Hurricanes vs. Canucks (Oct 20, 2026)

ESPN+

Hurricanes CAR

7-2-1

7-2-1 in Last 10

Canucks VAN

2-7-1

2-7-1 in Last 10

Preview

Hurricanes

Canucks

Predictions

Notes

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Odds

CAR

VAN

-264

Money

+251

Money

o6.5

-102

u6.5

-106

-1.5

-104

+1.5

+100

-294

Open

u6.5

Open

J. DeBrusk Over 0.5 Goals +257 F. Chytil Over 0.5 Goals +426

Forward Matchup

S. Aho

CAR C #20

E. Pettersson

VAN C #40

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

S. Gostisbehere

CAR D #4

F. Hronek

VAN D #17

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

P. Kochetkov

CAR G #52

L. Meriläinen

VAN G #31

Wins

.912

Save Pct

.925

1.78

Goals Against Avg

2.51

CAR

Team Stats

VAN

3.6

Goals per Game

2.4

Goals Against per Game

4.5

33.10

Shots per Game

21.10

22.90

Shots Against per Game

32.70

25.6

Power Play Pct

20.0

91.4

Penalty Kill Pct

58.1

.895

Save Pct

.862

CAR

Injuries

VAN

Seth Jarvis

Out (Shoulder)

Marco Rossi

Day to day (Illness)

Mark Jankowski

Out (Lower-Body)

Jack Thompson

Out (Undisclosed)

Jordan Staal

Out (Calf)

Akil Thomas

Out (Undisclosed)

Taylor Hall

Out (Upper Body)

Mackenzie MacEachern

Out (Undisclosed)

Thatcher Demko

Out (Hip)

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

CARVAN

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Hurricanes	7	2	1	15	12
Rangers	6	3	1	13	6
Capitals	5	3	0	10	4
Islanders	4	3	1	9	6
Devils	4	4	0	8	-2
Penguins	3	5	1	7	-4
Blue Jackets	3	4	0	6	-5
Flyers	1	6	3	5	-20

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Golden Knights	8	2	0	16	18
Oilers	6	1	1	13	13
Kraken	5	3	1	11	4
Sharks	4	3	1	9	-7
Ducks	4	3	0	8	1
Canucks	2	7	1	5	-15
Flames	2	6	0	4	-20
Kings	0	4	2	2	-13

