Vancouver Canucks fall 4-2 to Maple Leafs at home, now one win in their last 13

Vancouver · Sports · Nov. 1, 2026 · The Vancouver Canucks lost 4-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rogers Arena on Saturday night. The win ended Toronto's two-game losing skid, while Vancouver's run stretched to just one win in its last 13 games.

Four Leafs score; Canucks twice pull close

Toronto got goals from William Nylander, Teddy Blueger, Auston Matthews and Zack MacEwen, with Nylander and Blueger each adding an assist. Vancouver's Brock Boeser scored on a breakaway in the first period to tie the game 1-1, and Max Sasson cut the deficit to 3-2 in the third, before Blueger sealed the result with an empty-net goal. Toronto out-hit Vancouver 30-26.

Goaltending: Stolarz stops 27, Merilainen 24

Toronto goalie Anthony Stolarz stopped 27 of 29 shots, while Vancouver's Leevi Merilainen made 24 saves on 27 shots. Canucks head coach Manny Malhotra said afterwards that the team is heading in the right direction: after earlier losses by five, three and four goals, six of their last eight defeats have come by two goals or fewer, a sign the defence has tightened. Vancouver next faces the Anaheim Ducks, while Toronto returns home to host the Utah Mammoth.