CANUCKS AT OILERS

TV: Sportsnet

Radio: KiSS West Coast

MATCH-UP INFO

Tonight marks the first of four meetings between the Canucks and Oilers this season: Sept. 29 (road), Oct. 1 (home), Nov. 7 (road), and Mar. 21 (home).
Vancouver is 115-127-19-15 all-time against Edmonton, including a 51-72-7-8 record on the road.
The Canucks are 3-7-0 in their last 10 games against the Oilers (1-4-0 in their last five).
Brock Boeser leads all active Canucks skaters in scoring against Edmonton with 34 points (19-15-34) in 37 career games.
In 29 career games against the Oilers, Elias Pettersson has 22 points (8-14-22).
Brendan Gallagher has 15 points (7-8-15) in 25 career games against Edmonton.
In 17 career games against the Oilers, Filip Hronek has 11 points (3-8-11).
Kevin Lankinen is 1-5-0 with a 4.62 goals-against average and an .854 save percentage in seven career games against Edmonton.
Leevi Meriläinen has one career appearance against the Oilers, going 0-1-0 record with a 3.27 goals-against average and an .857 save percentage.

QUICK NUMBERS

Zeev Buium finished third amongst NHL rookie defencemen in points (6-20-26) in 2025.26.
Amongst NHL rookies in 2025.26, Linus Karlsson finished seventh in even-strength goals (13) and tied for seventh in even-strength points (31).
Jake DeBrusk scored 19 power play goals in 2025.26, tied for third amongst all skaters.

LAST MEETING – APR. 16/26: VAN 1 at EDM 6

Josh Samanski opened the scoring for Edmonton 1:58 into the first…Matt Savoie doubled the lead 5:50 later…Ty Mueller cut the deficit to one with his first career NHL goal at 12:10 of the opening frame…Curtis Douglas and Kevin Lankinen had the assists…Savoie scored his second of the night 2:25 later…Savoie completed the hat trick with 58 seconds remaining in the third…Ryan Nugent-Hopkins added another for the Oilers with 3:14 left in the second…Colton Dach closed out the scoring at 8:20 of the third…Aatu Räty, Jake DeBrusk, and Linus Karlsson each had two shots on goal…Nils Höglander, D Elias Pettersson, Elias Pettersson, and Räty each had two hits…Zeev Buium and Liam Öhgren blocked three shots each…Kevin Lankinen made 29 saves.