It’s almost a week until the Vancouver Canucks begin their 2025–26 regular season. With two more pre-season games to go, Vancouver is getting closer and closer to narrowing down their opening night lineup. Let’s take a look at the past 10 Canucks opening night lineups, starting from the 2015–16 season to the 2018–19 season.
It’s almost a week until the Vancouver Canucks begin their 2025–26 regular season. With two more pre-season games to go, Vancouver is getting closer and closer to narrowing down their opening night lineup. Let’s take a look at the past 10 Canucks opening night lineups, starting from the 2015–16 season to the 2018–19 season.
2015–16
Daniel Sedin – Henrik Sedin – Brandon Sutter
Sven Baertschi – Bo Horvat – Radim Vrbata
Alex Burrows – Jared McCann – Jannik Hansen
Brandon Prust – Adam Cracknell – Derek Dorsett
Alex Edler – Chris Tanev
Dan Hamhuis – Matt Bartkowski
Ben Hutton – Luca Sbisa
Ryan Miller – Jacob Markström
The 2015–16 season was part of a transition period for the Canucks, who still retained members of their 2011 Stanley Cup Finals core at this time. This was also the first year that Willie Desjardins joined Vancouver as head coach. Coming off of a first-round playoff exit the year before, this roster marked the start of some dark times for the Canucks. This team finished 28th in the entire NHL and sixth in the Pacific Division.
2016–17
Daniel Sedin – Henrik Sedin – Loui Eriksson
Brendan Gaunce – Brandon Sutter – Jannik Hansen
Sven Baertschi – Markus Granlund – Jake Virtanen
Alex Burrows – Bo Horvat – Derek Dorsett
Alex Edler – Chris Tanev
Ben Hutton – Erik Gudbranson
Luca Sbisa – Philip Larsen
Ryan Miller – Jacob Markström
This was the legendary Dragon Slayer Burrows’ last season with the Canucks, as he was traded to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Jonathan Dahlén in February. The future was on the rise, however, as 2015 NHL Draft pick Brock Boeser later made his debut at the end of March. By the end of the season, the Canucks had actually dropped in the standings compared to the season before, finishing 29th in the league and seventh in their division.
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2017–18
Daniel Sedin – Henrik Sedin – Thomas Vanek
Sven Baertschi – Bo Horvart – Loui Eriksson
Sam Gagner – Alex Burmistrov – Jake Virtanen
Markus Granlund – Brandon Sutter – Derek Dorsett
Alex Edler – Chris Tanev
Michael Del Zotto – Erik Gudbranson
Ben Hutton – Troy Stecher
Jacob Markström – Anders Nilsson
The 2017–18 season marked some positive and negative milestones. This was Boeser’s first full season, during which he tore up the league as a rookie before suffering a season-ending injury that forced him into second-place in Calder Trophy voting. This was also the last season that Canucks icons Daniel and Henrik Sedin skated for Vancouver, with their last home game ending 4–3 in a miraculous 2:33 into overtime. Vancouver finished 26th in the NHL but maintained their position of seventh in the Pacific Division.
2018–19
Sven Baertschi – Bo Horvat – Brock Boeser
Nikolay Goldobin – Elias Pettersson – Loui Eriksson
Tyler Motte – Brandon Sutter – Jake Virtanen
Markus Granlund – Jay Beagle – Brendan Leipsic
Alex Edler – Chris Tanev
Michael Del Zotto – Troy Stecher
Derrick Pouliot – Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markström – Anders Nilsson
This was the opening roster before things changed – AKA, before Quinn Hughes joined the team full-time. Prior to that, there was still hope in the future with this being the debut of center Elias Pettersson. The D-core was in rough shape, but got completely revamped the year after. Vancouver jumped up a few spots in the standings, sliding to 23rd in the NHL and fifth in the Pacific.
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