Vancouver Canucks Player News

Schenn had to sit out the Lightning's season opener due to salary cap reasons but will play Friday vs. the Blackhawks. The Lightning did not announce who he will replace but it will most likely be rookie Cal Foote.

MacEachern will replace Ivan Barbashev, who left the bubble to be with his wife for the birth of their child. The 26-year-old had seven goals and three assists (10 points) in 51 regular-season games.

After playing a full season with the Rangers last year, Chytil started the 2019-20 campaign with Hartford (AHL), where he had nine points (3G / 6A) in nine games. Chytil will draw into the Rangers lineup on a line with Chris Kreider and Pavel Buchnevich and could see some PP2 time. The 20-year-old had 23 points (11G / 12A) in 75 games with New York last year.

Oleksiak was a healthy scratch for the first two games of the series but will replace Taylor Fedun in Game 3. Oleksiak had 12 points (4G / 8A) in 57 games this season.

Chytil has no recorded a point and is a minus-1 in each of his last three games and will be replaced by the newly acquired Brendan Lemieux on Wednesday.

Schenn will make his Canucks debut after they tried Erik Gudbranson to the Penguins. Schenn has put up solid numbers in the AHL (1G / 4A in seven games) but has just 15 points (2G / 13A) in his last 150 NHL games.

Oleksiak missed three games with a concussion and was a healthy scratch for the last three games but will replace Juuso Riikola on Friday. Oleksiak has 11 points (4G / 7A) in 32 games this season.

Chytil was a healthy scratch on Monday but will replace Jimmy Vesey on Wednesday. There is no word where Chytil will slot in but look for him to simply replace Vesey on the fourth line. Chytil has six goals and seven assists (13 points) in 37 games this year.

Oleksiak has appeared in eight games on defence this season but will draw into the lineup as a fourth line winger on Monday. Oleksiak is expected to play on a line with Martin Hanzal, but the defenseman doesn’t have any fantasy appeal despite the position change.

Oleksiak was a healthy scratch in the last two games, but will get back into the lineup tomorrow in Arizona. Oleksiak has yet to record a point while averaging 16:46 TOI/GM in the first four games of the season. He will replace Julius Honka.

After playing great in the preseason, Boeser inexplicably served as a healthy scratch in the first two games of the season. Instead, the Canucks elected to give pugilist Derek Dorsett nearly 16 minutes per game in those contests, so expect Boeser to step into a top-9 role tonight.

Boeser had an excellent preseason and was an early favourite for rookie of the year, but he will have a tough time doing so if he can’t get into the lineup. The Canucks won their season opener vs. the Oilers, so they’ll roll with the same lineup tonight vs. the Senators—which means Jake Virtanen in, Boeser out.