Predicted Canucks Lineup Tonight: Vancouver's projected lines for game against Anaheim Ducks | Nov. 26, 2025

The Vancouver Canucks will kick off their four-game road trip on Wednesday with a clash against the Anaheim Ducks, who have been one of the most surprising NHL teams this season. The Ducks hold the No. 1 spot in the Pacific Division due to their 14-7-1 record, whereas Vancouver is seventh with a 9-12-2 record.

The Canucks will be without their No. 2 goalie, Kevin Lankinen, for the entirety of the upcoming road trip, and the goaltending responsibilities are likely to be shared between Jiri Patera and Thatcher Demko, who may make a return to the lineup sometime during this road trip.

Vancouver Canucks projected lines vs. Anaheim Ducks (Subject to change)

The Vancouver Canucks made another roster move on Tuesday, when they reassigned forward MacKenzie MacEachern to the AHL's Abbotsford. The team has not revealed who will take MacEachern's place in the lineup, but it could be Arshdeep Bains or Lukas Reichel, who may potentially return to the lineup tonight for the game against Anaheim.

Thatcher Demko has reportedly joined the team on the four-game road trip, but his playing status vs. the Ducks is not confirmed yet.

Forwards:

DeBrusk - E. Pettersson - Kane

Boeser - Kampf - Garland

O'Connor - Raty - Sherwood

Bains - Sasson - Karlsson

Defencemen:

Hughes - Hronek

M. Pettersson - Myers

E. Pettersson - Willander

Goaltenders:

Patera

Tolopilo

“When you’re thin with the injuries and you’ve got young guys, we want to teach when you think there’s got to be something sorted out. It just goes from day to day, or practice to practice. We just want to make sure that we had it clear where we were in, say, a certain situation on a climb, or, we were discussing when it’s passed to the point, or it’s climbed to the point, just to make sure that they’re real straight on it,” said head coach Adam Foote.

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Anaheim Ducks projected lineup vs. Vancouver (Subject to change)

Forwards:

Gauthier - Carlsson - Sennecke

Kreider - McTavish - Terry

Vatrano - Strome - Killorn

Johnston - Harkins - Nesterenko

Defencemen:

LaCombe - Helleson

Zellweger - Trouba

Mintyukov - Gudas

Goaltenders:

Dostal

Mrazek

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Historically, the Vancouver Canucks have a 61-50-9-7 record vs. the Anaheim Ducks, including a 28-23-7-4 away record. Quinn Hughes & Co. have won 9 of their last 10 games vs. the Ducks.

In their latest meeting on April 5, 2025, Vancouver thrashed Anaheim 6-2, scoring five goals in the first period. Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko made 30 saves in that game.