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Early look · NHL 2026-27

Vancouver Canucks at Winnipeg Jets: game preview

Puck drop5 Nov · 7:00 PM ET
VenueCanada Life Centre
All-time meetings45 completed
BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26
The thesis

Twenty-four points apart last season

Vancouver finished last season 32nd in the league on 58 points. Winnipeg finished 26th on 82.

Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.

Head-to-head

Meeting number 46

Across 45 completed games, Winnipeg lead the head-to-head 31-11-3.

All-time record31-11-3Winnipeg's record in the series
Meetings played45This is number 46
2025-26 series—
Last 54-1Winnipeg
DateResultShotsPower playWinner
7 Mar 2026VAN 2 – WPG 3 OT——WPG
25 Feb 2026WPG 3 – VAN 2 OT——WPG
11 Nov 2025WPG 5 – VAN 3——WPG
30 Mar 2025VAN 1 – WPG 3——WPG
18 Mar 2025WPG 2 – VAN 6——VAN
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The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateVancouverWinnipeg
11 Nov 20258-9-1 · 17 pts28th10-6-0 · 20 pts9th
25 Feb 202617-30-5 · 39 pts32nd20-24-7 · 47 pts30th
7 Mar 202617-30-5 · 39 pts32nd20-24-7 · 47 pts30th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 11 Nov 2025, Vancouver were 28th in the league and Winnipeg 9th. By 7 Mar 2026 it was 32nd and 30th.


Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Winnipeg out-attempted Vancouver 204 to 151

Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.

Vancouver Canucks

151 att · 79 on goal · 7 G · 8.9%
Crease19 att · 0 G
Slot43 att · 3 G
Wing59 att · 4 G
Point25 att · 0 G
Neutral zone5 att · 0 G

Winnipeg Jets

204 att · 94 on goal · 11 G · 11.7%
Crease16 att · 5 G
Slot76 att · 3 G
Wing73 att · 1 G
Point35 att · 1 G
Neutral zone4 att · 1 G
GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Winnipeg have created the better chances, last 10 games

Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.

VancouverWinnipeg
2.44xG for per game3.37
3.15xG against per game3.37
43.6%xG share50.0%
+9.2FinishingGoals minus expected goals−1.1
−5.4GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+2.1

This season: 4 games for Vancouver, 3 for Winnipeg. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every team’s xG →


Special teams

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.

All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings

Vancouver

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2723.1%
Power play · 2025-2621.8% · 14th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2768.8%
Penalty kill · 2025-2671.5% · 32nd
Faceoffs · 2026-2749.3% · 112/227
Drawn · 2026-2713 (3.25/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-2716 (4.00/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Winnipeg

Small sample
Power play · 2026-2750.0%
Power play · 2025-2618.5% · 24th
Power play · last 5 meetings—
Penalty kill · 2026-2788.9%
Penalty kill · 2025-2677.6% · 21st
Faceoffs · 2026-2744.6% · 79/177
Drawn · 2026-278 (2.67/gm)
Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)
Shorthanded · 2026-279 (3.00/gm)
PP goals · last meetings0

Skaters

Skaters to watch

Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.

PlayerGPGAPP/GP
47Paul Cotter44261.50
23Marco Rossi43141.00
81Kyle Connor33251.67
91Cole Perfetti32351.67
17Adam Lowry31231.00
Points leaders
PlayerGPGAPP/GP
17Filip Hronek40551.25
5Tom Willander40330.75
44Josh Morrissey30331.00
2Dylan DeMelo31120.67
38Mario Ferraro31010.33
Defencemen stats

Goaltending

Who has stopped this matchup

Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.

Expected startersAn estimate until the teams confirmEvery game tonight →

Expected starter after their game on 3 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Expected starter after their game on 3 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Vancouver crease

VAN · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 2 Nov

Kevin Lankinen.8243 GP · 1-2-0 · GSAx −6.4
Leevi Meriläinen.9432 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

No appearances against Winnipeg in the last meetings.

Winnipeg crease

WPG · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 2 Nov

Stuart Skinner.9092 GP · 1-0-1 · GSAx +1.1
Clay Stevenson.9381 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

No appearances against Vancouver in the last meetings.


Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.5 goals

No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.

Goals in the last 5 meetings

7 Mar 20265 · VAN 2–3 WPG
25 Feb 20265 · WPG 3–2 VAN
11 Nov 20258 · WPG 5–3 VAN
30 Mar 20254 · VAN 1–3 WPG
18 Mar 20258 · WPG 2–6 VAN

Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.

Scoring rates

Team26-27 GF26-27 GA25-26 GF25-26 GA
Vancouver4.754.502.633.85
Winnipeg3.002.672.823.17

Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.

Scoring rates suggest6.5Goals in this game
Last 5 meetings6.0Goals per game
Line—No total posted yet
Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

9 on the injury lists

Vancouver · injuries

Akil ThomasUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct
Filip ChytilShoulderIRReturn8 Oct
Jack ThompsonUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct
Mackenzie MacEachernUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct
Thatcher DemkoHipIRReturn21 Dec

Winnipeg · injuries

Connor HellebuyckSuspensionIRReturn17 Oct
Elias SalomonssonShoulderIRReturn15 Oct
Garrett BrownLower BodyIRReturn9 Oct
Walker DuehrLower BodyIRReturn17 Oct
27 Sep · VAN

Placed G Nikita Tolopilo on waivers.

25 Sep · VAN

Claimed G Leevi Merilainen off waivers from Ottawa. Placed F Filip Chytil on injured reserve. Assigned F Braeden Cootes to Abbotsford (AHL).

24 Sep · VAN

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.

10 Aug 2026 · WPG

Signed F Tyrel Bauer to a two-year contract.

15 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Cole Perfetti to a five-year contract.

13 Jul 2026 · WPG

Signed F Viggo Björck to a three-year contract.

Injury report
#3Caleb MalhotraRound 1 · BrantfordC
#24Adam NovotnyRound 1 · PeterboroughLW
#33Brooks RogowskiRound 2 · OshawaC
#41Niklas Aaram-OlsenRound 2 · Orebro Jr.LW
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#8Viggo BjorckRound 1 · DjurgardenC
#71Samuel HrenakRound 3 · FargoG
#116Zach WootenRound 4 · Green BayLW
#135Alexandre TailleferRound 5 · QuebecD
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