2007–08 Vancouver Canucks season

NHLTeamSeason
Season=2007–08
Team=Vancouver Canucks
Conference=Western
ConferenceRank=11th
Division=Northwest
DivisionRank=5th
Record=39–32–10
HomeRecord=21–14–5
RoadRecord=18–18–5
GoalsFor=212
GoalsAgainst=208
GeneralManager=Dave Nonis
Coach=Alain Vigneault
Captain=Markus Naslund
AltCaptain=Trevor Linden
Brendan Morrison
Arena=General Motors Place
Attendance=18,630 (100%)
GoalsLeader=Daniel Sedin (29)
AssistsLeader=Henrik Sedin (61)
PointsLeader=Henrik Sedin (76)
PlusMinusLeader=Alex Burrows (+11)
PIMLeader=Alex Burrows (179)
WinsLeader=Roberto Luongo (35)
GAALeader=Roberto Luongo (2.38)

The 2007–08 Vancouver Canucks season began on October 5, 2007. It is the Canucks' 37th season in the National Hockey League.

Regular season

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Game log

October

Monthly Record: 5–7–0 (Home 1–5–0; Road 4–2–0)

January

Monthly Record: 4–7–1 (Home 3–4–0; Road 1–3–1)

April

Monthly Record: 0–3–0 (Home 0–3–0; Road 0–0–0)

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 and Canuck 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.

* 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, 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 back in Florida.

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.

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.

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.

* Alex Edler was selected by the NHL 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.

* Alex Burrows played in his 200th career NHL and Canuck game on March 25, 2008 at Calgary.

Transactions

Trades