Vancouver Canucks vs. New York IslandersMar 26, 2025

FinalWednesday, Mar 26, 2025· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	3	2	5		VAN	5	13	7	25
NYI	0	2	0	2		NYI	10	11	7	28

: VAN 65NYI 66
: VAN 3.31NYI 2.91
PP goals: VAN 0NYI 0
Hits: VAN 21NYI 28
Blocks: VAN 12NYI 18
PIM: VAN 6NYI 4
: VAN 45%NYI 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat New York Islanders 5–2

Vancouver Canucks beat New York Islanders 5–2 at NYI. Kiefer Sherwood (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for VAN: Karlsson–Aman–Lekkerimäki skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kiefer Sherwood had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:43.Sherwood
Points
Casey Cizikas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:19.Cizikas
Points
Drew O'Connor had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:41.O'Connor
Points
Pius Suter had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:55.Suter
New line
New look for VAN: Karlsson–Aman–Lekkerimäki skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Aman Lekkerimäki
Luck
VAN scored 5 goals on 3.31 expected goals (65 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Ryan Pulock (NYI) played 16:23, −4:46 down on his 21:09 season average over 73 games.Pulock
Usage
Maxim Tsyplakov (NYI) played 11:04, −3:57 down on his 15:01 season average over 76 games.Tsyplakov

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)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · NYI 66 · VAN 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI 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, NYI 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYI

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	NYI
	70	66
	2.53	2.42
	2.40	2.31
	17	13
	5	5
	20	24
	−0.027	+0.027
	27%	33%

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 – Suter
12:4341% CF
L2Blueger – Garland – O'Connor
10:2957% CF
L3Joshua – Sherwood – Räty
9:4153% CF
L4Karlsson – Aman – Lekkerimäki
8:4156% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
19:3130% CF
D2Myers – Pettersson
13:2862% CF
D3Forbort – Pettersson
9:4067% CF

PP1Myers – Garland – Hronek – Sherwood – Karlsson
1:0067% CF
PP2Boeser – DeBrusk – Suter – Hughes – Lekkerimäki
1:0067% CF
PK1FJoshua – Garland
0:39
PK2FSherwood – O'Connor
0:39
PK1DMyers – Pettersson
1:52
PK2DForbort – Hronek
0:39

Current VAN line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Palmieri – Horvat – Holmstrom
12:2831% CF
L2Lee – Pageau – Duclair
10:5370% CF
L3Cizikas – Fasching – Engvall
9:5259% CF
L4MacLean – Gatcomb – Tsyplakov
9:0433% CF
D1Pelech – Dobson
17:1351% CF
D2DeAngelo – Romanov
15:2132% CF
D3Reilly – Pulock
10:4074% CF

PP1Palmieri – Horvat – DeAngelo – Dobson – Holmstrom
1:2850% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Reilly – Duclair – Pulock
0:37100% CF
PK1FPalmieri – Holmstrom
1:00
PK2FCizikas – Pageau
0:39
PK1DPelech – Dobson
1:00
PK2DPulock – Romanov
1:00

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:39
VANKiefer Sherwood (Quinn Hughes, Filip Hronek)tip-in0.06 xG
VAN: DeBrusk, Hronek, Sherwood, Hughes, RätyNYI: Reilly, Pulock, MacLean, Gatcomb, Tsyplakov
VAN 1 – 0 NYI
5:35
NYICasey CizikasSH (Jean-Gabriel Pageau)wrist0.23 xG
VAN: Boeser, DeBrusk, Suter, Hughes, LekkerimäkiNYI: Cizikas, Pageau, Pulock, Romanov
VAN 1 – 1 NYI
9:00
NYITony DeAngelo (Casey Cizikas)wrist0.21 xG
VAN: Boeser, Garland, Hronek, HughesNYI: Cizikas, DeAngelo, Engvall, Romanov
VAN 1 – 2 NYI
13:59
VANAatu Räty (Marcus Pettersson, Kiefer Sherwood)tip-in0.12 xG
VAN: Myers, Pettersson, Joshua, Sherwood, RätyNYI: DeAngelo, Romanov, MacLean, Gatcomb, Tsyplakov
VAN 2 – 2 NYI
19:37
VANDerek Forbort (Jake DeBrusk, Pius Suter)wrist0.09 xG
VAN: Myers, Forbort, Boeser, DeBrusk, SuterNYI: Lee, Pageau, Pelech, Duclair, Dobson
VAN 3 – 2 NYI

