 Overall, the team racked up club record totals of 42 wins and 96 points and won the Smythe Division by eight points over Los Angeles.The only threat to their division crown was a 10-day strike in early April that threatened to wipe out the playoffs.Finally, the streak of losing seasons had been halted at 16 years and, for the first time since 1982, the Canucks would open up a playoff series at home.