The 2025–26 Vancouver Canucks season was the 56th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on May 22, 1970.

On March 22, 2026, the Canucks became the first team to be eliminated from playoff contention, missing the playoffs for the second season in a row following victories from the Nashville Predators, Utah Mammoth, and Vegas Golden Knights.

The Canucks finished last overall in league standings for the first time since the 1971–72 season, and matched the 1998–99 season for the third worst points percentage in franchise history (.354) and the lowest number of points recorded in an 82 game season (58). The Canucks also finished the season with the worst home record in franchise history, going 9–27–5 on home ice.

Following the conclusion of the NHL regular season on April 17, 2026, the Canucks fired general manager Patrik Allvin.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was released on June 30, 2025.

2025 preseason game log: 4–2–0 (home: 3–0–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 21 Vancouver 3–5 Seattle Young 17,151 0–1–0 2 September 24 Calgary 1–3 Vancouver Demko 5,785 1–1–0 3 September 26 Seattle 2–4 Vancouver Tolopilo 18,409 2–1–0 4 September 28 Vancouver 3–4 Edmonton Demko 16,656 2–2–0 5 October 1 Vancouver 8–1 Calgary Lankinen 15,804 3–2–0 6 October 3 Edmonton 2–3 Vancouver OT Demko 18,902 4–2–0 Notes: Game was played at Rogers Forum in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025. 2025–26 game logOctober: 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 2 October 11 Vancouver 1–3 Edmonton Demko 18,347 1–1–0 2 3 October 13 St. Louis 5–2 Vancouver Lankinen 18,952 1–2–0 2 4 October 16 Vancouver 5–3 Dallas Demko 18,532 2–2–0 4 5 October 17 Vancouver 3–2 Chicago SO Lankinen 18,306 3–2–0 6 6 October 19 Vancouver 4–3 Washington Demko 17,018 4–2–0 8 7 October 21 Vancouver 1–5 Pittsburgh Lankinen 13,685 4–3–0 8 8 October 23 Vancouver 1–2 Nashville Demko 17,159 4–4–0 8 9 October 25 Montreal 4–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,846 4–5–0 8 10 October 26 Edmonton 3–4 Vancouver OT Demko 18,770 5–5–0 10 11 October 28 NY Rangers 2–0 Vancouver Demko 18,919 5–6–0 10 12 October 30 Vancouver 4–3 St. Louis SO Lankinen 16,848 6–6–0 12 November: 4–7–3 (Home: 1–4–1; Road: 3–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Vancouver 2–5 Minnesota Demko 17,216 6–7–0 12 14 November 3 Vancouver 5–4 Nashville OT Demko 17,159 7–7–0 14 15 November 5 Chicago 5–2 Vancouver Lankinen 19,002 7–8–0 14 16 November 8 Columbus 3–4 Vancouver Lankinen 18,763 8–8–0 16 17 November 9 Colorado 5–4 Vancouver OT Lankinen 18,643 8–8–1 17 18 November 11 Winnipeg 5–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,725 8–9–1 17 19 November 14 Vancouver 3–4 Carolina OT Lankinen 18,299 8–9–2 18 20 November 16 Vancouver 6–2 Tampa Bay Lankinen 19,092 9–9–2 20 21 November 17 Vancouver 5–8 Florida Patera 19,260 9–10–2 20 22 November 20 Dallas 4–2 Vancouver Lankinen 18,703 9–11–2 20 23 November 23 Calgary 5–2 Vancouver Lankinen 18,671 9–12–2 20 24 November 26 Vancouver 5–4 Anaheim Tolopilo 16,781 10–12–2 22 25 November 28 Vancouver 2–3 San Jose Tolopilo 17,435 10–13–2 22 26 November 29 Vancouver 1–2 Los Angeles OT Lankinen 18,145 10–13–3 23 December: 6–7–0 (Home: 1–5–0; Road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 2 Vancouver 1–3 Colorado Lankinen 18,103 10–14–3 23 28 December 5 Utah 4–1 Vancouver Lankinen 18,732 10–15–3 23 29 December 6 Minnesota 2–4 Vancouver Tolopilo 18,629 11–15–3 25 30 December 8 Detroit 4–0 Vancouver Lankinen 18,707 11–16–3 25 31 December 11 Buffalo 3–2 Vancouver Demko 18,606 11–17–3 25 32 December 14 Vancouver 2–1 New Jersey Demko 13,821 12–17–3 27 33 December 16 Vancouver 3–0 NY Rangers Demko 17,452 13–17–3 29 34 December 19 Vancouver 4–1 NY Islanders Demko 17,255 14–17–3 31 35 December 20 Vancouver 5–4 Boston SO Lankinen 17,850 15–17–3 33 36 December 22 Vancouver 2–5 Philadelphia Demko 19,994 15–18–3 33 37 December 27 San Jose 6–3 Vancouver Demko 18,992 15–19–3 33 38 December 29 Vancouver 3–2 