Vancouver Canucks vs. Detroit Red WingsJan 8, 2026

FinalThursday, Jan 8, 2026· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	10	4	10	24
DET	1	2	2	5		DET	10	8	7	25

: VAN 70DET 55
: VAN 2.11DET 3.96
PP goals: VAN 1DET 1
Hits: VAN 24DET 13
Blocks: VAN 14DET 27
PIM: VAN 6DET 4
: VAN 55%DET 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings rout Vancouver Canucks 5–1

Detroit Red Wings beat Vancouver Canucks 5–1 at home. Patrick Kane (DET) led the scoring with 2G 0A. DET's first power-play unit (van Riemsdyk, Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:00 together.

Points
Patrick Kane had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:36.Kane
Points
Axel Sandin-Pellikka had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:55.Sandin-Pellikka
Points
J.T. Compher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:45.Compher
Points
Lucas Raymond had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:45.Raymond
Points
James van Riemsdyk had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:39.van Riemsdyk
PP1
DET's first power-play unit (van Riemsdyk, Kane, Larkin, DeBrincat and Raymond) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:00 together.van Riemsdyk Kane Larkin DeBrincat Raymond
Usage
James van Riemsdyk (DET) played 16:39, +4:58 up on his 11:41 season average over 71 games.van Riemsdyk
New line
New look for VAN: Boeser–Pettersson–Hoglander skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boeser Pettersson Hoglander

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · DET 55 · VAN 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 36% of the game, DET 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

VAN

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

DET 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	DET
	73	54
	1.75	2.67
	1.69	2.58
	11	6
	7	4
	24	25
	+0.016	−0.016
	36%	34%

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 – Kampf – Sherwood
11:2950% CF
L2Karlsson – Ohgren – Sasson
10:1453% CF
L3Kane – O'Connor – Räty
7:2273% CF
L4Boeser – Pettersson – Hoglander
5:5956% CF
D1Hronek – Buium
14:3965% CF
D2Pettersson – Willander
11:3152% CF
D3Myers – Pettersson
10:0169% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Pettersson – Sherwood – Willander
2:1167% CF
PP2Kane – Hronek – Karlsson – Sasson – Buium
0:42
PK1FBoeser – O'Connor
0:30
PK2FDeBrusk – Sherwood
0:30
PK1DMyers – Hronek
1:25
PK2DPettersson – Willander
0:30

Current VAN line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Kane – Copp – DeBrincat
12:1341% CF
L2van Riemsdyk – Compher – Raymond
11:5546% CF
L3Larkin – Kasper – Finnie
9:5056% CF
L4Appleton – Rasmussen – Leonard
8:3214% CF
D1Seider – Edvinsson
20:0045% CF
D2Chiarot – Sandin-Pellikka
13:3844% CF
D3Bernard-Docker – Johansson
10:4953% CF

PP1van Riemsdyk – Kane – Larkin – DeBrincat – Raymond
3:00100% CF
PP2Kane – Copp – Leonard – Sandin-Pellikka – Finnie
1:03
PK1FCopp – Compher
1:12
PK2FLarkin – Rasmussen
1:10
PK1DChiarot – Bernard-Docker
1:20
PK2DSeider – Edvinsson
0:40

Current DET 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	1	1	-2	4	0.28	4	0	0	18:31	—	—	63	30
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.45	1	1	0	16:29	—	—	46	17
David Kampf C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	2	15:01	—	—	59	41
Liam Ohgren L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	1	0	13:39	—	—	61	65
Max Sasson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	64	62
Linus Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.36	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	58	53
Evander Kane L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:27	—	—	59	49
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	65	70
Aatu Räty C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	4	0	0	13:08	—	—	67	70
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	47	32
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	45	24
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	10:32	—	—	64	34
Zeev Buium D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.04	0	0	2	23:38	—	—	49	32
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	23:16	—	—	68	56
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	3	2	19:31	—	—	58	51
Tom Willander D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:37	—	—	52	58
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	1	0	19:18	—	—	54	20
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	14:44	—	—	66	35

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	24	20	4	.833	3.10	58:39

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	43	57
Andrew Copp C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:09	—	—	39	22
Patrick Kane R	L1	2	0	2	+1	2	1.10	0	1	0	15:36	—	—	44	22
Lucas Raymond L	L2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.40	1	3	0	16:45	—	—	46	71
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.29	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	44	62
J.T. Compher L	L2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.63	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	45	64
Dylan Larkin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	7	0.96	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	50	71
Emmitt Finnie C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	14:18	—	—	52	69
Marco Kasper C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	13:07	—	—	64	80
Michael Rasmussen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	13:18	—	—	29	10
Mason Appleton C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:54	—	—	24	7
John Leonard L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:17	—	—	13	0
Moritz Seider D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	6	0	24:43	—	—	43	66
Simon Edvinsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	5	2	23:26	—	—	46	59
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.02	2	4	0	20:02	—	—	37	49
Axel Sandin-Pellikka D	D2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.13	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	42	61
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:30	—	—	39	63
Albert Johansson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	15:26	—	—	48	73

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
John Gibson(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	2.11	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Patrick Kane (DET PP) 1st 19:31 · assists Lucas Raymond, Dylan Larkin · Cycle · 52.0 mph shot.

Patrick Kane · 1st 19:31 · DET PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.0 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Axel Sandin-Pellikka · 2nd 5:09 · DET

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 62.5 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s

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Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 7:03 · VAN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.6 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Type: one-timer

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J.T. Compher · 2nd 10:10 · DET

Play: rebound
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 32.0 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Patrick Kane · 3rd 16:07 · DET EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.9 mph
Distance: 44 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Lucas Raymond · 3rd 18:10 · DET

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.0 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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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. Detroit Red WingsJan 8, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Detroit Red Wings 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

Detroit Red Wings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Detroit Red Wings

Goal anatomy

Patrick Kane · 1st 19:31 · DET PP

Axel Sandin-Pellikka · 2nd 5:09 · DET

Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 7:03 · VAN PP

J.T. Compher · 2nd 10:10 · DET

Patrick Kane · 3rd 16:07 · DET EN

Lucas Raymond · 3rd 18:10 · DET