Vancouver Canucks vs. New York IslandersDec 19, 2025

FinalFriday, Dec 19, 2025· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	3	0	1	4		VAN	9	12	10	31
NYI	0	0	1	1		NYI	8	5	11	24

: VAN 54NYI 53
: VAN 3.42NYI 2.20
PP goals: VAN 1NYI 0
Hits: VAN 10NYI 21
Blocks: VAN 14NYI 12
PIM: VAN 6NYI 6
: VAN 55%NYI 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat New York Islanders 4–1

Vancouver Canucks beat New York Islanders 4–1 at NYI. Kiefer Sherwood (VAN) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for VAN: Boeser–Garland–Rossi skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kiefer Sherwood had a hat trick (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:13.Sherwood
Points
Filip Hronek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:11.Hronek
New line
New look for VAN: Boeser–Garland–Rossi skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boeser Garland Rossi
New line
New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Kampf–Hoglander skated 8:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Kampf Hoglander
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (VAN) played 25:21, +3:57 up on his 21:24 season average over 81 games.Pettersson
Usage
Liam Ohgren (VAN) played 8:53, −4:21 down on his 13:14 season average over 68 games.Ohgren
Usage
Casey Cizikas (NYI) played 15:52, +4:09 up on his 11:43 season average over 80 games.Cizikas
Usage
Emil Heineman (NYI) played 20:39, +4:05 up on his 16:34 season average over 81 games.Heineman

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 107 of 107 attempts · NYI 53 · VAN 54

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 43% of the game, NYI 20%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NYI 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	NYI
	52	43
	2.43	1.29
	2.24	1.18
	17	11
	2	1
	22	18
	+0.021	−0.021
	43%	20%

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 – Garland – Rossi
10:5440% CF
L2DeBrusk – Kampf – Hoglander
8:1167% CF
L3Kane – Sherwood – O'Connor
6:5850% CF
L4Karlsson – Ohgren – Sasson
6:2870% CF
D1Pettersson – Hronek
15:1852% CF
D2Myers – Buium
10:0972% CF
D3Pettersson – Willander
7:0556% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Rossi – Buium
3:53100% CF
PP2Kane – Hronek – Sherwood – Karlsson – Willander
1:21100% CF
PK1FKampf – Sherwood
1:13
PK2FBoeser – O'Connor
0:55
PK1DMyers – Pettersson
2:32
PK2DHronek – Pettersson
0:34

Current VAN line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
7:5460% CF
L2Duclair – Ritchie – Shabanov
6:2955% CF
L3Drouin – Barzal – Heineman
5:2773% CF
L4Lee – Pageau – Holmstrom
4:3033% CF
D1Pelech – DeAngelo
11:4768% CF
D2Pulock – Schaefer
10:1159% CF
D3Mayfield – Boqvist
9:519% CF

PP1Duclair – Drouin – Barzal – Schaefer – Shabanov
1:58100% CF
PP2Drouin – Barzal – Heineman – Ritchie – Schaefer
1:48100% CF
PK1FCizikas – Heineman
2:01
PK2FPageau – Holmstrom
1:10
PK1DMayfield – Pulock
2:00

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:57
VANDavid Kampf (Jake DeBrusk)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Myers, DeBrusk, Kampf, Hoglander, BuiumNYI: Mayfield, Drouin, Barzal, Boqvist, Heineman
VAN 1 – 0 NYI
10:35
VANKiefer Sherwood (Evander Kane, Marcus Pettersson)wrist0.10 xG
VAN: Myers, Kane, Sherwood, O'Connor, BuiumNYI: Cizikas, Pulock, MacLean, Holmstrom, Schaefer
VAN 2 – 0 NYI
15:47
VANKiefer SherwoodPP (Filip Hronek, Tom Willander)snap0.18 xG
VAN: Kane, Hronek, Sherwood, Karlsson, WillanderNYI: Pageau, Mayfield, Holmstrom, Schaefer
VAN 3 – 0 NYI

3rd period

14:55
NYIAnders Lee (Calum Ritchie, Mathew Barzal)wrist0.12 xG
VAN: Myers, Boeser, Garland, Rossi, PetterssonNYI: Lee, Drouin, Barzal, Heineman, Ritchie, Schaefer
VAN 3 – 1 NYI
18:39
VANKiefer SherwoodEN (Filip Hronek)wrist0.47 xG
VAN: Kane, Pettersson, Hronek, Sherwood, SassonNYI: Lee, DeAngelo, Barzal, Heineman, Ritchie, Schaefer
VAN 4 – 1 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
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	1	0	20:14	—	—	36	51
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	0	3	0	19:42	—	—	43	65
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.46	0	2	0	19:07	—	—	48	66
David Kampf C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	63	48
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	50	32
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:13	—	—	60	31
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	3	0	3	+2	3	0.76	2	0	2	15:13	—	—	48	62
Evander Kane L	L3	0	1	1	+2	5	0.45	1	0	0	14:38	—	—	59	89
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	52	78
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	0	0	0	11:21	—	—	70	87
Max Sasson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:05	—	—	64	59
Liam Ohgren L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	3	0	0	8:53	—	—	68	81
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	0	3	0	25:21	—	—	46	82
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	24:11	—	—	50	67
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	21:22	—	—	64	78
Zeev Buium D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	71	77
Tom Willander D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	1	1	2	14:02	—	—	57	66
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:10	—	—	41	40

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	2.20	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Casey Cizikas C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:52	—	—	37	12
Marc Gatcomb C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.29	5	0	2	11:12	—	—	35	14
Kyle MacLean C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	0	0	9:51	—	—	55	42
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	44	41
Calum Ritchie C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.30	2	0	0	11:27	—	—	55	74
Max Shabanov R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:04	—	—	47	40
Mathew Barzal C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	23:01	—	—	58	34
Emil Heineman L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	4	0	0	20:39	—	—	55	26
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	69	65
Anders Lee L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.40	2	0	0	18:08	—	—	46	45
Simon Holmstrom R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	39	43
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:27	—	—	24	24
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	0	2	0	20:09	—	—	56	59
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	2	19:37	—	—	62	54
Matthew Schaefer D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	2	2	21:37	—	—	47	15
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	1	0	20:39	—	—	55	35
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	19:38	—	—	5	1
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	12:31	—	—	8	2

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	2.60	56:21

Goal anatomy

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

David Kampf (VAN) 1st 8:57 · assists Jake DeBrusk · Forecheck turnover · 20.6 mph shot.

David Kampf · 1st 8:57 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Kiefer Sherwood · 1st 10:35 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 84.9 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Kiefer Sherwood · 1st 15:47 · VAN PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5
Shot: 63.9 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Type: one-timer

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Anders Lee · 3rd 14:55 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Kiefer Sherwood · 3rd 18:39 · VAN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.2 mph
Distance: 104 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.