2010–11 Vancouver Canucks season

The 2010–11 Vancouver Canucks season was the 41st season in the modern Canucks history. The Vancouver Canucks won their fifth Northwest division title, third conference championship and first Presidents' Trophy.^[2][3] They also reached the Stanley Cup Finals for the third time in franchise history, losing to the Boston Bruins in seven games. This marked the last time a Canadian team contended in the Stanley Cup Finals until the Montreal Canadiens did so in 2021, ten years later.

2010–11 Vancouver Canucks
Presidents' Trophy winners
Western Conference champions
Northwest Division champions
Division	1st Northwest
Conference	1st Western
2010–11 record	54–19–9
Home record	27–9–5
Road record	27–10–4
Goals for	262
Goals against	185
Team information
General manager	Mike Gillis
Coach	Alain Vigneault
Captain	Henrik Sedin
Alternate captains	Kevin Bieksa Ryan Kesler Manny Malhotra Daniel Sedin
Arena	Rogers Arena
Average attendance	18,860 (100.3%)^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Manitoba Moose (AHL) Victoria Salmon Kings (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Daniel Sedin (41) Ryan Kesler (41)
Assists	Henrik Sedin (75)
Points	Daniel Sedin (104)
Penalty minutes	Raffi Torres (78)
Plus/minus	Kevin Bieksa (+32)
Wins	Roberto Luongo (38)
Goals against average	Roberto Luongo (2.11)
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As of 2023, this is the most recent Presidents’ Trophy winner to reach the Finals in a full 82-game season.

Events

Off-season

Entry draft

The 2010 NHL Entry Draft was held June 25–26, 2010, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The Canucks had the 25th overall draft choice in the first round as a result of being defeated by the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference semi-final, but that draft choice was traded to the Florida Panthers. The Canucks also did not have a second- or third-round draft pick. Their second-round pick was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Steve Bernier.^[4] Their third-round pick was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes at the NHL trade deadline in exchange for Andrew Alberts.^[5] The Canucks acquired an additional sixth-round draft choice from the Phoenix Coyotes as a result of a trade that sent Mathieu Schneider to Phoenix.^[6] Vancouver had the 115th, 145th, 172nd, 175th and 205th overall draft choices.

Trades

On June 25, 2010, the Canucks acquired Keith Ballard and Victor Oreskovich from the Florida Panthers in exchange for Steve Bernier, Michael Grabner and the 25th overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.^[7]

Mike Gillis traded Shane O'Brien and Dan Gendur to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Ryan Parent and Jonas Andersson on October 5, 2010. Parent was immediately waived after being acquired while Andersson was assigned to the Manitoba Moose (now St. John's Ice Caps) of the American Hockey League.^[8] On October 6, Darcy Hordichuk was traded to the Florida Panthers in exchange for Andrew Peters. Peters would play for the Manitoba Moose.^[9]

On October 7, Mike Gillis made another trade with the Florida Panthers, this time acquiring Nathan Paetsch for Sean Zimmerman.^[10]

Player signings

On April 6, 2010, the Canucks signed Swedish goaltender Eddie Läck to a two-year entry level contract.^[11] Lack spent the 2009–10 season as a member of the Brynäs IF, posting a 2.67 goals against average (GAA) and a .911 save percentage. He was expected to start the year with the Manitoba Moose.^[12]

On May 31, 2010, the Canucks announced that they signed three defencemen, including prospect Yann Sauvé. Sauvé was drafted 41st overall by the Canucks in the 2008 draft. In addition, they signed free agent Lee Sweatt and Christopher Tanev. Sweatt split time in the Finnish SM-liiga and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for the 2009–10 season. He registered nine goals and seven assists in 21 games for TPS in Finland. Sweatt added two goals and five assists in 37 games in the KHL with Dinamo Riga. Christopher Tanev signed as a free agent after playing in the NCAA, where he scored 10 goals and 18 assists in 41 games for the RIT Tigers.^[13]

On June 1, 2010, Vancouver signed Anton Rödin to a three-year, entry-level contract. Rödin was drafted 53rd overall by the Canucks in the 2009 Draft. He spent the 2009–10 season in the Swedish Elite League with Brynäs IF. He also played at the 2010 World Junior Championships, where he won a bronze medal with Sweden. He finished the tournament tied for second in scoring for Sweden with three goals and ten points, good enough for ninth in the tournament.^[14]

On June 2, 2010, Mike Gillis signed Cory Schneider to a contract extension with the team. He was drafted in the first round, 26th overall, of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Canucks. He spent the last two seasons playing with the Manitoba Moose of the AHL, where he was named the League's Goaltender of the Year in 2008–09 while leading the Moose to the Calder Cup Final.^[15] The Canucks also announced that they signed Peter Andersson to an entry-level contract. Andersson was drafted 143rd overall by the Canucks in 2009.^[16]

