Vancouver Canucks vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 21, 2025

FinalTuesday, Oct 21, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	0	0	1		VAN	11	3	10	24
PIT	1	3	1	5		PIT	6	14	6	26

: VAN 69PIT 65
: VAN 3.03PIT 4.34
PP goals: VAN 0PIT 2
Hits: VAN 26PIT 18
Blocks: VAN 20PIT 17
PIM: VAN 8PIT 6
: VAN 33%PIT 67%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Vancouver Canucks 5–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vancouver Canucks 5–1 at home. Justin Brazeau (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for VAN: LaBate–O'Connor–Aman skated 5:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Justin Brazeau had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 11:50.Brazeau
Points
Anthony Mantha had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:33.Mantha
Points
Kris Letang had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:02.Letang
New line
New look for VAN: LaBate–O'Connor–Aman skated 5:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LaBate O'Connor Aman
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 3.03 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Kris Letang (PIT) played 17:02, −4:43 down on his 21:45 season average over 73 games.Letang
Usage
Aatu Räty (VAN) played 17:01, +5:04 up on his 11:57 season average over 65 games.Räty
Usage
Arshdeep Bains (VAN) played 12:28, +3:23 up on his 9:05 season average over 27 games.Bains

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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 134 of 134 attempts · PIT 65 · VAN 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 28% of the game, PIT 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

VAN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

PIT 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	PIT
	64	58
	2.37	3.39
	2.29	3.22
	11	14
	2	5
	18	23
	−0.120	+0.121
	28%	44%

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 – Sherwood – Räty
9:1443% CF
L2Karlsson – Bains – Sasson
8:2072% CF
L3DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson
6:3947% CF
L4LaBate – O'Connor – Aman
5:2814% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
13:2252% CF
D2Myers – Pettersson
7:4641% CF
D3Pettersson – Joseph
5:2780% CF

PP1DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson – Sherwood – Hughes
4:47100% CF
PP2Kane – Hronek – Hughes – Karlsson – Bains
1:0080% CF
PK1FGarland – Pettersson
2:28
PK2FSherwood – O'Connor
1:19
PK1DMyers – Pettersson
3:29
PK2DHronek – Pettersson
3:22

Current VAN line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
10:1264% CF
L2Acciari – Dewar – Lizotte
8:3963% CF
L3Malkin – Mantha – Brazeau
7:5425% CF
L4Novak – Hallander – Kindel
6:1358% CF
D1Jones – Brunicke
13:2344% CF
D2Karlsson – Wotherspoon
10:5767% CF
D3Letang – Shea
8:2750% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell
4:2375% CF
PP2Letang – Mantha – Novak – Brazeau – Kindel
2:1483% CF
PK1FDewar – Lizotte
2:20
PK2FRust – Acciari
2:14
PK1DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
3:12
PK2DJones – Shea
1:21

Current PIT 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
Kiefer Sherwood L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	4	1	0	20:28	—	—	58	35
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.39	1	2	2	17:20	—	—	56	43
Aatu Räty C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.35	2	0	0	17:01	—	—	69	56
Arshdeep Bains L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:28	—	—	69	40
Linus Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.53	1	1	0	12:19	—	—	66	24
Max Sasson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	11:40	—	—	61	23
Conor Garland R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.30	0	1	0	19:51	—	—	38	52
Elias Pettersson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	1	1	0	16:56	—	—	40	53
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	44	50
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	2	13:08	—	—	32	19
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	10:32	—	—	44	74
Joseph LaBate C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	6	2	0	9:32	—	—	42	69
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	0	0	0	25:41	—	—	53	46
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	2	2	0	22:52	—	—	60	58
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	3	0	21:04	—	—	34	24
Elias Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	3	1	0	16:23	—	—	56	29
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	2	2	17:54	—	—	54	35
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	1	2	2	12:01	—	—	65	68

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	4.34	59:48

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.62	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	63	64
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.26	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	52	55
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.28	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	57	61
Blake Lizotte C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:15	—	—	50	30
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	2	1	0	16:06	—	—	52	24
Connor Dewar C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.18	4	1	0	14:24	—	—	54	23
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	1.16	1	0	2	16:38	—	—	33	58
Anthony Mantha R	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.80	0	0	0	13:33	—	—	37	62
Justin Brazeau R	L3	1	2	3	+1	2	0.24	2	0	0	11:50	—	—	28	59
Ben Kindel C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	2	0	13:21	—	—	50	97
Tommy Novak C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.30	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	53	98
Filip Hallander C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	0	0	2	11:40	—	—	50	75
Caleb Jones D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	17:59	—	—	48	56
Harrison Brunicke D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	5	0	16:34	—	—	43	58
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	0	1	0	22:33	—	—	61	81
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:24	—	—	46	45
Kris Letang D	D3	0	2	2	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	17:02	—	—	47	65
Ryan Shea D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	16:30	—	—	43	59

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	3.03	59:52

Goal anatomy

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

Conor Garland (VAN) 1st 1:18 · assists Elias Pettersson, Filip Hronek · Rush · loose puck · 53.5 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Conor Garland · 1st 1:18 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 53.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Connor Dewar · 1st 11:39 · PIT

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 56.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: deflection

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Tommy Novak · 2nd 14:21 · PIT PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 51.3 mph
Distance: 20 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Sidney Crosby · 2nd 16:18 · PIT

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.0 mph
Distance: 31 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Anthony Mantha · 2nd 17:29 · PIT

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Justin Brazeau · 3rd 5:56 · PIT PP

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 4-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 40.5 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 21, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Vancouver Canucks 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Conor Garland · 1st 1:18 · VAN

Connor Dewar · 1st 11:39 · PIT

Tommy Novak · 2nd 14:21 · PIT PP

Sidney Crosby · 2nd 16:18 · PIT

Anthony Mantha · 2nd 17:29 · PIT

Justin Brazeau · 3rd 5:56 · PIT PP