Vancouver Canucks vs. San Jose SharksNov 28, 2025

FinalFriday, Nov 28, 2025· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	1	0	2		VAN	8	17	9	34
SJS	1	2	0	3		SJS	12	7	5	24

: VAN 65SJS 43
: VAN 4.64SJS 2.56
PP goals: VAN 0SJS 2
Hits: VAN 17SJS 14
Blocks: VAN 9SJS 15
PIM: VAN 16SJS 22
: VAN 39%SJS 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2

San Jose Sharks beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 at home. Macklin Celebrini (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for SJS: Wennberg–Gaudette–Eklund skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Macklin Celebrini had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:30.Celebrini
New line
New look for SJS: Wennberg–Gaudette–Eklund skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wennberg Gaudette Eklund
Usage
Conor Garland (VAN) played 24:28, +7:23 up on his 17:05 season average over 70 games.Garland
New line
New look for SJS: Toffoli–Smith–Celebrini skated 7:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toffoli Smith Celebrini
New line
New look for VAN: Sherwood–O'Connor–Sasson skated 6:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sherwood O'Connor Sasson
Luck
VAN scored 2 goals on 4.64 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Lukas Reichel (VAN) played 4:59, −7:44 down on his 12:43 season average over 28 games.Reichel
New line
New look for SJS: Kurashev–Dellandrea–Graf skated 7:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kurashev Dellandrea Graf

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 108 of 108 attempts · SJS 43 · VAN 65

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 50% of the game, SJS 21%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

SJS 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	SJS
	41	31
	2.71	1.76
	2.53	1.75
	10	6
	2	4
	11	18
	−0.079	+0.078
	50%	21%

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 – Garland – Kampf
9:5050% CF
L2Sherwood – O'Connor – Sasson
6:5863% CF
L3Kane – DeBrusk – Pettersson
6:0457% CF
L4Karlsson – Reichel – Bains
3:110% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
12:0068% CF
D2Myers – Pettersson
8:0236% CF
D3Pettersson – Willander
7:3867% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
7:1092% CF
PP2Kane – Hronek – Sherwood – Hughes – Karlsson
3:17100% CF
PK1FSherwood – O'Connor
2:13
PK2FDeBrusk – Pettersson
1:13
PK1DMyers – Pettersson
3:38
PK2DHronek – Pettersson
1:22

Current VAN line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Wennberg – Gaudette – Eklund
8:0071% CF
L2Toffoli – Smith – Celebrini
7:2362% CF
L3Kurashev – Dellandrea – Graf
7:0621% CF
L4Reaves – Goodrow – Ostapchuk
3:4317% CF
D1Klingberg – Ferraro
9:0673% CF
D2Orlov – Liljegren
7:3350% CF
D3Iorio – Dickinson
6:2044% CF

PP1Orlov – Wennberg – Eklund – Smith – Celebrini
5:4886% CF
PP2Orlov – Toffoli – Klingberg – Gaudette – Kurashev
1:56100% CF
PK1FDellandrea – Graf
7:28
PK2FGoodrow – Wennberg
2:55
PK1DFerraro – Iorio
4:04
PK2DLiljegren – Dickinson
0:30

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:28
VANBrock Boeser (Conor Garland, Tom Willander)wrist0.07 xG
VAN: Pettersson, Boeser, Garland, Kampf, WillanderSJS: Orlov, Wennberg, Gaudette, Liljegren, Eklund
VAN 1 – 0 SJS
9:25
SJSWill SmithPP (Alexander Wennberg, Macklin Celebrini)wrist0.11 xG
VAN: Hronek, Sherwood, O'Connor, PetterssonSJS: Orlov, Toffoli, Wennberg, Smith, Celebrini
VAN 1 – 1 SJS

2nd period

3:04
VANElias Pettersson (Evander Kane, Filip Hronek)wrist0.08 xG
VAN: Kane, DeBrusk, Hronek, Pettersson, HughesSJS: Toffoli, Liljegren, Smith, Celebrini, Dickinson
VAN 2 – 1 SJS
14:03
SJSWilliam EklundPP (Macklin Celebrini, John Klingberg)slap0.16 xG
VAN: Myers, Hronek, PetterssonSJS: Klingberg, Wennberg, Eklund, Smith, Celebrini
VAN 2 – 2 SJS
15:17
SJSAdam Gaudette (Philipp Kurashev, Tyler Toffoli)backhand0.23 xG
VAN: Myers, Pettersson, Hronek, Sherwood, O'ConnorSJS: Orlov, Toffoli, Klingberg, Gaudette, Kurashev
VAN 2 – 3 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
Conor Garland R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.33	0	0	2	24:28	—	—	57	76
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.81	1	0	0	21:19	—	—	50	69
David Kampf C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	14:30	—	—	50	73
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.72	4	1	0	17:57	—	—	64	47
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	63	46
Max Sasson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	11:39	—	—	60	45
Elias Pettersson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.86	1	1	4	20:12	—	—	50	29
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.93	1	0	0	19:41	—	—	67	74
Evander Kane L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	2	0	2	14:09	—	—	75	91
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	8:43	—	—	33	100
Arshdeep Bains L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	5:58	—	—	20	0
Lukas Reichel L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:59	—	—	67	100
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.27	0	2	4	28:19	—	—	69	75
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	24:13	—	—	67	64
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	1	0	16:44	—	—	28	8
Elias Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	11:18	—	—	44	39
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	17:31	—	—	50	51
Tom Willander D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	65	74

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Nikita Tolopilo(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.56	58:11

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	21:54	—	—	67	44
William Eklund L	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.18	0	0	4	16:26	—	—	65	37
Adam Gaudette R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.39	0	0	0	12:35	—	—	72	67
Macklin Celebrini C	L2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.30	0	0	4	18:30	—	—	53	45
Will Smith C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.67	0	0	2	18:24	—	—	47	44
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.31	0	0	0	11:09	—	—	64	64
Ty Dellandrea C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	4	2	2	20:03	—	—	25	31
Collin Graf R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	3	0	17:08	—	—	20	28
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:03	—	—	22	42
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	2	8:42	—	—	14	0
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:15	—	—	11	0
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	5:38	—	—	14	0
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	27:36	—	—	44	24
John Klingberg D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	71	84
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	2	19:57	—	—	56	57
Timothy Liljegren D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	4	4	19:24	—	—	33	20
Vincent Iorio D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	2	15:13	—	—	26	17
Sam Dickinson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	14:12	—	—	39	47

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	4.64	59:42

Goal anatomy

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

Will Smith (SJS PP) 1st 9:25 · assists Alexander Wennberg, Macklin Celebrini · Rebound · 52.2 mph shot.

Will Smith · 1st 9:25 · SJS PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Brock Boeser · 1st 4:28 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 63.2 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Elias Pettersson · 2nd 3:04 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s

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William Eklund · 2nd 14:03 · SJS PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 46.8 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Type: one-timer

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Adam Gaudette · 2nd 15:17 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.1 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.