Winless-in-ten Vancouver visits an average Anaheim: can the Canucks' defence hold?

Vancouver arrives in Anaheim at 2-10-1 with 10 straight losses overall and six straight on the road. Anaheim is only 5-6-0 and has lost three straight at home. The game turns on whether Vancouver's defensive problems, a shot share of 37.1% (rank 32) and a team save percentage of 86.5% (rank 31), continue against a host that is unremarkable itself.

Defence is where the teams separate. Vancouver allows 4.62 goals per game (rank 24) and 33.5 shots on goal per game. Anaheim allows 3.36 goals per game (rank 19) and 26.9 shots. Offence is close: Anaheim scores 2.91 goals per game (rank 18) and Vancouver 2.85 (rank 19). Anaheim's shot share of 46.6% (rank 28) is also poor, so it is not dominating play, only far ahead of Vancouver. With 11 and 13 games played, all of this is a small sample.

On personnel, Thatcher Demko is on injured reserve with a hip injury. A report says the team hopes he returns before Christmas. Anaheim is missing Pavel Mintyukov, placed on injured reserve on October 23, and Ryan Poehling, who is expected to miss 6-8 weeks with a knee injury. Anaheim's most recent result was a 5-4 road win, and a headline credits Leo Carlsson with scoring and assisting on the game-winner. Vancouver comes off a 2-4 home loss with two days of rest, while Anaheim has had three.

The moneyline has Anaheim at -217 and Vancouver at +179. It opened at -206 and +171, and the sheet calls that move minor, so it adds little. Bets on the moneyline are 91% Anaheim, while money is roughly even at 53% Anaheim and 47% Vancouver. The puck line is where the sides split: Anaheim -1.5 at +112 and Vancouver +1.5 at -135. Most bets (55%) are on Vancouver but 93% of the money is on Anaheim, and the line has not moved from its opening.

The total is 6.5 goals, unchanged from the open, with Over at -122. Over has 91% of bets and 95% of money. Vancouver's goals allowed support a high-scoring game, but 6.5 is a high bar. Vancouver has scored 2 goals per game over its last 10, and Anaheim's 2.8 is similar. Games have gone over the closing total in 46.2% of Vancouver's games and 36.4% of Anaheim's, neither of which points to heavy scoring.

The recent head-to-head is mixed. Vancouver won three of the last four meetings, including 4-3 at Anaheim on 2026-04-13, and Anaheim won 5-3 on 2026-03-25. Those games came in a different season, so they say little about the current group. Neither starting goalie is known, and with both teams' save percentages ranking in the bottom ten, that is a real gap in the picture.