Seattle SO Lankinen 17,151 16–19–3 35 39 December 30 Philadelphia 6–3 Vancouver Demko 18,853 16–20–3 35 January: 2–11–3 (Home: 2–5–3; Road: 0–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Seattle 4–3 Vancouver SO Demko 18,724 16–20–4 36 41 January 3 Boston 3–2 Vancouver OT Lankinen 18,665 16–20–5 37 42 January 6 Vancouver 3–5 Buffalo Demko 17,036 16–21–5 37 43 January 8 Vancouver 1–5 Detroit Lankinen 18,425 16–22–5 37 44 January 10 Vancouver 0–5 Toronto Demko 19,078 16–23–5 37 45 January 12 Vancouver 3–6 Montreal Tolopilo 20,962 16–24–5 37 46 January 13 Vancouver 1–2 Ottawa Lankinen 15,801 16–25–5 37 47 January 15 Vancouver 1–4 Columbus Lankinen 14,918 16–26–5 37 48 January 17 Edmonton 6–0 Vancouver Tolopilo 18,845 16–27–5 37 49 January 19 NY Islanders 4–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,503 16–28–5 37 50 January 21 Washington 3–4 Vancouver Lankinen 18,556 17–28–5 39 51 January 23 New Jersey 5–4 Vancouver Lankinen 18,603 17–29–5 39 52 January 25 Pittsburgh 3–2 Vancouver Lankinen 18,955 17–30–5 39 53 January 27 San Jose 5–2 Vancouver Lankinen 18,964 17–31–5 39 54 January 29 Anaheim 0–2 Vancouver Tolopilo 18,774 18–31–5 41 55 January 31 Toronto 3–2 Vancouver SO Tolopilo 18,905 18–31–6 42 February: 0–3–1 (Home: 0–0–1; Road: 0–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 56 February 2 Vancouver 2–6 Utah Lankinen 12,478 18–32–6 42 57 February 4 Vancouver 2–5 Vegas Lankinen 17,622 18–33–6 42 58 February 25 Winnipeg 3–2 Vancouver OT Tolopilo 18,139 18–33–7 43 59 February 28 Vancouver 1–5 Seattle Lankinen 17,151 18–34–7 43 March: 3–10–1 (Home: 2–8–0; Road: 1–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 2 Dallas 6–1 Vancouver Tolopilo 18,222 18–35–7 43 61 March 4 Carolina 6–4 Vancouver Tolopilo 18,004 18–36–7 43 62 March 6 Vancouver 6–3 Chicago Tolopilo 20,580 19–36–7 45 63 March 7 Vancouver 2–3 Winnipeg OT Lankinen 14,294 19–36–8 46 64 March 9 Ottawa 2–0 Vancouver Lankinen 18,228 19–37–8 46 65 March 12 Nashville 3–4 Vancouver SO Tolopilo 18,521 20–37–8 48 66 March 14 Seattle 5–2 Vancouver Tolopilo 18,611 20–38–8 48 67 March 17 Florida 2–5 Vancouver Lankinen 18,355 21–38–8 50 68 March 19 Tampa Bay 6–2 Vancouver Lankinen 18,345 21–39–8 50 69 March 21 St. Louis 3–1 Vancouver Lankinen 18,719 21–40–8 50 70 March 24 Anaheim 5–3 Vancouver Lankinen 18,001 21–41–8 50 71 March 26 Los Angeles 4–0 Vancouver Lankinen 18,611 21–42–8 50 72 March 28 Vancouver 3–7 Calgary Tolopilo 18,780 21–43–8 50 73 March 30 Vancouver 2–4 Vegas Lankinen 17,810 21–44–8 50 April: 4–5–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Vancouver 8–6 Colorado Lankinen 18,103 22–44–8 52 75 April 2 Vancouver 2–5 Minnesota Tolopilo 19,156 22–45–8 52 76 April 4 Utah 7–4 Vancouver Tolopilo 18,693 22–46–8 52 77 April 7 Vegas 2–1 Vancouver Tolopilo 18,691 22–47–8 52 78 April 9 Vancouver 1–4 Los Angeles Tolopilo 18,145 22–48–8 52 79 April 11 Vancouver 4–3 San Jose SO Lankinen 17,435 23–48–8 54 80 April 12 Vancouver 4–3 Anaheim OT Tolopilo 16,731 24–48–8 56 81 April 14 Los Angeles 3–4 Vancouver OT Lankinen 18,969 25–48–8 58 82 April 16 Vancouver 1–6 Edmonton Lankinen 18,347 25–49–8 58 Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters Regular season Player 74 15 36 51 −30 20 82 8 41 49 −23 33 75 22 26 48 −48 8 81 23 19 42 −31 12 79 15 20 35 −28 42 71 13 18 31 −20 92 82 17 12 29 −12 47 50 7 19 26 −15 30 44 17 6 23 −12 22 26 2 21 23 −10 12 33 8 14 22 −20 8 70 5 16 21 −23 28 66 13 6 19 −13 26 51 8 10 18 −16 2 82 3 15 18 −19 60 35 9 8 17 −12 22 66 4 10 14 −4 22 45 3 9 12 −24 33 70 3 7 10 −16 39 57 1 7 8 −25 40 38 2 4 6 −12 10 31 1 5 6 −16 8 38 2 3 5 −4 8 28 1 4 5 −3 12 8 1 3 4 0 12 12 3 0 3 −7 6 13 2 1 3 −3 0 24 0 3 3 −12 7 14 1 1 2 −4 16 3 0 2 2 +2 0 6 1 0 1 +1 2 14 0 1 1 −5 4 1 0 0 0 −1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 47 43 2,592:21 11 27 5 160 3.70 1,285 .875 0 0 2 4 20 20 1,115:52 8 10 1 54 2.90 514 .897 1 0 1 0 21 18 1,145:41 6 11 2 69 3.61 555 .881 0 0 0 2 1 1 56:49 0 1 0 7 7.39 40 .825 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours

