Predicted Canucks Lineup Tonight: Vancouver's projected lines for game against Columbus Blue Jackets

Vancouver Canucks will be taking on the visiting Columbus Blue Jackets on home ice at Rogers Arena on Saturday, November 8, puck drop at 10 pm ET (7 pm PT). Vacnouver are 2-4-0 at home so far, whereas Blue Jackets have a 4-3-0 away record.

Canucks have recalled goalie Jiri Patera from Abbotsford under emergency circumstances, as their No.1 goalie Thatcher Demko is expected to miss games this weekend due to "preventative maintenance". Without Demko in goal, Kevin Lankinen is expected to start in net vs. Blue Jackets on Saturday night.

Vancouver Canucks projected lines vs. Columbus Blue Jackets

Forwards:

Evander Kane-Elias Pettersson-Conor Garland

Jake DeBrusk-Lukas Reichel-Drew O'Connor

Kiefer Sherwood-Aatu Raty-Brock Boeser

Arshdeep Bains-Max Sasson-Linus Karlsson

Defensemen:

Quinn Hughes-Filip Hronek

Marcus Pettersson-Tyler Myers

Elias Pettersson-Tom Willander

Goaltender:

Kevin Lankinen/Jiri Patera

Also read: Quinn Hughes gets testy when asked about Canucks' lack of scoring opportunities in 5-2 loss to Blackhawks

Columbus Blue Jackets projected lines vs. Vancouver Canucks (Subject to change)

Blue Jackets are coming off a two-game losing streak, having lost 5-1 to Calgary Flames, and 3-2 to New York Islanders in the first two of their five-game away stand.

Columbus Blue Jackets recalled forward Luca Del Bel Belluz from their AHL affiliate Cleveland Monsters, and placed defenseman Erik Gudbranson on injured reserve, retroactive to October 27.

Forwards:

Dmitri Voronkov - Sean Monahan - Kirill Marchenko

Boone Jenner - Adam Fantilli - Kent Johnson

Cole Sillinger - Luca Del Bel Belluz - Yegor Chinakhov

Miles Wood - Charlie Coyle - Mathieu Olivier

Defensemen:

Zach Werenski - Denton Mateychuk

Ivan Provorov - Damon Severson

Jake Christiansen - Dante Fabbro

Goaltender:

Elvis Merzlikins/Jet Greaves

“You can’t give up two 2-on-1s there. We had all the momentum in the hockey game and we’re trying to push for offensive, obviously. We’re down 2-1 at the time, but we have to give ourselves an opportunity to get back into that hockey game, and that's not by playing risky hockey. We can still play aggressive, but what we did was not manage the game properly in that situation," said HC Dean Evason after recent loss to Flames.

The last meeting between these two teams on March 28th, 2025 was a high-scoring affair, with the game ending 7-6 in favor of the Blue Jackets after a shootout. Kevin Lankinen was in net for Canucks in that game, and he made 32 saves in 65 minutes and two more in shootout.