27 December 2024

The Vancouver Canucks will return to action on Monday at 9pm ET as they host the San Jose Sharks. Vancouver enters this matchup at 16-10-7, while the Sharks are 11-19-6 on the year. Vancouver currently sits in fourth place in the Pacific Division.

For the most part, Vancouver is healthy. The only injury to note is Filip Hronek, who remains on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. He has been out of action since November 27. JT Miller returned from his personal hiatus a few games ago, so the rest of the roster is in good shape.

With that in mind, here's what their lines could look like tonight against San Jose:

Attackers:

  1. LW Phil Di Giuseppe – C JT Miller – RW Brock Boeser
  2. LW Jake DeBrusk – C Elias Pettersson – RW Linus Karlsson
  3. LW Dakota Joshua – C Pius Sutter – RW Connor Garland
  4. LW Danton Henin – C Teddy Blueger – RW Kiefer Sherwood

Defensive pairing:

  1. Quinn Hughes – Tyler Myers
  2. Carson Soucie – Noah Jolsen
  3. Derek Forbort – Vincent Desharnais

Goalkeepers:

  • Kevin Lankinen
  • Thatcher Demko

Powerplay Teams:

  1. Jake DeBrusk, Elias Pettersson, Brock Poeser, Connor Garland, Quinn Hughes
  2. Kiefer Sherwood, Pius Sutter, Danton Heinen, JT Miller, Tyler Myers

Penalty killing lines:

  1. Pius Sutter, Danton Heynen, Carson Soucy, Tyler Myers
  2. Teddy Blogger, Kiefer Sherwood, Derek Forbort, Noah Jolsen

The Canucks are coming off a tough overtime loss to Senators in Ottawa Last time out.

Odds for tonight's Canucks game and a look at the upcoming schedule

The Canucks will likely win this game at home against the San Jose Sharks. According to FanDuel, here are the full odds:

  • Vancouver -265 on the moneyline.
  • Sharks +215 to outright win.
  • The puck line is Canucks -1.5, which is -102.
  • The Sharks are -120 to cover this line.
  • The over/under is set on 5.5 goals combined.
  • The high is -130, the low is +106.

After tonight's matchup with San Jose, Vancouver will play again on Saturday. At 4pm EST, the team will face off Seattle Kraken. The Canucks will then close out 2024 with a matchup with the Calgary Flames. This is Tuesday, December 31 at 9 pm EST.

The Vancouver Canucks are favorites tonight (Imagine)The Vancouver Canucks are favorites tonight (Imagine)
The Vancouver Canucks are favorites tonight (Imagine)

They finished the week back-to-back. On Thursday, January 2, at 10pm EST, the Canucks face the Kraken again. Then on Friday they see Nashville Predators.