Vancouver Canucks at Tampa Bay Lightning

Sat, Oct 17, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena · 2026–27 Regular Season

Vancouver Canucks

2 – 4

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–2 on Sat, Oct 17, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. Nikita Kucherov scored twice. Dennis Hildeby made 12 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 14–35.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VAN	1	1	0	2	14
TBL	0	2	2	4	35

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	15:32	VAN	EV	Linus Karlsson (2) · slap	Paul Cotter (3), Filip Chytil (2)	1–0
2nd	04:35	VAN	PP	Elias Pettersson (3) · wrist	Jonathan Lekkerimäki (4), Brock Boeser (5)	2–0
2nd	06:30	TBL	PP	Nikita Kucherov (2) · wrist	Brandon Hagel (5), Jake Guentzel (5)	2–1
2nd	11:23	TBL	EV	Nikita Kucherov (3) · snap	Brayden Point (4)	2–2
3rd	02:04	TBL	EV	Jake Guentzel (4) · slap	Charle-Edouard D'Astous (1), Brayden Point (5)	2–3
3rd	15:57	TBL	EV	Pontus Holmberg (2) · wrist	Unassisted	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	13:20	TBL	Nikita Kucherov	tripping	2
2nd	03:19	TBL	Brayden Point	tripping	2
2nd	05:35	VAN	Liam Ohgren	hooking	2
3rd	02:26	TBL	Victor Hedman	cross checking	2
3rd	02:26	VAN	Brendan Gallagher	roughing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: VAN 1.89 · TBL 5.46 · xG% VAN 25.7

Vancouver Canucks

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Brock Boeser	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1		21:32	22
77	Filip Chytil	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	28.6	20:31	22
40	Elias Pettersson	C	1	0	1	-2	0	2	1	0	42.1	18:00	22
94	Linus Karlsson	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		16:49	22
47	Paul Cotter	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0		15:33	18
88	Jonathan Lekkerimäki	R	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	1		13:06	15
17	Filip Hronek	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	2	5		26:51	30
25	Elias Pettersson	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	4	2		21:42	26
5	Tom Willander	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		20:49	24
8	Zeev Buium	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		18:37	23
18	Drew O'Connor	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	37.5	17:56	21
74	Jake DeBrusk	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		16:29	21
4	Jamie Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		15:49	20
92	Liam Ohgren	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		12:40	15
13	Arshdeep Bains	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		11:40	17
63	Max Sasson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1	50.0	11:14	16
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	100.0	10:50	16
90	Victor Mancini	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		10:18	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Kevin Lankinen	L	35	31	4	.886	56:39

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	2	0	2	0	2	7	0	0		20:40	21
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	33.3	19:06	22
21	Brayden Point	C	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	0	75.0	17:06	21
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	1	1	-1	0	5	0	1		20:10	24
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	5		16:55	20
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0		14:00	19
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		21:32	29
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		20:06	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1		18:23	20
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	70.6	17:04	19
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	+2	0	2	4	1		16:47	19
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		15:53	22
95	Ilya Mikheyev	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		15:39	20
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	3		13:56	18
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	56.3	13:21	19
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	2		12:36	18
94	Conor Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	100.0	11:07	12
17	Dominic James	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	50.0	10:32	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Dennis Hildeby	W	14	12	2	.857	59:51