Vancouver’s 2026-27 file starts with velocity and workload. Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson remain the club’s primary shooting threats, Jake DeBrusk continues to live around the blue paint, and Filip Hronek is positioned for another heavy-minute season on the back end following Quinn Hughes’ December trade to Minnesota.
SEO Title: Vancouver Canucks Shift Report: Boeser, Pettersson, DeBrusk and Hronek
SEO Description: A Vancouver Canucks rink notebook on shooting pace, net-front production, power-play usage and Filip Hronek’s expected workload in 2026-27.
Vancouver Canucks 2026-27 Shift Report
- Boeser, 29, posted a 96.40 mph top shot last season, placing him in the 98th percentile among NHL forwards. His 57.68 mph average shot speed ranked in the 83rd percentile.
- The seven-time 20-goal scorer produced seven attempts between 90 and 100 mph, 25 in the 80-90 mph range and 75 between 70 and 80 mph. He also had 69 mid-range shots on goal, seven mid-range goals and 18 long-range shots on net.
- Pettersson’s hardest shot reached 91.81 mph, good for the 90th percentile among forwards, while his 59.47 mph average was in the 89th percentile.
- Pettersson generated 79 attempts at 70-80 mph, 30 at 80-90 mph and two at 90-100 mph. He added 49 mid-range shots on goal and 15 from long range.
- On the power play, Pettersson covered 33.79 miles, placing him in the 92nd percentile among forwards. He enters the season as Vancouver’s active leader in points, with 508 in 545 games.
- Boeser is the active Canucks leader in goals, having scored 226 times in 629 games.
- DeBrusk led the NHL with 121 high-danger shots on goal last season and finished tied for 10th with 22 high-danger goals. In 2024-25, he shared fifth in high-danger goals with 24 and ranked in the 98th percentile among forwards with 89 high-danger shots on goal.
- Since joining Vancouver on a seven-year deal signed July 1, 2024, DeBrusk has led the club with 51 goals. His 33 power-play goals in that span are tied for second-most in the NHL.
- DeBrusk’s skating remained a major part of his first-unit power-play role. He hit 23.53 mph at top speed, registered 168 bursts above 20 mph and nine above 22 mph, and logged 30.62 miles on the power play.
- The five-time 20-goal scorer also recorded 16 long-range shots on goal last season.
- Hronek set career highs with 49 points, including eight goals and 41 assists, while playing all 82 games and averaging 25:00 per night.
- The 28-year-old ranked 10th league-wide in all-situations skating distance at 292.32 miles and ninth at even strength with 246.40 miles. He added 24.12 power-play miles and 21.80 penalty-kill miles.
- Against Nashville on March 12, Hronek skated 4.14 miles at even strength, a single-game total in the 97th percentile for NHL defensemen last season.
- Hronek’s hardest shot was measured at 95.60 mph. He recorded 18 attempts from 90-100 mph, 54 from 80-90 mph and 108 from 70-80 mph.
- He also ranked highly among defensemen with 471 speed bursts between 18 and 20 mph, 74 long-range shots on goal, 25 mid-range shots on goal, three high-danger goals and three mid-range goals.
- Hronek became Vancouver’s workhorse after Hughes was dealt to the Wild on Dec. 12. Another demanding workload is expected this season.
