Vancouver Canucks vs. New York RangersDec 16, 2025

FinalTuesday, Dec 16, 2025· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	1	1	3		VAN	3	6	8	17
NYR	0	0	0	0		NYR	7	7	9	23

: VAN 34NYR 59
: VAN 2.36NYR 2.68
PP goals: VAN 0NYR 0
Hits: VAN 20NYR 26
Blocks: VAN 13NYR 6
PIM: VAN 8NYR 6
: VAN 47%NYR 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat New York Rangers 3–0

Vancouver Canucks beat New York Rangers 3–0 at NYR. Conor Garland (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NYR scored 0 goals on 2.68 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
NYR scored 0 goals on 2.68 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Liam Ohgren (VAN) played 7:15, −6:00 down on his 13:15 season average over 68 games.Ohgren
New line
New look for NYR: Carrick–Rempe–Chmelar skated 5:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrick Rempe Chmelar
New line
New look for NYR: Sheary–Raddysh–Laba skated 9:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheary Raddysh Laba
Usage
Linus Karlsson (VAN) played 8:19, −4:15 down on his 12:34 season average over 78 games.Karlsson
Usage
Matthew Robertson (NYR) played 11:44, −5:45 down on his 17:29 season average over 71 games.Robertson
Usage
Tom Willander (VAN) played 12:20, −4:43 down on his 17:03 season average over 69 games.Willander
Usage
Jaroslav Chmelar (NYR) played 6:01, −3:15 down on his 9:16 season average over 27 games.Chmelar

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 93 of 93 attempts · NYR 59 · VAN 34

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 26% of the game, NYR 44%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NYR 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	NYR
	34	47
	1.53	1.84
	1.48	1.63
	8	10
	5	1
	17	23
	−0.011	+0.011
	26%	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

L1Boeser – DeBrusk – Rossi
10:1638% CF
L2Garland – Kampf – Hoglander
8:1627% CF
L3Kane – Sherwood – O'Connor
7:3956% CF
L4Karlsson – Ohgren – Sasson
5:0960% CF
D1Pettersson – Hronek
15:2648% CF
D2Myers – Buium
12:3153% CF
D3Pettersson – Willander
5:500% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Rossi – Buium
3:23100% CF
PP2Kane – Hronek – Sherwood – Karlsson – Hoglander
0:47100% CF
PK1FKampf – Sherwood
1:37
PK2FGarland – O'Connor
0:58
PK1DPettersson – Hronek
1:39
PK2DMyers – Pettersson
1:33

Current VAN line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Zibanejad – Panarin – Lafrenière
11:2774% CF
L2Trocheck – Miller – Cuylle
11:0980% CF
L3Sheary – Raddysh – Laba
9:0443% CF
L4Carrick – Rempe – Chmelar
5:0760% CF
D1Soucy – Borgen
12:0754% CF
D2Gavrikov – Schneider
11:4350% CF
D3Robertson – Morrow
7:1950% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Miller – Panarin – Cuylle
5:09100% CF
PP2Sheary – Gavrikov – Lafrenière – Rempe – Laba
0:26
PK1FSheary – Laba
1:17
PK2FTrocheck – Miller
0:56
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
3:09
PK2DSoucy – Borgen
1:50

Current NYR 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
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	1	1	0	19:53	—	—	37	43
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.27	1	0	0	19:20	—	—	36	17
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	2	1	2	18:59	—	—	41	60
Conor Garland R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.88	1	1	0	19:14	—	—	35	35
David Kampf C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:08	—	—	31	37
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	11:40	—	—	38	47
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	6	0	0	17:07	—	—	46	43
Evander Kane L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.35	2	1	0	14:48	—	—	48	45
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	41	37
Max Sasson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:25	—	—	42	55
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	8:19	—	—	57	69
Liam Ohgren L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	1	0	0	7:15	—	—	57	86
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	1	1	0	24:05	—	—	50	68
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	23:27	—	—	48	62
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	3	2	22:51	—	—	44	46
Zeev Buium D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	0	2	22:28	—	—	47	40
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:10	—	—	25	63
Tom Willander D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	24	21

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	23	23	0	.1000	2.68	59:51

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	22:15	—	—	67	75
Artemi Panarin L	L1	-1	8	0.69	0	0	0	21:29	—	—	70	70
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	68	76
J.T. Miller C	L2	-1	3	0.56	1	0	0	22:21	—	—	77	88
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	-1	3	0.38	3	1	4	22:13	—	—	69	81
Will Cuylle L	L2	-1	0	0.40	5	0	0	20:20	—	—	67	87
Conor Sheary L	L3	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	41	27
Noah Laba C	L3	-1	1	0.09	4	1	2	14:51	—	—	44	28
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:28	—	—	42	22
Sam Carrick C	L4	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	8:43	—	—	57	17
Matt Rempe C	L4	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:07	—	—	50	16
Jaroslav Chmelar R	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:01	—	—	67	25
Carson Soucy D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:28	—	—	54	42
Will Borgen D	D1	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	56	56
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	23:54	—	—	58	52
Braden Schneider D	D2	-1	2	0.12	3	1	0	20:29	—	—	68	62
Scott Morrow D	D3	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:18	—	—	59	63
Matthew Robertson D	D3	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	11:44	—	—	59	51

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	16	14	2	.875	1.58	58:26

Goal anatomy

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

Evander Kane (VAN) 1st 1:46 · assists Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson · Rush · loose puck · 49.9 mph shot · 3.3 s from entry to goal.

Evander Kane · 1st 1:46 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Conor Garland · 3rd 16:52 · VAN EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.1 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Liam Ohgren · 2nd 3:24 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.0 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 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. New York RangersDec 16, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks beat New York Rangers 3–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

New York Rangers

Goal anatomy

Evander Kane · 1st 1:46 · VAN

Conor Garland · 3rd 16:52 · VAN EN

Liam Ohgren · 2nd 3:24 · VAN