Vancouver Canucks vs. Dallas StarsOct 16, 2025

FinalThursday, Oct 16, 2025· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	4	1	5		VAN	6	12	8	26
DAL	2	0	1	3		DAL	14	6	11	31

: VAN 60DAL 61
: VAN 2.63DAL 4.55
PP goals: VAN 2DAL 1
Hits: VAN 26DAL 21
Blocks: VAN 15DAL 20
PIM: VAN 8DAL 6
: VAN 43%DAL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Dallas Stars 5–3

Vancouver Canucks beat Dallas Stars 5–3 at DAL. Quinn Hughes (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. DAL's first power-play unit (Rantanen, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:54 together.

Points
Conor Garland had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:56.Garland
Points
Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:21.Hughes
Points
Filip Hronek had 2 assists (2 points) in 23:27.Hronek
Points
Jason Robertson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:53.Robertson
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Rantanen, Hintz, Robertson, Heiskanen and Johnston) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:54 together.Rantanen Hintz Robertson Heiskanen Johnston
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:01 together.Boeser DeBrusk Garland Pettersson Hughes
New line
New look for VAN: Garland–Pettersson–O'Connor skated 8:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Garland Pettersson O'Connor
Luck
VAN scored 5 goals on 2.63 expected goals (60 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 121 of 121 attempts · DAL 61 · VAN 60

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 26% of the game, DAL 35%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

DAL 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	DAL
	60	58
	2.33	4.20
	2.26	3.05
	13	14
	4	4
	16	19
	−0.046	+0.046
	26%	35%

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 – Chytil
12:1564% CF
L2Garland – Pettersson – O'Connor
8:1350% CF
L3Karlsson – Bains – Sasson
6:0693% CF
L4Kane – Sherwood – Räty
5:448% CF
D1Myers – Pettersson
14:0747% CF
D2Hronek – Hughes
13:0061% CF
D3Pettersson – Mancini
1:180% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
4:01100% CF
PK1FSherwood – O'Connor
1:30
PK2FBoeser – DeBrusk
1:25
PK1DMyers – Pettersson
2:33
PK2DHronek – Pettersson
1:11

Current VAN line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Rantanen – Hintz – Steel
10:5159% CF
L2Seguin – Robertson – Johnston
9:2754% CF
L3Blackwell – Faksa – Bourque
6:1844% CF
L4Erne – Bastian – Hryckowian
4:5550% CF
D1Petrovic – Bichsel
11:3833% CF
D2Lindell – Heiskanen
10:5933% CF
D3Lundkvist – Harley
8:5979% CF

PP1Rantanen – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
2:54100% CF
PP2Seguin – Rantanen – Steel – Robertson – Harley
0:52100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Faksa
1:41
PK2FHintz – Johnston
1:31
PK1DLindell – Heiskanen
3:34
PK2DPetrovic – Bichsel
0:17

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
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.48	1	1	0	21:15	—	—	52	47
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.34	1	0	2	18:58	—	—	63	58
Filip Chytil C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.30	1	0	0	17:42	—	—	54	47
Conor Garland R	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.64	1	0	2	20:56	—	—	45	63
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	3	0	20:33	—	—	46	70
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:22	—	—	45	52
Max Sasson C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.34	0	0	0	9:17	—	—	85	73
Linus Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	7:44	—	—	88	76
Arshdeep Bains L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:23	—	—	94	75
Evander Kane L	L4	0	1	1	+3	2	0.11	3	1	0	17:41	—	—	30	22
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	4	0	0	14:17	—	—	29	8
Aatu Räty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	2	8:57	—	—	7	1
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	2	0	23:59	—	—	55	65
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.05	3	4	2	23:19	—	—	50	60
Quinn Hughes D	D2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.14	1	0	0	25:21	—	—	53	21
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.01	3	1	0	23:27	—	—	58	46
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	10:42	—	—	40	32
Victor Mancini D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	9:43	—	—	42	15

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	4.55	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.24	3	1	0	21:54	—	—	52	38
Roope Hintz C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.69	0	1	0	20:18	—	—	65	53
Sam Steel C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	17:44	—	—	60	38
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.45	0	1	0	21:57	—	—	47	64
Jason Robertson L	L2	0	2	2	0	5	0.43	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	52	75
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	1	1	0	17:20	—	—	59	76
Mavrik Bourque C	L3	1	0	1	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:05	—	—	44	61
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.56	2	1	2	11:35	—	—	44	69
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	1	0	11:13	—	—	35	64
Adam Erne L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	5	1	0	8:49	—	—	45	76
Justin Hryckowian C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.95	0	1	0	8:20	—	—	37	65
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	7:49	—	—	40	76
Alexander Petrovic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:08	—	—	31	71
Lian Bichsel D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:55	—	—	40	82
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	3	2	27:29	—	—	56	49
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	2	0	22:23	—	—	29	20
Thomas Harley D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.31	1	2	2	21:17	—	—	64	71
Nils Lundkvist D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:18	—	—	73	71

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	26	21	5	.808	2.63	58:15

Goal anatomy

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

Mavrik Bourque (DAL) 1st 4:29 · assists Thomas Harley, Radek Faksa · Deflection · 29.4 mph shot.

Mavrik Bourque · 1st 4:29 · DAL

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 29.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: deflection

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Quinn Hughes · 3rd 19:23 · VAN PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Mikko Rantanen · 1st 19:22 · DAL PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 72.2 mph
Distance: 40 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Filip Chytil · 2nd 6:40 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Brock Boeser · 2nd 8:50 · VAN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 17.8 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Max Sasson · 2nd 10:06 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 51.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Conor Garland · 2nd 18:54 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.4 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Wyatt Johnston · 3rd 17:52 · DAL

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s
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 StarsOct 16, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks beat Dallas Stars 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Dallas Stars

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Dallas Stars

Goal anatomy

Mavrik Bourque · 1st 4:29 · DAL

Quinn Hughes · 3rd 19:23 · VAN PP

Mikko Rantanen · 1st 19:22 · DAL PP

Filip Chytil · 2nd 6:40 · VAN

Brock Boeser · 2nd 8:50 · VAN PP

Max Sasson · 2nd 10:06 · VAN

Conor Garland · 2nd 18:54 · VAN

Wyatt Johnston · 3rd 17:52 · DAL