Vancouver Canucks
2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 17th in the NHL · 6th in the Pacific · L10 2-2-0 · L1
2025-26: 25-49-8 · 58 pts · 32nd in the NHL · 8th in the Pacific
at Carolina · 7:00 PM ETPrices after the game-day snapshotExpected in goal: Leevi Meriläinen 57%Game preview →Vancouver are 2-2-0 after 4 games of 2026-27, 6th in the Pacific. Last season they finished 32nd in the league with 58 points.
6th in the Pacific after 4 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 17th in the league · 2-2-0 · 4 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 19 goals for and 18 against in 4 games. Last season: 58 points against 61.3. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Six of the next six on the road
Next six
See all: Next six →Carolina Hurricanes113 pts · 2nd10 Oct@
New Jersey Devils87 pts · 21st11 Oct@
New York Rangers77 pts · 30th13 Oct@
New York Islanders91 pts · 19th15 Oct@
Florida Panthers84 pts · 25th17 Oct@
Tampa Bay Lightning106 pts · 5thDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 51.8% of the time. 2 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Vegas2–320–28L3 Octvs
Calgary4–126–24W1 Octvs
Edmonton7–922–31L29 Sep@Edmonton6–5 OT23–37WScores Elias Pettersson leads with 6 points in 4 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$15.93M of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 1 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include.
Who dressed against Vegas on 4 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
The same 20 players who dressed on 3 Oct.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 16th power play and a 25th penalty kill
Small sample after 4 games. Last season: power play 21.8%, penalty kill 71.5%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
Vancouver attempt more from the slot than anywhere else
Every Vancouver attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (4 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 4 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
193 att · 91 on goal · 19 G
By shot type
Vancouver Canucks rank 14th for 22+ mph bursts and 25th for shot-attempt differential
How fast Vancouver Canucks skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 22.81Max Sasson@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 00:26
- 21.67Drew O'Connor@EDM29 Sep · 2nd 00:27
- 21.58Paul CottervsVGK4 Oct · 3rd 13:03
- 21.48Brendan GallaghervsVGK4 Oct · 2nd 14:44
- 21.47Tom WillandervsCGY3 Oct · 2nd 06:32
- 21.25Jamie Oleksiak@EDM29 Sep · 3rd 00:49
- 21.05Jake DeBruskvsEDM1 Oct · 1st 06:25
- 20.97Liam OhgrenvsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 03:52
Each Vancouver Canucks skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 86.92Liam Ohgren@EDM29 Sep · 1st 08:03
- 86.45Filip Hronek@EDM29 Sep · 3rd 16:49
- 84.32Drew O'ConnorvsCGY3 Oct · 3rd 16:33
- 83.75Brock BoeservsEDM1 Oct · 1st 18:49
- 83.44Elias PetterssonvsVGK4 Oct · 1st 02:52
- 83.16Elias PetterssonvsEDM1 Oct · 1st 09:51
- 82.77Zeev BuiumvsEDM1 Oct · 3rd 04:33
- 81.86Paul Cotter@EDM29 Sep · 1st 09:51
Each Vancouver Canucks skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Kevin Lankinen has started 3 of 4
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Five on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Placed G Nikita Tolopilo on waivers.
Claimed G Leevi Merilainen off waivers from Ottawa. Placed F Filip Chytil on injured reserve. Assigned F Braeden Cootes to Abbotsford (AHL).
Assigned Fs Ty Mueller, Riley Patterson, Ilya Safonov and Chase Wouters, Ds Kirill Kudryavtsev and Sawyer Mynio to Abbotsford (AHL). Loaned F Ben Berard and D Isaac Belliveau to Abbotsford. Waived for the purpose of assignment to Abbotsford F Trey Fix-Wolansky and Ds Cole Clayton and Jimmy Schuldt.
Placed RW Trey Fix-Wolansky on waivers.
Signed G Chris Driedger to a professional tryout agreement.
Signed F Adam Novotný to a three-year contract.
Signed F Matthew Stienburg to a one-year contract. Signed F Matthew Stienburg to a one-year, two-way contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 31% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the Vancouver Canucks, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 59-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 0.9%; the market sits 30 points higher.
Season points: the market's ladder
4 points from 4 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Polymarket
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Calgary is the most-played rivalry: 317 meetings
Vancouver against every Pacific rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Los Angeles Kings
San Jose Sharks
Anaheim Ducks
Seattle Kraken13 playoff trips in the last 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 45 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct