The vibes are decent right now for the New Jersey Devils (26-22-2). They want it to continue visiting the Vancouver Canucks (17-28-5) on Friday night in Rogers Arena.
In their last meeting, the Canucks had a bit of a shot in the arm after shipping out Quinn Hughes and bringing in three key pieces to their future in Zeev Buium, Marco Rossi, and Liam Ohgren. The Devils dropped that game on home ice in regulation, which was near the beginning of disastrous play for the Devils.
However, the Devils are winners in four of their last five games, and three of those wins are against playoff positioned teams.
With their position in the standings, tonight is a game the Devils can ill-afford to give away.
Let’s dive into tonight’s matchup.
What to Know vs. Canucks
— The Devils and Vancouver conclude their 2025-26 regular-season series, after the Devils dropped a 2-1 contest against the Canucks on Dec. 14, 2025, at the Rock.
— The Devils have won three consecutive contests at Vancouver since Nov. 1, 2022, and have recorded five, or more goals, in all three of those games.
2025-26 vs. Canucks
12/14/25 L 2-1 Prudential Center
1/23/26 10:00 P.M. ET Rogers Arena
Devils vs. Canucks
All-time Record: 40-40-4-3
All-time Home Record: 21-19-3-2
All-time Road Record: 19-21-1-1
Projected Devils Lineup*
Forwards
Timo Meier – Jack Hughes – Jesper Bratt
Ondrej Palat– Nico Hischier – Dawson Mercer
Evgenii Dadonov – Paul Cotter – Connor Brown
Arseny Gristyuk – Cody Glass – Lenni Hämennaho
Defensemen
Brett Pesce – Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler – Johnathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon – Simon Nemec
Goaltenders
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
*Lineup subject to change
Current Injuries: Marc McLaughlin (undisclosed), Zack MacEwen (upper body, out for season), Luke Hughes (separated shoulder)
2025-26 Total Man-Games Lost: 236
Projected Canucks Lineup*
Forwards
Evander Kane – Elias Pettersson – Jake DeBrusk
Drew O’Connor – David Kampf – Brock Boeser
Liam Ohgren – Teddy Blueger – Conor Garland
Nils Hoglander – Max Sasson – Linus Karlsson
Defensemen
Zeev Buium – Filip Hronek
Elias N. Pettersson – Tyler Myers
Marcus Pettersson – Tom Willander
Goaltenders
Kevin Lankinen
Jiri Patera
*Lineup subject to change
How to Watch the Devils Game — 10:00 P.M. ET
Watch: MSGSN
Radio: DEVILS HOCKEY NET
Next Up
Sun., Jan. 25 At SEA 4:00 P.M. E.T.
Tue., Jan. 27 Vs WPG 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Thu., Jan. 29 Vs NSH 7:00 P.M. E.T.
Sat., Jan. 31 At OTT 7:00 P.M. E.T.
