Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver: favourites despite Tuesday's loss

Coach Tremblay · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Updated Oct 2, 2026

Final · Regulation Oct 1 · Rogers Arena

EDM Pick Oilers · Away 9

VAN Canucks · Home 7

The pick Won

Edmonton Oilers to win

Confidence Medium

The read: Leaning Edmonton on the bigger sample, Tuesday's loss aside

At publication 1.47 (-213)

Reference stake $10.00 → $14.70 returns if won

Market median, read Oct 1, 2026, 8:50 a.m. ET. Median of UK bookmakers, not the price of any Ontario operator.

Price shown for information only and subject to change; this is not an invitation to bet. Restricted to those aged 19 and over in Ontario. Responsible gambling - ConnexOntario, 1 866 531-2600.

Form & standings

EDM VAN

1 Points 2

0-0-1
Record: 1-0-0; 3rd / 4th
Pacific / West: 2nd / 3rd; OTL 5-6 (OT) vs VAN
Last game: W 6-5 (OT) at EDM; OT1
Streak: W1

As of publication. W win, L regulation loss, OTL overtime or shootout loss (OT: in overtime, SO: in a shootout). The record reads wins-losses-overtime losses; the streak, W3 = three wins in a row.

Head-to-head

EDM 3 – 2 VAN

Oct 11, 2025 Oilers won 3–1
Oct 26, 2025 Canucks won · OT 4–3
Jan 17, 2026 Oilers won 6–0
Apr 16, 2026 Oilers won 6–1
Sep 29, 2026 Canucks won · OT 6–5

The market

Oilers · favourite 1.47 (-213)

Canucks 2.94 (+194)

Market median, read Oct 1, 2026, 8:50 a.m. ET. Median of UK bookmakers, not the price of any Ontario operator.

Price shown for information only and subject to change; this is not an invitation to bet. Restricted to those aged 19 and over in Ontario. Responsible gambling - ConnexOntario, 1 866 531-2600.

The analysis

Puck drops Thursday, October 1, 2026, 10:00 p.m. ET, at Rogers Arena. The NHL opens its 2026-27 regular season. These two clubs meet again, this time in Vancouver: Tuesday's game was played in Edmonton. It's Vancouver's first home game of the year. It's Edmonton's first game on the road.

Tuesday, these two clubs met in Edmonton. Vancouver won 6-5 in overtime, on the road. The Canucks open the season at 1 win, 0 losses, 0 overtime losses (1-0-0), on a 1-game winning streak. Edmonton sits at 0 wins, 0 losses, 1 overtime loss (0-0-1), on a 1-game overtime losing streak. In the standings going into this game, Vancouver sits 2nd in the Pacific Division and 3rd in the Western Conference. Going into this game, Edmonton sits 3rd in the Pacific and 4th in the West.

Our feed shows 5 meetings between these two clubs across the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 seasons. Vancouver has won 2, Edmonton 3.

The market has Edmonton as the favourite, at 1.47 (-213). Vancouver sits at 2.94 (+194), per the numbers we track, read Thursday at 8:50 a.m. ET.

Last season tilts heavily toward Edmonton, 41-30-11 against Vancouver's 25-49-8. The five-game head-to-head count points the same way. Tuesday's loss doesn't change that read. It came out of an 11-goal game, not a sign of something deeper. I'll take the Edmonton Oilers to win. I'm giving this read medium confidence. We're one game into the season, and Vancouver has already shown it can answer back.

Canucks de Vancouver vs Oilers d'Edmonton - Oilers d'Edmonton vainqueurs

After the game

Won

EDM 9 – VAN 7

The pick cashed, and it cashed early. Edmonton built an 8 to 0 lead before Vancouver finally found some jump, and the final read Edmonton Oilers 9, Vancouver Canucks 7 in regulation. The Canucks pushed hard in the third, but the early cushion held just enough. Odds at 1.47 pointed to a clear favorite, and the scoreboard backed that read all the way to the horn.

Published Oct 1, 2026 · Updated Oct 2, 2026

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