CAR

Last 5

VAN

Sun, Oct 18

Sat, Oct 17

Sat, Oct 17

Thu, Oct 15

Tue, Oct 13

Tue, Oct 13

Sun, Oct 11

Sun, Oct 11

Sat, Oct 10

Sat, Oct 10

Game Info

October 20, 2026

ESPN+

Rogers Arena

Vancouver, Canada

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Bains 0.5 +1011

A. Svechnikov 0.5 +138 -186

B. Boeser 0.5 +270 -308

B. Gallagher 0.5 +809

B. Nadeau 0.5 +335

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

A. Svechnikov 2.5 -115

J. Blake 2.5 -111

J. DeBrusk 2.5 +133

L. Stankoven 2.5 -106

N. Ehlers 2.5 +113

Team Leaders

S. Aho

GWG

A. Svechnikov

SV%

.912

P. Kochetkov

Season

Career vs VAN

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Sebastian Aho S. Aho	10	6	8	14	+6	12	3	1	1	1	0	0	30	20.0	95	168	56.5	5	5	0	12	19:57
Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	10	6	5	11	+5	6	3	2	0	0	2	0	30	20.0	1	4	25.0	23	2	3	11	17:33
Jackson Blake J. Blake	10	1	7	8	+1	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	27	3.7	0	1	0.0	2	3	6	8	18:17
Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	10	2	5	7	+5	2	1	4	0	0	2	1	21	9.5	0	0	0	3	4	3	10	18:05
Mark Jankowski M. Jankowski	9	6	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	40.0	61	125	48.8	6	4	0	8	13:46
William Carrier W. Carrier	10	0	6	6	+1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0.0	0	1	0.0	35	4	1	6	12:30
Sean Walker S. Walker	10	0	6	6	-1	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	14	0.0	0	0	0	10	19	6	14	21:35
Eric Robinson E. Robinson	10	2	4	6	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12.5	0	2	0.0	21	1	1	7	12:27
Logan Stankoven L. Stankoven	10	4	2	6	+4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	27	14.8	43	106	40.6	4	5	2	8	17:30
Nikolaj Ehlers N. Ehlers	10	1	4	5	-4	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	19	5.3	1	2	50.0	3	1	1	13	16:11
Taylor Hall T. Hall	8	3	2	5	+2	8	0	1	0	0	1	0	17	17.6	1	2	50.0	9	1	0	6	13:01
Jesperi Kotkaniemi J. Kotkaniemi	8	2	2	4	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	22.2	9	29	31.0	12	3	1	5	11:20
Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	10	0	3	3	+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0.0	0	0	0	3	24	4	1	21:06
Jordan Martinook J. Martinook	10	1	2	3	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	13	21	61.9	14	3	1	7	14:27
Jalen Chatfield J. Chatfield	10	1	2	3	+2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	5.6	0	0	0	4	10	4	13	20:28
K'Andre Miller K. Miller	10	1	2	3	-3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	6.3	0	0	0	11	10	5	11	22:24
Mike Reilly M. Reilly	8	0	2	2	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	15	6	3	5	12:26
Nicolas Deslauriers N. Deslauriers	5	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	17	1	1	3	7:56
Bradly Nadeau B. Nadeau	2	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	4	1	1	4	14:07
Jordan Staal J. Staal	6	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	69	124	55.6	19	3	0	3	15:34
Felix Unger Sörum F. Unger Sörum	2	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	0	2	1	0	11:39

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Pyotr Kochetkov P. Kochetkov	5	5	5	0	0	102	93	.912	9	1.78	0	303
	Brandon Bussi B. Bussi	5	5	2	2	1	127	112	.882	15	2.98	0	302

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Taylor Hall T. Hall	45	12	32	44	+11	26	2	11	0	0	3	0	137	8.8	36	71	50.7	34	22	33	24	18:03
Nikolaj Ehlers N. Ehlers	31	10	11	21	+2	10	3	5	0	0	2	0	94	10.6	1	1	100.0	9	10	13	21	16:27
Sebastian Aho S. Aho	18	11	8	19	+10	8	2	3	0	1	2	2	47	23.4	111	199	55.8	16	4	13	19	19:06
Andrei Svechnikov A. Svechnikov	13	9	6	15	+7	8	5	1	0	0	2	0	34	26.5	0	0	0	30	2	1	14	16:54
Jordan Staal J. Staal	26	5	9	14	+2	6	0	1	0	2	2	0	39	12.8	265	491	54.0	59	10	14	13	17:39
Shayne Gostisbehere S. Gostisbehere	18	1	12	13	-4	4	1	8	0	0	0	0	38	2.6	0	0	0	9	25	4	15	18:58
Jesperi Kotkaniemi J. Kotkaniemi	22	2	10	12	+6	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	34	5.9	111	209	53.1	23	8	8	8	14:12
Sean Walker S. Walker	16	3	7	10	+5	10	0	1	0	1	1	0	21	14.3	0	0	0	15	28	3	9	18:27
Jaccob Slavin J. Slavin	19	0	9	9	-2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	37	0.0	0	0	0	8	29	21	9	22:16
Mark Jankowski M. Jankowski	15	3	6	9	+3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	25	12.0	62	131	47.3	11	8	10	6	12:52
K'Andre Miller K. Miller	11	4	5	9	+5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	12	33.3	0	0	0	18	11	4	7	21:02
Nicolas Deslauriers N. Deslauriers	22	4	2	6	+1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	18.2	0	0	0	67	15	3	3	11:05
William Carrier W. Carrier	12	4	2	6	+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	19.0	1	2	50.0	42	0	4	2	10:43
Seth Jarvis S. Jarvis	10	0	6	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	27	0.0	3	13	23.1	12	1	2	2	16:31
Juuso Valimaki J. Valimaki	16	0	5	5	+3	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0.0	0	0	0	6	15	4	7	18:17
Eric Robinson E. Robinson	13	3	1	4	+4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	13.6	1	4	25.0	17	4	4	3	13:01
Jackson Blake J. Blake	5	0	4	4	+1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	0.0	0	2	0.0	0	1	2	3	14:56
Jordan Martinook J. Martinook	27	3	0	3	+1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	36	8.3	40	89	44.9	20	17	11	9	14:53
Logan Stankoven L. Stankoven	5	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	25.0	20	41	48.8	2	2	1	4	14:59
Mike Reilly M. Reilly	17	1	1	2	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	4.0	0	0	0	11	10	4	15	17:02
Jalen Chatfield J. Chatfield	9	0	1	1	-1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	5	8	3	9	16:04
Alexander Nikishin A. Nikishin	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	15:58