3rd period

1:05
VANTeddy Blueger (Conor Garland, Drew O'Connor)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Myers, Blueger, Pettersson, Garland, O'ConnorNYI: Palmieri, Pelech, Horvat, Dobson, Holmstrom
VAN 4 – 2 NYI
18:08
VANKiefer SherwoodEN (Pius Suter, Drew O'Connor)wrist0.75 xG
VAN: Myers, Pettersson, Suter, Sherwood, O'ConnorNYI: Lee, Pageau, Reilly, Duclair, Horvat, DeAngelo
VAN 5 – 2 NYI

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
Pius Suter C	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.12	1	0	2	18:55	—	—	46	43
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	39	35
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	0	1	0	15:16	—	—	43	38
Conor Garland R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.20	0	2	0	16:36	—	—	57	44
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.08	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	50	47
Teddy Blueger C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	54	51
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	2	1	3	+3	4	1.00	4	1	0	15:43	—	—	59	68
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	7	0	0	12:41	—	—	55	66
Aatu Räty C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.39	2	0	0	10:48	—	—	56	63
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	4	0	0	12:25	—	—	55	57
Jonathan Lekkerimäki R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	2	0	0	12:00	—	—	53	50
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	50	49
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	25:42	—	—	33	20
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	0	3	2	24:03	—	—	40	36
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	+4	1	0.04	0	1	0	22:39	—	—	66	78
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.05	1	2	2	18:45	—	—	56	61
Derek Forbort D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	67	61
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	63	61

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.91	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.21	1	0	2	21:13	—	—	34	39
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	4	1	0	18:31	—	—	36	38
Simon Holmstrom R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	1	0	17:28	—	—	32	43
Anders Lee L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.39	1	1	0	17:41	—	—	54	57
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.49	1	1	2	16:40	—	—	63	67
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.21	1	1	0	16:14	—	—	66	67
Casey Cizikas C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.28	2	0	0	13:19	—	—	55	46
Pierre Engvall L	L3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.29	4	0	0	12:53	—	—	63	54
Hudson Fasching R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	11:15	—	—	61	56
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	4	0	0	11:22	—	—	30	16
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	11:04	—	—	38	22
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:23	—	—	38	22
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.22	0	0	0	23:10	—	—	54	57
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	2	0	21:34	—	—	55	57
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.25	1	2	0	22:55	—	—	35	39
Alexander Romanov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	3	5	0	20:43	—	—	30	31
Ryan Pulock D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	1	0	16:23	—	—	59	49
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	73	64

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	19	15	4	.789	2.04	41:05
Marcus Hogberg	—	5	5	0	.1000	0.52	16:41

Goal anatomy

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

Kiefer Sherwood (VAN) 2nd 2:39 · assists Quinn Hughes, Filip Hronek · Deflection · 45.4 mph shot.

Kiefer Sherwood · 2nd 2:39 · VAN

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 45.4 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Casey Cizikas · 2nd 5:35 · NYI SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 34.7 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Tony DeAngelo · 2nd 9:00 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 57.6 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: rebound

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Aatu Räty · 2nd 13:59 · VAN

Play: deflection
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 41.9 mph
Distance: 54 ft
Type: one-timer

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Derek Forbort · 2nd 19:37 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.0 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Teddy Blueger · 3rd 1:05 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.5 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

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Kiefer Sherwood · 3rd 18:08 · VAN EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 46.5 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 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.