Vancouver Canucks vs. Phoenix Coyotes

The Phoenix Coyotes joined the NHL for the 1996-97 season after the team was unable to survive as the Winnipeg Jets. During their first several seasons in Phoenix, the Canucks and Coyotes battled each other to a virtual standoff. In more recent years, the Canucks have often prevailed. Vancouver and Phoenix have never met in the playoffs.

Historical Notes: Esa Tikkanen was the first Canuck to score against the Coyotes ... In his best game as a Canuck, Martin Gelinas scored four goals against Phoenix (February 27, 1997).

Regular Season

 DATE  H/A SEASON  SCORE OT  GP  W  L  T OL  GF  GA PTS  AVG        HISTORICAL NOTES         
DEC 27  A  1996-97 4-7 L      1  0  1  0      4   7   0 0.000 Tied at three after two periods
JAN 25  A          0-4 L      2  0  2  0      4  11   0 0.000 Brashear receives 31 minutes   
FEB 27  H          6-2 W      3  1  2  0     10  13   2 0.333 Gelinas 4 goals, 1 assist      
APR  9  H          6-4 W      4  2  2  0     16  17   4 0.500 Gelinas records four points    
NOV 20  H  1997-98 4-2 W      5  3  2  0     20  19   6 0.600 Murzyn gets winner in second   
DEC 17  A          5-1 W      6  4  2  0     25  20   8 0.667 Odjick gets eventual winner    
JAN 21  H          1-6 L      7  4  3  0     26  26   8 0.571 Mogilny scores lone goal       
JAN 26  A          2-4 L      8  4  4  0     28  30   8 0.500 Bure scores on penalty shot    
NOV 18  A  1998-99 2-4 L      9  4  5  0     30  34   8 0.444 Scatchard, Zezel score         
DEC  6  H          3-3 T OT  10  4  5  1     33  37   9 0.450 McAllister ties it in third    
MAR 11  A          3-0 W     11  5  5  1     36  37  11 0.500 Snow makes 33 saves            
MAR 29  H          1-0 W     12  6  5  1     37  37  13 0.542 Schaefer gets lone goal        
OCT 28  H  1999-00 1-4 L     13  6  6  1  0  38  41  13 0.500 Michaud makes NHL debut in net 
NOV 12  A          3-2 W     14  7  6  1  0  41  43  15 0.536 Canucks up 3-0 in second       
FEB 27  H          2-1 W     15  8  6  1  0  43  44  17 0.567 Hendrickson in on both goals   
MAR 11  A          0-5 L     16  8  7  1  0  43  49  17 0.531 Coyote Burke gets shutout      
OCT 21  H  2000-01 2-3 L OT  17  8  7  1  1  45  52  18 0.529 Kariya assists both goals      
DEC  6  A          1-1 T OT  18  8  7  2  1  46  53  19 0.528 Morrison scores the goal       
JAN 24  H          6-2 W     19  9  7  2  1  52  55  21 0.553 Six different Canucks score    
MAR  8  A          2-3 L OT  20  9  7  2  2  54  58  22 0.550 Canucks lead 2-0 in second     
OCT 20  A  2001-02 2-5 L     21  9  8  2  2  56  63  22 0.524 Morrison in on both goals    
FEB  4  H          4-2 W     22 10  8  2  2  60  65  24 0.545 Linden gets winner in third  
MAR  7  A          1-6 L     23 10  9  2  2  61  71  24 0.522 Bertuzzi scores lone goal    
APR  7  H          4-3 W     24 11  9  2  2  65  74  26 0.542 H.Sedin gets winner in third 
NOV  9  A  2002-03 5-2 W     25 12  9  2  2  70  76  28 0.560 Five different Canucks score
JAN 26  H          1-0 W     26 13  9  2  2  71  76  30 0.577 Naslund scores, Skudra saves
MAR 27  H          5-1 W     27 14  9  2  2  76  77  32 0.593 Naslund hits 100 points     
APR  2  A          3-3 T OT  28 14  9  3  2  79  80  33 0.589 Canucks fail to clinch title
OCT 26  H  2003-04 3-3 T OT  29 14  9  4  2  82  83  34 0.586 Naslund records two points  
OCT 31  A          4-1 W     30 15  9  4  2  86  84  36 0.600 Four different Canucks score
JAN 13  A          4-1 W     31 16  9  4  2  90  85  38 0.613 Naslund records three points
MAR 29  H          6-1 W     32 17  9  4  2  96  86  40 0.625 Six different Canucks score 
OCT  5  H  2005-06 3-2 W     33 18  9  4  2  99  88  42 0.636 First game since April 2004 
OCT 20  H          3-2 W     34 19  9  4  2 102  90  44 0.647 Jovanovski gets two points  
NOV 26  A          1-2 L     35 19 10  4  2 103  92  44 0.629 Carter gets lone goal       
JAN 31  A          7-4 W     36 20 10  4  2 110  96  46 0.639 Henrik records four points  
DEC 12  H  2006-07 5-2 W     37 21 10  4  2 115  98  48 0.649 Five different Canucks score
MAR  1  H          4-3 W     38 22 10  4  2 119 101  50 0.658 Cowan fight and a goal      
MAR  8  A          4-2 W     39 23 10  4  2 123 103  52 0.667 11 Canucks record a point   
APR  8  A          1-3 L     40 23 11  4  2 124 106  52 0.650 Burrows scores lone goal    
DEC 22  A  2007-08 2-1 W SO  41 24 11  4  2 126 107  54 0.659 Linden, Pyatt score in SO   
JAN 11  H          3-4 L     42 24 12  4  2 129 111  54 0.643 Pyatt scores twice          
MAR 13  A          0-2 L     43 24 13  4  2 129 113  54 0.628 Luongo outshot 45-24        
MAR 17  H          3-1 W     44 25 13  4  2 132 114  56 0.636 Henrik scores first, last   
NOV  6  H  2008-09 1-0 W     45 26 13  4  2 133 114  58 0.644 Luongo makes 28 saves       
JAN 15  H          1-4 L     46 26 14  4  2 134 118  58 0.630 Luongo returns from injury  
FEB 12  A          4-3 W     47 27 14  4  2 138 121  60 0.638 Canucks trail 3-1 after 2nd 
MAR 21  A          1-5 L     48 27 15  4  2 139 126  60 0.625 Burrows gets one late       
DEC 29  A  2009-10 2-3 L SO  49 27 15  4  3 141 129  61 0.622 Wellwood ties game in third 
JAN  7  H          4-0 W     50 28 15  4  3 145 129  63 0.630 Burrows 3 goals from Henrik 
MAR 10  A          3-4 L SO  51 28 15  4  4 148 133  64 0.627 Seven goals in shootout     
MAR 30  H          4-1 W     52 29 15  4  4 152 134  66 0.635 Burrows 35th goal of season