Milestones Regular season Player Milestone Reached Ref 1st career NHL game October 9, 2025 1st career NHL game October 28, 2025 1000th career NHL game April 4th, 2026

Transactions The Canucks have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Chicago BlackhawksFuture Considerations To Vancouver CanucksIlya Safonov To Pittsburgh PenguinsArturs Silovs To Vancouver CanucksChase Stillman4th-round pick in 2027 To Toronto Maple LeafsDakota Joshua To Vancouver Canucks4th-round pick in 2028 To Chicago Blackhawks4th-round pick in 2027 To Vancouver CanucksLukas Reichel To Minnesota WildQuinn Hughes To Vancouver CanucksMarco RossiLiam OhgrenZeev Buium1st-round pick in 2026 To San Jose SharksKiefer Sherwood To Vancouver CanucksCole Clayton2nd-round pick in 20262nd-round pick in 2027 To Dallas StarsTyler Myers*(50% retention) To Vancouver Canucks2nd-round pick in 20274th-round pick in 2029 To San Jose SharksJett WooTo Vancouver CanucksJack Thompson To Columbus Blue JacketsConor Garland To Vancouver Canucks3rd-round pick in 20262nd-round pick in 2028 To Boston BruinsLukas Reichel To Vancouver Canucks6th-round pick in 2026 To Washington CapitalsDavid KämpfTo Vancouver Canucks6th-round pick in 2026 March 13, 2026 To Edmonton OilersJosh Bloom To Vancouver CanucksJayden Grubbe

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Joseph LaBate Columbus Blue Jackets 1-year Free agency Mackenzie MacEachern St. Louis Blues 2-year Free agency Jimmy Schuldt San Jose Sharks 2-year Free agency Pierre-Olivier Joseph Pittsburgh Penguins 1-year Free agency David Kämpf Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency Curtis Douglas Tampa Bay Lightning Waivers

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Sammy Blais Montreal Canadiens 1-year Free agency Phillip Di Giuseppe Winnipeg Jets 1-year Free agency Noah Juulsen Philadelphia Flyers 1-year Free agency Cole McWard New York Islanders 1-year Free agency Pius Suter St. Louis Blues 2-year Free agency Tristen Nielsen Colorado Eagles (AHL) 1-year Free agency Christian Felton Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) 1-year Free agency Vitali Kravtsov Contract termination

Signings Date Player Term Ref Arshdeep Bains 2–year Guillaume Brisebois 1–year Aatu Raty 2–year Max Sasson 1–year Brock Boeser 7–year Thatcher Demko 3–year Conor Garland 6–year Nikita Tolopilo 2–year Jett Woo 1–year Braeden Cootes 3–year Alexei Medvedev 3–year Vitali Kravtsov 1–year Gabriel Chiarot 3–year Riley Patterson 3–year Max Sasson 2–year Linus Karlsson 2–year Victor Mancini 2–year Ilya Safonov 1-year

Draft picks

Below are the Vancouver Canucks' selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 27 to 28, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California. Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club (League)115 Braeden Cootes C Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)247 Alexei Medvedev G London Knights (OHL)365 Kieren Dervin C St. Andrew's Saints (CISAA)5143 Wilson Bjorck C Djurgardens IF (HockeyAllsvenskan)6175 Gabriel Chiarot RW Brampton Steelheads (OHL) 7207 Matthew Lansing C Fargo Force (USHL)

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