Playoffs
The Canucks were included as part of the 24 team return to play bracket where as the seventh seed, they faced the Minnesota Wild (10th seed) in the qualifying round.
In the best-of-five series, the Canucks won 3-1 and moved onto the first round of the playoffs. While they got shutout the first game by a score of 3-0, the Canucks rallied back to win three straight games which included Christopher Tanev’s overtime game winning goal 11 seconds in to send the Canucks onto the next round.
They were set up to face the reigning Stanley Cup champions in the St. Louis Blues as they finished last in the exhibition round to determine the seeding among the top teams for the first round of the playoffs.
They won games one, two, five and six to upset the Blues in six games, taking the series 4-2 to move onto the second round of the playoffs.
After their first-round win, they were set to take on the first seeded team in the Western Conference in the Las Vegas Golden Knights. Despite the Canucks being the fifth seeded team, they proved to be a challenge for Vegas as they came back from a 3-1 deficit to force a game seven but ultimately lost.
The biggest problem for the Canucks was not being able to score goals in the games they lost as they were shutout by the Golden Knights in all their losses in that round.