Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary FlamesDec 31, 2024

FinalTuesday, Dec 31, 2024· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	1	1		VAN	11	8	5	24
CGY	1	0	2	3		CGY	12	6	11	29

: VAN 47CGY 62
: VAN 1.98CGY 3.65
PP goals: VAN 1CGY 0
Hits: VAN 29CGY 28
Blocks: VAN 16CGY 11
PIM: VAN 25CGY 25
: VAN 52%CGY 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Calgary Flames beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1 at home. Jonathan Huberdeau (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland and Brannstrom) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:56 together.

Points
Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:09.Huberdeau
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland and Brannstrom) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:56 together.Miller Boeser DeBrusk Garland Brannstrom
Usage
Carson Soucy (VAN) played 21:33, +3:41 up on his 17:52 season average over 74 games.Soucy
Usage
MacKenzie Weegar (CGY) played 20:54, −3:18 down on his 24:12 season average over 80 games.Weegar
Usage
Noah Juulsen (VAN) played 19:24, +3:12 up on his 16:12 season average over 34 games.Juulsen
Usage
Phillip Di Giuseppe (VAN) played 8:29, −3:15 down on his 11:44 season average over 19 games.Di Giuseppe
Cats
MacKenzie Weegar (CGY) threw 6 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Weegar

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)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · CGY 62 · VAN 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY 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 23% of the game, CGY 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CGY

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	CGY
	43	67
	1.85	2.83
	1.76	2.68
	8	13
	0	1
	19	18
	+0.019	−0.019
	23%	41%

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

L1Miller – Boeser – DeBrusk
11:0260% CF
L2Blueger – Heinen – Sherwood
9:4839% CF
L3Garland – Suter – Hoglander
5:3138% CF
L4Di Giuseppe – Joshua – Sasson
4:4645% CF
D1Soucy – Juulsen
15:0430% CF
D2Myers – Forbort
14:2057% CF
D3Desharnais – Brannstrom
11:0725% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Brannstrom
1:56100% CF
PP2Miller – Heinen – Brannstrom – Suter – Sherwood
0:26100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
0:43
PK1DMyers – Soucy
0:43

Current VAN line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Backlund – Coleman – Coronato
13:0350% CF
L2Kadri – Huberdeau – Pospisil
10:4859% CF
L3Sharangovich – Pelletier – Zary
7:1578% CF
L4Lomberg – Rooney – Duehr
5:1263% CF
D1Andersson – Bahl
15:5948% CF
D2Weegar – Hanley
15:5469% CF
D3Bean – Pachal
11:0668% CF

PP1Kadri – Huberdeau – Andersson – Sharangovich – Coronato
1:2467% CF
PP2Backlund – Kadri – Coleman – Andersson – Pospisil
0:43
PK1FColeman – Rooney
0:43
PK2FBacklund – Pelletier
0:00
PK1DAndersson – Bahl
1:46
PK2DWeegar – Pachal
0:41

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:31
CGYConnor Zary (Yegor Sharangovich, Jakob Pelletier)tip-in0.49 xG
VAN: Blueger, Soucy, Heinen, Juulsen, SherwoodCGY: Weegar, Hanley, Sharangovich, Pelletier, Zary
VAN 0 – 1 CGY

3rd period

6:15
VANBrock BoeserPP (J.T. Miller, Erik Brannstrom)tip-in0.13 xG
VAN: Miller, Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, BrannstromCGY: Backlund, Andersson, Rooney, Bahl
VAN 1 – 1 CGY
9:18
CGYNazem Kadri (Jonathan Huberdeau, Martin Pospisil)wrist0.12 xG
VAN: Joshua, Garland, Desharnais, Brannstrom, SuterCGY: Kadri, Huberdeau, Weegar, Hanley, Pospisil
VAN 1 – 2 CGY
18:58
CGYJonathan HuberdeauENsnap0.31 xG
VAN: Soucy, Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Suter, SherwoodCGY: Kadri, Huberdeau, Weegar, Hanley, Coronato
VAN 1 – 3 CGY

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	1	0	1	-1	5	0.61	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	59	79
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.38	3	2	7	17:36	—	—	58	81
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	54	79
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:11	—	—	32	27
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.34	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	38	28
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	0	0	14:16	—	—	35	25
Conor Garland R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	1	1	0	20:07	—	—	25	11
Pius Suter C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:27	—	—	23	10
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	9:49	—	—	37	9
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:59	—	—	33	38
Max Sasson C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	8:49	—	—	44	41
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	8:29	—	—	47	54
Carson Soucy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	3	1	0	21:33	—	—	30	29
Noah Juulsen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	3	4	19:24	—	—	34	34
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	2	23:33	—	—	53	71
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	5	18:01	—	—	57	73
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.12	1	4	5	17:40	—	—	30	23
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	4	2	16:15	—	—	26	25

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.75	58:01

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Coronato R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	0	2	0	19:39	—	—	53	43
Blake Coleman L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	0	4	19:26	—	—	58	52
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	18:06	—	—	45	21
Nazem Kadri C	L2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.49	3	0	0	19:45	—	—	68	86
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.31	2	1	0	18:09	—	—	66	69
Martin Pospisil C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.61	5	0	0	14:19	—	—	61	82
Yegor Sharangovich C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.61	0	1	0	15:18	—	—	57	65
Connor Zary C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.59	0	1	0	14:30	—	—	63	75
Jakob Pelletier L	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.27	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	74	70
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	9:10	—	—	67	38
Walker Duehr R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	1	0	7:48	—	—	44	24
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	10	7:21	—	—	67	20
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	2	24:52	—	—	43	50
Kevin Bahl D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	5	22:49	—	—	50	51
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	0	0	+3	3	0.19	6	1	2	20:54	—	—	71	87
Joel Hanley D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.03	0	0	0	20:21	—	—	70	86
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	2	0	14:39	—	—	61	42
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	68	37

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Wolf(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.98	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Connor Zary (CGY) 1st 14:31 · assists Yegor Sharangovich, Jakob Pelletier · Deflection · passed in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 13.4 mph shot · 4.6 s from entry to goal.

Connor Zary · 1st 14:31 · CGY

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
Type: rebound

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Brock Boeser · 3rd 6:15 · VAN PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 33.1 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 9.8 s
Type: deflection

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Nazem Kadri · 3rd 9:18 · CGY

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 57.5 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Jonathan Huberdeau · 3rd 18:58 · CGY EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.8 mph
Distance: 91 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.