -2 55 Jeff Cowan 46 0 1 1 -5 110 Mike Weaver 55 0 1 1 +1 33 Zack Fitzgerald 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jannik Hansen 5 0 0 0 0 2 Nathan McIver 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 Roberto Luongo 73 4233 35 29 9 168 2.38 2029 1861 .917 6 0 3 4 Curtis Sanford 16 679 4 3 1 32 2.83 313 281 .898 0 0 1 2 Drew MacIntyre 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)	United States	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
2	33	Taylor Ellington (D)	Canada	Everett Silvertips (WHL)
5	145	Charles-Antoine Messier (C)	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
5	146	Ilya Kablukov (LW)	Russia	CKSA Moscow (RSL)
6	176	Taylor Matson (C)	United States	Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL)
7	206	Dan Gendur (RW)	Canada	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