Early look · NHL 2026-27

Vancouver Canucks at Toronto Maple Leafs: game preview

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

TorontoMaple Leafs2026-27: 2-2-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 32-36-14 · 78 pts · 28th

Puck drop13 Mar · 7:00 PM ET

VenueScotiabank Arena

All-time meetings174 completed

BasisLast 5 meetings + 2025-26

The thesis

Twenty points apart last season

Vancouver finished last season 32nd in the league on 58 points. Toronto finished 28th on 78.

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

Head-to-head

Meeting number 175

Across 174 completed games, Vancouver lead the head-to-head 91-72-11.

All-time record91-72-11Vancouver's record in the series

Meetings played174This is number 175

2025-26 series—

Last 53-2Vancouver

Last 5 meetings

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DateResultShotsPower playWinner

31 Jan 2026TOR 3 – VAN 2 SO——TOR

10 Jan 2026VAN 0 – TOR 5——TOR

8 Feb 2025TOR 1 – VAN 2——VAN

11 Jan 2025VAN 3 – TOR 0——VAN

20 Jan 2024TOR 4 – VAN 6——VAN

Head-to-head finder

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

DateVancouverToronto

10 Jan 202616-23-5 · 37 pts32nd22-15-7 · 51 pts14th

31 Jan 202617-30-5 · 39 pts32nd24-19-9 · 57 pts18th

League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 10 Jan 2026, Vancouver were 32nd in the league and Toronto 14th. By 31 Jan 2026 it was 32nd and 18th.

Where the shots come from · last 5 meetings

Toronto out-attempted Vancouver 136 to 126

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

Vancouver Canucks

126 att · 59 on goal · 2 G · 3.4%

Crease16 att · 0 G

Slot42 att · 2 G

Wing45 att · 0 G

Point18 att · 0 G

Neutral zone5 att · 0 G

Toronto Maple Leafs

136 att · 65 on goal · 7 G · 10.8%

Crease10 att · 2 G

Slot52 att · 3 G

Wing48 att · 2 G

Point19 att · 0 G

Neutral zone7 att · 0 G

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

Expected goals

Vancouver and Toronto 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.

VancouverToronto

2.44xG for per game3.40

3.15xG against per game3.21

43.6%xG share51.4%

+9.2FinishingGoals minus expected goals−2.6

−5.4GoaltendingExpected goals against minus goals allowed+1.9

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

Toronto

Small sample

Power play · 2026-2721.4%

Power play · 2025-2621.3% · 15th

Power play · last 5 meetings—

Penalty kill · 2026-2790.9%

Penalty kill · 2025-2681.2% · 8th

Faceoffs · 2026-2751.1% · 113/221

Drawn · 2026-2714 (3.50/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 11 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Toronto

Expected starter after their game on 11 Mar: a back-to-back depends on who plays that night.

Vancouver crease

VAN · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Mar

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

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

No appearances against Toronto in the last meetings.

Toronto crease

TOR · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 10 Mar

Sergei Bobrovsky.8872 GP · 0-2-0 · GSAx +0.1

Anthony Stolarz.9042 GP · 2-0-0 · GSAx +0.6

No appearances against Vancouver in the last meetings.

Totals

Scoring rates point to about 6.8 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

31 Jan 20265 · TOR 3–2 VAN

10 Jan 20265 · VAN 0–5 TOR

8 Feb 20253 · TOR 1–2 VAN

11 Jan 20253 · VAN 3–0 TOR

20 Jan 202410 · TOR 4–6 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

Toronto2.752.753.093.65

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 suggest6.8Goals in this game

Last 5 meetings5.2Goals per game

Line—No total posted yet

Books at the line—With the game-day prices

Team news

10 on the injury lists

Vancouver · injuries

Akil ThomasUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct

Filip ChytilShoulderIRReturn8 Oct

Jack ThompsonUndisclosedIRReturn11 Oct

Mackenzie MacEachernUndisclosedIRReturn10 Oct

Thatcher DemkoHipIRReturn21 Dec

Toronto · injuries

Cade WebberElbowIRReturn31 Oct

Dakota JoshuaAbdomenIRReturn24 Oct

Elvis MerzlikinsShoulderIRReturn30 Mar

Max DomiBackIRReturn21 Nov

William VilleneuveKneeIRReturn31 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.

5 Oct · TOR

Placed RW Nikita Grebenkin on injured reserve.

30 Sep · TOR

Moved C Max Domi from the non-roster list to long-term injured reserve.

29 Sep · TOR

Placed D Cade Webber on the injured non-roster list.

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

Toronto · 2026 draft

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#1Gavin McKennaRound 1 · Penn StateLW

#60Alexander BileckiRound 2 · KitchenerD

#69Ethan MacKenzieRound 3 · EdmontonD

#73Zach OlsenRound 3 · SaskatoonRW

Full draft

Saturday 13 March · the full slate

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Vancouver Canucks at Toronto Maple Leafs: game preview

Twenty points apart last season

Meeting number 175

Last 5 meetings

The table on each 2025-26 meeting night

Toronto out-attempted Vancouver 136 to 126

Vancouver Canucks

Toronto Maple Leafs

Vancouver and Toronto are level on chances, last 10 games

Power play and penalty kill, season and series

Vancouver

Toronto

Skaters to watch

Forwards to watch

Defencemen to watch

Who has stopped this matchup

Vancouver crease

Toronto crease

Scoring rates point to about 6.8 goals

Goals in the last 5 meetings

Scoring rates

10 on the injury lists

Vancouver · injuries

Toronto · injuries

Latest moves

Vancouver · 2026 draft

Toronto · 2026 draft

Saturday 13 March · the full slate