National Hockey League season
The2025–26 Vancouver Canucks season is the56th season for theNational Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.[ 1]
Divisional standings [ edit ] Updated to game(s) played on November 25, 2025. Source: National Hockey League
[ 2] Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
Conference standings [ edit ] Updated to game(s) played on November 24, 2025. Source: National Hockey League
[ 3] Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
Schedule and results [ edit ] The preseason schedule was released on June 30, 2025.[ 4]
The regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.[ 11]
2025–26 game log October: 6–6–0 (Home: 2–3–0; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Calgary 1–5 Vancouver Demko 19,012 1–0–0 2 [ 12] 2 October 11 Vancouver 1–3 Edmonton Demko 18,347 1–1–0 2 [ 13] 3 October 13 St. Louis 5–2 Vancouver Lankinen 18,952 1–2–0 2 [ 14] 4 October 16 Vancouver 5–3 Dallas Demko 18,532 2–2–0 4 [ 15] 5 October 17 Vancouver 3–2 Chicago SO Lankinen 18,306 3–2–0 6 [ 16] 6 October 19 Vancouver 4–3 Washington Demko 17,018 4–2–0 8 [ 17] 7 October 21 Vancouver 1–5 Pittsburgh Lankinen 13,685 4–3–0 8 [ 18] 8 October 23 Vancouver 1–2 Nashville Demko 17,159 4–4–0 8 [ 19] 9 October 25 Montreal 4–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,846 4–5–0 8 [ 20] 10 October 26 Edmonton 3–4 Vancouver OT Demko 18,770 5–5–0 10 [ 21] 11 October 28 NY Rangers 2–0 Vancouver Demko 18,919 5–6–0 10 [ 22] 12 October 30 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis SO Lankinen 16,848 6–6–0 12 [ 23]
November: 3–6–2 (Home: 1–4–0; Road: 2–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Vancouver 2–5 Minnesota Demko 17,216 6–7–0 12 [ 24] 14 November 3 Vancouver 5–4 Nashville OT Demko 17,159 7–7–0 14 [ 25] 15 November 5 Chicago 5–2 Vancouver Lankinen 19,002 7–8–0 14 [ 26] 16 November 8 Columbus 3–4 Vancouver Lankinen 18,763 8–8–0 16 [ 27] 17 November 9 Colorado 5–4 Vancouver OT Lankinen 18,643 8–8–1 17 [ 28] 18 November 11 Winnipeg 5–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,725 8–9–1 17 [ 29] 19 November 14 Vancouver 3–4 Carolina OT Lankinen 18,299 8–9–2 18 [ 30] 20 November 16 Vancouver 6–2 Tampa Bay Lankinen 19,092 9–9–2 20 [ 31] 21 November 17 Vancouver 5–8 Florida Patera 19,260 9–10–2 20 [ 32] 22 November 20 Dallas 4–2 Vancouver Lankinen 18,703 9–11–2 20 [ 33] 23 November 23 Calgary 5–2 Vancouver Lankinen 18,671 9–12–2 20 [ 34] 24 November 26 Vancouver – Anaheim 25 November 28 Vancouver – San Jose 26 November 29 Vancouver – Los Angeles
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 2 Vancouver – Colorado 28 December 5 Utah – Vancouver 29 December 6 Minnesota – Vancouver 30 December 8 Detroit – Vancouver 31 December 11 Buffalo – Vancouver 32 December 14 Vancouver – New Jersey 33 December 16 Vancouver – NY Rangers 34 December 19 Vancouver – NY Islanders 35 December 20 Vancouver – Boston 36 December 22 Vancouver – Philadelphia 37 December 27 San Jose – Vancouver 38 December 29 Vancouver – Seattle 39 December 30 Philadelphia – Vancouver
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 56 February 2 Vancouver – Utah 57 February 4 Vancouver – Vegas 58 February 25 Winnipeg – Vancouver 59 February 28 Vancouver – Seattle
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Vancouver – Colorado 75 April 2 Vancouver – Minnesota 76 April 4 Utah – Vancouver 77 April 7 Vegas – Vancouver 78 April 9 Vancouver – Los Angeles 79 April 11 Vancouver – San Jose 80 April 12 Vancouver – Anaheim 81 April 14 Los Angeles – Vancouver 82 April 16 Vancouver – Edmonton
Legend : Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)
† Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Canucks. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only.‡ Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Canucks only. Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Updated November 25, 2025 [ 37] [ 38]