On June 16, 2010, the Vancouver Canucks re-signed pending unrestricted free agent Aaron Rome to a two-year contract. The deal is worth $1.5 million and will have a salary cap hit of $750,000 per season.^[17] On July 2, 2010, Alexandre Bolduc signed a one-year, two-way contract worth $500,000.^[18] Shane O'Brien re-signed with the Canucks on July 6, 2010, when he accepted his qualifying offer. The new contract will pay O'Brien $1.6 million for one year.^[19] Tanner Glass also signed a one-year contract worth $625,000.^[20]

On July 22, Jannik Hansen was awarded a one-year contract worth $825,000 by an arbitrator.^[21]

On July 26, the Canucks re-signed Mason Raymond to a new two-year contract worth a total of $5.1 million.^[22]

Free agency

On July 1, the Vancouver Canucks signed Dan Hamhuis to a six-year contract worth $27 million,^[23] Jeff Tambellini to a 1-year contract worth $500,000,^[24] Manny Malhotra to a three-year contract worth $7.5 million and Joel Perrault to a one-year contract worth $510,000.^[25] The Canucks signed Tyler Weiman on July 12 to a one-year contract worth $500,000.^[26]

On August 19, Vancouver signed unrestricted free agent Bill Sweatt, the younger brother of Lee Sweatt, to a three-year, entry-level contract worth $2.7 million. The contract also includes an additional $300,000 per season in potential performance bonuses. Bill Sweatt was drafted 38th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in 2007, but decided not to sign a contract until completing four years of college. He was subsequently traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs along with Kris Versteeg, but maintained his desire to test free agency. He eventually decided to re-unite with his brother in Vancouver.^[27]

The Canucks signed unrestricted free agent Raffi Torres to a one-year contract worth $1 million on August 25.

On October 7, the Canucks signed Peter Schaefer to a one-year, two-way contract worth $600,000. Schaefer played for the Canucks between 1998 and 2000 before being traded to the Ottawa Senators for Sami Salo.^[28]

Pre-season

Training camp

The Canucks held their training camp in Penticton, British Columbia, at the South Okanagan Events Centre. In addition to training camp, the Canucks hosted a Young Stars prospect tournament prior to the start of training camp from September 12 to 16. The event featured prospects from five teams in an eight-game round robin format. The tournament included the Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, Edmonton Oilers and San Jose Sharks. The Canucks finished the tournament with a record of 2–2.

Shortly before the start of training camp, Roberto Luongo announced that he would be relinquishing his captaincy. Luongo served as the team captain for two seasons.^[29] Forward Henrik Sedin, was named team captain.

Schedule

The Canucks' pre-season schedule began on September 21 against the Calgary Flames. It will be a split series where each franchise will split into two squads to play two simultaneous games, one at the Saddledome in Calgary and one at Rogers Arena in Vancouver.^[30] In addition, the Canucks will play each of the Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks and San Jose Sharks twice, once at home and once on the road.^[31] The Canucks finished the preseason with a record of 3–5.

Regular season

Schedule

The Canucks officially kicked off their 2010–11 campaign on October 9 at Rogers Arena against the Los Angeles Kings. With the Canucks celebrating their 40th anniversary, the NHL scheduled this game to honour the Canucks' first-ever NHL game against the Los Angeles Kings on October 9, 1970. The Canucks lost the game in a shootout by a score of 2–1. They began the season slowly, going 2–3–1 in their first six games before going on a six-game winning streak. The loss to break the streak came as part of a five-game road trip where they recorded a 2–2–1 record before returning home for their most lopsided loss of the year, a 7–1 defeat at the hands of the Chicago Blackhawks. Following the loss the Canucks went 18–4–3, which included an eight-game winning streak, and two four-game winning streaks, before losing three consecutive games in extra time. They proceeded to win the next six games, but ended February alternating wins and losses. Vancouver's win against the Minnesota Wild on March 14, 2011, put the team at 101 points in the standings. It was the fastest the Canucks reached the 100-point mark in franchise history.^[32][33] Next, the team recorded its 50th victory of the season for the first time in franchise history on March 27.^[34] They would get top seed in the Western Conference on 2 days later.^[35] And it would get its first Presidents' Trophy two days later.^[36] The season finale took place on April 9, 2011, against the Calgary Flames, which saw the Canucks win 3–2 in overtime. Daniel Sedin registered two assists in order to clinch the Art Ross Trophy, a year after his brother did it.

Excluding four shootout-winning goals, the Canucks scored 258 goals, the most in the League. Furthermore, excluding their five shootout goals allowed, the Canucks gave up only 180 goals in their 82 games, the fewest in the League. They also scored the most power-play goals, with 72, and had the best power-play percentage, at 24.32% (72 for 296).^[37][38]

The Canucks were also the first team since the 1978 champion Montreal Canadiens to finish the league with the most goals scored and fewest goals against. They also finished the regular season with the top ranked power play and third ranked penalty kill. They almost finished the same identical record as the 1988–89 Flames (except they had two fewer losses).

