Canucks to open 2023-24 season at dwelling

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For the primary time in 5 years, the Vancouver Canucks will open the NHL common season at dwelling.

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And, for the fifth 12 months in a row, the opening opponent would be the Edmonton Oilers.

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The Canucks will welcome their Pacific Division rivals to Rogers Enviornment on Oct. 11, then start a five-game highway journey on Oct. 14 with a return go to to Edmonton. They’ll then go to Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, Florida and Nashville earlier than returning dwelling for a Friday-Saturday back-to-back set at Rogers Enviornment vs. the St. Louis Blues and New York Rangers Oct. 27 and 28, the primary of 9 units of back-to-back video games they’ll play within the 2023-24 season.

The Oct. 11 opener in Vancouver can be a part of Sportsnet’s nationwide telecast, whereas the Oct. 14 rematch will air on Hockey Night time in Canada. In all, 23 Canucks video games can be proven nationally.

Listed below are some highlights to the season:

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• 5 instances in October the Canucks can have two days off in a row.

• Former captain Bo Horvat and his New York Islanders will go to Vancouver on Nov. 15.

• The Canucks will spend American Thanksgiving (Nov. 23) in Seattle, after enjoying in Colorado the night time earlier than. The Canucks will tackle Seattle at Local weather Pledge Enviornment, then the Canucks will fly south to San Jose for a Saturday night time sport. Roughly 75 per cent of groups in a playoff place at American Thanksgiving make the playoffs on the finish of the season.

• By the way in which, the Seattle Seahawks host the San Francisco 49ers in Seattle on Thanksgiving Thursday.

• The Toronto Maple Leafs make their annual go to Jan. 20 — which can also be Hockey Day in Canada — and two days later Connor Bedard and his Chicago Blackhawks come to city for Chicago’s solely go to of the season. The Montreal Canadiens come to Rogers Enviornment March 21.

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• The Canucks will play 23 video games on a Saturday night time — their busiest day of the week — together with 12 instances at Rogers Enviornment.

• They’ll play only one sport within the closing week of December, Dec. 28 at dwelling vs. Philadelphia and gained’t play on both New 12 months’s Eve or New 12 months’s Day.

• After internet hosting Ottawa on Jan. 2, the Canucks will embark on a seven-game highway journey, with stops in St. Louis, New Jersey, each New York groups, Pittsburgh, Buffalo and Columbus from Jan. 4 to fifteen. They then return for a five-game homestand earlier than the All-Star break.

• The Canucks’ bye week is the week main as much as All-Star Weekend, which takes place in Toronto Feb. 2-3.

• Eight of their 13 video games in February are on the highway, together with a five-game journey to Carolina, Boston, Detroit, Washington and Chicago.

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• They’ve a nine-game homestand in March, from March 9 to 31.

• Seven of the ultimate 10 video games, performed over the ultimate three weeks of the common season, are towards Pacific Division opponents. If the Canucks are within the playoff combine down the stretch, this closing run may make or break their playoff hopes.

• The ultimate dwelling sport of the season is Apr. 16 versus Calgary and the ultimate sport of the season is 2 nights later in Winnipeg.

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