No. Nat Player Pos S /G Age Acquired Birthplace 13 Arshdeep Bains LW L 242022 Surrey, British Columbia 53 Teddy Blueger C L 312023 Riga, Latvia 6 Brock Boeser (A )RW R 282015 Burnsville, Minnesota 72 Filip Chytil C L 262025 Kroměříž, Czech Republic 74 Jake DeBrusk RW L 292024 Edmonton, Alberta 35 Thatcher Demko G L 292014 San Diego, California 27 Derek Forbort D L 332024 Duluth, Minnesota 8 Conor Garland RW R 292021 Scituate, Massachusetts 21 Nils Hoglander LW L 242019 Bocktrask, Sweden 17 Filip Hronek D R 282023 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic 43 Quinn Hughes (C )D L 262018 Orlando, Florida 7 Pierre-Olivier Joseph D L 262025 Laval, Quebec 64 David Kampf C L 302025 Jirkov, Czech Republic 91 Evander Kane LW L 342025 Vancouver, British Columbia 94 Linus Karlsson C R 262019 Eksjö, Sweden 32 Kevin Lankinen G L 302024 Helsinki, Finland 57 Tyler Myers (A )D R 352019 Houston, Texas 18 Drew O'Connor LW L 272025 Chatham, New Jersey 30 Jiri Patera G L 262024 Prague, Czech Republic 25 Elias Pettersson D L 212022 Västerås, Sweden 40 Elias Pettersson (A )C L 272017 Sundsvall, Sweden 29 Marcus Pettersson D L 292025 Skellefteå, Sweden 54 Aatu Raty C L 232023 Oulunsalo, Finland 73 Lukas Reichel LW L 232025 Nuremberg, Germany 63 Max Sasson C L 252023 Birmingham, Michigan 44 Kiefer Sherwood RW R 302024 Columbus, Ohio 60 Nikita Tolopilo G L 252023 Minsk, Belarus 5 Tom Willander D R 202023 Stockholm, Sweden
The Canucks have been involved in the followingtransactions during the 2025–26 season.
Key:
† Contract is entry-level. ‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.
Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the2025 NHL entry draft , which was held on June 27 to 28, 2025, at thePeacock Theater inLos Angeles, California .
Notes
^ National Hockey League (2013).The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014 . Diamond Sports Data, Inc. p. 129.ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3 . ^ "NHL Hockey Standings" .NHL.com . National Hockey League.^ "NHL Hockey Standings" .NHL.com . National Hockey League.^ "VANCOUVER CANUCKS ANNOUNCE 2025.26 PRE-SEASON SCHEDULE" .NHL (Vancouver Canucks) . Canucks Communication/Vancouver Canucks. June 30, 2025. RetrievedJuly 2, 2025 .^ "Vancouver Canucks - Seattle Kraken - September 21, 2025" .NHL.com . September 21, 2025. RetrievedSeptember 21, 2025 .^ "Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - September 24, 2025" .NHL.com . September 24, 2025. RetrievedSeptember 24, 2025 .^ "Seattle Kraken - Vancouver Canucks - September 26, 2025" .NHL.com . September 26, 2025. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2025 .^ "Vancouver Canucks - Edmonton Oilers - September 28, 2025" .NHL.com . September 28, 2025. RetrievedSeptember 28, 2025 .^ "Vancouver Canucks - Calgary Flames - October 1, 2025" .NHL.com . October 1, 2025. RetrievedOctober 1, 2025 .^ "Edmonton Oilers - Vancouver Canucks - October 3, 2025" .NHL.com . October 3, 2025. RetrievedOctober 3, 2025 .^ Canucks Communications - Vancouver Canucks (July 16, 2025)."CANUCKS ANNOUNCE 2025.26 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE" .NHL.com . RetrievedJuly 17, 2025 . ^ "Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 9, 2025" .NHL.com . October 9, 2025. RetrievedOctober 9, 2025 .^ "Edmonton Oilers - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 11, 2025" .NHL.com . October 11, 2025. RetrievedOctober 11, 2025 .^ "St. Louis Blues - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 13, 2025" .NHL.com . October 13, 2025. RetrievedOctober 13, 2025 .^ "Dallas Stars - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 16, 2025" .NHL.com . October 16, 2025. RetrievedOctober 16, 2025 .