The Canucks’ Record In Back-To-Backs This Season

With the 2024–25 season nearly on the horizon, it’s time to take a look at some of the Vancouver Canucks’ records. By the time the season ends, the Canucks will have played 10 back-to-backs, the last of which they’ll complete after this weekend. Let’s take a look at how they have played during these games. 

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In the opening game of a back-to-back, Vancouver has gone 5–3–1 so far this season. They have scored 23 goals and let in 20. Kevin Lankinen has started five of these games, while Thatcher Demko and Artūrs Šilovs have each started two. The Canucks have had a much worse result in the second half of their back-to-back games, as they’ve gone 2–7–0. They’ve scored 19 goals, including shootout winners, and let in 30. Lankinen has started six of the team’s back-halves, registering a record of 2–4–0. Šilovs started the remaining games, putting up three regulation losses. Vancouver has lost both games in back-to-backs twice, while they have yet to win both. Interestingly enough, every game they played against Utah Hockey Club this season was during a back-to-back, though they ended up losing all matches regardless. 

Here is a more in-depth summary of each set of back-to-back games. 

Vancouver’s first back-to-back didn’t take place until the middle of November, when they took on the Chicago Blackhawks and Nashville Predators at Rogers Arena. In their first game, the Canucks won 4–1, keeping North Vancouver superstar Connor Bedard off the scoresheet. Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller, Erik Brännström, and Teddy Blueger scored for the Canucks, while Šilovs stopped all but one of the 29 shots Chicago put on net. Their next game was not as successful, as Nashville beat Vancouver 5–3 after the Predators scored three straight in the second period. Pettersson scored for the second time in as many games, while Aatu Räty and Kiefer Sherwood also found the back of the net. 

Kevin Lankinen was the star in Vancouver’s first game of this back-to-back, as the Canucks won 2–0 against the Boston Bruins. He made 32 saves to register his second shutout of the season, while Conor Garland and Jake DeBrusk scored for Vancouver. Once again, the second half of their set ended poorly, as the team lost 5–4 to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Šilovs started, but let in four Penguins goals by the end of the first period, making the game slightly out of reach despite Vancouver’s attempts to come back. This game’s goals came from Räty, Pius Suter, Quinn Hughes, and Pettersson. 

The Canucks’ next back-to-back was headlined by their first ever trip to Salt Lake City, where they took on Utah. This was the first taste of back-to-back action for Demko this season. Although they led 2–0 by the halfway point of the third period thanks to Danton Heinen and Dakota Joshua, Vancouver ultimately lost 3–2 in overtime to Utah off a goal from Mikhail Sergachev. The next night, they lost 3–1 to the Vegas Golden Knights, who were able to capitalize on three of the 19 shots they sent Lankinen’s way. Teddy Blueger was the lone goal-scorer in this match. This was the first time this season that Vancouver lost both games of a back-to-back. 

In their 4–3 shootout win against the Seattle Kraken on January 2, Vancouver lost Demko due to injury. Lankinen took his spot, saving 13 of 15 as well as all of Seattle’s shootout attempts. Max Sasson, Garland, and Tyler Myers scored, while J.T. Miller won the game for the Canucks in the shootout. Once again, the game after was dismal for Vancouver, as they failed to score in a 3–0 loss to Nashville. Lankinen started this game as well, letting in one goal on 17 shots. 

Demko made his return to the lineup on January 10, just in time to help Lankinen out with another back-to-back. However, Vancouver was unable to generate any goals once again, losing 2–0 to a Carolina Hurricanes team that played the night before. In a moment of redemption, however, the Canucks shut out the Toronto Maple Leafs the night after, winning 3–0 in a franchise record-breaking game. In a complete team effort, Brock Boeser, Hughes, and Sherwood scored, while Pettersson made a positive defensive impression with five blocked shots. 

The next back-to-back the Canucks played was against Vegas directly after the 4 Nations Faceoff break. Even with a stellar performance from Lankinen, only DeBrusk scored, leaving Vancouver with a 3–1 loss. The night after was nothing to phone home about either, as Vancouver lost 2–1 to Utah after being unable to scrape together any offense aside from yet another goal by DeBrusk. 

In the first of this back-to-back only three days after their last set, Lankinen started and made 24 saves in a 3–2 overtime win against the Los Angeles Kings. Garland had two goals including the game-winner, while Nils Höglander scored his fifth goal of the season. They managed to pull out a win despite surrendering a two-goal lead. In a disappointing effort, Vancouver lost 5–2 to the Anaheim Ducks the night after, also doing so after leading 2–0. Myers and Suter scored in the first period, but this wasn’t enough to stop Anaheim’s three-straight goals in the second period. 

In the first game of the first back-to-back of the week of March 11, Vancouver took on the Montréal Canadiens at Rogers Arena. Despite goals from Pettersson and Filip Hronek, the Canucks lost 4–2. This was the first game of three for Lankinen this week, as he started in net on March 11, March 12, and March 16. The night after, Vancouver won 4–3 in a shootout against the Calgary Flames, putting up a great performance all around. 

Vancouver’s most recent back-to-back started excellently, as they took a 6–2 win against Chicago at home. Šilovs started the game, making 17 saves on 19 shots against. 11 different Canucks tallied at least a point, while Suter, Pettersson, Sherwood, Joshua, Blueger, and Höglander each had two. Their second game, against Utah once again, was another case of limited offense in which the Canucks lost 3–1.

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