Vancouver Canucks vs. Dallas StarsApr 8, 2025

Final / OTTuesday, Apr 8, 2025· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	0	0	5	1	6		VAN	7	10	13	2	32
DAL	2	1	2	0	5		DAL	8	12	8	0	28

: VAN 72DAL 54
: VAN 5.06DAL 4.39
PP goals: VAN 2DAL 3
Hits: VAN 29DAL 14
Blocks: VAN 9DAL 20
PIM: VAN 10DAL 10
: VAN 42%DAL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Dallas Stars 6–5 (OT)

Vancouver Canucks beat Dallas Stars 6–5 in overtime at DAL. Mikael Granlund (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VAN won it by committee.

Points
Mikael Granlund had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:20.Granlund
Points
Conor Garland had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 21:12.Garland
Points
Pius Suter had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:31.Suter
Points
Aatu Räty had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:54.Räty
Points
Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:50.Duchene
Points
Filip Hronek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:38.Hronek
Points
Jamie Benn had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:20.Benn
Points
Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 31:28.Hughes

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · DAL 54 · VAN 72

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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, DAL 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	61	48
	3.59	3.45
	3.46	3.24
	14	11
	5	5
	12	26
	−0.073	+0.074
	35%	30%

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

L1Garland – Suter – Hoglander
10:3253% CF
L2Joshua – Sherwood – Räty
8:1864% CF
L3Boeser – DeBrusk – Sasson
7:4058% CF
L4Blueger – Karlsson – O'Connor
5:3162% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
8:2167% CF
D2Pettersson – Mancini
6:1220% CF
D3Forbort – Pettersson
4:3971% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Suter – Hughes
3:20100% CF
PP2Boeser – Hronek – Hughes – Karlsson – Hoglander
1:33100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
1:33
PK2FSherwood – O'Connor
1:20
PK1DForbort – Pettersson
1:30
PK2DPettersson – Hronek
1:07

Current VAN line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Rantanen – Hintz – Robertson
9:1347% CF
L2Benn – Bourque – Johnston
9:0538% CF
L3Dadonov – Blackwell – Steel
7:5747% CF
L4Duchene – Granlund – Marchment
7:2444% CF
D1Ceci – Lindell
12:2861% CF
D2Lyubushkin – Harley
10:0341% CF
D3Dumba – Bichsel
9:3355% CF

PP1Rantanen – Hintz – Robertson – Harley – Johnston
3:44100% CF
PP2Benn – Duchene – Granlund – Dumba – Marchment
2:34100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Steel
2:36
PK2FHintz – Johnston
1:23
PK1DLindell – Lyubushkin
3:25
PK2DCeci – Bichsel
0:55

Current DAL 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
Pius Suter C	L1	2	0	2	+1	5	0.77	2	1	2	21:31	—	—	59	50
Conor Garland R	L1	0	3	3	+2	2	0.16	1	0	0	21:12	—	—	50	44
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.37	1	0	0	16:36	—	—	57	41
Dakota Joshua C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.86	6	0	0	12:56	—	—	60	67
Aatu Räty C	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.35	5	1	0	12:54	—	—	62	68
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.29	5	0	2	12:32	—	—	65	68
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.23	0	0	0	23:13	—	—	60	45
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	1	0	1	+2	4	0.51	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	58	47
Max Sasson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:04	—	—	43	28
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	61	63
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:11	—	—	45	39
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.59	0	0	0	10:40	—	—	52	41
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.19	0	1	0	31:28	—	—	59	50
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.14	0	1	2	23:38	—	—	50	34
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	2	22:11	—	—	58	57
Victor Mancini D	D2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.05	1	2	0	15:12	—	—	31	31
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	5	1	2	14:58	—	—	65	64
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:06	—	—	58	52

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	27	23	4	.852	3.94	62:43

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.37	0	0	4	19:53	—	—	48	64
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:49	—	—	42	59
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.31	1	0	0	16:04	—	—	50	65
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.42	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	45	46
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	2	2	-1	3	0.54	3	0	0	14:20	—	—	56	46
Mavrik Bourque C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.39	1	1	0	12:34	—	—	44	45
Sam Steel C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	1	0	14:12	—	—	42	35
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	50	50
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:16	—	—	36	23
Matt Duchene C	L4	1	1	2	0	3	0.37	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	41	51
Mikael Granlund C	L4	1	2	3	+1	2	0.67	0	1	0	16:20	—	—	41	41
Mason Marchment L	L4	1	0	1	0	5	0.73	0	1	4	13:12	—	—	41	59
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	4	0	25:34	—	—	54	64
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	1	1	0	19:43	—	—	41	39
Thomas Harley D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.05	0	4	0	24:23	—	—	36	45
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	1	3	0	21:09	—	—	36	52
Mathew Dumba D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	2	14:47	—	—	54	52
Lian Bichsel D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	3	1	0	14:24	—	—	48	50

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	O	32	26	6	.813	5.06	63:44

Goal anatomy

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

Mikko Rantanen (DAL PP) 1st 13:48 · assists Wyatt Johnston, Thomas Harley · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 5-on-4 at the blue line · 69.8 mph shot · 9.1 s from entry to goal.

Mikko Rantanen · 1st 13:48 · DAL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 1
Shot: 69.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 9.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Mason Marchment · 1st 18:01 · DAL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 27.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: one-timer

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Matt Duchene · 2nd 7:28 · DAL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 58.9 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jake DeBrusk · 3rd 0:17 · VAN PP

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Victor Mancini · 3rd 4:39 · VAN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.1 mph
Distance: 56 ft

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Mavrik Bourque · 3rd 17:15 · DAL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 53.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Mikael Granlund · 3rd 17:39 · DAL EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.1 mph
Distance: 43 ft

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Aatu Räty · 3rd 19:00 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 50.9 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Pius Suter · 3rd 19:30 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: one-timer

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Pius Suter · 3rd 19:53 · VAN

Play: rebound
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 45.9 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Kiefer Sherwood · OT 3:44 · VAN

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: one-timer, 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.

Vancouver Canucks vs. Dallas StarsApr 8, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks edge Dallas Stars 6–5 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Dallas Stars

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Dallas Stars

Goal anatomy

Mikko Rantanen · 1st 13:48 · DAL PP

Mason Marchment · 1st 18:01 · DAL PP

Matt Duchene · 2nd 7:28 · DAL PP

Jake DeBrusk · 3rd 0:17 · VAN PP

Victor Mancini · 3rd 4:39 · VAN PP

Mavrik Bourque · 3rd 17:15 · DAL

Mikael Granlund · 3rd 17:39 · DAL EN

Aatu Räty · 3rd 19:00 · VAN

Pius Suter · 3rd 19:30 · VAN

Pius Suter · 3rd 19:53 · VAN

Kiefer Sherwood · OT 3:44 · VAN