{"id":509450,"date":"2026-10-27T12:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509450\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T12:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T12:08:11","slug":"nhl-game-preview-vancouver-canucks-at-anaheim-ducks-with-line-combinations-10-27-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509450\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Anaheim Ducks with Line Combinations 10\/27\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/VAN-vs-ANA.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Vancouver Canucks vs Anaheim Ducks Game Preview\" style=\"border-radius:14px;object-fit:cover;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Inside The Rink Gameday Graphic <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Vancouver Canucks visit the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, with puck drop set for 10:00\u202fPM EDT.<\/p>\n<p>Matchup: Vancouver Canucks (2-10-1, 5 points in 2026-27) at Anaheim Ducks (5-6-0, 10 points in 2026-27)<\/p>\n<p>Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Puck drop: 10:00\u202fPM EDT (7:00\u202fPM PDT local)<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Honda Center<\/p>\n<p>How to watch: ANA: FOXLA+, SNP, Prime Video<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?subId1=ITD&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fmlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks News &amp; Notes<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Canucks suffered a 4-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. The loss was their tenth straight in which they\u2019re 0-9-1. Vancouver during the skid is averaging two goals per game while allowing 4.5 goals per game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the early season struggles in Vancouver, Leevi Merilainen has been impressive. He\u2019s 1-3-1 with a 3.13 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage.   <\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks News &amp; Notes<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ducks enter this game coming off a 5-4 win over the Flyers on Saturday. The win snapped a five-game skid. During the skid they were averaging 1.8 goals per game so scoring five on Saturday was a pleasant sign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Anaheim offense on Saturday was Tristan Luneau who had three points on a goal and two assists. Leo Carlsson also had a goal and an assist. Lukas Dostal stopped 28 of the 32 shots he faced. <\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Line 1: Jake DeBrusk \u2013 Elias Pettersson \u2013 Brock Boeser<\/p>\n<p>Line 2: Drew O\u2019Connor \u2013 Filip Chytil \u2013 Jonathan Lekkerimaki<\/p>\n<p>Line 3: Paul Cotter \u2013 Max Sasson \u2013 Brendan Gallagher<\/p>\n<p>Line 4: Arshdeep Bains \u2013 Marco Rossi \u2013 Liam Ohgren<\/p>\n<p>Pair 1: Zeev Buium \u2013 Filip Hronek<\/p>\n<p>Pair 2: Elias Nils Pettersson \u2013 Tom Willander<\/p>\n<p>Pair 3: Jamie Oleksiak \u2013 Victor Mancini<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders: Leevi Merilainen \u2013 Kevin Lankinen<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks Special Teams<\/p>\n<p>Power play, First unit: Jake DeBrusk \u2013 Elias Pettersson \u2013 Brock Boeser \u2013 Jonathan Lekkerimaki \u2013 Filip Hronek<\/p>\n<p>Power play, Second unit: Marco Rossi \u2013 Filip Chytil \u2013 Liam Ohgren \u2013 Tom Willander \u2013 Zeev Buium<\/p>\n<p>Penalty kill, First unit: Elias Pettersson \u2013 Drew O\u2019Connor \u2013 Elias Nils Pettersson \u2013 Filip Hronek<\/p>\n<p>Penalty kill, Second unit: Brock Boeser \u2013 Filip Chytil \u2013 Jamie Oleksiak \u2013 Victor Mancini<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks Projected Lines<\/p>\n<p>Line 1: Cutter Gauthier \u2013 Leo Carlsson \u2013 Judd Caulfield<\/p>\n<p>Line 2: Jeff Malott \u2013 Mikael Granlund \u2013 Beckett Sennecke<\/p>\n<p>Line 3: Nikita Nesterenko \u2013 Roger McQueen \u2013 Alex Killorn<\/p>\n<p>Line 4: A.J. Greer \u2013 Tim Washe \u2013 Sam Colangelo<\/p>\n<p>Pair 1: Jackson Lacombe \u2013 Noah Warren<\/p>\n<p>Pair 2: Tyson Hinds \u2013 Drew Helleson<\/p>\n<p>Pair 3: Travis Mitchell \u2013 Tristan Luneau<\/p>\n<p>Goaltenders: Lukas Dostal \u2013 Ville Husso<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks Special Teams<\/p>\n<p>Power play, First unit: Beckett Sennecke \u2013 Leo Carlsson \u2013 Mikael Granlund \u2013 Jackson Lacombe \u2013 Cutter Gauthier<\/p>\n<p>Power play, Second unit: Alex Killorn \u2013 Nikita Nesterenko \u2013 Sam Colangelo \u2013 Judd Caulfield \u2013 Tristan Luneau<\/p>\n<p>Penalty kill, First unit: Tim Washe \u2013 Alex Killorn \u2013 Jackson Lacombe \u2013 Tristan Luneau<\/p>\n<p>Penalty kill, Second unit: Leo Carlsson \u2013 Jeff Malott \u2013 Noah Warren \u2013 Tyson Hinds<\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Lekkerim\u00e4ki \u2014 Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Box Score Junkie has Lekkerim\u00e4ki at 47.2% Corsi-for through 186 minutes this season, so the underlying play is modest, but the finishing isn\u2019t: four goals on 2.4 expected, a plus-1.6 cushion. His 51.5 shot attempts per 60 lead Vancouver\u2019s listed forwards, making him the team\u2019s likeliest source of a shot-on-goal prop cash.<\/p>\n<p>Beckett Sennecke \u2014 Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sennecke scored in his last outing on two shots and keeps driving play. Box Score Junkie\u2019s 2026-27 numbers give him a 56.5% Corsi-for and 57.2% Fenwick across 228 minutes, with 64.3 attempts for per 60 and six goals on 4.9 expected. Territory and finishing both pointing the same way.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n<p>Akil Thomas (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Monday, November 9<\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie MacEachern (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Saturday, November 7<\/p>\n<p>Thatcher Demko (G) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Hip, expected back Monday, December 21<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks<\/p>\n<p>Pavel Mintyukov (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Thursday, October 29<\/p>\n<p>Ian Moore (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Sunday, November 8<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Poehling (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Lower Body, expected back Wednesday, November 25<\/p>\n<p>Troy Terry (RW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Hip, expected back Saturday, November 21<\/p>\n<p>Betting Odds<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moneyline (DraftKings, as of October 27 at 4:20\u202fAM ET): Vancouver Canucks +170, Anaheim Ducks -205.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Odds change through the day; check the sportsbook before betting. 21+. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.<\/p>\n<p>Next Up<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks: visit the San Jose Sharks on Thursday, October 29.<\/p>\n<p>Anaheim Ducks: host the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, October 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inside The Rink Gameday Graphic The Vancouver Canucks visit the Anaheim Ducks at Honda Center on Tuesday, October&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[188834,163,824,165,164,1720,401,5647,2098,75238,62452,1716,2101,404,16029,74039,20226],"class_list":["post-509450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-ducks","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-beckett-sennecke","tag-hockey","tag-honda-center","tag-injury-report","tag-jonathan-lekkerimaki","tag-leevi-merilainen","tag-leo-carlsson","tag-line-combinations","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-tristan-luneau","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}