Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose SharksNov 2, 2024

FinalSaturday, Nov 2, 2024· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	1	2	3		VAN	9	10	9	28
SJS	0	1	1	2		SJS	3	11	9	23

: VAN 71SJS 49
: VAN 3.26SJS 1.98
PP goals: VAN 0SJS 0
Hits: VAN 24SJS 21
Blocks: VAN 13SJS 22
PIM: VAN 4SJS 4
: VAN 49%SJS 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge San Jose Sharks 3–2

Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 at SJS. Pius Suter (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for SJS: Wennberg–Zetterlund–Cardwell skated 11:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Pius Suter had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:39.Suter
Points
Conor Garland had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:06.Garland
New line
New look for SJS: Wennberg–Zetterlund–Cardwell skated 11:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wennberg Zetterlund Cardwell
Usage
Pius Suter (VAN) played 12:39, −4:45 down on his 17:24 season average over 80 games.Suter
Usage
Ethan Cardwell (SJS) played 16:23, +5:49 up on his 10:34 season average over 5 games.Cardwell
Usage
Erik Brannstrom (VAN) played 10:47, −4:18 down on his 15:05 season average over 27 games.Brannstrom
Usage
Henry Thrun (SJS) played 12:57, −4:38 down on his 17:35 season average over 59 games.Thrun
Usage
Cody Ceci (SJS) played 24:12, +3:01 up on his 21:11 season average over 84 games.Ceci

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · SJS 49 · VAN 71

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 41% of the game, SJS 15%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	73	52
	3.15	2.10
	2.97	2.03
	11	8
	2	7
	20	36
	−0.006	+0.006
	41%	15%

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

L1Miller – Boeser – DeBrusk
10:3389% CF
L2Garland – Pettersson – Bains
9:0436% CF
L3Blueger – Heinen – Sherwood
9:0353% CF
L4Sprong – Suter – Hoglander
6:0850% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
19:1365% CF
D2Myers – Soucy
14:1644% CF
D3Forbort – Brannstrom
8:4356% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
2:43100% CF
PP2Heinen – Sprong – DeBrusk – Hronek – Hoglander
0:4750% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
1:37
PK2FHeinen – Sherwood
1:14
PK1DMyers – Soucy
1:46
PK2DForbort – Hronek
0:41

Current VAN line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Wennberg – Zetterlund – Cardwell
11:5442% CF
L2Toffoli – Granlund – Eklund
11:3644% CF
L3Goodrow – Kunin – Smith
9:1438% CF
L4Grundstrom – Sturm – Gushchin
5:4250% CF
D1Ceci – Ferraro
12:3514% CF
D2Liljegren – Thrun
10:2738% CF
D3Walman – Rutta
9:2759% CF

PP1Toffoli – Granlund – Wennberg – Liljegren – Eklund
2:1667% CF
PP2Goodrow – Walman – Kunin – Zetterlund – Smith
1:18
PK1FGranlund – Cardwell
1:03
PK2FGoodrow – Kunin
0:56
PK1DCeci – Ferraro
1:59
PK2DWalman – Rutta
1:35

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:37
SJSNico Sturm (Luke Kunin)snap0.26 xG
VAN: Forbort, Blueger, Heinen, Brannstrom, SherwoodSJS: Goodrow, Kunin, Liljegren, Sturm, Thrun
VAN 0 – 1 SJS
14:41
VANPius Suter (Nils Hoglander, Conor Garland)wrist0.14 xG
VAN: Myers, Garland, Brannstrom, Suter, HoglanderSJS: Toffoli, Granlund, Walman, Thrun, Eklund
VAN 1 – 1 SJS

3rd period

15:38
VANJake DeBrusk (Quinn Hughes, Filip Hronek)wrist0.08 xG
VAN: Miller, Boeser, DeBrusk, Hronek, HughesSJS: Granlund, Ceci, Ferraro, Sturm, Cardwell
VAN 2 – 1 SJS
18:43
SJSMikael Granlund (Tyler Toffoli, William Eklund)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Boeser, DeBrusk, HughesSJS: Toffoli, Granlund, Wennberg, Liljegren, Zetterlund, Eklund
VAN 2 – 2 SJS
19:34
VANPius Suter (Conor Garland, Carson Soucy)slap0.20 xG
VAN: Soucy, Garland, Hronek, Pettersson, SuterSJS: Goodrow, Walman, Kunin, Rutta, Cardwell
VAN 3 – 2 SJS

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
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	4	0	2	19:26	—	—	75	78
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.73	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	81	83
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	3	0	0	14:35	—	—	78	77
Conor Garland R	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.07	1	0	0	20:06	—	—	57	70
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	0	4	0	19:39	—	—	51	64
Arshdeep Bains L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:35	—	—	39	40
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	14:46	—	—	63	45
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	0	0	14:31	—	—	52	31
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	5	1	0	12:53	—	—	52	30
Pius Suter C	L4	2	0	2	+2	3	0.61	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	68	78
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	10:38	—	—	43	41
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	39	50
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	0	6	0.41	0	1	0	25:57	—	—	67	76
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	2	0	2	24:49	—	—	66	82
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	2	4	0	20:46	—	—	50	44
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	3	0	18:52	—	—	49	54
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	55	27
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	10:47	—	—	67	53

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	1.98	59:59

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	18:06	—	—	37	27
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.21	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	42	35
Ethan Cardwell R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	0	1	0	16:23	—	—	42	30
Mikael Granlund C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.32	0	0	0	22:08	—	—	44	46
William Eklund L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.43	0	0	0	19:56	—	—	46	53
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	41	48
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	4	3	0	16:24	—	—	37	45
Will Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	35	22
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	2	14:57	—	—	39	40
Danil Gushchin L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	2	10:12	—	—	45	42
Nico Sturm C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.26	0	2	0	8:50	—	—	41	48
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	0	0	8:08	—	—	53	57
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	24:12	—	—	29	26
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	2	0	21:00	—	—	18	14
Timothy Liljegren D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	16:57	—	—	54	71
Henry Thrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	12:57	—	—	33	49
Jake Walman D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.06	2	2	0	20:35	—	—	56	47
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.03	0	3	0	18:30	—	—	49	38

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	3.26	58:52

Goal anatomy

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

Nico Sturm (SJS) 2nd 2:37 · assists Luke Kunin · Rebound · 58.1 mph shot.

Nico Sturm · 2nd 2:37 · SJS

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: rebound

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Pius Suter · 2nd 14:41 · VAN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.0 mph
Distance: 97 ft

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Jake DeBrusk · 3rd 15:38 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 2
Shot: 72.3 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Mikael Granlund · 3rd 18:43 · SJS

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 66.3 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Pius Suter · 3rd 19:34 · VAN

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.4 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: rebound

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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.