Vancouver Canucks vs. Philadelphia FlyersDec 22, 2025

FinalMonday, Dec 22, 2025· Xfinity Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	2	2		VAN	5	12	8	25
PHI	0	1	4	5		PHI	14	14	11	39

: VAN 52PHI 68
: VAN 2.08PHI 4.89
PP goals: VAN 0PHI 0
Hits: VAN 33PHI 14
Blocks: VAN 18PHI 12
PIM: VAN 2PHI 4
: VAN 58%PHI 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Philadelphia Flyers beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2 at home. Nikita Grebenkin (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VAN: Kane–Boeser–Rossi skated 14:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nikita Grebenkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:16.Grebenkin
Points
Rodrigo Abols had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:07.Abols
New line
New look for VAN: Kane–Boeser–Rossi skated 14:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Boeser Rossi
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +12 against a season average of 25.7; the loss.Demko
New line
New look for PHI: Abols–Grundstrom–Grebenkin skated 9:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (38.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Abols Grundstrom Grebenkin
New line
New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Garland–Kampf skated 4:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Garland Kampf
Usage
Emil Andrae (PHI) played 19:10, +3:54 up on his 15:16 season average over 60 games.Andrae
Usage
Rodrigo Abols (PHI) played 14:07, +3:42 up on his 10:25 season average over 41 games.Abols

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)PHI attacks right (top on phones) →

PHI
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · PHI 68 · VAN 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PHI
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PHI 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 17% of the game, PHI 49%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PHI

VAN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

PHI 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	PHI
	55	70
	2.08	4.61
	2.04	4.33
	8	22
	5	5
	18	17
	+0.058	−0.058
	17%	49%

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

L1Kane – Boeser – Rossi
14:2649% CF
L2Sherwood – O'Connor – Räty
6:2444% CF
L3DeBrusk – Garland – Kampf
4:5813% CF
L4Karlsson – Ohgren – Sasson
4:430% CF
D1Pettersson – Hronek
11:0748% CF
D2Myers – Buium
8:0650% CF
D3Pettersson – Willander
5:0233% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Rossi – Buium
3:1680% CF
PP2Kane – Hronek – Sherwood – Karlsson – Willander
0:41
PK1FSherwood – O'Connor
0:51
PK2FGarland – Kampf
0:33
PK1DPettersson – Pettersson
0:51

Current VAN line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Dvorak – Konecny – Zegras
11:4148% CF
L2Couturier – Tippett – Barkey
11:1067% CF
L3Cates – Brink – Michkov
10:0571% CF
L4Abols – Grundstrom – Grebenkin
9:5038% CF
D1Sanheim – York
17:5849% CF
D2Andrae – Drysdale
17:1656% CF
D3Seeler – Ristolainen
14:2259% CF

PP1Konecny – Cates – Zegras – Brink – Drysdale
0:58100% CF
PP2Sanheim – Tippett – York – Barkey – Michkov
0:49100% CF
PK1FCouturier – Konecny
1:19
PK2FAbols – Grundstrom
0:51
PK1DSanheim – York
2:16
PK2DSeeler – Ristolainen
1:31

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

13:13
PHINikita Grebenkin (Emil Andrae, Rodrigo Abols)tip-in0.09 xG
VAN: Pettersson, Hronek, Karlsson, Ohgren, SassonPHI: Abols, Grundstrom, Andrae, Drysdale, Grebenkin
VAN 0 – 1 PHI

