Strength of schedule
Vancouver Canucks Strength of Schedule 2026-27
Vancouver Canucks has the 10th-easiest remaining schedule in the NHL: +0.41 standings points against an average slate over 73 games (opponents' points % .560). Over the next 10 days: 4 games, the 20th-easiest slate (−0.03), 1 on off-nights and 0 back-to-backs.
| Window | GP | H/R | Edge | Rank | Opp P% | Opp xGF% | B2B | Rest +/− | Off-night | Travel km |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| So far | 11 | 4/7 | −0.77 | 32 | .590 | 52.1 | 2 | 2/4 | 4 | 12,413 |
| Next 10 days | 4 | 2/2 | −0.03 | 20 | .564 | 48.9 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | 2,308 |
| Rest of season | 73 | 38/35 | +0.41 | 10 | .560 | 49.8 | 9 | 22/20 | 34 | 61,681 |
| Full season | 84 | 42/42 | −0.36 | 20 | .564 | 50.1 | 11 | 24/24 | 38 | 74,094 |
| Week 4 | 3 | 3/0 | −0.09 | 24 | .614 | 52.0 | 0 | 2/0 | 1 | 4,180 |
Rank: 1 = easiest of 32. Edge: standings points against an average slate of the same length.
Vancouver Canucks team page · week 4 (Oct 19-25) for every team
Game-by-game calendar
Coloured by opponent strength (points % rank, blended with last season). The percentage is how often an average team wins that game at that venue. Played games are faded with the result.
- Top 6
- 7th–13th
- 14th–19th
- 20th–26th
- Bottom 6
September 2026 · 1 game
- Tue, Sep 29@ EDM 41%W 6-5 · off-night
October 2026 · 15 games
- Thu, Oct 1vs EDM 48%L 7-9 · off-night
- Sat, Oct 3vs CGY 63%W 4-1
- Sun, Oct 4vs VGK 48%L 2-3 · B2B · off-night
- Thu, Oct 8@ CAR 36%L 2-7 · 3,866 km
- Sat, Oct 10@ NJD 48%L 1-4
- Sun, Oct 11@ NYR 48%L 2-6 · B2B · off-night
- Tue, Oct 13@ NYI 46%L 2-3
- Thu, Oct 15@ FLA 47%OTL 2-3 · 1,729 km
- Sat, Oct 17@ TBL 39%L 2-4
- Tue, Oct 20vs CAR 42%L 3-6 · 4,180 km
- Thu, Oct 22vs DET 55%
- Sun, Oct 25vs MIN 47%off-night
- Tue, Oct 27@ ANA 49%1,773 km
- Thu, Oct 29@ SJS 49%
- Sat, Oct 31vs TOR 58%1,332 km
November 2026 · 13 games
- Tue, Nov 3vs ANA 56%
- Thu, Nov 5@ WPG 50%1,864 km
- Sat, Nov 7@ EDM 41%1,194 km
- Mon, Nov 9vs PHI 57%off-night
- Fri, Nov 13vs NYR 55%off-night
- Sun, Nov 15@ VGK 41%off-night · 1,600 km
- Mon, Nov 16@ UTA 44%B2B · off-night
- Thu, Nov 19@ SEA 49%1,127 km
- Sat, Nov 21vs MIN 47%
- Sun, Nov 22vs CHI 64%B2B · off-night
- Wed, Nov 25@ DET 48%3,159 km
- Fri, Nov 27@ PHI 50%
- Sun, Nov 29@ BOS 40%off-night
December 2026 · 13 games
- Tue, Dec 1@ WSH 46%off-night
- Fri, Dec 4vs BUF 48%off-night · 3,792 km
- Sat, Dec 5vs DAL 46%B2B
- Mon, Dec 7vs WSH 53%off-night
- Thu, Dec 10vs NSH 55%
- Sat, Dec 12@ LAK 51%1,740 km
- Mon, Dec 14@ SJS 49%off-night
- Wed, Dec 16@ ANA 49%off-night
- Sat, Dec 19vs SJS 56%off-night · 1,773 km
- Mon, Dec 21vs UTA 51%off-night
- Sat, Dec 26@ CGY 56%
- Mon, Dec 28vs LAK 58%off-night
- Wed, Dec 30vs SEA 56%off-night
January 2027 · 14 games
- Sat, Jan 2@ UTA 44%1,290 km
- Sun, Jan 3@ SEA 49%B2B · off-night · 1,127 km
- Tue, Jan 5vs NYI 53%off-night
- Thu, Jan 7vs TBL 46%
- Sat, Jan 9vs FLA 54%
- Thu, Jan 14vs SEA 56%
- Sat, Jan 16vs CBJ 57%
- Mon, Jan 18@ COL 38%1,776 km
- Wed, Jan 20@ NSH 48%off-night · 1,644 km
- Fri, Jan 22@ CHI 57%off-night
- Sat, Jan 23@ PIT 49%B2B
- Tue, Jan 26@ MIN 40%1,181 km
- Thu, Jan 28@ DAL 39%1,389 km
- Sat, Jan 30@ STL 49%
February 2027 · 10 games
- Mon, Feb 1vs MTL 49%off-night · 2,859 km
- Wed, Feb 3vs NJD 55%off-night
- Sat, Feb 13vs WPG 57%
- Tue, Feb 16vs PIT 56%off-night
- Thu, Feb 18vs OTT 49%
- Sat, Feb 20vs COL 45%
- Sun, Feb 21vs BOS 47%B2B · off-night
- Tue, Feb 23@ DAL 39%off-night · 2,842 km
- Thu, Feb 25@ STL 49%off-night
- Sat, Feb 27vs CGY 63%2,859 km
March 2027 · 14 games
- Wed, Mar 3vs CHI 64%off-night
- Sat, Mar 6@ MTL 42%off-night · 3,686 km
- Tue, Mar 9@ BUF 41%
