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Vancouver Canucks vs. St. Louis BluesOct 30, 2025

Final / SO· Enterprise Center
away
VAN
4
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STL
3
Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
VAN111014VAN945018
STL111003STL101116239
VAN 50STL 72
VAN 1.78STL 3.59
PP goals
VAN 1STL 2
Hits
VAN 21STL 17
Blocks
VAN 16STL 14
PIM
VAN 6STL 6
VAN 52%STL 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

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

Vancouver Canucks beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 in a shootout at STL. Kiefer Sherwood (VAN) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Brock Boeser (VAN) played 0:33, −18:45 down on his 19:18 season average over 74 games.

  1. Points
    Kiefer Sherwood had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 24:12.Sherwood
  2. Points
    Pius Suter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:22.Suter
  3. Points
    Cam Fowler had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:41.Fowler
  4. Points
    Drew O'Connor had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:19.O'Connor
  5. Points
    Oskar Sundqvist had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:28.Sundqvist
  6. Usage
    Brock Boeser (VAN) played 0:33, −18:45 down on his 19:18 season average over 74 games.Boeser
  7. New line
    New look for STL: Sundqvist–Suter–Holloway skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SundqvistSuterHolloway
  8. New line
    New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Pettersson–Sherwood skated 4:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBruskPetterssonSherwood

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.

Shot map, VAN at STL: 122 attempts, 57 on goal, 6 goals, 5.37 expected goals; best chance Oskar Sundqvist at 0.32 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • STL
  • VAN
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · STL 72 · VAN 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VAN at STL: expected goals 3.59 to 1.78 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 72 to 50, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTSTLVANHSSSSSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 63:48
  • STL
  • VAN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
STLVANcontrol2nd3rdOTHolloway · 1st 3:23Sherwood · 1st 13:08Snuggerud · 2nd 0:58Sherwood · 2nd 10:42Sherwood · 3rd 7:04Suter · 3rd 10:48
  • 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 20% of the game, STL 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VAN at STL: 38 players over 63:48; most ice Jordan Binnington (64:09) for STL and Kevin Lankinen (65:00) for VAN, 6 goals.

STL
VAN
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, STL rows versus VAN columns: 221 matchups; most common Broberg vs Pettersson, 10:07 at 46% xGF.

STL ↓ · VAN →BainsKarlssonSassonSherwoodPetterssonDeBruskO'ConnorMacEachernRätyPetterssonWillanderMyersJosephHronekPetterssonL1 BuchnevichL1 SchennL1 SnuggerudL2 HollowayL2 SuterL2 SundqvistL3 KyrouL3 DvorskyL3 JosephL4 WalkerL4 BjugstadL4 ToropchenkoD1 BrobergD1 ParaykoD2 FaulkD2 FowlerD3 TuckerD3 Mailloux
STL 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
StatVANSTL
4956
1.582.49
1.562.29
812
54
1618
+0.033−0.033
20%39%

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

Current VAN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 3:23
    STLDylan Holloway (Oskar Sundqvist, Pius Suter)wrist0.10 xG
    VAN: DeBrusk, Hronek, Pettersson, Sherwood, PetterssonSTL: Faulk, Fowler, Sundqvist, Suter, Holloway
    VAN 0 – 1 STL
  2. 13:08
    VANKiefer SherwoodPP (Evander Kane)wrist0.18 xG
    VAN: Kane, Sherwood, Karlsson, Bains, WillanderSTL: Faulk, Toropchenko, Suter, Tucker
    VAN 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

  1. 0:58
    STLJimmy SnuggerudPP (Cam Fowler, Jordan Binnington)wrist0.07 xG
    VAN: Myers, DeBrusk, Pettersson, JosephSTL: Fowler, Parayko, Suter, Snuggerud, Dvorsky
    VAN 1 – 2 STL
  2. 10:42
    VANKiefer Sherwood (Drew O'Connor, Marcus Pettersson)backhand0.15 xG
    VAN: Pettersson, Sherwood, O'Connor, Reichel, WillanderSTL: Bjugstad, Parayko, Walker, Toropchenko, Broberg
    VAN 2 – 2 STL

