Taking a look at the opening night rosters for Western Canadian clubs

The NHL season begins on Tuesday with two games, the first being Tampa Bay vs Pittsburgh, followed by Vegas vs Seattle. Teams had until 5pm ET on Monday to submit their rosters to the NHL. Let's take a look at the 23-man roster for all four Canadian teams in the Western Conference.

Calgary Flames

Forwards (13): Johnny Gaudreau, Sean Monahan, Matthew Tkachuk, Andrew Mangiapane, Elias Lindholm, Blake Coleman, Milan Lucic, Mikael Backlund, Dillon Dube, Brett Ritchie, Glenn Gawdin, Trevor Lewis, Tyler Pitlick.

Defencemen (8): Nikita Zadorov, Chris Tanev, Noah Hanifin, Rasmus Andersson, Juuso Valimaki, Erik Gudbranson, Michael Stone, Oliver Kylington.


Goaltenders (2): Jacob Markstrom, Daniel Vladar.

First game: October 16th @ Edmonton at 10pm ET/8pm MT.

Edmonton Oilers

Forwards (13): Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid, Jesse Puljujarvi, Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Kailer Yamamoto, Warren Foegele, Derek Ryan, Ryan McLeod, Tyler Benson, Devin Shore, Brendan Perlini, Zack Kassian.

Defencemen (8): Darnell Nurse, Tyson Barrie, Duncan Keith, Cody Ceci, Slater Koekkoek, Evan Bouchard, Philip Broberg, Kris Russell.

Goaltenders (2): Mike Smith, Mikko Koskinen.

First game: October 13th vs Vancouver at 10pm ET/8pm MT.

Vancouver Canucks

Forwards (13): J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson, Vasili Podkolzin, Tanner Pearson, Bo Horvat, Conor Garland, Matthew Highmore, Jason Dickinson, Nils Hoglander, Nicolas Petan, Justin Dowling, Zack MacEwen, Juho Lammikko.

Defencemen (8): Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Quinn Hughes, Tyler Myers, Tucker Poolman, Brad Hunt, Luke Schenn, Jack Rathbone, Kyle Burroughs.

Goaltenders (2): Thatcher Demko, Jaroslav Halak.

First game: October 13th @ Edmonton at 10pm ET/8pm MT.

Winnipeg Jets

Forwards (12) Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele, Blake Wheeler, Andrew Copp, Pierre-Luc Dubois, Nikolaj Ehlers, Paul Stastny, Adam Lowry, Kristian Vesalainen, Jansen Harkins, Riley Nash, Cole Perfetti.

Defencemen (8): Josh Morrissey, Nate Schmidt, Brenden Dillon, Neal Pionk, Logan Stanley, Dylan DeMelo, Nathan Beaulieu, Ville Heinola.

Goaltenders (2): Connor Hellebuyck, Eric Comrie.

First game: October 13th @ Anaheim at 10pm ET/7pm PT.

Calgary Flames roster
Edmonton Oilers roster
Vancouver Canucks roster
Winnipeg Jets roster