Vancouver Canucks 2025–26 Season Series Preview: Vegas Golden Knights
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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 Ottawa Senators. In the final instalment of this series, let’s preview their season matchups against the Vegas Golden Knights.
2024–25 Season Stats
Team Stats:
Record: 50–22–10
Points: 110
Standings placement: 1st in Pacific Division
PP%: 28.3% (2nd)
PK%: 75.7% (26th)
Goals:
Pavel Dorofeyev (35)
Tomáš Hertl (32)
Jack Eichel (28)
Ivan Barbashev / Brett Howden (23)
Mark Stone (19)
Assists:
Jack Eichel (66)
Shea Theodore (50)
Mark Stone (48)
Alex Pietrangelo / Noah Hanifin (29)
Ivan Barbashev (28)
Points:
Jack Eichel (94)
Mark Stone (67)
Tomáš Hertl (61)
Shea Theodore (57)
Pavel Dorofeyev (52)
Goaltenders:
Adin Hill
Record: 32–13–5
GAA: 2.47
SV%: .906
SO: 4
Points: N/A
Akira Schmid
Record: 2–0–1
GAA: 1.26
SV%: .944
SO: N/A
Points: N/A
2025 Free Agency Rundown
The Golden Knights ended up netting the big fish of free agency as they conducted a sign-and-trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs to acquire star winger Mitch Marner. The deal pays Marner an average of $12M per year for the next eight seasons, keeping him a core member of Vegas’ offence for the foreseeable future. They also brought back pending free agents Reilly Smith and Brandon Saad, both of whom chipped in on Vegas’ offence in depth roles in 2024–25. Other additions include Jeremy Lauzon, Colton Sissons, and Jaycob Megna.
2025–26 Season Series Preview
Vegas is easily the scariest team in the Pacific Division heading into the 2025–26 season. The combination of Marner and Eichel on their top line will be deadly for the opposition to match — and that doesn’t include forwards such as Dorofeyev, Hertl, and Barbashev, all of whom scored 20+ goals last year. While the Edmonton Oilers may give them competition, Vegas is…
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