^ "Chicago Blackhawks - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 17, 2025" .NHL.com . October 17, 2025. RetrievedOctober 17, 2025 .^ "Vancouver Canucks - Washington Capitals - Oct 19, 2025" .NHL.com . October 19, 2025. RetrievedOctober 19, 2025 .^ "Pittsburgh Penguins - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 21, 2025" .NHL.com . October 21, 2025. RetrievedOctober 21, 2025 .^ "Nashville Predators - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 23, 2025" .NHL.com . October 23, 2025. RetrievedOctober 23, 2025 .^ "Montréal Canadiens - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 25, 2025" .NHL.com . October 25, 2025. RetrievedOctober 25, 2025 .^ "Edmonton Oilers - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 26, 2025" .NHL.com . October 26, 2025. RetrievedOctober 26, 2025 .^ "New York Rangers - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 28, 2025" .NHL.com . October 28, 2025. RetrievedOctober 28, 2025 .^ "St. Louis Blues - Vancouver Canucks - Oct 30, 2025" .NHL.com . October 30, 2025. RetrievedOctober 30, 2025 .^ "Minnesota Wild - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 1, 2025" .NHL.com . November 1, 2025. RetrievedNovember 1, 2025 .^ "Nashville Predators - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 3, 2025" .NHL.com . November 3, 2025. RetrievedNovember 3, 2025 .^ "Chicago Blackhawks - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 5, 2025" .NHL.com . November 5, 2025. RetrievedNovember 5, 2025 .^ "Columbus Blue Jackets - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 8, 2025" .NHL.com . November 8, 2025. RetrievedNovember 8, 2025 .^ "Colorado Avalanche - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 9, 2025" .NHL.com . November 9, 2025. RetrievedNovember 9, 2025 .^ "Vancouver Canucks - Winnipeg Jets - Nov 11, 2025" .NHL.com . November 11, 2025. RetrievedNovember 11, 2025 .^ "Carolina Hurricanes - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 14, 2025" .NHL.com . November 14, 2025. RetrievedNovember 14, 2025 .^ "Tampa Bay Lightning - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 16, 2025" .NHL.com . November 16, 2025. RetrievedNovember 16, 2025 .^ "Florida Panthers - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 17, 2025" .NHL.com . November 17, 2025. RetrievedNovember 17, 2025 .^ "Dallas Stars - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 20, 2025" .NHL.com . November 20, 2025. RetrievedNovember 20, 2025 .^ "Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks - Nov 23, 2025" .NHL.com . November 23, 2025. RetrievedNovember 23, 2025 .^ "Vancouver Canucks Regular season Skaters" .NHL . October 30, 2025. RetrievedOctober 30, 2025 .^ "Vancouver Canucks Regular season Goalies" .NHL . October 30, 2025. RetrievedOctober 30, 2025 .^ "Vancouver Canucks Roster" . National Hockey League. RetrievedNovember 25, 2025 .^ "Vancouver Canucks Roster Transactions" . CBS Sports. RetrievedJuly 20, 2025 .^ Van Diest, Derek (October 12, 2025)."Cootes hoping to stay in NHL as 18-year-old, Canucks 'keeping door open' " .NHL.com . RetrievedOctober 20, 2025 . ^ "Game Notes: Canucks at Wild" .NHL.com . November 1, 2025. RetrievedNovember 3, 2025 .^ "Canucks acquire Ilya Safonov from Chicago" .NHL.com . June 28, 2025. RetrievedJuly 7, 2025 .^ "CANUCKS ACQUIRE CHASE STILLMAN AND A 4TH ROUND PICK FROM PITTSBURGH" .NHL.com . July 13, 2025. RetrievedJuly 14, 2025 .^ "Maple Leafs Complete Trade with Vancouver" .NHL.com . July 17, 2025. RetrievedJuly 17, 2025 .^ "Reichel traded to Canucks by Blackhawks for 4th-round pick in 2027 Draft" .NHL.com . October 25, 2025. RetrievedOctober 25, 2025 .