Special events

 

Orland Kurtenbach's plaque on the Canucks' Ring of Honour in Rogers Arena.

The Canucks kicked off their season with a pre-game ceremony on October 9, 2010, to commemorate their 40th Anniversary. They also announced Henrik Sedin as the 13th captain of the team.

Prior to their game on December 11, 2010, against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Canucks honoured Markus Näslund by retiring his number 19 jersey. Näslund was the third player in franchise history to receive the honour following Stan Smyl and Trevor Linden. Näslund spent 12 seasons with the Canucks, nine as captain. He also holds the franchise lead in points scored with 756. The retirement ceremony coincided with Mattias Öhlund's return to Vancouver for the first time since signing with the Lightning in 2009.

The Canucks also announced that they will be introducing a "Ring of Honour" to commemorate past players. Four players will have their names added to the ring this season. The first player to get the honour will be Orland Kurtenbach who was the first ever captain of the Vancouver Canucks. Kurtenbach's ceremony took place on October 26. Kirk McLean was added to the ring of honour on November 24. McLean helped lead the Canucks to game seven of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. The third player to be inducted into the Ring of Honour will be Thomas Gradin on January 24. Gradin was part of the 1982 Canucks team that made it to the Stanley Cup Finals. He now works as a European scout for organization and is heavily praised at having convinced then-general manager Dave Nonis to draft Alexander Edler.

The final ceremony took place on March 14 when Harold Snepsts was inducted into the Ring of Honour.

Playoffs

 

Henrik Sedin accepts the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl after the Vancouver Canucks beat the San Jose Sharks to win the Western Conference finals

The Vancouver Canucks were the first team in the NHL to clinch a berth in the playoffs. Two weeks later, they clinched their division on March 16.^[39] The win earned them their fourth Northwest Division title in five years, thus guaranteeing them home ice advantage in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. This was the fastest the team had clinched a playoff spot in franchise history.^[40] The team earned the top seed in the Western Conference on March 29 and the Presidents' Trophy two days later, guaranteeing home ice advantage throughout the playoffs.^[41]

The Canucks opened their post-season schedule with a series against the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks. This was the third time the two teams played in the playoffs in consecutive years with the Blackhawks winning the first two, both in six games. Vancouver won the opening three games of the series before Chicago responded to force a game seven. Alexandre Burrows scored the winning goal in overtime to clinch the series victory.^[42]

Vancouver moved on to play the Nashville Predators in the second round of the playoffs. It is the first time the two teams have met in the playoffs. Vancouver won the first game before Nashville evened up the series at one. Vancouver won both games in Nashville, Game 3 3–2 in overtime on a Ryan Kesler deflection goal, and 4–2 in Game 4. The series returned to Vancouver for Game 5, where the Predators staved off elimination, beating the Canucks 4–3. Forward Joel Ward scored two goals, including the game winner. The Canucks won the series 4–2 after a 2–1 victory in Game 6.^[43]

The Canucks played the San Jose Sharks for the first time ever in the Western Conference Final after San Jose eliminated the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7. Vancouver prevailed in five games with a double overtime goal scored by Kevin Bieksa to send the Canucks to the Stanley Cup Finals for the third time in franchise history and the first time since 1994.^[44] They would face the Boston Bruins after Boston defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in seven games. The series began on June 1 with a 1–0 victory. Roberto Luongo picked up his third shutout of the playoffs while Raffi Torres scored the dramatic lone goal with 18.5 seconds remaining in the third period. However, after Game 1, the series became heated and physical, after Alexandre Burrows apparently bit Patrice Bergeron during game one (after the incident was reviewed by the league Burrows was not suspended) and in Game 3, a hit by Aaron Rome left Bruins winger Nathan Horton concussed and unable to play for the rest of the series. Despite playing without Horton – one of the Bruins best goal scorers – for the final four games of the series, Boston was able to pick up their play and comeback to win the series despite staking Vancouver leads of 2–0 and 3–2. It was Boston's first Stanley Cup victory in 39 years. The Canucks became the first team to lose in the Finals after winning the presidents' Trophy since the Detroit Red Wings in 1995. The Canucks 54 wins was the most by a team that lost in the Stanley Cup Finals, surpassing the previous record of 53 by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1985 and 117 points was the most by a team that lost in the final, surpassing the previous record of 116 by the Flyers in 1980.

Broadcast changes

Television

On July 28, 2010, the Vancouver Canucks announced a new partnership with Rogers Sportsnet One, a new national sports channel with regional broadcast capabilities. The new partnership included 13 additional games, on top of the 45 on Rogers Sportsnet Pacific, to be shown thus eliminating Canucks TV Pay-Per-View. In addition, CBC Hockey Night in Canada announced that it would once again be showing 14 games nationally while TSN would show 10 games.

