Early look · NHL 2026-27

Vancouver Canucks at Seattle Kraken: game preview

VancouverCanucks2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 25-49-8 · 58 pts · 32ndat

SeattleKraken2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 34-37-11 · 79 pts · 27th

Puck drop19 Nov · 9:40 PM ET

VenueClimate Pledge Arena

All-time meetings19 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Twenty-one points apart last season

Vancouver finished last season 32nd in the league on 58 points. Seattle finished 27th on 79, and the 2025-26 season series went SEA 3-0-1.

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

Head-to-head

Meeting number 20

Across 19 completed games, Seattle lead the head-to-head 10-6-3.

All-time record10-6-3Seattle's record in the series

Meetings played19This is number 20

2025-26 seriesSEA 3-0-1

Last 54-1Seattle

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

14 Mar 2026SEA 5 – VAN 2——SEA

28 Feb 2026VAN 1 – SEA 5——SEA

2 Jan 2026SEA 4 – VAN 3 SO——SEA

29 Dec 2025VAN 3 – SEA 2 SO——VAN

2 Apr 2025SEA 5 – VAN 0——SEA

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateVancouverSeattle

29 Dec 202516-19-3 · 35 pts30th16-14-7 · 39 pts25th

2 Jan 202616-20-4 · 36 pts31st18-14-7 · 43 pts22nd

28 Feb 202617-30-5 · 39 pts32nd23-19-9 · 55 pts23rd

14 Mar 202620-38-8 · 48 pts32nd30-26-9 · 69 pts22nd

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 29 Dec 2025, Vancouver were 30th in the league and Seattle 25th. By 14 Mar 2026 it was 32nd and 22nd.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Vancouver out-attempted Seattle 257 to 221

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

Vancouver Canucks

257 att · 110 on goal · 8 G · 7.3%

Crease19 att · 1 G

Slot97 att · 6 G

Wing91 att · 1 G

Point47 att · 0 G

Neutral zone3 att · 0 G

Seattle Kraken

221 att · 125 on goal · 15 G · 12.0%

Crease15 att · 3 G

Slot87 att · 6 G

Wing84 att · 6 G

Point31 att · 0 G

Neutral zone4 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Vancouver and Seattle are level on 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.

VancouverSeattle

2.44xG for per game2.60

3.15xG against per game3.14

43.6%xG share45.3%

+9.2FinishingGoals minus expected goals+4.6

−5.4GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.6

This season: 4 games for Vancouver, 4 for Seattle. 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

Seattle

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2725.0%

Power play · 2025-2619.5% · 20th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2772.7%

Penalty kill · 2025-2672.2% · 31st

Faceoffs · 2026-2749.6% · 121/244

Drawn · 2026-2712 (3.00/gm)

Drawn · last meetings0 (0.00/gm)

Shorthanded · 2026-2711 (2.75/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.

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 →

Vancouver

Expected starter after their game on 16 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Seattle

Expected starter after their game on 14 Nov: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Vancouver crease

VAN · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 16 Nov

Kevin Lankinen.8243 GP · 1-2-0 · GSAx −6.4

Leevi Meriläinen.9432 GP · 1-0-0 · GSAx +1.0

No appearances against Seattle in the last meetings.

Seattle crease

SEA · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 16 Nov

Joey Daccord.9113 GP · 2-1-0 · GSAx +1.0

Philipp Grubauer.9062 GP · 0-1-0 · GSAx +1.1

No appearances against Vancouver in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.6 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

14 Mar 20267 · SEA 5–2 VAN

28 Feb 20266 · VAN 1–5 SEA

2 Jan 20267 · SEA 4–3 VAN

29 Dec 20255 · VAN 3–2 SEA

2 Apr 20255 · SEA 5–0 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

Seattle3.752.752.763.21

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 suggest6.6Goals 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

8 on the injury lists

Vancouver · injuries

Akil ThomasUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct

Filip ChytilShoulderIRReturn8 Oct

Jack ThompsonUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct

Mackenzie MacEachernUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Thatcher DemkoHipIRReturn21 Dec

Seattle · injuries

Jacob MelansonUpper BodyIRReturn17 Oct

Jake O'BrienLower BodyIRReturn24 Oct

Ryan LindgrenUpper BodyDay-to-dayReturn9 Oct

Latest moves

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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.

3 Oct · SEA

Activated RW/C Mackie Samoskevich from injured reserve. Placed RW Jacob Melanson on injured reserve.

27 Sep · SEA

Placed C Jake O'Brien and RW Mackie Samoskevich on injured reserve.

21 Sep · SEA

Placed F Jon-Randall Avon, F John Hayden, F Logan Morrison and G Victor Ostman on waivers.

Injury report

Vancouver · 2026 draft

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#3Caleb MalhotraRound 1 · BrantfordC

#24Adam NovotnyRound 1 · PeterboroughLW

#33Brooks RogowskiRound 2 · OshawaC

#41Niklas Aaram-OlsenRound 2 · Orebro Jr.LW

Full draft

Seattle · 2026 draft

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#7Chase ReidRound 1 · Sault Ste. MarieD

#38Casey MutrynRound 2 · Usa U-18RW

#99Viktor FedorovRound 4 · Torpedo-gorky NnC

#131Finn KearnsRound 5 · St. Andrews CollegeD

Full draft

Thursday 19 November · the full slate

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Vancouver Canucks at Seattle Kraken: game preview

Twenty-one points apart last season

Meeting number 20

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

Vancouver out-attempted Seattle 257 to 221

Vancouver Canucks

Seattle Kraken

Vancouver and Seattle are level on chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Vancouver

Seattle

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Vancouver crease

Seattle crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.6 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

8 on the injury lists

Vancouver · injuries

Seattle · injuries

Latest moves

Vancouver · 2026 draft

Seattle · 2026 draft

Thursday 19 November · the full slate