Vancouver Canucks vs. New York RangersFeb 27, 2022

FinalSunday, Feb 27, 2022· Madison Square Garden

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

5

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New York RangersNYR

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	2	2	1	5		VAN	11	15	8	34
NYR	0	0	2	2		NYR	13	6	14	33

: VAN 57NYR 64
: VAN 3.05NYR 3.33
PP goals: VAN 1NYR 0
Hits: VAN 18NYR 26
Blocks: VAN 12NYR 10
PIM: VAN 6NYR 2
: VAN 54%NYR 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat New York Rangers 5–2

Vancouver Canucks beat New York Rangers 5–2 at NYR. Tyler Myers (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VAN: Horvat–Boeser–Podkolzin skated 12:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Matthew Highmore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:34.Highmore
Points
Tyler Myers had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:05.Myers
Points
J.T. Miller had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:29.Miller
New line
New look for VAN: Horvat–Boeser–Podkolzin skated 12:59 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Horvat Boeser Podkolzin
Usage
Alexis Lafrenière (NYR) played 19:38, +5:43 up on his 13:55 season average over 78 games.Lafrenière
New line
New look for VAN: Chiasson–Pettersson–Hoglander skated 8:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Chiasson Pettersson Hoglander
Luck
VAN scored 5 goals on 3.05 expected goals (57 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (VAN) played 18:21, −4:01 down on his 22:22 season average over 78 games.Ekman-Larsson

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · NYR 64 · VAN 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 35% of the game, NYR 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	56	61
	2.31	2.75
	2.24	2.56
	11	17
	4	4
	12	11
	+0.032	−0.032
	35%	32%

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

L1Horvat – Boeser – Podkolzin
12:5933% CF
L2Miller – Pearson – Garland
11:4060% CF
L3Chiasson – Pettersson – Hoglander
8:3956% CF
L4Motte – Lammikko – Highmore
8:3356% CF
D1Schenn – Hughes
16:4441% CF
D2Myers – Ekman-Larsson
14:0954% CF
D3Hamonic – Hunt
13:3446% CF

PP1Miller – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
1:52100% CF
PP2Myers – Ekman-Larsson – Motte – Lammikko – Highmore
0:07100% CF
PK1FLammikko – Highmore
1:28
PK2FMiller – Motte
1:00
PK1DMyers – Hamonic
3:12
PK2DSchenn – Hughes
1:52

Current VAN line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière
12:3462% CF
L2Strome – Hunt – Panarin
7:5443% CF
L3Reaves – Goodrow – Rooney
6:5738% CF
L4McKegg – Gauthier – Barron
6:0438% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
15:5938% CF
D2Fox – Lindgren
15:3458% CF
D3Jones – Schneider
12:4258% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Panarin – Fox
3:02100% CF
PP2Goodrow – Trouba – Gauthier – Miller – Lafrenière
2:1650% CF
PK1FMcKegg – Rooney
1:52
PK2FKreider – Zibanejad
0:07
PK1DFox – Lindgren
1:52
PK2DTrouba – Miller
0:07

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:12
VANTanner Pearson (J.T. Miller)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Schenn, Miller, Pearson, Garland, HughesNYR: Strome, Hunt, Panarin, Fox, Lindgren
VAN 1 – 0 NYR
19:21
VANTyler Myers (J.T. Miller, Matthew Highmore)wrist0.03 xG
VAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Miller, Boeser, PodkolzinNYR: Trouba, Rooney, Gauthier, Miller, Lafrenière
VAN 2 – 0 NYR

2nd period

6:06
VANJuho Lammikko (Luke Schenn)tip-in0.13 xG
VAN: Schenn, Motte, Lammikko, Highmore, HughesNYR: McKegg, Fox, Gauthier, Barron, Jones
VAN 3 – 0 NYR
15:16
VANMatthew HighmorePP (Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Tyler Myers)tip-in0.14 xG
VAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Motte, Lammikko, HighmoreNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, Miller
VAN 4 – 0 NYR

3rd period

9:53
NYRAlexis Lafrenière (Mika Zibanejad)slap0.22 xG
VAN: Hamonic, Hunt, Horvat, Boeser, PodkolzinNYR: Kreider, Zibanejad, Trouba, Miller, Lafrenière
VAN 4 – 1 NYR
14:03
NYRRyan Strome (Artemi Panarin, Adam Fox)backhand0.07 xG
VAN: Schenn, Horvat, Garland, Hughes, PodkolzinNYR: Reaves, Strome, Trouba, Panarin, Fox
VAN 4 – 2 NYR
17:51
VANElias PetterssonEN (Thatcher Demko)backhand0.64 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Pearson, Pettersson, HughesNYR: Reaves, Strome, Goodrow, Panarin, Fox, Jones
VAN 5 – 2 NYR

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
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:09	—	—	37	18
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	2	17:50	—	—	40	21
Vasily Podkolzin R	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	15:32	—	—	32	13
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	2	2	+3	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:29	—	—	60	83
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	50	52
Tanner Pearson L	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.32	1	1	0	13:39	—	—	52	65
Elias Pettersson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.76	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	46	54
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	58	67
Alex Chiasson R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.41	2	0	0	9:18	—	—	57	77
Matthew Highmore C	L4	1	1	2	+1	2	0.17	1	1	0	13:34	—	—	44	29
Juho Lammikko C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	52	40
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	2	0	0	13:09	—	—	52	40
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.34	0	2	0	24:23	—	—	45	46
Luke Schenn D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	3	0	2	19:16	—	—	44	45
Tyler Myers D	D2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.05	2	2	0	21:05	—	—	53	48
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	18:21	—	—	53	53
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	50	46
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	43	32

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.33	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.53	1	0	0	19:47	—	—	65	73
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.38	1	0	0	19:38	—	—	58	72
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	+1	8	1.04	2	0	0	18:20	—	—	56	67
Artemi Panarin L	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.08	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	48	49
Ryan Strome C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.34	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	44	51
Dryden Hunt L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	7	1	0	15:53	—	—	43	29
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:58	—	—	45	23
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	2	15:41	—	—	56	37
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	6	0	0	12:28	—	—	60	66
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.08	1	0	0	11:42	—	—	57	45
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:38	—	—	40	34
Morgan Barron C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	1	0	7:53	—	—	38	30
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.27	2	2	0	21:57	—	—	46	61
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	20:30	—	—	40	41
Adam Fox D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.05	0	0	0	22:51	—	—	57	60
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	3	0	20:00	—	—	56	58
Zac Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:49	—	—	59	49
Braden Schneider D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	1	0	13:29	—	—	54	49

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	33	29	4	.879	2.41	58:24

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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.