Canucks travel to Tampa to face Lightning on Oct. 17
The Vancouver Canucks will play the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena on Saturday, Oct. 17, with both teams looking to build momentum early in the season.
Key points
- Canucks enter the game 2‑6‑1; Lightning 5‑2‑0.
- Lightning won 4‑3 in OT over Seattle, with Victor Hedman scoring the winner.
- Canucks’ last game was a 3‑2 OT loss to Florida, losing 0‑3 on the power play.
- Lightning’s power play was 0‑for‑3 in their last game and rank 32nd in the league.
- Canucks’ backup goalie Kevin Lankinen is 1‑5‑0 with a 6.89 GAA and .786 SV%.
Game Overview
The Vancouver Canucks travel to Tampa to face the Lightning on Saturday, October 17, 2026, with a 4 p.m. puck drop at Benchmark International Arena.
The Canucks enter the game with a 2‑6‑1 record, while the Lightning are 5‑2‑0.
Tampa Bay comes off an overtime 4‑3 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Thursday, in which captain Victor Hedman scored the game‑winner.
The Lightning’s power play was 0‑for‑3 in that Kraken game and the club ranks 32nd in the league after seven games.
The Lightning will aim to add a second win before beginning a three‑game road trip.
Vancouver’s most recent game was an overtime 3‑2 loss to the Florida Panthers, in which the Canucks led 2‑0 in the third period before conceding two goals in the final nine minutes.
In that Panthers loss the Canucks were outshot 39‑17, won 50.8 % of face‑offs and went 0‑3 on the power play.
Liam Ohgren recorded one goal for Vancouver, and goaltender Leevi Merilainen stopped 36 of 39 shots.
This season the Canucks average 3.11 goals per game and allow 4.56 goals against per game, with a 17.9 % power‑play conversion rate and a 60.0 % penalty‑kill success rate.
Elias Pettersson leads Vancouver with two goals and seven assists, and backup netminder Kevin Lankinen is 1‑5‑0 with a 6.89 goals‑against average and a .786 save percentage.
The Lightning listed Charle‑Edouard D’Astous and Gage Goncalves as healthy scratches in their previous game, and D’Astous could rejoin the lineup on Saturday.
“We have so much care for our captain in this dressing room… it’s only going to give him confidence and this team confidence.” – Brandon Hagel
Your questions, answered
What is the score of the Canucks’ last game?
The Canucks lost 3‑2 in overtime to the Florida Panthers.
How did the Lightning perform in their last game?
They won 4‑3 in overtime over the Seattle Kraken, with captain Victor Hedman scoring the game‑winner.
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