Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 29, 2025

FinalWednesday, Jan 29, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	1	1	3		VAN	13	3	6	22
NSH	1	0	0	1		NSH	13	8	11	32

: VAN 40NSH 58
: VAN 2.54NSH 3.03
PP goals: VAN 0NSH 0
Hits: VAN 19NSH 24
Blocks: VAN 10NSH 7
PIM: VAN 4NSH 6
: VAN 34%NSH 66%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 3–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 3–1 at NSH. Quinn Hughes (VAN) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for VAN: Di Giuseppe–Blueger–Joshua skated 5:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:36.Hughes
New line
New look for VAN: Di Giuseppe–Blueger–Joshua skated 5:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Di Giuseppe Blueger Joshua
Luck
NSH scored 1 goal on 3.03 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Tyler Myers (VAN) played 24:36, +3:52 up on his 20:44 season average over 70 games.Myers
Usage
Carson Soucy (VAN) played 12:58, −5:01 down on his 17:59 season average over 74 games.Soucy
Usage
Vinnie Hinostroza (NSH) played 9:48, −3:18 down on his 13:06 season average over 37 games.Hinostroza
Usage
Conor Garland (VAN) played 15:31, −3:11 down on his 18:42 season average over 80 games.Garland
PP1
NSH's PP1 (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault and Forsberg) went scoreless in 3:20 of 5v4 time with 2 attempts.Stamkos Josi O'Reilly Marchessault Forsberg

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · NSH 58 · VAN 40

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 19% of the game, NSH 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	38	54
	2.20	2.78
	2.13	2.64
	8	11
	1	7
	14	18
	−0.080	+0.080
	19%	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

L1DeBrusk – Garland – Suter
8:3838% CF
L2Miller – Heinen – Boeser
7:2336% CF
L3Pettersson – Karlsson – Hoglander
6:0750% CF
L4Di Giuseppe – Blueger – Joshua
5:5838% CF
D1Myers – Hughes
14:3954% CF
D2Forbort – Hronek
11:5131% CF
D3Soucy – Juulsen
7:1753% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – DeBrusk – Pettersson – Hughes
2:5167% CF
PP2Hronek – Suter – Hughes – Karlsson – Hoglander
0:44100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
1:33
PK2FDi Giuseppe – Heinen
0:39
PK1DJuulsen – Hronek
1:22
PK2DMyers – Forbort
1:17

Current VAN line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Stamkos – Marchessault – Forsberg
8:1371% CF
L2Novak – L'Heureux – Svechkov
7:0939% CF
L3Nyquist – O'Reilly – Hinostroza
7:0450% CF
L4Sissons – McCarron – Smith
6:5869% CF
D1Josi – Barron
16:5056% CF
D2Skjei – Blankenburg
13:5176% CF
D3Schenn – Wilsby
11:3452% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
3:2067% CF
PP2Nyquist – Skjei – Novak – L'Heureux – Svechkov
2:15100% CF
PK1FSissons – Smith
1:21
PK2FNyquist – McCarron
0:53
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
2:12
PK2DSchenn – Wilsby
1:36

Current NSH 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
Pius Suter C	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.46	0	0	2	18:30	—	—	44	37
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	42	30
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	0	15:23	—	—	42	15
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	0	1	0	18:26	—	—	41	42
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	5	1	0	16:21	—	—	32	34
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.37	0	1	0	15:14	—	—	42	45
Elias Pettersson C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	1	2	0	18:42	—	—	43	64
Nils Hoglander L	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.30	0	0	0	10:35	—	—	53	67
Linus Karlsson C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.32	0	0	0	10:23	—	—	46	67
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	13:27	—	—	42	41
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	11:48	—	—	29	41
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	11:24	—	—	40	43
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	1	0	24:36	—	—	38	51
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.40	0	0	0	24:36	—	—	57	72
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	22:34	—	—	29	33
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:49	—	—	29	28
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	1	0	13:52	—	—	48	43
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	48	37

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	3.03	59:51

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.35	2	0	2	19:49	—	—	68	54
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	71	51
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	2	17:39	—	—	72	60
Zachary L'Heureux L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.44	5	0	0	14:25	—	—	44	41
Fedor Svechkov C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	1	0	14:05	—	—	36	41
Tommy Novak C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	48	45
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	63	72
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	18:59	—	—	61	57
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:48	—	—	46	55
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	4	1	0	14:12	—	—	65	72
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	2	1	0	14:05	—	—	65	69
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	0	2	11:19	—	—	68	72
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.27	0	1	0	23:30	—	—	55	32
Justin Barron D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.06	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	57	34
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	20:43	—	—	76	84
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	18:28	—	—	68	81
Adam Wilsby D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	3	1	0	17:24	—	—	50	75
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:01	—	—	52	63

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	2.08	58:38

Goal anatomy

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

Nils Hoglander (VAN) 1st 7:11 · assists Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 47.3 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Nils Hoglander · 1st 7:11 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 47.3 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Tommy Novak · 1st 8:41 · NSH

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.5 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s
Type: rebound

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Linus Karlsson · 2nd 1:28 · VAN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.2 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Pius Suter · 3rd 19:41 · VAN EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.1 mph
Distance: 15 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.

Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 29, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Nashville Predators

Goal anatomy

Nils Hoglander · 1st 7:11 · VAN

Tommy Novak · 1st 8:41 · NSH

Linus Karlsson · 2nd 1:28 · VAN

Pius Suter · 3rd 19:41 · VAN EN