Radio

Also on July 28, 2010, Tom Larscheid announced that he would be retiring at the start of the season. His final radio call was during the Vancouver Canucks season opener against the Los Angeles Kings on October 9. He spent 33 years as the colour commentator for the Vancouver Canucks and was replaced by Dave Tomlinson.^[45]

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2010 pre-season game log: 3–5–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 1–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record
1	September 21	Vancouver	2–3	Calgary		Weiman	19,289	0–1–0
2	September 21	Calgary	3–1	Vancouver		Shantz	18,860	0–2–0
3	September 22	Edmonton	3–2	Vancouver		Schneider	18,860	0–3–0
4	September 25	Anaheim	1–4	Vancouver		Luongo	18,860	1–3–0
5	September 26	Vancouver	2–8	Edmonton		Schneider	16,839	1–4–0
6	September 28	San Jose	1–3	Vancouver		Schneider	18,860	2–4–0
7	September 29	Vancouver	2–6	San Jose		Lack	16,106	2–5–0
8	October 1	Vancouver	4–2	Anaheim		Schneider	14,235	3–5–0

Regular season

2010–11 game log
October: 4–3–2 (Home: 4–0–1 ; Road: 0–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 9 Los Angeles 2–1 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,860 0–0–1 1 2 October 11 Florida 1–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 1–0–1 3 3 October 13 Vancouver 3–4 Anaheim Luongo 17,174 1–1–1 3 4 October 15 Vancouver 1–4 Los Angeles Luongo 18,118 1–2–1 3 5 October 17 Carolina 1–5 Vancouver Schneider 18,860 2–2–1 5 6 October 19 Vancouver 2–6 Minnesota Luongo 16,806 2–3–1 5 7 October 20 Vancouver 1–2 Chicago SO Luongo 20,859 2–3–2 6 8 October 22 Minnesota 1–5 Vancouver Schneider 18,860 3–3–2 8 9 October 26 Colorado 3–4 Vancouver OT Loungo 18,860 4–3–2 10
November: 8–4–1 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 10 November 1 New Jersey 0–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 5–3–2 12 11 November 2 Vancouver 4–3 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 6–3–2 14 12 November 4 Vancouver 3–1 Colorado Schneider 12,732 7–3–2 16 13 November 6 Detroit 4–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 8–3–2 18 14 November 9 Vancouver 0–2 Montreal Luongo 21,273 8–4–2 18 15 November 11 Vancouver 6–2 Ottawa Luongo 19,191 9–4–2 20 16 November 13 Vancouver 5–3 Toronto Luongo 19,534 10–4–2 22 17 November 15 Vancouver 3–4 Buffalo OT Schneider 18,690 10–4–3 23 18 November 17 Vancouver 1–3 Pittsburgh Luongo 18,252 10–5–3 23 19 November 20 Chicago 7–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 10–6–3 23 20 November 21 Phoenix 3–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 10–7–3 23 21 November 24 Colorado 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 11–7–3 25 22 November 26 San Jose 1–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 12–7–3 27
December: 11–1–2 (Home: 5–1–1 ; Road: 6–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 23 December 1 Vancouver 7–2 Calgary Luongo 19,289 13–7–3 29 24 December 3 Vancouver 3–0 Chicago Luongo 21,737 14–7–3 31 25 December 5 St. Louis 3–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 14–8–3 31 26 December 8 Anaheim 4–5 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,860 15–8–3 33 27 December 11 Tampa Bay 5–4 Vancouver OT Schneider 18,860 15–8–4 34 28 December 12 Vancouver 2–1 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 16–8–4 36 29 December 15 Columbus 2–3 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,860 17–8–4 38 30 December 18 Toronto 1–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 18–8–4 40 31 December 20 Vancouver 3–1 St. Louis Luongo 19,150 19–8–4 42 32 December 22 Vancouver 4–5 Detroit OT Luongo 20,066 19–8–5 43 33 December 23 Vancouver 7–3 Columbus Schneider 12,159 20–8–5 45 34 December 26 Edmonton 2–3 Vancouver Schneider 18,860 21–8–5 47 35 December 28 Philadelphia 2–6 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 22–8–5 49 36 December 31 Vancouver 4–1 Dallas Schneider 17,773 23–8–5 51
January: 8–2–4 (Home: 4–0–3 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 37 January 2 Vancouver 2–1 Colorado Luongo 15,323 24–8–5 53 38 January 3 Vancouver 4–3 San Jose Schneider 17,562 25–8–5 55 39 January 5 Calgary 1–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 26–8–5 57 40 January 7 Edmonton 1–6 Vancouver Schneider 18,860 27–8–5 59 41 January 8 Detroit 2–1 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,860 27–8–6 60 42 January 11 Vancouver 4–3 NY Islanders SO Luongo 8,913 28–8–6 62 43 January 13 Vancouver 0–1 NY Rangers Schneider 18,200 28–9–6 62 44 January 14 Vancouver 4–2 Washington Luongo 18,398 29–9–6 64 45 January 16 Vancouver 0–4 Minnesota Schneider 18,458 29–10–6 64 46 January 18 Vancouver 3–4 Colorado OT Luongo 12,791 29–10–7 65 47 January 20 San Jose 2–1 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,860 29–10–8 66 48 January 22 Calgary 4–3 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,860 29–10–9 67 49 January 24 Dallas 1–7 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 30–10–9 69 50 January 26 Nashville 1–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 31–10–9 71
February: 8–5–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 51 February 1 Vancouver 4–1 Dallas Schneider 12,884 32–10–9 73 52 February 2 Vancouver 6–0 Phoenix Luongo 13,157 33–10–9 75 53 February 4 Chicago 3–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 34–10–9 77 54 February 7 Ottawa 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 35–10–9 79 55 February 9 Anaheim 4–3 Vancouver Schneider 18,860 35–11–9 79 56 February 12 Calgary 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 36–11–9 81 57 February 14 Vancouver 2–3 St. Louis Luongo 19,150 36–12–9 81 58 February 15 Vancouver 4–1 Minnesota Schneider 18,106 37–12–9 83 59 February 17 Vancouver 1–3 Nashville Luongo 15,337 37–13–9 83 60 February 19 Dallas 2–5 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 38–13–9 85 61 February 22 Montreal 3–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 38–14–9 85 62 February 24 St. Louis 2–3 Vancouver Schneider 18,860 39–14–9 87 63 February 26 Boston 3–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 39–15–9 87
March: 13–2–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 9–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 64 March 1 Columbus 1–2 Vancouver SO Luongo 18,860 40–15–9 89 65 March 3 Nashville 3–0 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 40–16–9 89 66 March 5 Vancouver 3–1 Los Angeles Luongo 18,118 41–16–9 91 67 March 6 Vancouver 3–0 Anaheim Schneider 16,356 42–16–9 93 68 March 8 Vancouver 4–3 Phoenix OT Luongo 12,843 43–16–9 95 69 March 10 Vancouver 5–4 San Jose SO Schneider 17,562 44–16–9 97 70 March 12 Vancouver 4–3 Calgary Luongo 19,289 45–16–9 99 71 March 14 Minnesota 2–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 46–16–9 101 72 March 16 Colorado 2–4 Vancouver Schneider 18,860 47–16–9 103 73 March 18 Phoenix 3–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 47–17–9 103 74 March 23 Vancouver 2–1 Detroit Luongo 20,066 48–17–9 105 75 March 25 Vancouver 3–1 Atlanta Luongo 16,237 49–17–9 107 76 March 27 Vancouver 4–1 Columbus Schneider 14,469 50–17–9 109 77 March 29 Vancouver 3–1 Nashville Luongo 15,960 51–17–9 111 78 March 31 Los Angeles 1–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 52–17–9 113
April: 2–2–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 79 April 2 Edmonton 4–1 Vancouver Schneider 18,860 52–18–9 113 80 April 5 Vancouver 0–2 Edmonton Luongo 16,839 52–19–9 113 81 April 7 Minnesota 0–5 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 53–19–9 115 82 April 9 Vancouver 3–2 Calgary OT Schneider 19,289 54–19–9 117
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

