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2026-27 forecast · Wed, Dec 16, 9:00 PM ET
Kevin Lankinen · 0.875 SV%
The preseason ratings make Anaheim Ducks 65.0% to win at home: a clear lean, worth 15.0 points over a coin flip, which grades B. Over a full season those same ratings project ANA for 94 points and VAN for 80.
A preseason forecast from each team's regressed rating and home ice, the ratings behind the projected standings. The full model read, with the starting goalies, rest and form, publishes within seven days of the game and replaces this page’s numbers. How this is calculated
PuckCast's preseason forecast gives Anaheim Ducks a 65.0% chance to win on Wed, Dec 16. The matchup detail follows.
ANA controlled play at 5v5 last season, 44.2% of the expected goals to 38.4%.
In goal, neither team has named a starter. Last season Lukas Dostal (ANA) saved -32.8 goals above expected to Kevin Lankinen's -44.4, on save percentages of 0.888 and 0.875.
None of that is the model read. This is a rating-and-home-ice forecast; the full prediction, with confirmed goalies, rest and form, priced against the market, publishes inside the seven days before puck drop and replaces these numbers. Anaheim Ducks over Vancouver Canucks is where it starts, not where it ends.
No sportsbook has posted a price for this game yet. Prices usually appear roughly a week before puck drop.
No starter is named this far out. These are each side’s projected starters on the current roster, with last season’s numbers.
VAN
Kevin Lankinen
47 games, 2025-26
ANA
Lukas Dostal
56 games, 2025-26
| VAN | Metric | ANA |
|---|---|---|
| 38.4% | xGF% (5v5) | 44.2% |
| — | Shot share | — |
| — | Goals for / game | — |
| — | Goals against / game | — |
| — | Power play | — |
| — | Penalty kill | — |
| — | Faceoffs | — |
Vancouver Canucks
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Elias Pettersson | C | 23 | 42 | 65 |
 Brock Boeser | R | 25 | 29 | 53 |
 Marco Rossi | C | 18 | 28 | 46 |
 Filip Hronek | D | 7 | 36 | 43 |
Anaheim Ducks
| Player | Pos | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cutter Gauthier | L | 34 | 29 | 63 |
| Team | Proj. points | Playoff odds |
|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Canucks | 80 | 21.8% |
| Anaheim Ducks | 94 | 53.3% |
Forecast method preseason-elo-v1; ratings as of 2026-08-19.
Final scores from the graded ledger. A loss in overtime also reads L.
Last three seasons: ANA 2, VAN 7
| Date | Game | Final | Our pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | VAN @ ANA | VAN 6, ANA 5 | ANA missed |
| 2026-04-12 | VAN @ ANA | VAN 4, ANA 3 | ANA missed |
| 2026-03-24 | ANA @ VAN | ANA 5, VAN 3 | ANA hit |
| 2026-01-29 | ANA @ VAN | ANA 0, VAN 2 | ANA missed |
| 2025-11-26 | VAN @ ANA | VAN 5, ANA 4 | ANA missed |
| 2025-04-05 | ANA @ VAN | ANA 2, VAN 6 | VAN hit |
| 2025-03-05 | ANA @ VAN | ANA 2, VAN 3 | VAN hit |
| 2025-02-27 | VAN @ ANA | VAN 2, ANA 5 | VAN missed |
 Leo Carlsson | C | 25 | 34 | 60 |
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 Beckett Sennecke | R | 21 | 34 | 55 |
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 Troy Terry | R | 19 | 33 | 51 |
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