- Thu, Mar 11@ CBJ 50%
- Sat, Mar 13@ TOR 51%
- Sun, Mar 14@ OTT 42%B2B · off-night
- Wed, Mar 17vs NSH 55%off-night · 3,528 km
- Sat, Mar 20vs STL 56%
- Sun, Mar 21vs EDM 48%B2B · off-night
- Tue, Mar 23vs LAK 58%
- Thu, Mar 25vs VGK 48%
- Sat, Mar 27vs ANA 56%
- Mon, Mar 29@ LAK 51%off-night · 1,740 km
- Wed, Mar 31@ VGK 41%off-night
April 2027 · 4 games
- Sat, Apr 3vs SJS 56%1,600 km
- Tue, Apr 6vs COL 45%
- Fri, Apr 9@ WPG 50%off-night · 1,864 km
- Sat, Apr 10@ CGY 56%B2B · 1,201 km
How opponents see Vancouver Canucks
The rating other teams' schedules use for Vancouver Canucks after 11 games (32nd of 32 by blended points %). Prior: last season pulled 40% toward the league average.
| Stat | This season | Prior | Weight | Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points % | .227 | .437 | 22% | .392 |
| 5v5 xGF% | 37.5 | 45.6 | 36% | 42.7 |
| Goals for / GP | 3.00 | 2.77 | 27% | 2.83 |
| Goals against / GP | 4.64 | 3.53 | 27% | 3.83 |
| Shots against / GP | 33.5 | 29.0 | 52% | 31.4 |
| Pts allowed to C / GP | 4.09 | 3.44 | 21% | 3.58 |
| Pts allowed to W / GP | 5.00 | 3.74 | 21% | 4.01 |
| Pts allowed to D / GP | 2.91 | 2.45 | 21% | 2.55 |
How much does schedule matter?
Not much over a season, more over a week. With perfect hindsight about every opponent, a normal 82-game NHL schedule moved a team by at most about 2.0 standings points from an average one (2018-19 to 2025-26; the 2020-21 divisional season was the exception at a standard deviation of 1.9).
Forecasting test: we trained on 2018-19 to 2022-23 and tested on 2023-24 to 2025-26 (96 team-seasons). At game 41, adding the remaining schedule to a team's own blended rating left the error of its rest-of-season points % unchanged (0.0810 without, 0.0810 with). A one-standard-deviation tougher remaining schedule is worth about 0.7 standings points over 41 games. That is noise next to a team's own quality, so we do not treat season SOS as a betting or futures edge.
Single games are different: a team facing an opponent one standard deviation weaker in goals against scores about 0.23 more goals that night (holdout 2023-24 to 2025-26, 7,872 team-games). Game lines already price the opponent, so this helps fantasy lineups, not bets.
How strength of schedule is measured
For every game we take the opponent's rating and ask how many standings points an average NHL team would expect against it, at that venue. Adding those up over a window and comparing with an average slate of the same length gives the schedule edge in standings points: positive means easier. The opponent rating is points %, blended with last season early in the year. Opponent xGF%, goals and shots per game are shown beside it.
Opponent ratings this early carry a lot of last season: on Oct 21 the typical team has played 11 games, so its rating is 22% this season and the rest last season. Over a full season even perfect knowledge of every opponent moves a team only about ±2 standings points.
For fantasy, short windows matter most: the next 10 days and the fantasy week, where off-nights, back-to-backs and weak opponents stack up. For standings or futures, treat the season numbers as a tiebreaker, not a forecast.
Pacific Division schedules
Frequently asked questions
Does Vancouver Canucks have an easy schedule in 2026-27?
Vancouver Canucks has the 10th-easiest remaining schedule in the NHL: +0.41 standings points against an average slate over 73 games (opponents' points % .560). Over the next 10 days: 4 games, the 20th-easiest slate (−0.03), 1 on off-nights and 0 back-to-backs.
How many back-to-backs does Vancouver Canucks have left?
9 of its remaining 73 games are the second night of a back-to-back, with 61,681 km of travel still to come.