See also: 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs and 2011 Stanley Cup Finals

The Vancouver Canucks clinched their first Presidents' Trophy in franchise history, thus guaranteeing themselves home ice advantage for the duration of the playoffs.

2011 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference quarterfinal vs. (8) Chicago Blackhawks: Vancouver won series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 13 Chicago 0–2 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 1–0 Recap 2 April 15 Chicago 3–4 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 2–0 Recap 3 April 17 Vancouver 3–2 Chicago Luongo 21,743 3–0 Recap 4 April 19 Vancouver 2–7 Chicago Luongo 21,757 3–1 Recap 5 April 21 Chicago 5–0 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 3–2 Recap 6 April 24 Vancouver 3–4 Chicago OT Luongo 22,014 3–3 Recap 7 April 26 Chicago 1–2 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,860 4–3 Recap
Western Conference semi-final vs. (5) Nashville Predators: Vancouver won series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 28 Nashville 0–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 1–0 Recap 2 April 30 Nashville 2–1 Vancouver 2OT Luongo 18,860 1–1 Recap 3 May 3 Vancouver 3–2 Nashville OT Luongo 17,113 2–1 Recap 4 May 5 Vancouver 4–2 Nashville Luongo 17,113 3–1 Recap 5 May 7 Nashville 4–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 3–2 Recap 6 May 9 Vancouver 2–1 Nashville Luongo 17,113 4–2 Recap
Western Conference final vs. (2) San Jose Sharks: Vancouver won series 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 15 San Jose 2–3 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 1–0 Recap 2 May 18 San Jose 3–7 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 2–0 Recap 3 May 20 Vancouver 3–4 San Jose Luongo 17,562 2–1 Recap 4 May 22 Vancouver 4–2 San Jose Luongo 17,562 3–1 Recap 5 May 24 San Jose 2–3 Vancouver 2OT Luongo 18,860 4–1 Recap
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (E3) Boston Bruins: Boston won series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 June 1 Boston 0–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 1–0 Recap 2 June 4 Boston 2–3 Vancouver OT Luongo 18,860 2–0 Recap 3 June 6 Vancouver 1–8 Boston Luongo 17,565 2–1 Recap 4 June 8 Vancouver 0–4 Boston Luongo 17,565 2–2 Recap 5 June 10 Boston 0–1 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 3–2 Recap 6 June 13 Vancouver 2–5 Boston Luongo 17,565 3–3 Recap 7 June 15 Boston 4–0 Vancouver Luongo 18,860 3–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Standings

