Golden Knights vs. Canucks (Oct 4, 2026)

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Canucks VAN

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Preview

Golden Knights

Canucks

Notes

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Odds

VGK

VAN

-238

Open

+195

Open

-294

+230

o6.0

-120

u6.0

+100

-1.5

-118

+1.5

-102

Forward Matchup

J. Eichel

VGK C #9

P. Cotter

VAN LW #47

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

B. McNabb

VGK D #3

F. Hronek

VAN D #17

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

C. Hart

VGK G #79

L. Meriläinen

VAN G #31

Wins

.870

Save Pct

.943

3.06

Goals Against Avg

1.32

VGK

Team Stats

VAN

Goals per Game

5.67

Goals Against per Game

33.50

Shots per Game

23.67

23.00

Shots Against per Game

30.67

33.3

Power Play Pct

20.0

100.0

Penalty Kill Pct

63.6

.870

Save Pct

.837

VGK

Injuries

VAN

Raphael Lavoie

Day to day (Undisclosed)

Jake DeBrusk

Day to day (Illness)

Filip Chytil

Out (Shoulder)

Thatcher Demko

Out (Hip)

2026-27 Pacific Division

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	2	0	1	5	3
Sharks	2	0	0	4	2
Canucks	2	1	0	4	2
Ducks	1	0	0	2	1
Kraken	1	1	0	2	3
Golden Knights	1	1	0	2	2
Kings	0	1	1	1	-5
Flames	0	2	0	0	-8

VGK

Last 5

VAN

Fri, Oct 2

Sat, Oct 3

Tue, Sep 29

Thu, Oct 1

Tue, Sep 29

Game Info

October 4, 2026

ESPN+

Rogers Arena

Vancouver, Canada

Team Leaders

J. Eichel

GWG

J. Eichel

SV%

.870

C. Hart

Season

Career vs VAN

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	2	1	4	5	+1	0	0	2	1	4	25.0	18	34	52.9	1	1	2	2	20:04
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	2	0	3	3	+3	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	3	1	4	18:21
Shea Theodore S. Theodore	2	1	2	3	+3	0	0	1	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	23:01
Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	2	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	6	0	1	2	14:46
Victor Olofsson V. Olofsson	2	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	0	1	0	2	13:35
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	2	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	9	21	42.9	4	0	0	1	10:31
Brett Howden B. Howden	2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	16:07
Mitch Marner M. Marner	2	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	21:52
Marc Gatcomb M. Gatcomb	2	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	9:02
Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	2	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	19:12
Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	2	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0	9	11.1	12	23	52.2	3	2	0	1	16:34
Mark Stone M. Stone	2	1	0	1	+3	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	18:55
Trevor Connelly T. Connelly	2	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10:56
Braeden Bowman B. Bowman	2	1	0	1	-3	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	11:30
William Karlsson W. Karlsson	2	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	24	34	70.6	0	0	1	0	18:50
Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	2	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	17:04
Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	2	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	19:00
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	2	0	0	0	-4	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	17:54

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Carter Hart C. Hart	2	2	1	1	0	46	40	.870	6	3.06	0	118

