Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis BluesMar 20, 2025

Final / OTThursday, Mar 20, 2025· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	0	0	3	0	3		VAN	3	9	5	1	18
STL	0	1	2	1	4		STL	12	9	5	3	29

: VAN 56STL 60
: VAN 1.56STL 2.63
PP goals: VAN 0STL 0
Hits: VAN 29STL 41
Blocks: VAN 17STL 23
PIM: VAN 2STL 2
: VAN 35%STL 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 in overtime at home. Brock Boeser (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for VAN: Joshua–Garland–Aman skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brock Boeser had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:56.Boeser
Points
Dylan Holloway had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:57.Holloway
Points
Tyler Tucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:49.Tucker
Points
Brayden Schenn had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:57.Schenn
Points
Elias Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) in 20:32.Pettersson
New line
New look for VAN: Joshua–Garland–Aman skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Joshua Garland Aman
Usage
Nils Hoglander (VAN) played 16:57, +4:53 up on his 12:04 season average over 71 games.Hoglander
Usage
Philip Broberg (STL) played 24:57, +4:31 up on his 20:26 season average over 67 games.Broberg

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · STL 60 · VAN 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 19% of the game, STL 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

VAN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	VAN	STL
	61	60
	1.50	1.75
	1.44	1.70
	4	7
	2	8
	18	19
	−0.086	+0.086
	19%	43%

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 – Pettersson – Hoglander
13:3755% CF
L2DeBrusk – Suter – Sherwood
12:1659% CF
L3Blueger – Karlsson – O'Connor
8:4140% CF
L4Joshua – Garland – Aman
8:2531% CF
D1Myers – Hughes
15:5043% CF
D2Pettersson – Hronek
14:2055% CF
D3Forbort – Pettersson
7:4320% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
0:43
PP2Hronek – Suter – Sherwood – Hughes – Karlsson
0:30
PK1FBlueger – Suter
0:58
PK2FSherwood – O'Connor
0:18
PK1DForbort – Pettersson
0:58
PK2DMyers – Pettersson
0:18

Current VAN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours
13:1450% CF
L2Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
12:4646% CF
L3Sundqvist – Joseph – Bolduc
10:4732% CF
L4Faksa – Walker – Toropchenko
9:3673% CF
D1Faulk – Broberg
19:3552% CF
D2Leddy – Fowler
16:1456% CF
D3Suter – Tucker
12:1748% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Kyrou – Holloway – Neighbours
0:55100% CF
PP2Fowler – Buchnevich – Thomas – Broberg – Bolduc
0:100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Joseph
0:34
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
0:25
PK1DLeddy – Broberg
0:35
PK2DSuter – Tucker
0:34

Current STL 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
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.08	3	2	0	20:32	—	—	50	41
Brock Boeser R	L1	2	0	2	0	4	0.16	0	0	0	19:56	—	—	50	44
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	57	59
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	19:06	—	—	57	25
Pius Suter C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	58	32
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.08	10	0	0	15:58	—	—	63	47
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	2	0	13:37	—	—	48	48
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	3	1	0	12:22	—	—	48	52
Linus Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:26	—	—	36	40
Conor Garland R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:52	—	—	50	58
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	5	1	0	12:41	—	—	43	64
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	32	62
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.26	0	1	0	30:18	—	—	57	52
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.31	1	5	0	21:37	—	—	44	48
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	0	2	2	27:14	—	—	62	48
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	2	0	19:44	—	—	57	47
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	14:08	—	—	28	9
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:21	—	—	15	1

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	O	29	25	4	.862	1.98	62:17

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	1	0	0	21:46	—	—	57	71
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.66	2	0	0	20:00	—	—	48	51
Jake Neighbours L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	1	0	16:02	—	—	43	49
Dylan Holloway L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.23	7	3	0	17:57	—	—	50	62
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.06	1	1	0	17:57	—	—	39	42
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.41	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	52	66
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:59	—	—	29	27
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	5	0	0	13:36	—	—	39	31
Mathieu Joseph R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	3	0	13:16	—	—	42	42
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	6	1	0	12:09	—	—	65	57
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	3	1	0	11:44	—	—	75	64
Radek Faksa C	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.13	0	0	0	11:23	—	—	75	70
Philip Broberg D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.32	1	3	0	24:57	—	—	56	59
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.07	1	1	2	24:48	—	—	44	48
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	1	0	21:42	—	—	56	35
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	56	52
Tyler Tucker D	D3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.08	5	5	0	15:49	—	—	40	54
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	15:46	—	—	52	62

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	18	15	3	.833	1.56	63:42

Goal anatomy

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

Zachary Bolduc (STL) 2nd 15:47 · assists Oskar Sundqvist, Mathieu Joseph · Deflection · 31.0 mph shot.

Zachary Bolduc · 2nd 15:47 · STL

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: deflection

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Kiefer Sherwood · 3rd 1:11 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 63.3 mph
Distance: 44 ft

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Brock Boeser · 3rd 6:35 · VAN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 64.3 mph
Distance: 44 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Tyler Tucker · 3rd 9:28 · STL

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 59.2 mph
Distance: 41 ft

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Dylan Holloway · 3rd 9:52 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Brock Boeser · 3rd 19:56 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 81.9 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Philip Broberg · OT 3:42 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 24.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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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. St. Louis BluesMar 20, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

St. Louis Blues

Goal anatomy

Zachary Bolduc · 2nd 15:47 · STL

Kiefer Sherwood · 3rd 1:11 · VAN

Brock Boeser · 3rd 6:35 · VAN

Tyler Tucker · 3rd 9:28 · STL

Dylan Holloway · 3rd 9:52 · STL

Brock Boeser · 3rd 19:56 · VAN

Philip Broberg · OT 3:42 · STL