Divisional standings

Northwest Division^[46]

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		GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	p-Vancouver Canucks	82	54	19	9	50	262	185	117
2	Calgary Flames	82	41	29	12	32	250	237	94
3	Minnesota Wild	82	39	35	8	36	206	233	86
4	Colorado Avalanche	82	30	44	8	24	227	288	68
5	Edmonton Oilers	82	25	45	12	23	193	269	62

Conference standings

Western Conference

R		Div	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	54	19	9	50	262	185	117
2	y – San Jose Sharks	PA	82	48	25	9	43	248	213	105
3	y – Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	47	25	10	43	261	241	104
4	Anaheim Ducks	PA	82	47	30	5	43	239	235	99
5	Nashville Predators	CE	82	44	27	11	38	219	194	99
6	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	43	26	13	38	231	226	99
7	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	46	30	6	36	219	198	98
8	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	44	29	9	38	258	225	97
8.5
9	Dallas Stars	PA	82	42	29	11	37	227	233	95
10	Calgary Flames	NW	82	41	29	12	32	250	237	94
11	St. Louis Blues	CE	82	38	33	11	34	240	234	87
12	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	39	35	8	36	206	233	86
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	34	35	13	29	215	258	81
14	Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	30	44	8	24	227	288	68
15	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	25	45	12	23	193	269	62

bold – qualified for playoffs; y – Won division; p – Won President's Trophy (best record in NHL)
CE – Central Division, NW – Northwest Division, PA – Pacific Division

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 Daniel Sedin 82 41 63 104 +30 32 Henrik Sedin 82 19 75 94 +26 40 Ryan Kesler 82 41 32 73 +24 66 Mikael Samuelsson 75 18 32 50 +8 36 Christian Ehrhoff 79 14 36 50 +19 52 Alexandre Burrows 72 26 22 48 +26 77 Mason Raymond 70 15 24 39 +8 10 Alexander Edler 51 8 25 33 +13 24 Manny Malhotra 72 11 19 30 +9 22 Raffi Torres 80 14 15 29 +4 78 Jannik Hansen 82 9 20 29 +13 32 Dan Hamhuis 64 6 17 23 +29 34 Kevin Bieksa 66 6 16 22 +32 73 Jeff Tambellini 62 9 8 17 +10 18 Tanner Glass 73 3 7 10 −5 72 Sami Salo 27 3 4 7 −3 14 Keith Ballard 65 2 5 7 +10 53 Andrew Alberts 42 1 6 7 0 41 Chris Higgins^† 14 2 3 5 0 6 Aaron Rome 56 1 4 5 +1 53 Alexandre Bolduc 24 2 2 4 +1 21 Victor Oreskovich 16 0 3 3 +1 8 Lee Sweatt 3 1 1 2 +4 2 Cody Hodgson 8 1 1 2 +1 0 Aaron Volpatti 15 1 1 2 −1 16 Peter Schaefer 16 1 1 2 −3 2 Sergei Shirokov 2 1 0 1 +1 0 Mario Bliznak 4 1 0 1 +1 0 Maxim Lapierre^† 19 1 0 1 −1 8 Rick Rypien 9 0 1 1 −5 31 Christopher Tanev 29 0 1 1 0 0 Evan Oberg^‡ 2 0 0 0 0 0 Jonas Andersson 4 0 0 0 +1 0 Ryan Parent 4 0 0 0 −3 0 Yann Sauve 5 0 0 0 −2 0 Joel Perrault^‡ 7 0 0 0 −1 0 Guillaume Desbiens 12 0 0 0 −3 10

