The Vancouver Canucks have announced their opening night roster for the 2025-26 season. Vancouver's roster features 14 forwards, seven defenceman and two goaltenders. Here are the 23 players on the Canucks opening night roster. FORWARDS (14): Arshdeep Bains Teddy Blueger Brock Boeser Filip Chytil Braeden Cootes Jake DeBrusk Conor Garland Evander Kane Linus Karlsson Jonathan Lekkerimäki Drew O'Connor Elias Pettersson Aatu Räty Kiefer Sherwood DEFENCE (7): Derek Forbort Filip Hronek Quinn Hughes Pierre-Olivier Joseph Tyler Myers Elias Pettersson Marcus Pettersson GOALTENDERS (2): Thatcher Demko Kevin Lankinen Oct 3, 2025; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; The Vancouver Canucks celebrate their overtime victroy against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-Imagn Images [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/15a6334b-ce19-4562-ba34-4d62dd6e3987.jpeg] Oct 3, 2025; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; The Vancouver Canucks celebrate their overtime victroy against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-Imagn Images Vancouver kicks off their 2025-26 regular season on October 9 against the Calgary Flames [http://thn.com/calgary]. This will be the second-straight year the Canucks have opened the season against Calgary, with Vancouver falling last year 6-5 in overtime. Game time is scheduled for 7:00 pm PT and will be broadcast on Sportsnet. Make sure you bookmark THN's Vancouver Canucks site and add us to your favourites on Google News [https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMK-q0gsw7sXpAw/sections/CAQqEAgAKgcICjCvqtILMO7F6QMwr-DfCA?hl=en-CA&gl=CA&ceid=CA%3Aen] for the latest news, exclusive interviews, breakdowns, and so much more. Also, don't forget to leave a comment at the bottom of the page and engage with other passionate fans through our forum. This article originally appeared on The Hockey News [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/vancouver-canucks]. Latest From THN’s Vancouver Canucks Site [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/vancouver-canucks/]: Report: Braeden Cootes Will Make NHL Debut During Vancouver Canucks 2025-26 Season Opener [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/vancouver-canucks/latest-news/report-braeden-cootes-will-make-nhl-debut-during-vancouver-canucks-2025-26-season-opener] Predicting The Canucks’ 2026–27 Opening Night Roster Based On The 2025–26 Pre-Season [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/vancouver-canucks/latest-news/predicting-the-canucks-2026-27-opening-night-roster-based-on-the-2025-26-pre-season] “This Group Is Ready”: Canucks Conclude 2025–26 Pre-Season, Prepare For Home-Opener On October 9 [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/vancouver-canucks/latest-news/this-group-is-ready-canucks-conclude-2025-26-pre-season-prepare-for-home-opener-on-october-9] The Hockey News [https://deweb-519a7.b-cdn.net/post-images/e9b92d02-15e0-4cb2-be8c-4cb98a93f073.jpeg] The Hockey News
