Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville PredatorsOct 23, 2025

FinalThursday, Oct 23, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	5	10	7	22
NSH	0	1	1	2		NSH	12	12	11	35

: VAN 51NSH 63
: VAN 2.35NSH 2.00
PP goals: VAN 0NSH 0
Hits: VAN 25NSH 21
Blocks: VAN 20NSH 19
PIM: VAN 6NSH 10
: VAN 40%NSH 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Vancouver Canucks 2–1

Nashville Predators beat Vancouver Canucks 2–1 at home. Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NSH: O'Reilly–Forsberg–Wood skated 8:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NSH: O'Reilly–Forsberg–Wood skated 8:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Reilly Forsberg Wood
New line
New look for VAN: Sherwood–O'Connor–Räty skated 5:11 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sherwood O'Connor Räty
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +9 against a season average of 25.7; the loss.Demko
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 18:09, −6:50 down on his 24:59 season average over 67 games.Josi
Usage
Conor Garland (VAN) played 23:31, +6:25 up on his 17:06 season average over 70 games.Garland
Usage
Nick Perbix (NSH) played 25:44, +6:42 up on his 19:02 season average over 78 games.Perbix
Usage
Marcus Pettersson (VAN) played 16:25, −5:06 down on his 21:31 season average over 81 games.Pettersson
Usage
Elias Pettersson (VAN) played 11:51, −3:10 down on his 15:01 season average over 69 games.Pettersson

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 114 of 114 attempts · NSH 63 · VAN 51

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 28% of the game, NSH 36%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NSH 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	NSH
	41	66
	1.59	2.08
	1.57	2.01
	6	8
	5	5
	12	19
	−0.029	+0.030
	28%	36%

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

L1Sherwood – O'Connor – Räty
5:1150% CF
L2Kane – Garland – Pettersson
3:4350% CF
L3Boeser – DeBrusk – Sasson
3:3725% CF
L4Karlsson – Aman – Bains
3:03100% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
14:4338% CF
D2Myers – Pettersson
5:2325% CF
D3Pettersson – Joseph
3:2640% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
5:49100% CF
PP2Kane – Hronek – Sherwood – Karlsson – Bains
1:210% CF
PK1FGarland – Pettersson
1:10
PK2FSherwood – O'Connor
1:02
PK1DMyers – Hronek
2:02
PK2DJoseph – Pettersson
0:34

Current VAN line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1O'Reilly – Forsberg – Wood
8:5665% CF
L2McCarron – Smith – Wiesblatt
8:0650% CF
L3Jost – Evangelista – Svechkov
6:51100% CF
L4Stamkos – Haula – Bunting
6:4956% CF
D1Skjei – Perbix
12:4142% CF
D2Josi – Wilsby
10:4380% CF
D3Stastney – Barron
6:1667% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
3:1367% CF
PP2Haula – Skjei – Bunting – Barron – Wood
2:090% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
3:40
PK2FHaula – Jost
1:03
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
2:42
PK2DStastney – Wilsby
1:58

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:01
NSHRyan O'ReillySH (Spencer Stastney)wrist0.12 xG
VAN: Kane, Hronek, Sherwood, Karlsson, BainsNSH: O'Reilly, Jost, Stastney, Wilsby
VAN 0 – 1 NSH
11:49
VANMax Sasson (Linus Karlsson)wrist0.10 xG
VAN: Hronek, Joseph, Karlsson, Aman, SassonNSH: O'Reilly, Skjei, Wiesblatt, Barron, Wood
VAN 1 – 1 NSH

3rd period

5:09
NSHCole Smith (Michael McCarron, Justin Barron)tip-in0.08 xG
VAN: Pettersson, Joseph, Sherwood, O'Connor, RätyNSH: McCarron, Stastney, Smith, Wiesblatt, Barron
VAN 1 – 2 NSH

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	-2	1	0.14	4	0	0	18:16	—	—	39	52
Aatu Räty C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	5	0	0	14:47	—	—	41	65
Drew O'Connor L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.42	0	1	0	13:03	—	—	47	56
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	0	0	23:31	—	—	41	54
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	4	0	20:45	—	—	50	62
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	1	0	0	19:29	—	—	46	50
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.37	1	0	0	21:09	—	—	35	17
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	0	0	14:21	—	—	18	2
Max Sasson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	0	2	0	12:08	—	—	27	15
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	9:51	—	—	33	26
Arshdeep Bains L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:55	—	—	39	60
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:47	—	—	27	52
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	29:26	—	—	38	28
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	1	0	25:00	—	—	38	41
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	4	2	20:20	—	—	36	34
Elias Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	5	0	11:51	—	—	33	13
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	4	16:25	—	—	50	79
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	10:14	—	—	25	63

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	35	33	2	.943	2.00	57:42

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	1	3	0	17:57	—	—	62	49
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	67	59
Matthew Wood R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.49	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	61	53
Michael McCarron C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:22	—	—	47	58
Cole Smith R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	3	0	0	15:55	—	—	50	74
Ozzy Wiesblatt C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	4	1	0	9:47	—	—	50	57
Luke Evangelista R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	1	2	14:21	—	—	80	95
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	83	100
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	12:30	—	—	71	75
Steven Stamkos C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.13	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	64	40
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	4	14:21	—	—	50	18
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	12:37	—	—	62	29
Nick Perbix D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	3	4	2	25:44	—	—	49	45
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	1	2	24:45	—	—	49	24
Adam Wilsby D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	0	0	19:44	—	—	78	74
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	2	0	18:09	—	—	81	78
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.05	0	1	0	14:38	—	—	55	49
Justin Barron D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:16	—	—	63	52

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.35	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan O'Reilly (NSH SH) 2nd 9:01 · assists Spencer Stastney · Rush · carried in · 59.9 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Ryan O'Reilly · 2nd 9:01 · NSH SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 59.9 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Max Sasson · 2nd 11:49 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 42.6 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Cole Smith · 3rd 5:09 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.7 mph
Distance: 7 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.