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Henrik Sedin 25 3 19 22 −11 16 Daniel Sedin 25 9 11 20 −9 32 Ryan Kesler 25 7 12 19 0 47 Alexandre Burrows 25 9 8 17 0 34 Christian Ehrhoff 23 2 10 12 −13 16 Alexander Edler 25 2 9 11 −4 8 Kevin Bieksa 25 5 5 10 6 51 Jannik Hansen 25 3 6 9 7 18 Chris Higgins 25 4 4 8 1 2 Mason Raymond 24 2 6 8 −1 6 Raffi Torres 23 3 4 7 2 28 Dan Hamhuis 19 1 5 6 5 6 Maxim Lapierre 25 3 2 5 2 66 Sami Salo 21 3 2 5 −4 2 Mikael Samuelsson 11 1 2 3 −4 8 Aaron Rome 14 1 0 1 3 37 Cody Hodgson 12 0 1 1 −4 2 Tanner Glass 20 0 0 0 −5 18 Victor Oreskovich 19 0 0 0 −6 12 Keith Ballard 10 0 0 0 −4 6 Andrew Alberts 9 0 0 0 −8 6 Manny Malhotra 6 0 0 0 −1 0 Jeff Tambellini 6 0 0 0 −3 2 Christopher Tanev 5 0 0 0 0 0 Alexandre Bolduc 3 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO Roberto Luongo 60 3,590 38 15 7 126 2.11 1753 .928 4 Cory Schneider 25 1,372 16 4 2 51 2.23 714 .929 1

Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO Roberto Luongo 25 1427 15 10 61 2.56 711 .914 4 Cory Schneider 5 163 0 0 7 2.58 82 .915 0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Canucks. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Canucks only.

Awards and records

 

Mason Raymond registered his 100th career point in October 2010.

Records

Regular season
Player	Record	Awarded
Vancouver Canucks	Most points in 2010–11 season – 117	March 25, 2011
Vancouver Canucks	Most road victories in 2010–11 season – 24	March 25, 2011
Vancouver Canucks	Most wins in 2010–11 season – 50	March 27, 2011
Vancouver Canucks	Longest road winning streak in 2010–11 season – 9	March 29, 2011

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Mason Raymond	100th career point	October 17, 2010	^[47]
Raffi Torres	100th career goal	October 22, 2010	^[48]
Raffi Torres	1st career hat trick	November 2, 2010	^[49]
Kevin Bieksa	100th career assist	November 2, 2010	^[49]
Mario Bliznak	1st career goal 1st career point	November 11, 2010	^[50]
Ryan Kesler	100th career goal	November 24, 2010	^[51]
Mason Raymond	2nd career hat trick	December 1, 2010	^[52]
Dan Hamhuis	500th career game	December 5, 2010
Ryan Kesler	1st career hat trick	December 15, 2010	^[53]
Aaron Volpatti	1st career game	December 18, 2010	^[54]
Aaron Volpatti	1st career goal 1st career point	December 20, 2010	^[55]
Alexandre Bolduc	1st career goal	January 2, 2011	^[56]
Daniel Sedin	10,000th franchise goal	January 5, 2011	^[57]
Ryan Kesler	2nd career hat trick	January 7, 2011	^[58]
Aaron Rome	100th career game	January 13, 2011
Alexandre Burrows	100th career assist	January 14, 2011
Alexander Edler	100th career assist	January 18, 2011
Sergei Shirokov	1st career goal 1st career point	January 18, 2011
Christopher Tanev	1st career game	January 18, 2011
Christopher Tanev	1st career assist 1st career point	January 24, 2011
Aaron Volpatti	1st career assist	January 24, 2011
Lee Sweatt	1st career game 1st career goal 1st career point	January 26, 2011
Cody Hodgson	1st career game	February 1, 2011
Cody Hodgson	1st career goal 1st career point	February 2, 2011
Lee Sweatt	1st career assist	February 2, 2011
Cody Hodgson	1st career assist	February 4, 2011
Alexandre Burrows	100th career goal	February 9, 2011
Yann Sauve	1st career game	February 15, 2011
Manny Malhotra	100th career goal	March 6, 2011
Cory Schneider	1st career shutout	March 6, 2011
Raffi Torres	500th career game	March 8, 2011
Henrik Sedin	500th career assist	March 12, 2011
Ryan Kesler	3rd career hat trick	April 7, 2011
Christian Ehrhoff	500th career game	April 9, 2011

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded
Raffi Torres	NHL First Star of the Week	November 8, 2010	^[59]
Roberto Luongo	NHL Second Star of the Month	December 2010	^[60]
Daniel Sedin	NHL First Star of the Week	January 10, 2011	^[61]
Mikael Samuelsson	NHL Second Star of the Week	February 7, 2011	^[62]
Daniel Sedin	NHL Second Star of the Week	March 14, 2011	^[63]
Daniel Sedin	NHL Second Star of the Month	March 2011	^[64]
Christian Ehrhoff	Babe Pratt Trophy winner	April 7, 2011	^[65]
Daniel Sedin	Cyclone Taylor Trophy winner	April 7, 2011	^[65]
Daniel Sedin	Cyrus H. McLean Trophy winner	April 7, 2011	^[65]
Jannik Hansen	Fred J. Hume Award winner	April 7, 2011	^[65]
Roberto Luongo	Molson Cup winner	April 7, 2011	^[65]
Ryan Kesler	Most Exciting Player Award winner	April 7, 2011	^[65]
Daniel Sedin	Art Ross Trophy winner	April 10, 2011	^[66]
Roberto Luongo Cory Schneider	William M. Jennings Trophy winner	April 10, 2011	^[66]
Ryan Kesler	Frank J. Selke Trophy winner	June 22, 2011
Mike Gillis	GM of the Year winner	June 22, 2011
Daniel Sedin	Ted Lindsay Award winner	June 22, 2011

Draft picks

Vancouver's picks at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in Los Angeles.

