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Vancouver Canucks

Pacific Division, Western Conference · 23 reports in the 2026-27 edition.

The club

2025-26 · 82 games · 203 for, 303 against

How it played

Shot attempts share, five-on-five
46.5% 29th of 32
Expected goals share, five-on-five
43.5% 31st of 32
Power play expected goals per sixty
7.02 21st of 32
Penalty kill expected goals allowed per sixty
8.07 28th of 32

Where the record lies

Finishing goals scored above what the chances were worth
-18.4 29th of 32
Goaltending goals prevented beyond what the chances allowed were worth
-16.1 27th of 32

Vancouver Canucks scored 18.4 fewer goals than their chances were worth and got 16.1 fewer saves than the chances they faced warranted — 35 goals of the record that the underlying play does not explain. Both halves regress.

Roster shape

Points-weighted, so these are the ages and origins of the production rather than of the sweaters.

Average age
27.4
weighted by points
From 33 and up
9.6%
of skater points
From under 26
32.3%
of skater points
Homegrown
25.6%
drafted by this club
Continuity
63.6%
of last season's five-on-five minutes

The roster

Evidence 19 Full 2 Light 2 No record

No measured season behind two of them: Akil Thomas and Jack Thompson. Their pages carry an older stat line and a judgment, and nothing from 2025-26.

13

Arshdeep Bains

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: only 243 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

LW · Vancouver Canucks

Undrafted, twenty-eight games, and eighty-two per cent of his shots from inside twenty feet.

Brock Boeser

Brock Boeser

#6 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1041 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

RW · Vancouver Canucks

Minus forty-eight — the worst figure in the National Hockey League.

Zeev Buium

Zeev Buium

#8 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1263 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

D · Vancouver Canucks

Twenty years old, twenty-six points, and minus thirty-three.

Paul Cotter

Paul Cotter

#47 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 827 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

LW · Vancouver Canucks

Two hundred and ninety-six games, and twenty-four goals for against forty-five.

Jake DeBrusk

Jake DeBrusk

#74 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 990 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

LW · Vancouver Canucks

Twenty-three goals, and nineteen of them on the power play.

Thatcher Demko

Thatcher Demko

#35 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 20 appearances and a game-by-game record.

G · Vancouver Canucks

Two hundred and sixty-two games, a career .9092, and twenty appearances.

Brendan Gallagher

Brendan Gallagher

#7 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 849 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

RW · Vancouver Canucks

Nine hundred and eleven games, five foot nine, and two hundred and forty-six goals.

Filip Hronek

Filip Hronek

#17 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1617 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

D · Vancouver Canucks

Twenty-five minutes a night, and forty-one goals for against eighty-three.

94

Linus Karlsson

Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 869 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

C · Vancouver Canucks

The fifty-seventh percentile on the worst possession club in the West, and fifteen goals.

Kevin Lankinen

Kevin Lankinen

#32 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 47 appearances and a game-by-game record.

G · Vancouver Canucks

Forty-seven appearances, eleven wins, and a .8755.

90

Victor Mancini

Evidence behind this report: Light. Thinner than most: only 319 five-on-five minutes. The page is honest about what it has, but it is a smaller sample than the book's norm.

D · Vancouver Canucks

Six foot three, twenty-four games, and the nought-th percentile.

Drew O'Connor

Drew O'Connor

#18 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1059 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

LW · Vancouver Canucks

Undrafted, six foot four, seventeen goals, and minus twelve.

92

Liam Ohgren

Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 838 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

LW · Vancouver Canucks

The lowest chance share of any regular in the National Hockey League.

Jamie Oleksiak

Jamie Oleksiak

#4 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1188 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

D · Vancouver Canucks

Six foot seven, two hundred and fifty-two pounds, and plus nine.

Elias Pettersson

Elias Pettersson

#40 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1009 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

C · Vancouver Canucks

Five hundred and eight points, and twenty-six goals for against fifty-five.

Aatu Räty

Aatu Räty

#54 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 722 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

C · Vancouver Canucks

A hundred and fourteen games, and fifteen goals for against thirty-eight.

23

Marco Rossi

Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 689 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

C · Vancouver Canucks

Five foot nine, thirty-five points in fifty games, and minus twenty-six.

Max Sasson

Max Sasson

#63 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 723 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

C · Vancouver Canucks

Undrafted, thirteen goals from ninety-one shots, and eleven minutes a night.

Luke Schenn

Luke Schenn

#2 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 605 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

D · Vancouver Canucks

Eleven hundred and twenty-two games, eighteen seasons, and eighty-nine per cent of his shots from beyond forty feet.

Akil Thomas

Akil Thomas

Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Thomas did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

C · Vancouver Canucks

Twenty-five games, three points, and no five-on-five record.

Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

#26 Evidence behind this report: No record. No five-on-five record — Thompson did not play a measured season. Everything on the page is an older line and a judgment.

D · Vancouver Canucks

Thirty-one games, four goals, and ten points.

Nikita Tolopilo

Nikita Tolopilo

#60 Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 21 appearances and a game-by-game record.

G · Vancouver Canucks

Six foot six, undrafted, and a .8814.

5

Tom Willander

Evidence behind this report: Full. A full season behind the read — 1048 five-on-five minutes, a shot chart, recent form and linemates.

D · Vancouver Canucks

Twenty-one years old, seventy games, and the third percentile.

How they were used

2025-26 · 82 games

Measured from shift charts at five-on-five, not projected. Units are built from the strongest partnership outward and ordered by how much they were used; the percentage is the share of the first player’s five-on-five ice time spent alongside each linemate. A low number means the club never settled on a combination. Players who have gone are marked — either to another club, or off an NHL roster altogether, which covers retirement and an unsigned summer alike.

Forwards

First line

L Evander Kane off the roster 1028m

Second line

Third line

Fourth line

Defence

First pair

D Elias Pettersson 24%

Second pair

Third pair

D Tyler Myers now DAL 968m

Goaltending

By games played