Canucks on pace for fewer home wins than the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies
Rogers Arena used to be a fortress for the Vancouver Canucks.
It still is, in a sense; it’s just that opposing teams have taken over.
The Canucks have won just five of their 25 home games so far this season. It’s an impossibly bad mark that has them on pace for the worst home record in their 56-year history.
Yes, worse than the expansion Canucks, any team from the 1980s, the Mark Messier-era club, or the forgettable Jim Benning tenure.
The Canucks have never posted fewer than 13 home wins in a season. Right now, they’re on pace for just eight victories at Rogers Arena.
It is truly unbelievable how bad the #Canucks have been at Rogers Arena this season.
They're on pace to have the worst home points percentage (.260) in their 56-year history.
Current record is .400, set in 1976-77, before the NHL had OT or shootouts to settle ties. pic.twitter.com/EZhR2oIqie
— Rob Williams (@RobTheHockeyGuy) January 28, 2026
It’s a streak of futility so bad that only a handful of NHL teams have posted a more dreadful home record throughout NHL history.
The league's poorest home team thanks to a dreadful 4-14-3 record in 2025-26, the #canucks take to the ice against the Capitals tonight with only 4 wins in 21 such contests. Dating back 50 seasons, their home points percentage sits tied for the 6th worst on this list of NHL teams pic.twitter.com/VriNZw9Kjm
— StatsCentre (@StatsCentre) January 21, 2026
Among teams with the worst historical home records, all were expansion-era clubs, except the 1983-94 Pittsburgh Penguins.
Speaking of expansion clubs, the Canucks have to at least be better than the expansion-Vancouver Grizzlies, right?
Guess again.
With the Canucks on pace for just eight home wins, they’re currently behind the 1995-96 Grizzlies in terms of their success at Rogers Arena.
The first-year Grizzlies went 10-31 at the newly-minted General Motors Place during their NBA debut.
But hey, thanks to the NHL’s loser point, the Canucks are on pace for a slightly better points percentage.
Moral victory?
The Grizzlies picked up 20 of a possible 82 points at home during the 1995-96 NBA season, good for a .243 points percentage.
Vancouver is on pace for slightly more, as their three extra-time losses leave them with a home points percentage of .260.
However, the Canucks could drop below the Grizzlies’ home points percentage from their expansion season by the end of this homestand. Two more regulation losses would see the Canucks’ home points percentage drop to .240 overall.
Vancouver hosts the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night at Rogers Arena before wrapping up their eight-game homestand with a Saturday matchup against the Toronto Maple Leafs.