CANUCKS (23-48-8) at DUCKS (42-32-5)

8 p.m. ET; KTTV, Victory+, SNP

Last night's game was a delightful way to segue into the final 3 games of the season. 3 comebacks. 3 ties. One beauty of Lanky Time.

Remember to tell the grandkids about it when they discover your dusty old Canucks memorabilia and ask whatever happened to the team.

So thoughtful of NHL schedulers to give us one final road B-2-B to enjoy. Since their fate is sealed, could the Canucks win 2 in a row, on the road?

Not likely. Expectations are not Canucks fans' friends.

Enjoy what we can while we can. It's almost over.

Game Day Chatter

Hell yeah! Great win in our game 7 last night 😍 #Canucks

— Geordie Canuck (@geordiecanuck.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM

13 NHL wingers have a cap hit between $5-6 million this season, including Jake DeBrusk. He's 4th in goals and 5th in points on that list. Not bad on a terrible #Canucks team.

— Noah Strang (@noahstrang.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM

When there's nothing to play for, Nucks find something.

The NHL standings since April 1. #Canucks with a late-season surge as per usual

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— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 11:47 AM

Game Day Lineups

Canucks projected lineup

Liam Ohgren -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser

Drew O’Connor -- Marco Rossi -- Linus Karlsson

Nils Hoglander -- Teddy Blueger -- Jake DeBrusk

Max Sasson -- Curtis Douglas -- Aatu Raty 

Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek

Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Elias Nils Pettersson -- Pierre-Olivier Joseph

Nikita Tolopilo

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Victor Mancini, Ty Mueller 

Injured: Evander Kane (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

Ducks projected lineup

Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Troy Terry

Alex Killorn -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke

Jeffrey Viel -- Mason McTavish -- Cutter Gauthier

Tim Washe -- Ryan Poehling -- Ian Moore

Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba

Pavel Mintyukov -- John Carlson

Tyson Hinds -- Drew Helleson

Lukas Dostal

Ville Husso

Scratched: Olen Zellweger, Frank Vatrano 

Injured: Jansen Harkins (hand surgery), Ross Johnston (lower body), Radko Gudas (lower body)

Status report 

Neither team will hold a morning skate. ... Tolopilo is expected to start after Lankinen returned from a three-game absence because of an upper-body injury and made 28 saves in a 4-3 shootout victory at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. ...  Gauthier returned to practice Saturday; he has missed five games with an upper-body injury and said he plans to play. ... Gudas, a defenseman, practiced in a regular jersey and will be a game-time decision; he has also missed five games.

Game Day Battle Hymn

Dreams... Remember when we had dreams of Nucks playoff games, what we had and what we lost?

F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.