The Carolina Hurricanes travel to Vancouver for Game 3 of their Western Conference road trip, set for 10:00 PM EDT on Oct. 20. After a 3‑2 loss to Calgary that ended their league‑leading seven‑game streak and sidelined Mark Jankowski, the Hurricanes may start rookie Brandon Bussi (2.98 GAA, .882 SV%) against the Canucks, with Pyotr Kochetkov in the next game. Vancouver, coming off an overtime loss to Florida, likely backs 24‑year‑old Leevi Merilainen (2.51 GAA, .925 SV%). Projected lineups and special‑team stats are listed, and the matchup will air on the Hurricanes Hockey Network or stream on ESPN+.
Veteran forward Brendan Gallagher urges the Vancouver Canucks to stay united as they return home after a grueling seven‑game losing streak, including six defeats on a two‑week Eastern road trip. Despite being competitive for most of those games, the Canucks couldn’t finish strong. Gallagher draws on his rebound experience with the Montreal Canadiens, stressing sacrifice, individual testing, and teamwork as the key to breaking the skid before facing the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday.
The Vancouver Canucks return to Rogers Arena for their first practice in nearly two weeks ahead of a three‑game homestand. Coach Manny Malhotra promotes linemate Linus Karlsson (7 points in 10 games) to the top line with Elias Pettersson and Jake DeBrusk, while Jonathan Lekkerimäki shifts to a line with Drew O’Connor and Liam Öhgren. Marco Rossi remains out sick, leaving Filip Chytil, Paul Cotter and Brock Boeser to fill his spot. Defense pairings feature veteran Luke Schenn with Zeev Buium and Elias Pettersson with Filip Hronek. Power‑play units were also tweaked, and goaltender Thatcher Demko continues a cautious recovery.
The Abbotsford Canucks got some home ice action this past weekend at Rogers Forum, kicking off a four-game homestand with back-to-backs against the Seattle Kraken affiliate Coachella Valley Firebirds. In the team’s home opener on Saturday night, the Canucks put on a show for the Abbotsford fans, finishing the game with a 7-3 win….
Good Monday afternoon Caps fans. I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are gearing up for the week ahead. The Caps got back to winning ways in Austin, turning around a 1-0 halftime deficit into a 2-1 win. It wasn’t a great performance from Vancouver, but I thought they did enough to merit the three points. Outside of Myrto Uzuni’s goal, which came …
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The Vancouver Canucks, now ten games into the 2026-27 season, are seeing a resurgence in Elias Pettersson’s play under first‑time head coach Manny Malhotra. After a slump that dropped Pettersson from a 35‑goal, 90‑point star to under 50 points in the past two seasons, Malhotra’s possession‑heavy system—emphasizing board battles, low‑zone cycles and quick puck support—has revived his confidence. Pettersson now ranks second among NHL forwards in puck battles won and is contributing to key goals, such as the play that led to Jake DeBrusk’s winner against the Rangers and the assist on DeBrusk’s second‑period tally versus Carolina. The article details three recent examples of how Malhotra’s tactics are unlocking Pettersson’s playmaking ability.
The Canucks’ “Stars of the Week” spotlights defensemen Elias Pettersson and Tom Willander after the team snags an overtime point against the Florida Panthers. Pettersson nets his second goal of the season and earns his first star honour, while Willander—now a solid top‑four blueliner—wins a board battle with Aaron Ekblad that leads to the goal. The piece also notes the recent trade of Aatu Räty, Filip Chytil’s IR return, and goalie Kevin Lankinen’s surprising rebound performance versus Tampa Bay despite a 6.40 GAA early in the year.
In the Canucks' 10‑game rebuilding start, veteran winger Brock Boeser leads the team in ice time and even handles penalty killing, despite modest scoring (two goals in ten games). Coach relies on his experience while the squad seeks other offensive options, and his role in 3‑on‑3 remains questionable. The mailbag also discusses former Canucks players thriving elsewhere and debates recent roster moves, highlighting the challenges of a franchise in transition.
The Vancouver Canucks may be mired in a seven-game losing streak, but their prospects, particularly the trio of Adam Novotny, Braeden Cootes and Anthony Romani, continue to provide hope for…
How will Ottawa and Vancouver receive their former captains? Plus: the Heritage Classic.
