Vancouver Canucks vs. Seattle KrakenJan 2, 2025

Final / SOThursday, Jan 2, 2025· Climate Pledge Arena

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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	6	10	5	1	22
SEA	1	0	2	0	0	3		SEA	9	10	7	1	27

: VAN 63SEA 62
: VAN 3.02SEA 3.08
PP goals: VAN 0SEA 1
Hits: VAN 20SEA 19
Blocks: VAN 16SEA 17
PIM: VAN 6SEA 6
: VAN 53%SEA 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Seattle Kraken 4–3 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat Seattle Kraken 4–3 in a shootout at SEA. Vince Dunn (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VAN: Di Giuseppe–Garland–Suter skated 8:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Matty Beniers had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:47.Beniers
Points
Vince Dunn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:22.Dunn
Points
Andre Burakovsky had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:08.Burakovsky
New line
New look for VAN: Di Giuseppe–Garland–Suter skated 8:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Di Giuseppe Garland Suter
New line
New look for VAN: Blueger–Joshua–Sherwood skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Joshua Sherwood
Usage
Derek Forbort (VAN) played 21:59, +4:58 up on his 17:01 season average over 53 games.Forbort
New line
New look for VAN: Heinen–Hoglander–Sasson skated 8:19 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (26.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Hoglander Sasson
Usage
Tyler Myers (VAN) played 25:47, +5:04 up on his 20:43 season average over 70 games.Myers

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)SEA attacks right (top on phones) →

SEA
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · SEA 62 · VAN 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SEA
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SEA 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 36% of the game, SEA 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SEA

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	SEA
	65	47
	2.89	1.61
	2.63	1.54
	8	6
	6	2
	26	13
	+0.006	−0.006
	36%	34%

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

L1Di Giuseppe – Garland – Suter
8:5273% CF
L2Blueger – Joshua – Sherwood
8:4877% CF
L3Heinen – Hoglander – Sasson
8:1926% CF
L4Miller – Boeser – DeBrusk
6:5850% CF
D1Forbort – Desharnais
15:2670% CF
D2Myers – Brisebois
14:0452% CF
D3Soucy – Juulsen
13:3048% CF

PP1Myers – Miller – Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland
2:26100% CF
PP2Soucy – Heinen – Joshua – Suter – Sherwood
0:35
PK1FHeinen – Sherwood
1:45
PK2FBlueger – Suter
1:28
PK1DMyers – Forbort
2:05
PK2DSoucy – Juulsen
1:46

Current VAN line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Stephenson – Burakovsky – McCann
9:3655% CF
L2Gourde – Tanev – Kartye
8:5435% CF
L3Schwartz – Kakko – Beniers
8:3144% CF
L4Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen – Wright
7:0550% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
10:3941% CF
D2Oleksiak – Montour
9:5561% CF
D3Mahura – Evans
7:1555% CF

PP1Schwartz – Stephenson – Bjorkstrand – McCann – Dunn
2:11100% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Montour – Kakko – Beniers – Wright
1:34100% CF
PK1FStephenson – Tanev
2:04
PK2FGourde – McCann
1:00
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
3:00
PK2DMahura – Evans
0:33

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: VAN 4 – 3 SEA.

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	1	0	1	-1	4	0.42	2	1	0	20:35	—	—	75	90
Pius Suter C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.41	2	1	0	19:25	—	—	68	75
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	12:30	—	—	68	72
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.58	6	0	0	17:47	—	—	74	79
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	83	83
Dakota Joshua C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	2	14:23	—	—	71	64
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	33	47
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	1	0	0	12:24	—	—	46	65
Max Sasson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.33	0	2	0	11:36	—	—	36	48
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	41	30
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	38	18
J.T. Miller C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	2	4	15:41	—	—	44	50
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.12	0	2	0	21:59	—	—	70	76
Vincent Desharnais D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	19:18	—	—	69	79
Tyler Myers D	D2	1	0	1	0	5	0.35	0	2	0	25:47	—	—	50	39
Guillaume Brisebois D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	1	0	15:31	—	—	54	39
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	3	1	0	21:15	—	—	50	63
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	2	2	0	18:12	—	—	50	69

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen	W	15	13	2	.867	1.73	37:11
Thatcher Demko(start)	—	12	11	1	.917	1.35	27:49

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	1	0	0	21:17	—	—	60	43
Jared McCann L	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.37	0	0	0	19:53	—	—	56	44
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.11	1	0	2	15:08	—	—	43	15
Yanni Gourde C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:24	—	—	44	42
Brandon Tanev L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	2	2	0	15:26	—	—	42	45
Tye Kartye L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	3	0	0	10:02	—	—	39	39
Jaden Schwartz L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	0	0	2	18:30	—	—	27	11
Matty Beniers C	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.57	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	32	13
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	45	27
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.81	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	45	61
Shane Wright C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	3	0	13:39	—	—	32	41
Eeli Tolvanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	1	0	10:40	—	—	56	78
Vince Dunn D	D1	1	1	2	0	2	0.12	0	2	0	25:22	—	—	49	27
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	22:22	—	—	25	22
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	2	1	2	26:09	—	—	57	54
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	18:42	—	—	37	34
Ryker Evans D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	38	37
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	3	1	0	10:57	—	—	44	41

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	O	22	19	3	.864	3.02	63:12

Goal anatomy

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

Chandler Stephenson (SEA) 1st 1:52 · assists Andre Burakovsky, Vince Dunn · Rush · carried in · 30.2 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Chandler Stephenson · 1st 1:52 · SEA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 30.2 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Max Sasson · 1st 13:17 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Conor Garland · 2nd 7:49 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 33.0 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Tyler Myers · 3rd 5:35 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.2 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Matty Beniers · 3rd 9:05 · SEA PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 32.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: one-timer

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Vince Dunn · 3rd 19:07 · SEA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 64 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 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. Seattle KrakenJan 2, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks edge Seattle Kraken 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Seattle Kraken

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Seattle Kraken

Goal anatomy

Chandler Stephenson · 1st 1:52 · SEA

Max Sasson · 1st 13:17 · VAN

Conor Garland · 2nd 7:49 · VAN

Tyler Myers · 3rd 5:35 · VAN

Matty Beniers · 3rd 9:05 · SEA PP

Vince Dunn · 3rd 19:07 · SEA