The 2021–22 Vancouver Canucks season was the
52nd season for the
National Hockey League
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franchise that was established on May 22, 1970. The Canucks missed the playoffs for the second straight season, as they were eliminated from playoff contention when the
Dallas Stars
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defeated the
Vegas Golden Knights
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3–2 in a shootout on April 26, 2022.
On December 5, 2021, the Canucks fired both general manager
Jim Benning, and head coach
Travis Green following a slow start at 8-15-2. This led to
Bruce Boudreau
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to get hired as head coach.
Standings
Divisional standings
Conference standings
Schedule and results
Preseason
The Canucks released their pre-season schedule on July 20, 2021.
Regular season
The regular season schedule was released on July 22, 2021, with only a handful of games originally scheduled in February because NHL players were planning to participate in the
2022 Winter Olympics
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.
As the result of an outbreak of COVID-19 that affected multiple teams and reduced attendance capacity in Canadian NHL cities, the league pulled out of the Olympics after postponing nearly 100 games in order to finish the regular season by April 29. Most of the postponed games were made up during the initially scheduled Olympic break in February.
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 2021–22 season.
Trades
Players acquired
Players lost
Signings
Draft picks
Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the
2021 NHL entry draft, which will be held virtually via
video conference call
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on July 23 and 24, 2021 from the
NHL Network studios in
Secaucus, New Jersey
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, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
References
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