Vancouver Canucks 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 4: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver Canucks 2 to Tampa Bay Lightning 4, on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vancouver Canucks.
NHLSaturday, October 17, 2026
DateOct 17, 2026
Start time4:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Canucks | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Vancouver CanucksTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
2-7-1Record6-2-0
8th in Pacific DivisionStanding3rd in Atlantic Division
2-9Road record / home record8-0
LLLLLLast 5LWWWL
L6StreakL1
Team stats
Vancouver CanucksTampa Bay Lightning
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Vancouver Canucks
Filip Chytil C · Shoulder - Not Specified
Injured ReserveMackenzie MacEachern LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveThatcher Demko G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveTom Willander D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayTampa Bay Lightning
Brayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveBox score
Vancouver Canucks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arshdeep Bains | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:40 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Boeser | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:32 | 2:30 | 0:38 | 18:24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Chytil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:31 | 1:00 | 0:00 | 19:31 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 28.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cotter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 | 0:53 | 0:00 | 14:40 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake DeBrusk | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 16:29 | 2:23 | 0:00 | 14:06 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:50 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Linus Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:49 | 0:46 | 0:00 | 16:03 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Lekkerimaki | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 13:06 | 2:14 | 0:00 | 10:52 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew O'Connor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:56 | 0:00 | 0:17 | 17:39 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Ohgren | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:40 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 11:37 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Elias Pettersson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 18:00 | 2:16 | 0:15 | 15:29 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 42.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Sasson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:14 | 0:00 | 0:40 | 10:34 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vancouver Canucks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeev Buium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:37 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 17:35 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Hronek | 5 | 2 | 0 | -3 | 26:51 | 2:13 | 0:55 | 23:43 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Mancini | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Oleksiak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:49 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias N. Pettersson | 2 | 4 | 0 | -3 | 21:42 | 0:00 | 0:55 | 20:47 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Willander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:49 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 20:49 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Vancouver Canucks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Lankinen | 4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .886 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 56:39 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 | 0:13 | 1:46 | 15:05 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 70.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Geekie | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:07 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:07 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:21 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 12:48 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 56.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 16:47 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:06 | 0:55 | 0:50 | 17:21 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:10 | 0:42 | 2:43 | 16:45 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:00 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:32 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:40 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 19:45 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ilya Mikheyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:39 | 0:00 | 0:41 | 14:58 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:06 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 16:11 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 18:23 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Cernak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:32 | 0:00 | 2:39 | 18:53 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:55 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 16:00 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Hedman | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:36 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 12:00 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:53 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 | 0:00 | 2:37 | 11:19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:06 | 0:00 | 0:39 | 19:27 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Hildeby | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .857 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 59:51 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Vancouver Canucks vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 4-2, on Saturday, October 17, 2026.
What was the final score of Vancouver Canucks vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Vancouver Canucks 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 4.
Who were the top performers?
Vancouver Canucks: Linus Karlsson (1 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Nikita Kucherov (2 goals).
Where is Vancouver Canucks vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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