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team (League)
4	115	Patrick McNally	United States	Milton Academy (USHS-MA)
5	145	Adam Polasek	Czech Republic	P.E.I. Rocket (QMJHL)
6	172^1	Alex Friesen	Canada	Niagara IceDogs (OHL)
6	175	Jonathan Iilahti	Finland	Espoo Blues (SM-liiga)
7	205	Sawyer Hannay	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)

^1 This draft pick originally belonged to the Phoenix Coyotes. It was acquired from Phoenix in exchange for Mathieu Schneider.^[6]

Transactions

 

Keith Ballard (left) stands with Canucks teammates Alexander Edler (center) and Henrik Sedin (right). Ballard was acquired in a draft day deal with the Florida Panthers.

See also: 2010–11 NHL transactions

Trades

February 28, 2011	To Vancouver Canucks Maxim Lapierre MacGregor Sharp	To Anaheim Ducks Joel Perrault 3rd-round pick in 2012 – Frederik Andersen	^[67]
February 28, 2011	To Vancouver Canucks Chris Higgins	To Florida Panthers Evan Oberg 3rd-round pick in 2013^[a] – Cole Cassels	^[68]
October 7, 2010	To Vancouver Canucks Nathan Paetsch	To Florida Panthers Sean Zimmerman	^[10]
October 6, 2010	To Vancouver Canucks Andrew Peters	To Florida Panthers Darcy Hordichuk	^[69]
October 5, 2010	To Vancouver Canucks Ryan Parent Jonas Andersson	To Nashville Predators Shane O'Brien Dan Gendur	^[8]
June 25, 2010	To Vancouver Canucks Keith Ballard Victor Oreskovich	To Florida Panthers Steve Bernier Michael Grabner 1st-round pick in 2010 – Quinton Howden	^[7]

Notes

1. Pick later traded back to Vancouver Canucks.

Players retained

Player	Contract terms
Mario Bliznak	1 year, $550,000	^[70]^[71]
Mason Raymond	2 years, $5.1 million	^[22]
Jannik Hansen	1 year, $825,000	^[21]
Sean Zimmerman	1 year, $500,000	^[71]^[72]
Tanner Glass	1 year, $625,000	^[20]
Shane O'Brien	1 year, $1.6 million	^[19]
Alexandre Bolduc	1 year, $500,000	^[18]
Cory Schneider	2 years, $1.8 million	^[15]
Aaron Rome	2 years, $1.5 million	^[17]

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Darren Archibald	Free agent	3 years	^[73]
Peter Schaefer	Free agent	1 year, $600,000	^[28]
Raffi Torres	Buffalo Sabres	1 year, $1 million	^[74]
Bill Sweatt	Colorado College (NCAA)	3 years, $2.7 million	^[27]
Tyler Weiman	Colorado Avalanche	1 year, $500,000	^[26]
Jeff Tambellini	New York Islanders	1 year, $500,000	^[24]
Dan Hamhuis	Nashville Predators	6 years, $27 million	^[23]
Manny Malhotra	San Jose Sharks	3 years, $7.5 million	^[25]
Joel Perrault	Phoenix Coyotes	1 year, $510,000	^[25]
Lee Sweatt	TPS (SM-liiga)	1 year, $650,000	^[13]
Christopher Tanev	Rochester Institute of Technology (Atlantic Hockey)	3 years, $2.7 million	^[13]
Eddie Lack	Brynäs IF (Elitserien)	2 years, $1.8 million	^[11]^[71]

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Ryan Johnson	Chicago Blackhawks	1 year, $500,000	^[75]
Kyle Wellwood	Atlant Moscow Oblast (KHL)	1 year, $1 million	^[76]
Willie Mitchell	Los Angeles Kings	2 years, $7 million	^[77]
Matt Pettinger	Kölner Haie (DEL)	Unknown	^[78]
Brad Lukowich	Dallas Stars	1 year, $1 million	^[79]
Pavol Demitra	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)	1 year	^[80]
Nathan McIver	Boston Bruins	2 years, $1.025 million	^[81]^[82]
Andrew Raycroft	Dallas Stars	2 years, $1.3 million	^[83]

Farm teams

• The Manitoba Moose will remain the Canucks' American Hockey League affiliate for the 2010–11 season.
• The Victoria Salmon Kings will remain the Canucks' ECHL affiliate for the 2010–11 season.^[84]

See also

• 2010–11 NHL season

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External links

• 2010–11 Vancouver Canucks season Official Site