3rd period

5:58
PHICarl Grundstrom (Nikita Grebenkin, Rodrigo Abols)snap0.13 xG
VAN: Garland, Hronek, Ohgren, Sasson, BuiumPHI: Abols, Grundstrom, Andrae, Drysdale, Grebenkin
VAN 0 – 2 PHI
7:49
PHIChristian Dvorak (Trevor Zegras, Travis Konecny)other0.69 xG
VAN: Kane, Pettersson, Boeser, Hronek, KampfPHI: Seeler, Dvorak, Konecny, Zegras, York
VAN 0 – 3 PHI
13:05
VANMax Sasson (Conor Garland, Tyler Myers)wrist0.37 xG
VAN: Myers, Garland, Ohgren, Pettersson, SassonPHI: Dvorak, Zegras, Brink, Andrae, Drysdale
VAN 1 – 3 PHI
15:35
PHIOwen Tippett (Cam York)snap0.23 xG
VAN: DeBrusk, Karlsson, Räty, Pettersson, WillanderPHI: Couturier, Sanheim, Tippett, York, Barkey
VAN 1 – 4 PHI
18:49
PHIMatvei MichkovEN (Noah Cates)wrist0.48 xG
VAN: Kane, Garland, Hronek, Sherwood, Rossi, BuiumPHI: Cates, Brink, Andrae, Drysdale, Michkov
VAN 1 – 5 PHI
19:42
VANDrew O'Connor (Zeev Buium, Elias Pettersson)snap0.23 xG
VAN: Myers, DeBrusk, O'Connor, Räty, BuiumPHI: Seeler, Couturier, Tippett, Zegras, Drysdale
VAN 2 – 5 PHI

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
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	20:51	—	—	52	35
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	1	1	0	19:28	—	—	46	21
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.20	2	1	0	18:59	—	—	48	24
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	11	2	0	16:17	—	—	52	28
Drew O'Connor L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.37	3	0	0	15:06	—	—	50	44
Aatu Räty C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:14	—	—	45	31
Conor Garland R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.11	2	3	0	18:34	—	—	39	38
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	35	7
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	1	0	12:52	—	—	23	32
Liam Ohgren L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:35	—	—	36	36
Max Sasson C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.51	0	2	0	12:11	—	—	37	46
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:24	—	—	44	39
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	-4	2	0.02	1	2	0	22:09	—	—	42	13
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	2	1	0	21:02	—	—	49	26
Zeev Buium D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	21:13	—	—	36	33
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	1	2	2	20:28	—	—	50	58
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	16:37	—	—	46	37
Tom Willander D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	0	15:38	—	—	41	26

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	38	34	4	.895	4.41	58:44

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Trevor Zegras C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	44	60
Travis Konecny R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	48	82
Christian Dvorak C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.69	0	1	2	16:00	—	—	52	69
Sean Couturier C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	1	0	15:54	—	—	65	78
Denver Barkey C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	0	1	2	14:26	—	—	67	92
Owen Tippett R	L2	1	0	1	0	10	1.18	2	2	0	14:19	—	—	67	80
Bobby Brink R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	4	0	0	15:09	—	—	65	57
Noah Cates L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:41	—	—	67	80
Matvei Michkov R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.81	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	70	82
Rodrigo Abols C	L4	0	2	2	+2	1	0.03	1	2	0	14:07	—	—	35	53
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	1	0	1	+2	5	0.53	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	38	54
Nikita Grebenkin R	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.20	1	1	0	12:16	—	—	39	53
Cam York D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.25	1	0	0	23:00	—	—	51	76
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:56	—	—	50	68
Jamie Drysdale D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	56	48
Emil Andrae D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	59	57
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	2	1	0	17:41	—	—	62	79
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	59	80

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dan Vladar(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.08	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Christian Dvorak (PHI) 3rd 7:49 · assists Trevor Zegras, Travis Konecny · Deflection · carried in · 32.8 mph shot · 3.8 s from entry to goal.

Christian Dvorak · 3rd 7:49 · PHI

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4
Shot: 32.8 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s
Type: deflection

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Nikita Grebenkin · 2nd 13:13 · PHI

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 3
Shot: 9.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 6.9 s

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Carl Grundstrom · 3rd 5:58 · PHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 9.9 s

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Max Sasson · 3rd 13:05 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Owen Tippett · 3rd 15:35 · PHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Matvei Michkov · 3rd 18:49 · PHI EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 53.8 mph
Distance: 84 ft

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Drew O'Connor · 3rd 19:42 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.9 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 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.