Vancouver Canucks vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 14, 2025

FinalSunday, Dec 14, 2025· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	2	0	0	2		VAN	8	6	1	15
NJD	0	1	0	1		NJD	5	13	8	26

: VAN 40NJD 60
: VAN 2.03NJD 3.00
PP goals: VAN 2NJD 0
Hits: VAN 22NJD 18
Blocks: VAN 16NJD 11
PIM: VAN 6NJD 6
: VAN 48%NJD 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge New Jersey Devils 2–1

Vancouver Canucks beat New Jersey Devils 2–1 at NJD. Zeev Buium (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Rossi and Buium) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:32 together.

Points
Zeev Buium had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:50.Buium
Points
Conor Garland had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:59.Garland
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Rossi and Buium) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:32 together.Boeser DeBrusk Garland Rossi Buium
New line
New look for VAN: Boeser–DeBrusk–Rossi skated 10:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boeser DeBrusk Rossi
New line
New look for VAN: Garland–Kampf–Hoglander skated 9:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Garland Kampf Hoglander
New line
New look for VAN: Karlsson–Ohgren–Sasson skated 5:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Ohgren Sasson
Luck
NJD scored 1 goal on 3.00 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Luke Hughes (NJD) played 27:01, +4:04 up on his 22:57 season average over 67 games.Hughes

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · NJD 60 · VAN 40

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 27% of the game, NJD 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

VAN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NJD 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	NJD
	41	53
	1.16	2.22
	1.15	2.08
	2	7
	7	1
	20	17
	−0.019	+0.019
	27%	44%

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 – DeBrusk – Rossi
10:1047% CF
L2Kane – Sherwood – O'Connor
9:5071% CF
L3Garland – Kampf – Hoglander
9:2114% CF
L4Karlsson – Ohgren – Sasson
5:3975% CF
D1Pettersson – Hronek
15:4125% CF
D2Myers – Buium
12:5675% CF
D3Pettersson – Willander
9:0824% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Rossi – Buium
2:32100% CF
PP2Kane – Hronek – Sherwood – Karlsson – Hoglander
0:47
PK1FKampf – Sherwood
0:56
PK2FGarland – O'Connor
0:43
PK1DHronek – Pettersson
1:30

Current VAN line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Bratt – Hischier – Mercer
13:5984% CF
L2Palat – Brown – Glass
11:2531% CF
L3Noesen – Lammikko – Cotter
8:5536% CF
L4Glendening – Crookshank – Parent
5:0250% CF
D1Hamilton – Siegenthaler
12:4455% CF
D2Dillon – Hughes
12:2667% CF
D3White – Cholowski
10:0456% CF

PP1Palat – Noesen – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
2:23100% CF
PP2Brown – Glass – Cotter – Mercer – Hughes
1:03100% CF
PK1FGlendening – Brown
1:55
PK2FHischier – Mercer
1:21
PK1DDillon – Hughes
1:39
PK2DHamilton – Siegenthaler
1:37

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:01
VANJake DeBruskPP (Conor Garland, Zeev Buium)wrist0.62 xG
VAN: Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Rossi, BuiumNJD: Dillon, Glendening, Brown, Hughes
VAN 1 – 0 NJD
6:48
VANZeev BuiumPP (Conor Garland, Thatcher Demko)wrist0.07 xG
VAN: Kane, Boeser, Garland, Rossi, BuiumNJD: Dillon, Hischier, Mercer, Hughes
VAN 2 – 0 NJD

2nd period

4:02
NJDLuke Hughes (Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer)wrist0.17 xG
VAN: Myers, Pettersson, Garland, Kampf, OhgrenNJD: Hamilton, Glendening, Bratt, Mercer, Hughes
VAN 2 – 1 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	39	50
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	3	0	18:16	—	—	37	50
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	1.00	0	1	0	15:17	—	—	55	55
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	0	2	16:29	—	—	62	42
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	58	37
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	70	51
Conor Garland R	L3	0	2	2	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	18:59	—	—	26	8
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:25	—	—	7	1
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	13:10	—	—	31	39
Liam Ohgren L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	11:39	—	—	20	5
Max Sasson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	47	42
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:17	—	—	75	38
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	0	0	24:57	—	—	32	26
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	3	0	22:56	—	—	23	24
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	3	4	20:36	—	—	68	58
Zeev Buium D	D2	1	1	2	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	19:50	—	—	63	60
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	15:31	—	—	41	19
Tom Willander D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	22	11

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	3.00	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.45	0	0	0	22:30	—	—	85	78
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.39	1	0	0	21:46	—	—	86	80
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.31	0	0	0	21:22	—	—	85	80
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	0	1	0	18:03	—	—	42	57
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	2	0	16:46	—	—	33	62
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:06	—	—	29	50
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	52	74
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	2	2	15:08	—	—	33	45
Juho Lammikko C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	13:07	—	—	44	66
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:25	—	—	80	82
Xavier Parent C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	2	7:22	—	—	36	32
Angus Crookshank C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:05	—	—	33	37
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	1	2	24:25	—	—	59	68
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	2	0	19:34	—	—	39	65
Luke Hughes D	D2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.41	0	0	0	27:01	—	—	74	70
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	1	0	18:04	—	—	54	58
Dennis Cholowski D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:51	—	—	54	72
Colton White D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	11:49	—	—	56	56

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	15	13	2	.867	2.03	57:52

Goal anatomy

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

Jake DeBrusk (VAN PP) 1st 1:01 · assists Conor Garland, Zeev Buium · Rebound · 23.3 mph shot.

Jake DeBrusk · 1st 1:01 · VAN PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Zeev Buium · 1st 6:48 · VAN PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 24.2 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s

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Luke Hughes · 2nd 4:02 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 47.7 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 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.