Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary FlamesMar 12, 2025

Final / SOWednesday, Mar 12, 2025· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	1	1	1	0	1	4		VAN	7	5	17	2	31
CGY	1	2	0	0	0	3		CGY	12	7	4	0	23

: VAN 62CGY 56
: VAN 4.41CGY 1.99
PP goals: VAN 1CGY 1
Hits: VAN 18CGY 29
Blocks: VAN 24CGY 11
PIM: VAN 6CGY 8
: VAN 44%CGY 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Calgary Flames 4–3 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat Calgary Flames 4–3 in a shootout at CGY. Jonathan Huberdeau (CGY) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:06 together.

Points
Jonathan Huberdeau had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:02.Huberdeau
Points
Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:57.Pettersson
Points
Nazem Kadri had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 23:48.Kadri
Points
MacKenzie Weegar had 2 assists (2 points) in 27:10.Weegar
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:06 together.Boeser DeBrusk Garland Pettersson Hughes
Usage
Mikael Backlund (CGY) played 2:58, −15:59 down on his 18:57 season average over 75 games.Backlund
New line
New look for VAN: Joshua–Garland–Suter skated 9:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Joshua Garland Suter
New line
New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Pettersson–Hoglander skated 8:40 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Pettersson Hoglander

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 118 of 118 attempts · CGY 56 · VAN 62

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 37% of the game, CGY 30%.

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
	49	59
	2.35	1.55
	2.25	1.50
	12	10
	6	4
	13	17
	−0.048	+0.048
	37%	30%

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

L1Joshua – Garland – Suter
9:1045% CF
L2DeBrusk – Pettersson – Hoglander
8:4050% CF
L3Boeser – Chytil – O'Connor
7:4340% CF
L4Blueger – Sherwood – Aman
6:5945% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
12:0547% CF
D2Forbort – Mancini
7:4413% CF
D3Pettersson – Pettersson
4:0563% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
5:06100% CF
PP2Hronek – Chytil – Suter – Sherwood – Hughes
1:040% CF
PK1FSherwood – O'Connor
1:51
PK2FBlueger – Suter
1:47
PK1DPettersson – Hronek
1:51
PK2DForbort – Hughes
0:21

Current VAN line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Kadri – Huberdeau – Coronato
10:5350% CF
L2Frost – Pospisil – Sharangovich
10:4048% CF
L3Coleman – Farabee – Zary
6:1357% CF
D1Andersson – Bahl
15:2260% CF
D2Weegar – Hanley
13:4857% CF
D3Bean – Pachal
7:3147% CF

PP1Kadri – Huberdeau – Weegar – Frost – Coronato
3:38100% CF
PP2Coleman – Andersson – Farabee – Sharangovich – Zary
0:46
PK1FHuberdeau – Rooney
3:10
PK2FColeman – Farabee
2:16
PK1DAndersson – Bahl
3:48
PK2DWeegar – Hanley
2:48

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: VAN 4 – 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
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	2	19:34	—	—	43	97
Pius Suter C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	53	94
Dakota Joshua C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.53	4	1	0	11:42	—	—	42	97
Elias Pettersson C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	1.12	1	1	0	20:57	—	—	46	46
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.81	0	1	0	19:43	—	—	60	58
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.31	0	0	2	13:28	—	—	56	58
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	1	0	0	21:14	—	—	30	27
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	44	53
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	12:01	—	—	33	31
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	3	0	0	14:02	—	—	50	37
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:35	—	—	44	35
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	9:52	—	—	33	23
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	1	2	0	29:48	—	—	41	58
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.24	1	4	0	28:07	—	—	44	35
Victor Mancini D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	1	4	0	18:32	—	—	45	65
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	4	0	14:46	—	—	16	5
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	2	4	0	24:40	—	—	60	72
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:06	—	—	63	79

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	23	20	3	.870	1.99	65:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L1	2	0	2	0	4	0.57	0	1	0	26:02	—	—	42	49
Nazem Kadri C	L1	1	1	2	-1	7	0.55	2	1	0	23:48	—	—	55	58
Matt Coronato R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	19:13	—	—	53	62
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	18:46	—	—	41	5
Morgan Frost C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:23	—	—	48	6
Martin Pospisil C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	15:57	—	—	46	5
Blake Coleman L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	2	0	17:15	—	—	67	69
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	67	66
Connor Zary C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	4	12:57	—	—	43	17
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	26:43	—	—	61	63
Kevin Bahl D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.11	0	0	0	22:45	—	—	56	53
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	2	2	0	0	0.15	3	1	0	27:10	—	—	61	33
Joel Hanley D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:40	—	—	47	15
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	12:54	—	—	50	14
Brayden Pachal D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:08	—	—	50	13
Kevin Rooney C	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	9:55	—	—	88	100
Ryan Lomberg L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	6:36	—	—	92	100
Mikael Backlund C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	1	0	0	2:58	—	—	80	79

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Wolf(start)	O	31	28	3	.903	4.41	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Pius Suter (VAN) 1st 13:33 · assists Marcus Pettersson, Filip Hronek · Forecheck turnover · 21.9 mph shot.

Pius Suter · 1st 13:33 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 21.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Nazem Kadri · 1st 17:53 · CGY

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4
Shot: 16.0 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 10:32 · VAN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 45.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: deflection

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Jonathan Huberdeau · 2nd 13:58 · CGY SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 23.7 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Jonathan Huberdeau · 2nd 16:01 · CGY PP

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 70.5 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 6.6 s

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Elias Pettersson · 3rd 13:16 · VAN

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.1 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 8.3 s
Type: rebound

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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. Calgary FlamesMar 12, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks edge Calgary Flames 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Calgary Flames

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Calgary Flames

Goal anatomy

Pius Suter · 1st 13:33 · VAN

Nazem Kadri · 1st 17:53 · CGY

Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 10:32 · VAN PP

Jonathan Huberdeau · 2nd 13:58 · CGY SH

Jonathan Huberdeau · 2nd 16:01 · CGY PP

Elias Pettersson · 3rd 13:16 · VAN