With the Canucks holding a 3–11–1 record 15 games into the 2026–27 season, they host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 31, 2026.
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The Vancouver Canucks enter their Halloween matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 3–11–1 record after 15 games of the 2026–27 season.
Despite the team’s recent offensive struggles, Vancouver ranks in the top half of the NHL in 5-on-5 goals-for, producing 28 goals in that split—tied with the Montréal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres for 14th in the league—while their 45 overall goals-for place them 11th.
Vancouver’s puck-tracking numbers also present a complicated picture: the Canucks’ PDO is 1.002, which is lower than the Montréal Canadiens (1.008) and Nashville Predators (1.005) as well as the group that includes the St. Louis Blues (1.006) and the New York Rangers (1.014). Teams listed below Vancouver include the Dallas Stars (0.998), Tampa Bay Lightning (0.990) and Utah Mammoth (0.897).
On shooting volume, the Canucks are not last in the NHL, but they are near the bottom: Vancouver has recorded 316 shots-for, ranking 30th, with only the Chicago Blackhawks and Columbus Blue Jackets (281) having fewer.
At the Abbotsford level, two AHL Canucks players have scored five goals or more through the team’s first nine games—Ty Mueller (6) and Jacob Quillan (5). Mueller leads the team in points with 10 in 10 games, while Braeden Cootes—listed as out with a lower-body injury—has three goals and three assists in six games; defenceman Kirill Kudryavtsev has six assists in five games for a points-per-game pace of 1.20.
In goal, Vancouver’s save percentage sits at .859%, placing the club at the bottom of the NHL and just under .860%. Kevin Lankinen has a .812 save percentage and Leevi Meriläinen has a .898% mark, with other under-.900% examples listed including Maple Leafs goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (.885%), Utah Mammoth’s Karel Vejmelka (.881%) and 2026 Stanley Cup winner Brandon Bussi (.865%).
Finally, in home performance through the first 15 games of each season, the 2025–26 Canucks held the better record at 2–4–0, while the 2026–27 group has been 1–5–0 after 15 games, including one fewer home win after that span.
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