Utah Hockey Club vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 16, 2025

FinalSunday, Mar 16, 2025· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
UTA	0	1	2	3		UTA	10	7	6	23
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	4	6	9	19

: UTA 52VAN 53
: UTA 2.81VAN 1.60
PP goals: UTA 0VAN 1
Hits: UTA 17VAN 38
Blocks: UTA 18VAN 20
PIM: UTA 14VAN 8
: UTA 64%VAN 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Utah Hockey Club beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1

Utah Hockey Club beat Vancouver Canucks 3–1 at VAN. Nick Schmaltz (UTA) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:29 together.

Points
Nick Schmaltz had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:57.Schmaltz
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:29 together.Boeser DeBrusk Garland Pettersson Hughes
New line
New look for UTA: Kerfoot–Schmaltz–Keller skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kerfoot Schmaltz Keller
New line
New look for UTA: Hayton–Guenther–Cooley skated 9:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayton Guenther Cooley
Usage
Nick Bjugstad (UTA) played 6:54, −5:30 down on his 12:24 season average over 65 games.Bjugstad
New line
New look for UTA: Bjugstad–Stenlund–Carcone skated 5:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjugstad Stenlund Carcone
New line
New look for VAN: Blueger–Boeser–Sherwood skated 7:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blueger Boeser Sherwood
New line
New look for VAN: O'Connor–Aman–Lekkerimäki skated 5:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.O'Connor Aman Lekkerimäki

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

← UTA attacks left (bottom on phones)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
UTA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · VAN 53 · UTA 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
UTA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN pressure
UTA pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: UTA 31% of the game, VAN 20%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

UTA

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	UTA	VAN
	50	43
	1.96	1.28
	1.91	1.25
	12	4
	1	1
	14	10
	+0.082	−0.082
	31%	20%

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.

Utah Mammoth

L1Kerfoot – Schmaltz – Keller
11:3350% CF
L2Hayton – Guenther – Cooley
9:4545% CF
L3Crouse – McBain – Doan
8:0367% CF
L4Bjugstad – Stenlund – Carcone
5:3069% CF
D1Marino – Sergachev
13:2250% CF
D2Maatta – Durzi
13:0164% CF
D3Cole – Kesselring
9:3863% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Hayton – Guenther
1:13100% CF
PP2Crouse – Carcone – Durzi – McBain – Cooley
0:27100% CF
PK1FHayton – McBain
2:56
PK2FKerfoot – Stenlund
2:40
PK1DMaatta – Marino
3:31
PK2DCole – Sergachev
2:40

Current UTA line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Joshua – Garland – Suter
10:4355% CF
L2DeBrusk – Pettersson – Hoglander
9:0628% CF
L3Blueger – Boeser – Sherwood
7:0045% CF
L4O'Connor – Aman – Lekkerimäki
5:5840% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
16:1865% CF
D2Myers – Pettersson
13:2125% CF
D3Forbort – Mancini
9:3017% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
4:29100% CF
PP2Myers – Boeser – Hronek – Sherwood – Lekkerimäki
0:45100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
1:07
PK2FSherwood – O'Connor
0:34
PK1DPettersson – Hronek
0:51

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:37
VANQuinn HughesPP (Elias Pettersson, Jake DeBrusk)wrist0.02 xG
UTA: Cole, Stenlund, Sergachev, McBainVAN: Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Pettersson, Hughes
UTA 0 – 1 VAN
12:04
UTAKevin Stenlund (Nick Bjugstad, Michael Carcone)snap0.26 xG
UTA: Cole, Bjugstad, Stenlund, Carcone, KesselringVAN: DeBrusk, Hronek, Pettersson, Hughes, Hoglander
UTA 1 – 1 VAN

3rd period

5:08
UTALogan Cooley (Sean Durzi, Nick Schmaltz)wrist0.17 xG
UTA: Maatta, Kerfoot, Schmaltz, Durzi, CooleyVAN: Myers, Blueger, Pettersson, Joshua, Sherwood
UTA 2 – 1 VAN
19:29
UTAClayton KellerEN (Nick Schmaltz)wrist0.64 xG
UTA: Maatta, Schmaltz, Marino, Keller, HaytonVAN: Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Hronek, Pettersson, Hughes
UTA 3 – 1 VAN

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Clayton Keller R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	1.04	0	1	4	18:26	—	—	56	68
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	57	68
Alexander Kerfoot C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	52	66
Barrett Hayton C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	19:05	—	—	38	35
Dylan Guenther R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	1	1	2	16:28	—	—	46	43
Logan Cooley C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	4	0	2	16:20	—	—	47	53
Jack McBain C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	4	1	0	15:41	—	—	50	60
Josh Doan R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	0	0	11:08	—	—	67	68
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	4	10:35	—	—	63	16
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.35	0	1	0	13:02	—	—	67	84
Michael Carcone L	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	1	0	2	7:37	—	—	69	84
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	6:54	—	—	64	79
John Marino D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	24:06	—	—	48	68
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	23:36	—	—	44	45
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.09	0	3	0	22:27	—	—	52	56
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	2	0	19:19	—	—	67	64
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	16:30	—	—	54	59
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	12:28	—	—	58	77

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	W	19	18	1	.947	1.60	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	1	3	0	19:46	—	—	52	53
Pius Suter C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	18:28	—	—	62	67
Dakota Joshua C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.48	5	0	2	14:56	—	—	45	47
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.18	6	2	0	21:50	—	—	39	21
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.01	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	44	23
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:02	—	—	35	21
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	0	0	17:54	—	—	56	25
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	5	0	0	13:20	—	—	41	19
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	3	1	2	11:58	—	—	42	19
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	1	0	10:23	—	—	53	54
Jonathan Lekkerimäki R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:47	—	—	57	96
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	8:39	—	—	30	44
Quinn Hughes D	D1	1	0	1	-2	5	0.09	0	1	0	29:49	—	—	73	55
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	1	0	24:24	—	—	61	48
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	6	1	2	17:54	—	—	38	27
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	4	0	17:49	—	—	23	10
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	2	14:41	—	—	52	78
Victor Mancini D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:59	—	—	15	50

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	2.17	59:25

Goal anatomy

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

Quinn Hughes (VAN PP) 2nd 2:37 · assists Elias Pettersson, Jake DeBrusk · Point shot · 39.5 mph shot.

Quinn Hughes · 2nd 2:37 · VAN PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 39.5 mph
Distance: 63 ft

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Kevin Stenlund · 2nd 12:04 · UTA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.5 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Logan Cooley · 3rd 5:08 · UTA

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Clayton Keller · 3rd 19:29 · UTA EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 61.3 mph
Distance: 80 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.