The 2026–27 Vancouver Canucks season is the 57th season (56th season of play) for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was released on June 30, 2026.

2026 preseason game log: 1–3–0 (home: 1–1–0; road: 0–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Location Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 19 Vancouver 2–4 Seattle Climate Pledge Arena Tolopilo 17,151 0–1–0 2 September 22 Vancouver 1–3 Calgary Scotiabank Saddledome Lankinen 15,883 0–2–0 3 September 24 Edmonton 2–1 Vancouver Rogers Arena Tolopilo 15,880 0–3–0 4 September 26 Seattle 3–4 Vancouver Rogers Arena Lankinen 17,237 1–3–0

Regular season 2026–27 game logSeptember/October: 2–2–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 September 29 Vancouver 6–5 Edmonton OT Lankinen 18,347 1–0–0 2 2 October 1 Edmonton 9–7 Vancouver Lankinen 18,677 1–1–0 2 3 October 3 Calgary 1–4 Vancouver Merilainen 16,591 2–1–0 4 4 October 4 Vegas 3–2 Vancouver Lankinen 17,227 2–2–0 4 5 October 8 Vancouver – Carolina 6 October 10 Vancouver – New Jersey 7 October 11 Vancouver – NY Rangers 8 October 13 Vancouver – NY Islanders 9 October 15 Vancouver – Florida 10 October 17 Vancouver – Tampa Bay 11 October 20 Carolina – Vancouver 12 October 22 Detroit – Vancouver 13 October 25 Minnesota – Vancouver 14 October 27 Vancouver – Anaheim 15 October 29 Vancouver – San Jose 16 October 31 Toronto – Vancouver November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 17 November 3 Anaheim – Vancouver 18 November 5 Vancouver – Winnipeg 19 November 7 Vancouver – Edmonton 20 November 9 Philadelphia – Vancouver 21 November 13 NY Rangers – Vancouver 22 November 15 Vancouver – Vegas 23 November 16 Vancouver – Utah 24 November 19 Vancouver – Seattle 25 November 21 Minnesota – Vancouver 26 November 22 Chicago – Vancouver 27 November 25 Vancouver – Detroit 28 November 27 Vancouver – Philadelphia 29 November 29 Vancouver – Boston December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 December 1 Vancouver – Washington 31 December 4 Buffalo – Vancouver 32 December 5 Dallas – Vancouver 33 December 7 Washington – Vancouver 34 December 10 Nashville – Vancouver 35 December 12 Vancouver – Los Angeles 36 December 14 Vancouver – San Jose 37 December 16 Vancouver – Anaheim 38 December 19 San Jose – Vancouver 39 December 21 Utah – Vancouver 40 December 26 Vancouver – Calgary 41 December 28 Los Angeles – Vancouver 42 December 30 Seattle – Vancouver January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 43 January 2 Vancouver – Utah 44 January 3 Vancouver – Seattle 45 January 5 NY Islanders – Vancouver 46 January 7 Tampa Bay – Vancouver 47 January 9 Florida – Vancouver 48 January 14 Seattle – Vancouver 49 January 16 Columbus – Vancouver 50 January 18 Vancouver – Colorado 51 January 20 Vancouver – Nashville 52 January 22 Vancouver – Chicago 53 January 23 Vancouver – Pittsburgh 54 January 26 Vancouver – Minnesota 55 January 28 Vancouver – Dallas 56 January 30 Vancouver – St. Louis February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 57 February 1 Montreal – Vancouver 58 February 3 New Jersey – Vancouver 59 February 13 Winnipeg – Vancouver 60 February 16 Pittsburgh – Vancouver 61 February 18 Ottawa – Vancouver 62 February 20 Colorado – Vancouver 63 February 21 Boston – Vancouver 64 February 23 Vancouver – Dallas 65 February 25 Vancouver – St. Louis 66 February 27 Calgary – Vancouver March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 March 3 Chicago – Vancouver 68 March 6 Vancouver – Montreal 69 March 9 Vancouver – Buffalo 70 March 11 Vancouver – Columbus 71 March 13 Vancouver – Toronto 72 March 14 Vancouver – Ottawa 73 March 17 Nashville – Vancouver 74 March 20 St. Louis – Vancouver 75 March 21 Edmonton – Vancouver 76 March 23 Los Angeles – Vancouver 77 March 25 Vegas – Vancouver 78 March 27 Anaheim – Vancouver 79 March 29 Vancouver – Los Angeles 80 March 31 Vancouver – Vegas April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 81 April 3 San Jose – Vancouver 82 April 6 Colorado – Vancouver 83 April 9 Vancouver – Winnipeg 84 April 10 Vancouver – Calgary Legend:

Roster

Transactions The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2026–27 season.

Key: Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2027–28 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Toronto Maple Leafs6th-round pick in 2026 To Vancouver CanucksOTT 5th-round pick in 2027 To Nashville PredatorsNils Höglander To Vancouver CanucksCOL 3rd-round pick in 2029 To Montreal CanadiensFuture considerations To Vancouver CanucksBrendan Gallagher To New York RangersMarcus Pettersson To Vancouver Canucksconditional 1st-round pick in 2030

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Paul Cotter New Jersey Devils 1-year Free agency Trey Fix-Wolansky New York Rangers 1-year Free agency Jamie Oleksiak Seattle Kraken 2-year Free agency Luke Schenn Buffalo Sabres 1-year Free agency Akil Thomas St. Louis Blues 1-year Free agency Matthew Stienburg Colorado Avalanche 1-year Free agency Leevi Meriläinen Ottawa Senators 1-year Waivers

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Teddy Blueger Toronto Maple Leafs 2-year Free agency Curtis Douglas Seattle Kraken 2-year Free agency Danila Klimovich Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency Jiří Patera Boston Bruins 1-year Free agency Chase Stillman Detroit Red Wings 1-year Free agency Nils Åman Djurgårdens IF (SHL) 3-year Free agency Pierre-Olivier Joseph Carolina Hurricanes 1-year Free agency

Signings Date Player Term Ref Guillaume Brisebois 1-year Adam Novotný 3-year Zeev Buium 8-year

Draft picks

Below are the Vancouver Canucks selections at the 2026 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 26 and 27, 2026, at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team 13 Caleb Malhotra C Brantford Bulldogs (OHL)124 Adam Novotný LW Peterborough Petes (OHL)233 Brooks Rogowski C Oshawa Generals (OHL)241 Niklas Aaram-Olsen RW Orebro HK (SHL)378 Dmitri Ivchenko G Omskie Yastreby (MHL)497 Yaroslav Bryzgalov LW Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL)5129 Connor Davis RW Cedar Rapids RoughRiders (USHL)6176 Lucian Bernat RW Tappara U20 (U20 SM-sarja) 6184 Samuel Eriksson D Färjestad BK U20 (J20 Nationell) Notes

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