Lineup Notes: Lankinen Starts In The Final Game Of The Six-Game Road Trip As Canucks Face Tampa Bay

Today, the Vancouver Canucks will take part in the final game of their current six-game road trip out east. They face the Tampa Bay Lightning at 1:00 pm PT in hopes of collecting their first win of the trip after going 0–4–1 so far. Here are the lineup notes for October 17, 2026. 

Starting in net tonight is Kevin Lankinen, who will play for the first time since October 11 against the New York Rangers. The start of the year hasn’t been kind to Lankinen, who is currently sporting a 6.88 GAA and .786 SV% on the season. In his last matchup, he stopped 19 of 25 shots faced. 

Marco Rossi will not take part in today's game according to the team, as the forward is feeling under the weather. Also out of tonight's lineup is Luke Schenn, who also sat out on Thursday. Arshdeep Bains draws in for Rossi, while Vancouver will retain the D-pairings they iced on Thursday. 

Projected Lineup: 

DeBrusk - Pettersson - Lekkerimäki

Cotter - Chytil - Boeser

Öhgren - O'Connor - Karlsson

Bains - Sasson - Gallagher

Pettersson - Hronek 

Oleksiak - Willander 

Buium - Mancini 

Lankinen 

Meriläinen 

Game Information: 

Start time: 1:00 pm PT

Venue: Benchmark International Arena 

Television: Sportsnet

Radio: KiSS West Coast 

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