Vancouver Canucks vs. Los Angeles KingsFeb 26, 2025

Final / OTWednesday, Feb 26, 2025· Crypto.com Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	1	1	0	1	3		VAN	6	6	4	1	17
LAK	0	0	2	0	2		LAK	4	9	11	2	26

: VAN 43LAK 75
: VAN 1.65LAK 3.28
PP goals: VAN 1LAK 0
Hits: VAN 28LAK 27
Blocks: VAN 17LAK 10
PIM: VAN 6LAK 4
: VAN 49%LAK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (OT)

Vancouver Canucks beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 in overtime at LAK. Conor Garland (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Pettersson–Hoglander skated 9:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Conor Garland had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:20.Garland
Points
Filip Chytil had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:35.Chytil
New line
New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Pettersson–Hoglander skated 9:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Pettersson Hoglander
Usage
Adrian Kempe (LAK) played 26:14, +7:10 up on his 19:04 season average over 80 games.Kempe
New line
New look for VAN: Boeser–Suter–O'Connor skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boeser Suter O'Connor
Usage
Quinton Byfield (LAK) played 22:56, +4:22 up on his 18:34 season average over 80 games.Byfield
Usage
Quinn Hughes (VAN) played 21:38, −4:09 down on his 25:47 season average over 67 games.Hughes
Usage
Carson Soucy (VAN) played 11:56, −6:04 down on his 18:00 season average over 74 games.Soucy

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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · LAK 75 · VAN 43

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK 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 16% of the game, LAK 53%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

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	LAK
	41	65
	1.22	2.63
	1.19	2.52
	0	14
	6	6
	24	29
	−0.031	+0.032
	16%	53%

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 – Chytil
10:1940% CF
L2DeBrusk – Pettersson – Hoglander
9:3427% CF
L3Boeser – Suter – O'Connor
9:1241% CF
D1Myers – Pettersson
13:1454% CF
D2Hronek – Hughes
13:0628% CF
D3Soucy – Pettersson
5:2921% CF

PP1DeBrusk – Pettersson – Suter – Hughes – Hoglander
2:0240% CF
PP2Joshua – Boeser – Garland – Chytil – Hughes
1:1983% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
2:47
PK2FSherwood – O'Connor
1:25
PK1DMyers – Pettersson
2:02
PK2DForbort – Hronek
1:11

Current VAN line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Foegele – Moore
11:1562% CF
L2Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
7:3368% CF
L3Kopitar – Turcotte – Laferriere
3:02100% CF
D1Gavrikov – Anderson
19:5658% CF
D2Edmundson – Spence
7:2847% CF
D3Moverare – Clarke
4:4983% CF

PP1Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe – Laferriere – Clarke
4:04100% CF
PP2Danault – Foegele – Moore – Spence – Byfield
1:41100% CF
PK1FDanault – Moore
1:28
PK2FFoegele – Byfield
1:19
PK1DGavrikov – Anderson
1:28

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	2	0	2	+1	4	0.37	0	1	0	17:20	—	—	44	30
Filip Chytil C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.40	0	1	0	16:35	—	—	48	36
Dakota Joshua C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	37	25
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	19:07	—	—	36	40
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	2	16:24	—	—	32	36
Nils Hoglander L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.20	3	0	0	14:28	—	—	31	31
Pius Suter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	20:22	—	—	40	28
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	2	17:02	—	—	38	19
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	0	0	16:35	—	—	39	20
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	0	2	2	21:32	—	—	46	25
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	1	0	19:26	—	—	55	30
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	4	4	0	26:03	—	—	30	32
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	21:38	—	—	39	35
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	2	0	11:56	—	—	32	30
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:10	—	—	21	25
Teddy Blueger C	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:09	—	—	40	41
Derek Forbort D	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:13	—	—	39	49
Kiefer Sherwood L	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	7	0	0	13:01	—	—	50	49

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	3.28	64:26

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.61	1	0	0	18:28	—	—	63	64
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	0	2	0	17:42	—	—	64	65
Warren Foegele L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	1	1	0	17:36	—	—	59	63
Adrian Kempe R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.56	3	0	2	26:14	—	—	53	73
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.32	1	1	0	22:56	—	—	67	68
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.27	1	0	2	22:37	—	—	61	69
Anze Kopitar C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	3	2	0	21:22	—	—	50	67
Alex Laferriere R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	0	0	18:25	—	—	80	77
Alex Turcotte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.35	1	0	0	11:18	—	—	71	80
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	2	3	0	26:30	—	—	57	77
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	3	0	0	25:39	—	—	61	76
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	20:45	—	—	50	52
Jordan Spence D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	14:59	—	—	67	52
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	16:49	—	—	67	78
Jacob Moverare D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	83	97
Tanner Jeannot L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.23	5	0	0	11:17	—	—	60	68
Trevor Lewis C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:55	—	—	17	39
Kyle Burroughs D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	2:42	—	—	57	46

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	O	17	14	3	.824	1.65	64:26

Goal anatomy

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

Nils Hoglander (VAN) 1st 9:56 · assists Derek Forbort · Point shot.

Nils Hoglander · 1st 9:56 · VAN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Distance: 100 ft

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Conor Garland · 2nd 13:07 · VAN PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.0 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: one-timer

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Adrian Kempe · 3rd 9:16 · LAK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.7 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Warren Foegele · 3rd 14:01 · LAK

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 24.3 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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Conor Garland · OT 4:26 · VAN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 63.2 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 5.4 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.

Vancouver Canucks vs. Los Angeles KingsFeb 26, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Los Angeles Kings

Goal anatomy

Nils Hoglander · 1st 9:56 · VAN

Conor Garland · 2nd 13:07 · VAN PP

Adrian Kempe · 3rd 9:16 · LAK

Warren Foegele · 3rd 14:01 · LAK

Conor Garland · OT 4:26 · VAN