The Vancouver Canucks’ 2026-27 NHL schedule is out, and it opens with a familiar face: Edmonton.
The league announced the home opener dates for all 32 teams on Wednesday, and Vancouver’s first two games will both come against the Oilers. The Canucks start on the road in Edmonton on September 29, then return to Rogers Arena for their home opener on October 1.
On Thursday, the NHL dropped the full 84-game slate, and the calendar is loaded with the usual mix of heavy travel, packed homestands and a few dates that jump off the page. One wrinkle this year: BC is done with Daylight Saving Time, which means there will be more 8 PM Pacific starts on the road than fans are used to.
The season gets rolling with that lone September game before October brings the real ramp-up. Vancouver’s first month includes a road-heavy stretch, a home Halloween game against the Leafs, and a Sunday, October 25 meeting that will bring Quinn Hughes back to Rogers Arena for the first time since he quit on the team the trade from Vancouver to Minnesota:
Hughes and the Wild will be back in Vancouver again on Saturday, November 21.
November is packed from top to bottom, with the Canucks hosting Anaheim, Philadelphia, the Rangers, Minnesota, Chicago and more, while also making trips to Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vegas, Utah, Seattle, Detroit, Philadelphia and Boston. The month closes with a pair of East Coast road games on November 27 and November 29.
December brings a Boxing Day date with Calgary and no game on New Year’s Eve. The Canucks will also see Washington, Buffalo, Dallas, Nashville, Los Angeles, San Jose, Utah and Seattle across a busy month that includes both home and road meetings with the Kings, Sharks and Kraken.
January is even busier, with a run that includes Utah, Seattle, the Islanders, Tampa Bay, Florida and Columbus at home before a long road trip through Colorado, Nashville, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Minnesota, Dallas and St. Louis.
That stretch also includes a couple of early starts: 11:00 AM PT in Nashville and 12:30 PM PT in St. Louis.
February keeps more of the action in Vancouver, with Montreal, New Jersey, Winnipeg, Pittsburgh, Ottawa, Colorado, Boston and Calgary all coming through Rogers Arena. The month ends with road games in Dallas and St. Louis before the Flames visit on February 27.
March is the grind month. It starts at home against Chicago, then sends Vancouver on a long Eastern swing through Montreal, Buffalo, Columbus, Toronto and Ottawa.
After that comes a heavy homestand featuring Nashville, St. Louis, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Vegas and Anaheim, before the Canucks finish the month with road games in Los Angeles and Vegas.
The schedule then rolls into April, the final month of the Canucks’ 2026-27 season.
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