Vancouver Canucks vs. Seattle KrakenDec 29, 2025

Final / SOMonday, Dec 29, 2025· Climate Pledge Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	1	1	0	0	1	3		VAN	12	9	3	0	24
SEA	2	0	0	0	0	2		SEA	14	6	16	3	39

: VAN 65SEA 63
: VAN 2.03SEA 3.64
PP goals: VAN 0SEA 1
Hits: VAN 22SEA 21
Blocks: VAN 15SEA 17
PIM: VAN 15SEA 9
: VAN 55%SEA 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Seattle Kraken 3–2 (SO)

Vancouver Canucks beat Seattle Kraken 3–2 in a shootout at SEA. Jared McCann (SEA) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VAN: Kane–Boeser–Pettersson skated 14:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for VAN: Kane–Boeser–Pettersson skated 14:03 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Boeser Pettersson
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New look for VAN: Garland–Rossi–Ohgren skated 8:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Garland Rossi Ohgren
Goalie
Kevin Lankinen (VAN) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +12 against a season average of 27.3; the win.Lankinen
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (VAN) played 28:59, +7:37 up on his 21:22 season average over 81 games.Pettersson
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New look for SEA: Winterton–Melanson–Meyers skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Winterton Melanson Meyers
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New look for VAN: Karlsson–Hoglander–Sasson skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Karlsson Hoglander Sasson
Usage
Vince Dunn (SEA) played 26:27, +4:51 up on his 21:36 season average over 80 games.Dunn
Usage
Eeli Tolvanen (SEA) played 22:37, +6:40 up on his 15:57 season average over 77 games.Tolvanen

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 128 of 128 attempts · SEA 63 · VAN 65

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 27% of the game, SEA 40%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

SEA 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	SEA
	62	53
	1.83	2.46
	1.81	2.37
	8	12
	2	5
	18	16
	+0.042	−0.042
	27%	40%

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 – Pettersson
14:0350% CF
L2Garland – Rossi – Ohgren
8:4657% CF
L3Sherwood – O'Connor – Räty
7:3758% CF
L4Karlsson – Hoglander – Sasson
5:5955% CF
D1Pettersson – Hronek
14:3759% CF
D2Myers – Pettersson
10:2152% CF
D3Willander – Buium
8:2169% CF

PP1Boeser – Pettersson – Karlsson – Rossi – Buium
1:08100% CF
PP2Kane – Garland – Hronek – Sherwood – O'Connor
0:54100% CF
PK1FSherwood – O'Connor
2:17
PK2FGarland – Räty
1:14
PK1DPettersson – Hronek
1:57
PK2DMyers – Pettersson
0:20

Current VAN line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Stephenson – Gaudreau – Tolvanen
13:3343% CF
L2Eberle – Kakko – Beniers
10:3448% CF
L3McCann – Wright – Catton
6:5733% CF
L4Winterton – Melanson – Meyers
5:5967% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
16:2953% CF
D2Lindgren – Fleury
15:3646% CF
D3Oleksiak – Evans
11:4036% CF

PP1Eberle – Stephenson – Dunn – Tolvanen – Beniers
3:2363% CF
PP2McCann – Kakko – Evans – Wright – Catton
2:4357% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Meyers
1:06
PK2FStephenson – Winterton
0:48
PK1DLarsson – Lindgren
1:16
PK2DOleksiak – Fleury
0:48

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:50
SEAJared McCannPP (Vince Dunn, Jordan Eberle)slap0.13 xG
VAN: Myers, Hronek, PetterssonSEA: Eberle, Stephenson, McCann, Dunn
VAN 0 – 1 SEA
15:20
VANLinus Karlsson (Liam Ohgren)snap0.09 xG
VAN: Pettersson, Hronek, Karlsson, Rossi, OhgrenSEA: Eberle, Lindgren, Fleury, Kakko, Beniers
VAN 1 – 1 SEA
19:40
SEARyan Winterton (Jacob Melanson, Joey Daccord)wrist0.18 xG
VAN: Myers, Kane, Boeser, Pettersson, PetterssonSEA: Lindgren, Fleury, Winterton, Melanson, Meyers
VAN 1 – 2 SEA

2nd period

5:23
VANElias Pettersson (Evander Kane, Tom Willander)wrist0.12 xG
VAN: Myers, Kane, Boeser, Pettersson, PetterssonSEA: Oleksiak, McCann, Evans, Wright, Catton
VAN 2 – 2 SEA

Decided in the shootout: VAN 3 – 2 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
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	22:36	—	—	39	29
Elias Pettersson C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.41	0	1	2	20:31	—	—	47	35
Evander Kane L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	1	1	2	18:53	—	—	53	36
Marco Rossi C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.19	1	1	0	19:16	—	—	52	58
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	2	1	5	16:15	—	—	52	49
Liam Ohgren L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	1	0	13:13	—	—	55	58
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	5	0	0	16:14	—	—	75	50
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:31	—	—	72	40
Aatu Räty C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:02	—	—	64	27
Linus Karlsson C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	2	0	2	10:10	—	—	59	49
Max Sasson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	9:12	—	—	64	39
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:03	—	—	58	36
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	4	0	29:20	—	—	64	50
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	28:59	—	—	45	49
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	2	2	19:29	—	—	45	39
Elias Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	2	16:17	—	—	52	42
Zeev Buium D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	69	38
Tom Willander D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	15:23	—	—	48	40

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.64	65:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	22:55	—	—	45	65
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.53	2	3	2	22:37	—	—	46	60
Frederick Gaudreau C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	2	1	0	20:33	—	—	40	57
Matty Beniers C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:06	—	—	52	43
Jordan Eberle R	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.36	1	1	0	19:57	—	—	54	48
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	2	0	0	15:45	—	—	48	47
Jared McCann L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.45	0	0	5	16:05	—	—	46	48
Shane Wright C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.50	0	2	2	14:10	—	—	27	29
Berkly Catton C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	12:26	—	—	30	29
Ben Meyers C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.23	1	0	0	10:53	—	—	56	89
Ryan Winterton C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.25	0	0	0	10:01	—	—	63	90
Jacob Melanson R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	4	0	0	8:30	—	—	53	83
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	26:27	—	—	51	69
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	4	0	20:28	—	—	54	76
Cale Fleury D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	20:20	—	—	45	64
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	2	0	18:41	—	—	48	64
Ryker Evans D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:28	—	—	35	28
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	2	0	13:52	—	—	35	27

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joey Daccord(start)	O	24	22	2	.917	2.03	64:26

Goal anatomy

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

Jared McCann (SEA PP) 1st 8:50 · assists Vince Dunn, Jordan Eberle · Off the faceoff · 80.6 mph shot.

Jared McCann · 1st 8:50 · SEA PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 80.6 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Type: one-timer

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Linus Karlsson · 1st 15:20 · VAN

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.5 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Ryan Winterton · 1st 19:40 · SEA

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 35.1 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Elias Pettersson · 2nd 5:23 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 54.7 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 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.