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Pyotr Kochetkov P. Kochetkov	5	5	3	1	1	115	101	.878	14	2.73	0	308
	Brandon Bussi B. Bussi	1	1	1	0	0	22	18	.818	4	4.00	0	60

Team Leaders

P. Cotter

E. Pettersson

GWG

P. Cotter

SV%

.925

L. Meriläinen

Season

Career vs CAR

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	10	3	7	10	-1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	16	18.8	91	198	46.0	30	10	5	8	19:33
Paul Cotter P. Cotter	10	4	3	7	+4	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	9	44.4	24	48	50.0	33	1	2	5	15:21
Brock Boeser B. Boeser	10	2	5	7	-5	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	14	14.3	3	7	42.9	8	4	3	15	18:30
Linus Karlsson L. Karlsson	10	2	5	7	-1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	10.5	5	10	50.0	1	2	2	9	14:12
Filip Hronek F. Hronek	10	0	6	6	-6	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	14	30	3	16	25:26
Jonathan Lekkerimäki J. Lekkerimäki	10	2	4	6	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	0	0	0	6	4	2	3	14:04
Liam Ohgren L. Ohgren	10	2	3	5	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	15.4	1	1	100.0	8	4	2	5	15:17
Jake DeBrusk J. DeBrusk	8	3	2	5	-3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	20	15.0	1	2	50.0	6	3	5	3	16:16
Jamie Oleksiak J. Oleksiak	9	1	3	4	-4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	16	15	2	10	17:47
Marco Rossi M. Rossi	9	3	1	4	-3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	16	18.8	41	75	54.7	15	4	4	9	16:45
Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	10	3	0	3	+3	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	11	27.3	0	0	0	21	16	2	7	18:18
Tom Willander T. Willander	10	0	3	3	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	6	10	1	12	21:04
Drew O'Connor D. O'Connor	10	1	2	3	-8	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	10.0	16	44	36.4	17	10	3	10	15:43
Arshdeep Bains A. Bains	8	1	2	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	2	5	40.0	6	6	0	4	11:20
Max Sasson M. Sasson	10	2	1	3	-5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	18.2	28	68	41.2	3	12	2	6	13:06
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	7	0	2	2	-1	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	20	8	1	7	12:56
Filip Chytil F. Chytil	2	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	11	31	35.5	2	2	0	2	19:31
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	9	0	1	1	-2	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	0.0	2	4	50.0	15	5	0	9	10:37
Zeev Buium Z. Buium	10	0	1	1	-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	1	9	2	15	21:10
Guillaume Brisebois G. Brisebois	1	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12:44
Victor Mancini V. Mancini	3	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	13:04

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Kevin Lankinen K. Lankinen	7	6	1	6	0	166	133	.801	33	6.40	0	309
	Leevi Meriläinen L. Meriläinen	6	4	1	1	1	161	149	.925	12	2.51	0	287