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tomas Hertl T. Hertl	48	17	21	38	-4	6	3	6	0	1	3	0	90	18.9	278	511	54.4	47	36	23	18	17:16
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	26	8	16	24	+9	4	1	6	0	0	1	0	89	9.0	164	359	45.7	17	12	12	19	20:05
William Karlsson W. Karlsson	28	8	15	23	+16	4	3	1	1	0	2	0	50	16.0	190	403	47.1	16	15	14	10	17:24
Mitch Marner M. Marner	28	4	19	23	+2	4	0	4	1	2	1	0	81	4.9	11	34	32.4	10	16	18	29	20:45
Rasmus Andersson R. Andersson	37	7	14	21	+5	12	0	3	0	1	1	0	60	11.7	0	0	0	22	58	11	25	21:17
Mark Stone M. Stone	23	7	13	20	+14	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	55	12.7	3	12	25.0	25	15	20	15	18:25
Shea Theodore S. Theodore	30	4	16	20	+20	10	0	3	0	0	1	1	79	5.1	0	0	0	5	31	13	21	20:39
Noah Hanifin N. Hanifin	39	5	14	19	0	10	2	6	0	1	2	0	67	7.5	0	0	0	26	50	7	32	21:06
Ivan Barbashev I. Barbashev	24	4	9	13	+3	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	25	16.0	37	70	52.9	52	6	6	11	14:29
Victor Olofsson V. Olofsson	13	5	7	12	+10	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	33	15.2	1	1	100.0	6	4	3	2	14:15
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	39	4	6	10	+22	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	7.7	0	0	0	78	62	12	20	18:55
Brett Howden B. Howden	16	4	5	9	+2	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	14.8	55	109	50.5	30	9	5	7	14:27
Jeremy Lauzon J. Lauzon	14	1	5	6	-5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	37	20	1	5	18:20
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	17	1	4	5	-1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	5.9	84	200	42.0	32	9	4	6	12:39
Parker Wotherspoon P. Wotherspoon	6	0	2	2	+5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	7	13	0	2	19:02
Dylan Coghlan D. Coghlan	5	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	7:51
Braeden Bowman B. Bowman	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	12:50
Raphael Lavoie R. Lavoie	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	3	0	0	1	11:15
Marc Gatcomb M. Gatcomb	3	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	11:15

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Carter Hart C. Hart	9	8	5	1	2	218	203	.931	15	1.79	1	502
	Adin Hill A. Hill	8	8	5	3	0	203	188	.926	15	1.97	0	456

Team Leaders

P. Cotter

F. Hronek

GWG

P. Cotter

SV%

.943

L. Meriläinen

Season

Career vs VGK

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Paul Cotter P. Cotter	3	3	2	5	+5	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	60.0	14	32	43.8	11	0	1	3	14:03
Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	3	2	3	5	+2	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	50.0	36	72	50.0	16	3	2	4	19:48
Filip Hronek F. Hronek	3	0	4	4	+2	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	3	14	0	3	25:41
Liam Ohgren L. Ohgren	3	1	3	4	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	1	1	100.0	2	3	0	5	17:47
Marco Rossi M. Rossi	3	3	1	4	-1	4	0	1	0	0	0	6	50.0	7	15	46.7	5	3	2	2	16:49
Linus Karlsson L. Karlsson	3	0	3	3	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	3	6	50.0	0	1	1	3	15:11
Tom Willander T. Willander	3	0	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	20:42
Jamie Oleksiak J. Oleksiak	3	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0	0	7	4	1	7	20:57
Brock Boeser B. Boeser	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	16.7	0	2	0.0	4	0	0	9	17:22
Drew O'Connor D. O'Connor	3	1	1	2	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	4	5	80.0	7	4	0	1	16:18
Jonathan Lekkerimäki J. Lekkerimäki	3	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11:58
Arshdeep Bains A. Bains	3	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	1	0.0	0	4	0	3	11:08
Max Sasson M. Sasson	3	1	1	2	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	10	25	40.0	0	3	1	3	14:09
Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	3	1	0	1	+4	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	4	6	0	1	15:42
Jake DeBrusk J. DeBrusk	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	0	1	1	15:36
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	3	0	1	1	+3	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	12:10
Aatu Raty A. Raty	1	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	10	14	71.4	2	0	0	0	9:30
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	1	2	50.0	5	1	0	3	10:43
Zeev Buium Z. Buium	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	5	0	6	22:11

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Leevi Meriläinen L. Meriläinen	2	1	1	0	0	35	33	.943	2	1.32	0	91
	Kevin Lankinen K. Lankinen	2	2	1	1	0	57	44	.772	13	8.66	0	90