3rd period

  1. 7:04
    VANKiefer Sherwood (Aatu Räty, Drew O'Connor)wrist0.06 xG
    VAN: Myers, Joseph, Sherwood, O'Connor, RätySTL: Schenn, Faulk, Fowler, Buchnevich, Kyrou
    VAN 3 – 2 STL
  2. 10:48
    STLPius SuterPP (Cam Fowler, Oskar Sundqvist)snap0.30 xG
    VAN: DeBrusk, Hronek, Joseph, O'ConnorSTL: Fowler, Sundqvist, Suter, Snuggerud, Dvorsky
    VAN 3 – 3 STL

Decided in the shootout: VAN 4 – 3 STL.

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Arshdeep Bains LL1000030.3710014:02——5042
Linus Karlsson CL1000010.0410013:28——5440
Max Sasson CL1000000.1012013:19——5021
Kiefer Sherwood LL2303+150.7240024:12——5564
Elias Pettersson CL2000-120.2322023:29——4859
Jake DeBrusk LL2000-100.0002022:59——3312
Drew O'Connor LL3022+200.0210016:19——3835
Mackenzie MacEachern LL3000000.0021012:18——287
Aatu Räty CL3011+100.0023010:33——3930
Marcus Pettersson DD1011+110.0112423:18——3331
Tom Willander DD1000+110.0301019:12——4037
Tyler Myers DD2000+130.0901024:12——6359
Pierre-Olivier Joseph DD2000+100.0000015:19——6974
Filip Hronek DD3000-110.0011025:40——3719
Elias Pettersson DD3000-100.0001012:08——3521
Evander Kane L—011010.0630019:47——6855
Lukas Reichel L—000+100.1220018:22——4433
Brock Boeser R—000000.000000:33——6722
VAN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)W39363.9233.5965:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Pavel Buchnevich LL1000-140.3401021:01——5553
Brayden Schenn CL1000-110.1600020:15——5561
Jimmy Snuggerud RL1101040.1702020:14——5248
Dylan Holloway LL2101+130.3230022:30——6166
Pius Suter CL2112+130.4411018:22——3545
Oskar Sundqvist CL2022+120.4811014:28——3533
Jordan Kyrou RL3000-130.2700019:48——6984
Dalibor Dvorsky RL3000020.2201016:36——7799
Mathieu Joseph RL3000010.2021013:46——5877
Nathan Walker LL4000-110.103008:51——4660
Nick Bjugstad CL4000-120.231007:52——5061
Alexey Toropchenko RL4000-110.202007:18——4355
Philip Broberg DD1000-130.0922024:43——4651
Colton Parayko DD1000-120.0300223:39——4950
Justin Faulk DD2000030.2102024:31——5259
Cam Fowler DD2022020.0302023:41——5662
Tyler Tucker DD3000010.0710012:20——6783
Logan Mailloux DD3000010.0411410:45——5577
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jordan Binnington(start)O18153.8331.7864:09

Goal anatomy

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

Dylan Holloway (STL) 1st 3:23 · assists Oskar Sundqvist, Pius Suter · Cycle · 60.2 mph shot.

Kiefer Sherwood · 1st 13:08 · VAN PP

Play
turnover-forecheck
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
8.6 mph
Distance
5 ft
Entry to goal
7.0 s

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Jimmy Snuggerud · 2nd 0:58 · STL PP

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
2-on-1
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
67.2 mph
Distance
37 ft
Entry to goal
2.2 s

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Kiefer Sherwood · 2nd 10:42 · VAN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
1-on-0
Passes
0
Shot
30.0 mph
Distance
8 ft
Entry to goal
2.6 s

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