Projected Lineups for Canucks vs Blackhawks –10/17/25

The Vancouver Canucks take on the Chicago Blackhawks at the United Center today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CANUCKS (2-2-0) at BLACKHAWKS (2-2-1)

8:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, SN1, TVAS

Canucks projected lineup

Drew O’Connor — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland
Jake DeBrusk — Filip Chytil — Brock Boeser
Evander Kane — Aatu Raty — Kiefer Sherwood
Arshdeep Bains — Max Sasson — Linus Karlsson

Quinn Hughes — Filip Hronek
Elias Pettersson — Tyler Myers
Marcus Pettersson — Victor Mancini

Kevin Lankinen
Thatcher Demko

Scratched: Jonathan Lekkerimaki

Injured: Derek Forbort (undisclosed), Nils Hoglander (lower body), Teddy Blueger (undisclosed), P.O Joseph (lower body)

Status report

he Canucks did not hold a morning skate following their 5-3 victory at Dallas on Thursday … Lankinen could start after Demko made 28 save against the Stars

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Blackhawks projected lineup

Colton Dach — Connor Bedard — Andre Burakovsky
Teuvo Teravainen — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ryan Donato — Jason Dickinson — Ilya Mikheyev
Ryan Greene — Lukas Reichel

Alex Vlasic — Sam Rinzel
Wyatt Kaiser — Louis Crevier
Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Murphy
Artyom Levshunov

Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Nick Foligno, Sam Lafferty

Injured: Landon Slaggert (lower body), Joey Anderson (lower body)

Status report

Foligno, a forward, was not at the Blackhawks’ morning skate. He remains on leave to tend to a family matter … Slaggert, a forward, took part in the skate, but coach Jeff Blashill said he does not expect Slagger to play Friday.

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