^ "Boeser signs 7-year, $50.75 million contract to remain with Canucks" .NHL.com . NHL. July 1, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^a b c "Canucks agree to terms with Mackenzie MacEachern, Joseph LaBate, & Jimmy Schuldt on two-way contracts" .NHL.com . Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^ "Canucks agree to terms with Pierre-Olivier Joseph on a one-year contract" .NHL.com . Vancouver Canucks. July 2, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^ "Canucks sign forward David Kampf to one-year deal" . Sportsnet. November 15, 2025. RetrievedNovember 17, 2025 .^ "Flyers Agree to Terms With Noah Juulsen and Dennis Gilbert" .NHL.com . Philadelphia Flyers. July 1, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^ "Jets sign Phillip Di Giuseppe to one-year, two-way contract" .sportsnet.ca . Sportsnet. July 1, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^ "Islanders Sign Bear, Highmore, McWard, Terry, Berg, Dorrington, Drew, Mitton, and Rowe" .NHL.com . New York Islanders. July 1, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^ "One-year contracts for Samuel Blais and Kaapo Kahkonen" .NHL.com . Montreal Canadiens. July 1, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^ "Pius Suter signs 2-year, $8.25 million contract with Blues" .NHL.com . NHL. July 2, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^ "COLORADO EAGLES ADD FORWARD TRISTEN NIELSEN" . Colorado Eagles. August 1, 2025. RetrievedAugust 1, 2025 .^ "Grizzlies Sign Defenseman Christian Felton" . Utah Grizzlies. September 16, 2025. RetrievedSeptember 23, 2025 .^ "Canucks place Kravtsov on unconditional waivers for purposes of contract termination" .tsn.ca . November 4, 2025. RetrievedNovember 17, 2025 .^ "CANUCKS AGREE TO TERMS WITH ARSHDEEP BAINS ON A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION" .NHL.com . Vancouver Canucks. June 30, 2025. RetrievedJuly 7, 2025 .^ "CANUCKS AGREE TO TERMS WITH GUILLAUME BRISEBOIS ON A ONE-YEAR, TWO-WAY CONTRACT EXTENSION" .NHL.com . Vancouver Canucks. June 30, 2025. RetrievedJuly 7, 2025 .^ "CANUCKS AGREE TO TERMS WITH AATU RÄTY ON A TWO-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION" .NHL.com . Vancouver Canucks. June 30, 2025. RetrievedJuly 7, 2025 .^ "CANUCKS AGREE TO TERMS WITH MAX SASSON ON A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION" .NHL.com . Vancouver Canucks. June 30, 2025. RetrievedJuly 7, 2025 .^ "Canucks agree to terms with Conor Garland on a six-year contract extension" .NHL.com . Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^ "Canucks agree to terms with Thatcher Demko on a three-year contract extension" .NHL.com . Vancouver Canucks. July 1, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^ "CANUCKS AGREE TO TERMS WITH NIKITA TOLOPILO ON A TWO-YEAR, TWO-WAY CONTRACT" . Vancouver Canucks. July 8, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^ "CANUCKS AGREE TO TERMS WITH JETT WOO ON A ONE-YEAR, TWO-WAY CONTRACT" . Vancouver Canucks. July 8, 2025. RetrievedJuly 8, 2025 .^ "CANUCKS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORWARD BRAEDEN COOTES ON THREE-YEAR, ENTRY-LEVEL CONTRACT" . Vancouver Canucks. July 9, 2025. RetrievedJuly 9, 2025 .^ "CANUCKS AGREE TO TERMS WITH GOALTENDER ALEKSEI MEDVEDEV ON THREE-YEAR, ENTRY-LEVEL CONTRACT" . Vancouver Canucks. July 10, 2025. RetrievedJuly 10, 2025 .^ "CANUCKS AGREE TO TERMS WITH VITALI KRAVTSOV ON ONE-YEAR, TWO-WAY CONTRACT" . Vancouver Canucks. August 5, 2025. RetrievedAugust 5, 2025 .^ "CANUCKS AGREE TO TERMS WITH FORWARDS RILEY PATTERSON AND GABRIEL CHIAROT ON THREE-YEAR, ENTRY-LEVEL CONTRACTS" . Vancovuer Canucks. September 22, 2025. RetrievedSeptember 23, 2025 .^ "Soucy traded to Rangers by Canucks for 3rd-round pick in 2025 Draft" . March 6, 2025. RetrievedMarch 6, 2025 .
Franchise History Personnel Arenas Rivalries Affiliates Media Culture and lore
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s