Canucks lineup today: Vancouver’s projected lineup for game against the Tampa Bay Lightning | Dec. 7, 2024

Tonight, the Vancouver Canucks will look to make it two straight after a 5-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday when they face off with the Tampa Bay Lightning on their home ice. After ending November with a win and kicking off December with another win, the team dropped a road game against the Wild on Tuesday before bouncing back with the win over the Blue Jackets.

Heading into tonight's game, the team is sitting in third place in an incredibly competitive Pacific Division with a 14-7-4 record and 32 points. They sit just one point behind the second-place Los Angeles Kings and one point ahead of the fourth-place Calgary Flames.

If Vancouver wants to catch up to the first-place Vegas Golden Knights and go back-to-back as division champion, every game needs to be considered a must-win.

Vancouver's projected lines vs Tampa Bay

Forwards:

1. LW Jake DeBrusk - C Elias Pettersson - RW Brock Boeser
2. LW Dakota Joshua - C Pius Suter - RW Conor Garland
3. LW Nils Hoglander - C Teddy Blueger - RW Kiefer Sherwood
4. LW Max Sasson - C Aatu Raty - RW Danton Heinen

Defense:

1. Quinn Hughes - Tyler Myers
2. Carson Soucy - Noah Juulsen
3. Erik Brannstrom - Vincent Desharnais

Goalies:

• Kevin Lankinen
• Thatcher Demko

Powerplay:

1. Jake DeBrusk, Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser, Conor Garland, Quinn Hughes
2. Kiefer Sherwood, Pius Suter, Dakota Joshua, Tyler Myers, Erik Brannstrom

Penalty Kill:

1. Teddy Blueger, Pius Suter, Tyler Myers, Vincent Desharnais
2. Danton Heinen, Kiefer Sherwood, Carson Soucy, Noah Juulsen

Looking at the odds for tonight's Canucks vs Lightning game as well as upcoming games on Vancouver's schedule

Heading into tonight's game between the Canucks and the Lightning, bettors seem pretty split on who they think gets the W. On DraftKings, the Canucks are -130 favorites heading into tonight's game, while on the flip side the Lightning are +110 underdogs.

On FanDuel it's more of the same, however, the Canucks are slightly more favored with -142 odds, while on the flip side, the Lightning are +118 underdogs.

To simplify these numbers using the FanDuel odds as an example, it would take a $142 bet on Vancouver as the favorite to win $100 while a $100 bet on the Lightning as underdogs could win $118.

Following tonight's game, the Canucks will host the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday as part of their ongoing home stretch, before then hosting the defending Stanley Cup Champions on Thursday.