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Vancouver Canucks vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 24, 2025

Final / SO· Prudential Center
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VAN
4
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NJD
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Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
VAN102014VAN5614328
NJD012003NJD759425
VAN 61NJD 61
VAN 4.41NJD 4.06
PP goals
VAN 0NJD 1
Hits
VAN 22NJD 16
Blocks
VAN 17NJD 11
PIM
VAN 4NJD 6
VAN 56%NJD 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge New Jersey Devils 4–3 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat New Jersey Devils 4–3 in a shootout at NJD. Timo Meier (NJD) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:43 together.

  1. Points
    Timo Meier had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:13.Meier
  2. Points
    Pius Suter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:02.Suter
  3. PP1
    NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 1:43 together.MeierBrattHischierMercerHughes
  4. New line
    New look for NJD: Haula–Meier–Hischier skated 11:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HaulaMeierHischier
  5. New line
    New look for VAN: Sherwood–O'Connor–Räty skated 6:21 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SherwoodO'ConnorRäty
  6. Usage
    Pius Suter (VAN) played 23:02, +5:46 up on his 17:16 season average over 80 games.Suter
  7. Usage
    Jake DeBrusk (VAN) played 21:48, +5:13 up on his 16:35 season average over 81 games.DeBrusk
  8. New line
    New look for NJD: Dowling–Cotter–Foote skated 5:40 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DowlingCotterFoote

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 NJD: 122 attempts, 53 on goal, 6 goals, 8.48 expected goals; best chance Jesper Bratt at 0.64 xG.

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

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · NJD 61 · VAN 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VAN at NJD: expected goals 4.06 to 4.41 (VAN led the chances), shot attempts 61 to 61, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.05.01st2nd3rdOTNJDVANSMMLHGnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:55
  • NJD
  • VAN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NJDVANcontrol2nd3rdOTSuter · 1st 10:09Meier · 2nd 10:24Meier · 3rd 11:02Lekkerimäki · 3rd 11:47Haula · 3rd 13:25Garland · 3rd 19:24
  • NJD 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 36% of the game, NJD 34%.

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 NJD: 38 players over 64:55; most ice Jacob Markstrom (65:00) for NJD and Thatcher Demko (63:36) for VAN, 6 goals.

NJD
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
StatVANNJD
5255
2.823.09
2.682.93
1612
22
1412
+0.013−0.013
36%34%

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 →

New Jersey Devils

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 10:09
    VANPius Suter (Marcus Pettersson)snap0.22 xG
    VAN: Myers, Pettersson, Boeser, DeBrusk, SuterNJD: Haula, Pesce, Meier, Hischier, Hughes
    VAN 1 – 0 NJD

2nd period

  1. 10:24
    NJDTimo MeierPP (Dawson Mercer, Jesper Bratt)wrist0.05 xG
    VAN: Myers, Pettersson, Sherwood, O'ConnorNJD: Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer, Hughes
    VAN 1 – 1 NJD

3rd period

  1. 11:02
    NJDTimo Meier (Brenden Dillon, Nico Hischier)snap0.17 xG
    VAN: Joshua, Hronek, Sherwood, Hughes, RätyNJD: Haula, Dillon, Pesce, Meier, Hischier
    VAN 1 – 2 NJD
  2. 11:47
    VANJonathan Lekkerimäki (Derek Forbort, Nils Aman)snap0.22 xG
    VAN: Forbort, Pettersson, Karlsson, Aman, LekkerimäkiNJD: Palat, Pesce, Bratt, Mercer, Hughes
    VAN 2 – 2 NJD
  3. 13:25
    NJDErik Haula (Brian Dumoulin)backhand0.36 xG
    VAN: Forbort, Blueger, Joshua, Hronek, SherwoodNJD: Dumoulin, Haula, Kovacevic, Cotter, Foote
    VAN 2 – 3 NJD
  4. 19:24
    VANConor Garland (Pius Suter, Jake DeBrusk)deflected0.59 xG
    VAN: Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Hronek, Suter, HughesNJD: Dillon, Palat, Pesce, Hischier, Mercer
    VAN 3 – 3 NJD

Decided in the shootout: VAN 4 – 3 NJD.

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
Pius Suter CL1112+250.7422023:02——5047
Brock Boeser RL1000+210.2111022:58——5352
Jake DeBrusk LL1011+220.4610021:48——5252
Drew O'Connor LL2000010.1800016:46——5574
Kiefer Sherwood LL2000-200.0751014:02——4443
Aatu Räty CL2000-110.3722012:07——5062
Linus Karlsson CL3000+100.0001011:28——4256
Dakota Joshua CL3000-210.0721011:02——317
Nils Aman CL3011+110.1710010:09——5363
Conor Garland RL4101+120.7200018:53——4432
Teddy Blueger CL4000-100.0030213:44——3720
Jonathan Lekkerimäki RL4101+120.421009:52——7595
Quinn Hughes DD1000060.5420031:38——5648
Filip Hronek DD1000-140.3114025:13——5345
Tyler Myers DD2000+110.0100021:57——5360
Marcus Pettersson DD2011+200.0003019:07——4566
Derek Forbort DD3011010.0200215:32——4541
Victor Mancini DD3000000.1212012:23——3133
VAN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Thatcher Demko(start)W25223.8804.0663:36

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Nico Hischier CL1011-110.4911024:30——5258
Timo Meier RL1202040.3932020:13——5052
Erik Haula LL1101+120.6800015:15——5963
Jesper Bratt LL2011-120.6800023:28——2822
Cody Glass CL2000010.1020016:24——3029
Stefan Noesen RL2000000.1600016:05——3935
Dawson Mercer CL3011-220.2201017:25——6358
Ondrej Palat LL3000-210.2610014:20——5657
Tomas Tatar LL3000010.0710010:37——6995
Paul Cotter LL4000+130.6110011:54——6861
Justin Dowling CL4000020.022208:10——5951
Nolan Foote LL4000+100.000008:00——5855
Luke Hughes DD1000-210.1100024:35——4020
Brett Pesce DD1000-220.0502024:01——5444
Johnathan Kovacevic DD2000+100.0212618:57——6879
Brian Dumoulin DD2011+120.0410018:47——6579
Brenden Dillon DD3011010.1331020:20——4047
Dennis Cholowski DD3000000.0300015:59——3231
NJD goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)O28253.8934.4165:00

Goal anatomy

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

Pius Suter (VAN) 1st 10:09 · assists Marcus Pettersson · Forecheck turnover · 29.7 mph shot.

Pius Suter · 1st 10:09 · VAN

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
2
Shot
29.7 mph
Distance
13 ft
Type
one-timer

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Timo Meier · 2nd 10:24 · NJD PP

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
0
Shot
32.3 mph
Distance
9 ft
Entry to goal
8.2 s
Type
rebound

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Timo Meier · 3rd 11:02 · NJD

Play
rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
55.7 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
4.2 s

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