Welcome back to another Vancouver Canucks 2025–26 season series preview. In this article series, The Hockey News - Canucks site previews Vancouver’s team series matchups for the season in chronological order. Last time, we looked at what the Canucks will face in the Minnesota Wild. Today, let’s preview their two matchups against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
2024–25 Season Stats
Team Stats:
Record: 40–33–9
Points: 89
Standings placement: 4th in Metropolitan Division
PP%: 19.5% (22nd)
PK%: 77% (22nd)
Goals:
Kirill Marchenko / Adam Fantilli (31)
Kent Johnson (24)
Zach Werenski / Dmitri Voronkov (23)
Sean Monahan (19)
Mathieu Olivier (18)
Assists:
Zach Werenski (59)
Kirill Marchenko (43)
Sean Monahan (38)
Kent Johnson (33)
Ivan Provorov (26)
Points:
Zach Werenski (82)
Kirill Marchenko (74)
Sean Monahan / Kent Johnson (57)
Adam Fantilli (54)
Dmitri Voronkov (47)
Goaltenders:
Elvis Merzlinkins
Record: 26–21–5
GAA: 3.18
SV%: .892
SO: 1
Points: 1A
Jet Greaves
Record: 7–2–2
GAA: 1.91
SV%: .938
SO: 2
Points: N/A
2025 Free Agency Rundown
Like Vancouver, the bulk of the Blue Jackets’ free agency moves were in-house. They extended players such as Ivan Provorov (seven years), Dante Fabbro (four years), and Dmitri Voronkov (two years). Prior to the opening of free agency, they acquired forwards Charlie Coyle and Miles Wood in a trade with the Colorado Avalanche. Players such as Sean Kuraly, Kevin Labanc, and James van Riemsdyk departed in free agency, while Christian Fischer announced his retirement from hockey. In terms of roster additions, Columbus signed center Isac Lundestrom as well as defencemen Christian Jaros and Dysin Mayo.
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2025–26 Season Series Preview
Vancouver faces the Blue Jackets twice in the 2025–26 season — once in November, and once in January. Their November matchup is the first of a back-to-back at home, with their opponent in the second-half of this stint being Colorado. In 2024–25, Columbus was a team that wasn’t expected to do a whole lot. However, with the Eastern Conference weak towards the middle, the Blue Jackets nearly slid into a playoff spot, finishing fourth in their division.
In 2025–26, Columbus looks like relatively the same team from the year prior. It’s not likely they’ll be contenders, but some of their season results will depend on their conference. One spot that Vancouver will want to target when they play the Blue Jackets is in goaltending. Near the end of the 2024–25 season, the Canucks and Blue Jackets got into a massive 7–6 shootout, which could have ended in Vancouver’s favour had the team locked things down more defensively. Come November, the Canucks will need to keep this game in mind if they want to escape their season series against Columbus with four points.
2025–26 Games Against Vancouver
Game 1: November 8, 7:00 pm PT @ Rogers Arena
Game 2: January 15, 4:00 pm PT @ Nationwide Arena
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