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Brock Boeser B. Boeser	22	8	10	18	-9	6	2	3	0	60	13.3	7	15	46.7	17	6	9	10	17:49
Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	21	7	11	18	-7	6	1	6	0	51	13.7	89	205	43.4	18	11	9	11	18:45
Brendan Gallagher B. Gallagher	13	2	6	8	-5	6	0	2	0	32	6.3	3	8	37.5	13	7	5	4	14:44
Jake DeBrusk J. DeBrusk	19	4	2	6	-8	0	0	0	1	34	11.8	4	11	36.4	17	16	4	3	15:46
Filip Hronek F. Hronek	16	0	6	6	-10	4	0	3	0	24	0.0	0	0	0	35	16	6	12	23:34
Luke Schenn L. Schenn	20	2	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	20	10.0	0	0	0	83	34	3	11	16:10
Jamie Oleksiak J. Oleksiak	27	0	2	2	-8	13	0	0	0	32	0.0	0	0	0	62	47	3	12	17:58
Filip Chytil F. Chytil	9	2	0	2	-1	2	0	0	0	23	8.7	21	52	40.4	2	4	6	3	14:54
Linus Karlsson L. Karlsson	6	0	1	1	-5	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	1	4	25.0	4	3	1	0	12:16
Drew O'Connor D. O'Connor	9	0	1	1	-4	2	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	5	0.0	11	3	6	2	14:47
Marco Rossi M. Rossi	8	1	0	1	-8	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	40	83	48.2	7	3	3	6	18:11
Aatu Raty A. Raty	6	1	0	1	-3	4	0	0	0	8	12.5	44	73	60.3	9	2	1	2	11:33
Liam Ohgren L. Ohgren	5	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	1	0.0	9	2	1	2	14:46
Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	6	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	9	7	0	6	15:18
Max Sasson M. Sasson	4	1	0	1	-3	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	9	21	42.9	5	1	1	1	11:43
Guillaume Brisebois G. Brisebois	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	15:45
Paul Cotter P. Cotter	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	0.0	1	1	100.0	11	0	0	2	12:18
Jonathan Lekkerimäki J. Lekkerimäki	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12:57
Arshdeep Bains A. Bains	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10:09
Tom Willander T. Willander	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	3	7	1	1	21:08
Victor Mancini V. Mancini	4	0	0	0	-8	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	5	4	0	4	14:50
Zeev Buium Z. Buium	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	18:52

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Kevin Lankinen K. Lankinen	11	11	3	5	2	337	303	.899	34	3.16	0	645
	Thatcher Demko T. Demko	9	8	3	4	1	302	272	.901	30	3.43	0	524

Golden Knights face the Canucks in Pacific Division play

The Associated Press

Oct 4, 2026

Vegas Golden Knights (1-1, in the Pacific Division) vs. Vancouver Canucks (2-1, in the Pacific Division)

Vancouver, British Columbia; Sunday, 9 p.m. EDT

LINE: Golden Knights -242, Canucks +193; over/under is 6.5

BOTTOM LINE: The Vegas Golden Knights take on the Vancouver Canucks for a matchup within the Pacific Division Sunday.

Vancouver had a 25-49-8 record overall while going 8-16-2 against opponents from the Pacific Division last season. The Canucks scored 210 goals while giving up 314 for a -104 goal differential last season.

Vegas had a 39-26-17 record overall while going 19-7-6 against opponents from the Pacific Division last season. The Golden Knights had a 24.5% power play success rate last season, scoring 58 goals on 237 chances.

INJURIES: Canucks: Thatcher Demko: out (hip), Filip Chytil: out (shoulder), Jake DeBrusk: day to day (illness).

Golden Knights: Raphael Lavoie: day to day (undisclosed).

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

Golden Knights VGK

Canucks VAN

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Pacific Division

Last 5

Game Info

Golden Knights face the Canucks in Pacific Division play

Players Mentioned

Jake DeBrusk

Thatcher Demko

Filip Chytil

Raphael Lavoie