Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 6, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	3	0	3	6		VAN	7	6	9	22
CHI	2	1	0	3		CHI	7	10	6	23

: VAN 39CHI 56
: VAN 2.38CHI 3.29
PP goals: VAN 1CHI 0
Hits: VAN 20CHI 17
Blocks: VAN 8CHI 4
PIM: VAN 8CHI 10
: VAN 67%CHI 33%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3 at CHI. Brock Boeser (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VAN scored 6 goals on 2.38 expected goals (39 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Brock Boeser had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:13.Boeser
Points
Frank Nazar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:02.Nazar
Points
Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:52.Mikheyev
Points
Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:46.DeBrusk
Points
Max Sasson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:07.Sasson
Points
Marcus Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 27:12.Pettersson
Luck
VAN scored 6 goals on 2.38 expected goals (39 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (VAN) played 27:12, +5:49 up on his 21:23 season average over 81 games.Pettersson

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 95 of 95 attempts · CHI 56 · VAN 39

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI pressure
VAN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 13% of the game, CHI 56%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CHI

VAN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

CHI skaters (rows) against VAN skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CHI side.

Matchup matrix

CHI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VAN	CHI
	35	55
	1.21	3.14
	1.21	2.92
	10	11
	2	1
	19	17
	+0.118	−0.118
	13%	56%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Boeser – Rossi – Ohgren
8:5835% CF
L2Blueger – Karlsson – Sasson
7:1456% CF
L3Kane – O'Connor – Räty
6:358% CF
L4DeBrusk – Pettersson – Hoglander
6:2564% CF
D1Pettersson – Willander
15:0640% CF
D2Hronek – Pettersson
14:3454% CF
D3Mancini – Buium
8:0836% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Hronek – Pettersson – Rossi
2:4367% CF
PP2Kane – Karlsson – O'Connor – Willander – Buium
1:2950% CF
PK1FBlueger – Ohgren
1:27
PK2FO'Connor – Sasson
0:40
PK1DPettersson – Hronek
2:15
PK2DPettersson – Willander
0:15

Current VAN line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Burakovsky – Greene – Bedard
12:5559% CF
L2Teravainen – Donato – Nazar
6:4671% CF
L3Mangiapane – Slaggert – Moore
4:2530% CF
D1Vlasic – Crevier
10:1958% CF
D2Kaiser – Rinzel
10:1665% CF
D3Grzelcyk – Levshunov
7:5444% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Nazar – Bedard – Levshunov
2:46100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Donato – Greene – Moore – Levshunov
1:16100% CF
PK1FTeravainen – Slaggert
1:46
PK2FMikheyev – Greene
1:36
PK1DVlasic – Crevier
2:38
PK2DKaiser – Levshunov
1:10

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.82	1	0	0	19:13	—	—	38	33
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	1	1	0	16:23	—	—	39	28
Liam Ohgren L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	32	33
Teddy Blueger C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.25	1	0	0	15:58	—	—	37	46
Linus Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	1	1	0	12:30	—	—	47	58
Max Sasson C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.36	0	2	0	12:07	—	—	57	53
Drew O'Connor L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	3	0	0	13:40	—	—	26	14
Evander Kane L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	22	14
Aatu Räty C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	10:53	—	—	17	10
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	59	31
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	1	1	2	-1	3	0.26	3	0	0	15:46	—	—	57	26
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	50	24
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.03	1	2	0	27:12	—	—	32	21
Tom Willander D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	2	21:43	—	—	40	27
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	2	25:04	—	—	44	41
Elias Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	20:08	—	—	50	52
Zeev Buium D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:02	—	—	29	17
Victor Mancini D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:58	—	—	31	11

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Nikita Tolopilo(start)	W	23	20	3	.870	3.29	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.55	0	0	0	23:22	—	—	59	68
Ryan Greene C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	1	0	19:37	—	—	56	71
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	67	84
Frank Nazar C	L2	1	1	2	-2	3	0.27	2	0	0	20:02	—	—	75	72
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	78	67
Ryan Donato C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.56	2	0	2	12:49	—	—	85	78
Oliver Moore C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.40	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	52	74
Landon Slaggert L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.44	2	1	0	10:22	—	—	40	60
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	8:52	—	—	50	68
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	0	2	19:10	—	—	64	81
Louis Crevier D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	17:53	—	—	57	70
Sam Rinzel D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	2	18:24	—	—	56	56
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	65	65
Artyom Levshunov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	20:09	—	—	63	78
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	0	1	0	16:38	—	—	57	66
Tyler Bertuzzi L	—	0	1	1	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	16:45	—	—	70	72
Ilya Mikheyev R	—	1	1	2	+1	3	0.52	1	0	0	13:52	—	—	65	72
Ethan Del Mastro D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	7:42	—	—	75	82

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	L	20	16	4	.800	1.72	58:54

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Ryan Donato (CHI) 1st 1:08 · assists Frank Nazar · Dump and chase · dumped in · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 11.9 mph shot · 3.1 s from entry to goal.

Ryan Donato · 1st 1:08 · CHI

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 11.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Drew O'Connor · 1st 2:08 · VAN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Jake DeBrusk · 1st 2:32 · VAN

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.9 mph
Distance: 47 ft

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Teddy Blueger · 1st 6:32 · VAN

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 9.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 5.4 s
Type: rebound

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Brock Boeser · 3rd 2:40 · VAN PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 29.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s
Type: rebound

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Ilya Mikheyev · 1st 12:00 · CHI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 58.6 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Frank Nazar · 2nd 19:17 · CHI

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 39.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s
Type: deflection

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Max Sasson · 3rd 18:34 · VAN EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.0 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Brock Boeser · 3rd 19:44 · VAN EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 1.4 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 6, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Ryan Donato · 1st 1:08 · CHI

Drew O'Connor · 1st 2:08 · VAN

Jake DeBrusk · 1st 2:32 · VAN

Teddy Blueger · 1st 6:32 · VAN

Brock Boeser · 3rd 2:40 · VAN PP

Ilya Mikheyev · 1st 12:00 · CHI

Frank Nazar · 2nd 19:17 · CHI

Max Sasson · 3rd 18:34 · VAN EN

Brock Boeser · 3rd 19:44 · VAN EN