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	15	6	11	17	+1	2	0	5	1	3	1	24	25.0	70	162	43.2	16	17	7	12	19:01
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	34	5	11	16	+10	4	0	1	0	0	0	76	6.6	8	26	30.8	22	14	17	15	14:56
Brock Boeser B. Boeser	15	4	8	12	-1	0	1	3	0	0	0	34	11.8	1	7	14.3	12	10	3	11	18:27
Filip Hronek F. Hronek	22	2	9	11	-3	6	0	3	0	0	0	41	4.9	0	0	0	28	32	5	17	23:27
Jake DeBrusk J. DeBrusk	19	4	4	8	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	35	11.4	2	4	50.0	11	8	5	11	16:07
Filip Chytil F. Chytil	19	2	5	7	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	26	7.7	45	125	36.0	9	7	7	13	13:04
Marco Rossi M. Rossi	7	1	6	7	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	6	16.7	36	73	49.3	6	7	1	3	18:03
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	46	2	3	5	-5	10	0	0	0	0	0	46	4.3	0	0	0	147	84	11	32	17:25
Jamie Oleksiak J. Oleksiak	31	1	3	4	-3	7	0	0	0	0	0	31	3.2	0	0	0	98	52	12	30	17:46
Drew O'Connor D. O'Connor	12	2	2	4	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	15	13.3	5	11	45.5	17	14	1	8	14:27
Paul Cotter P. Cotter	13	2	0	2	-3	10	0	0	0	0	0	18	11.1	3	9	33.3	36	3	2	1	12:07
Linus Karlsson L. Karlsson	3	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	2	3	66.7	1	0	0	3	11:57
Mackenzie MacEachern M. MacEachern	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	9:58
Jonathan Lekkerimäki J. Lekkerimäki	2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	15:46
Max Sasson M. Sasson	4	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	12	20	60.0	1	1	2	6	11:46
Zeev Buium Z. Buium	4	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	2	6	0	2	19:04
Guillaume Brisebois G. Brisebois	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	15:21
Akil Thomas A. Thomas	1	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	0	0	1	8:15
Liam Ohgren L. Ohgren	4	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	4	6	0	3	12:19
Arshdeep Bains A. Bains	2	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	10:24
Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	3	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	4	3	2	2	18:51
Tom Willander T. Willander	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	18:33
Victor Mancini V. Mancini	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	1	14:15

Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	MIN
Kevin Lankinen K. Lankinen	11	11	3	4	3	351	306	.872	45	4.36	620
Thatcher Demko T. Demko	7	7	3	3	1	201	183	.910	18	2.57	420
Leevi Meriläinen L. Meriläinen	2	1	0	0	1	52	48	.923	4	2.87	84

Canucks bring losing streak into home matchup against the Hurricanes

The Associated Press

Oct 19, 2026

Carolina Hurricanes (7-2-1, in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (2-7-1, in the Pacific Division)

Vancouver, British Columbia; Tuesday, 10 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Vancouver Canucks look to end their seven-game skid when they take on the Carolina Hurricanes.

Vancouver is 1-2-0 in home games and 2-7-1 overall. The Canucks are 1-4-0 in games their opponents serve fewer penalty minutes.

Carolina has gone 5-1-0 on the road and 7-2-1 overall. The Hurricanes have gone 7-0-0 when scoring three or more goals.

Tuesday's game is the second time these teams match up this season. The Hurricanes won the last matchup 7-2. Logan Stankoven scored three goals in the win.

INJURIES: Canucks: Thatcher Demko: out (hip), Akil Thomas: out (undisclosed), Mackenzie MacEachern: out (undisclosed), Jack Thompson: out (undisclosed), Marco Rossi: day to day (illness).

Hurricanes: Taylor Hall: out (upper body), Seth Jarvis: out (shoulder), Jordan Staal: out (calf).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Hurricanes CAR

Canucks VAN

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Metropolitan Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goals

Shots on Goal

Canucks bring losing streak into home matchup against the Hurricanes

Players Mentioned

Thatcher Demko

Taylor Hall

Jordan Staal

Mackenzie MacEachern

Akil Thomas

Seth Jarvis

Marco Rossi

Jack Thompson

Logan Stankoven