The 2019–20 Vancouver Canucks season was the 50th season for the

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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

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. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Canucks advanced to the

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for the first time since the 2014–15 season. They defeated the

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in the qualifying round in four games. The Canucks then defeated the defending Stanley Cup champion

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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

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, 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

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, from September 13–15. The following day, they hosted a preseason game against the

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in Victoria, which they lost 4–3.

Regular season

October

The Canucks began their season with a 3–2 loss to the

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on October 2. After ending their season-opening two-game road trip with a 3–0 loss to the

, the team returned home for their October 9 home opener against the

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, the same team the Canucks hosted in their inaugural game exactly 49 years earlier. In a special

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, 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

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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

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. The Canucks opened their road trip on October 17 by defeating the defending champion

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

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1–0, however they rebounded and defeated the

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3–2 the following day, which included Bo Horvat scoring his 100th career goal. The Canucks concluded their road trip by defeating the

5–2, with Bo Horvat scoring his first career

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and helping Vancouver overcome a 2–0 deficit in the game. On October 25, back at home facing the

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, 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

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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

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. They responded the following day by winning 5–2 over the

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. 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

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would finish second in the

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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

did so from 1969 to 1971.

Standings

Divisional standings

Western Conference

;Tiebreaking procedures # Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season). # Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW). # Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW). # Greater number of total wins (including shootouts). # 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. # Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against). # Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Pre-season

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

Regular season

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

Playoffs

The Canucks defeated the

in the qualifying round in four games. The Canucks faced the

in the first round, and defeated them in six games. In the second round, the Canucks faced the

, but lost in seven games.

Detailed records

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

^†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

Milestones

Records

Transactions

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

Trades

Free agents

Waivers

Contract terminations

Retirement

Signings

Draft picks

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2019 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at

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. Notes: # The

' fourth-round pick went to the

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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. # The

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' 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,

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and this pick. # The

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' 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. # The

' 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

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to Washington in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2018 and this pick. # The

' seventh-round pick went to the Vancouver Canucks as the result of a trade on June 22, 2019, that sent

and a sixth-round pick in 2019 (164th overall) to San Jose in exchange for Francis Perron and this pick.

References

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