The Atlantic Current’s Week 3 recap highlights the Lightning’s mixed results: a 4‑1 loss to the Rangers on Oct. 13, an overtime 4‑3 win over the Kraken on Oct. 15 powered by Victor Hedman, and a 4‑2 comeback victory against the Canucks on Oct. 17 thanks to two goals from Nikita Kucherov. Upcoming games: Lightning at Vegas on Oct. 20 (10:30 p.m. ET) and at Colorado on Oct. 23 (9 p.m. ET).
After ten games in the 2026‑27 season, the Vancouver Canucks’ rebuild shows mixed signals. The team has been crushed in third periods, scoring just one goal in the last seven, and posted a season‑low 14 shots on goal Saturday – the fewest in the league at 21.1 per game. Rookie goalie Leevi Meriläinen shines with a .960 five‑on‑five save percentage and a league‑leading 7.41 GSAx. Meanwhile, the penalty kill languishes at 58.2% (last in the NHL), and the offense has steadied at two goals per game after a 5.67‑goal start. Elias Pettersson leads with 10 points, but all three goals come on the power play.
The last seven games have been brutal for the Vancouver Canucks, going 0-6-1. Even with their recent 3-2 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers on Oct. 25, they are now…
The Vancouver Canucks finished up their six-game Eastern road trip on Saturday afternoon in Tampa Bay with another loss. Coming into the week, they had yet to post their first…
The Vancouver Canucks and the Ottawa Senators are two Canadian franchises that have faced somewhat similar circumstances of late. For instance, both had their American captains more or less force their way into an out-of-town trade. But the results for the two teams have been very different. Last year, the Canucks tanked into a…
A winless road trip. Losing all your road games and saving your best for home ice seems like a good rebuilding recipe. Canucks seemed to do the opposite the past two years. — Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) October 17, 2026 The Vancouver Canucks struck early, but couldn’t manage to stem the tide for too long…
The Vancouver Canucks have a couple of problems to sort through, and Saturday’s 4-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning reminded everyone how difficult things have become. Elias Pettersson found…
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-2 on Saturday at Benchmark International Arena, erasing a two-goal deficit with three unanswered goals.
The Vancouver Canucks are already 10 games into the 2026-27 season, and it feels like it’s both breezed by and moved at a snail’s pace. A couple of weeks ago, the Canucks had two wins and two losses, a surprisingly positive start to the season as they prepared to head out on a six-game…
After the first twenty minutes of play, it had all of the makings of one of those games. You know, one of those games where the Tampa Bay Lightning outplay their opponents for the vast majority of the game yet somehow end up on the losing end of the goal totals when time expires. Through the first 25 minutes of action the Lightning had controlled much of the play, yet it was the Vancouver Canucks had the 2-0 lead thanks to goals from Linus Karlsson and Elias Pettersson (the forward). Undeterre...
Welcome back to Instant Reaction, the series here at CanucksArmy where we give you our instant reaction to tonight’s Vancouver Canucks game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below! Lineup DeBrusk – EP40 – Lekkerimäki Cotter – Chytil – Boeser Öhgren – O’Connor – Karlsson Bains – Sasson – Gallagher EP25 – Hronek…
Update (3:07 p.m. ET, Saturday): Leevi Merilainen is now the probable starting goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks against the Tampa Bay Lightning...
Perseverance and persistence are two things that are very often rewarded within the game of hockey. The Bruins have one of those stories within their midst this season as 27-year-old rookie Mikey DiPietro has won a regular backup goalie role on an NHL team for the first time in his career after stops in three different AHL destinations – and some time in the good, old ECHL for the Maine Mariners – since being drafted by the Vancouver Canucks back in the third round of the 2017 NHL Draft.
Amid the Vancouver Canucks‘ six-game losing streak, there haven’t been many individual positives to come from it. Of course, Finnish netminder Leevi Meriläinen has kept the Canucks in games; the top line of Jake DeBrusk, Elias Pettersson, and Jonathan Lekkerimäki has carried the team’s offence, but the biggest story may be the emergence of defenceman…
Over the past nine games, the Vancouver Canucks have scored just three goals at five-on-five with Marco Rossi on the ice, who has coincidentally gone seven straight games without a point in the process. He has scored every one of them. It’s a tad slow of a start for a player who recorded 22…