Seattle Kraken vs. Vancouver CanucksJan 2, 2026

Final / SOFriday, Jan 2, 2026· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
SEA	1	2	0	0	1	4		SEA	13	6	6	3	28
VAN	0	2	1	0	0	3		VAN	10	8	3	3	24

: SEA 45VAN 78
: SEA 2.14VAN 4.11
PP goals: SEA 1VAN 2
Hits: SEA 13VAN 26
Blocks: SEA 20VAN 6
PIM: SEA 6VAN 4
: SEA 44%VAN 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Seattle Kraken edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3 (SO)

Seattle Kraken beat Vancouver Canucks 4–3 in a shootout at VAN. Jake DeBrusk (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Pettersson, Sherwood and Willander) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 1:18 together.

Points
Jake DeBrusk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:12.DeBrusk
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Pettersson, Sherwood and Willander) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 1:18 together.Boeser DeBrusk Pettersson Sherwood Willander
New line
New look for VAN: Kane–Boeser–Sasson skated 12:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Boeser Sasson
New line
New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Pettersson–Karlsson skated 11:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Pettersson Karlsson
New line
New look for VAN: Hoglander–Räty–Ohgren skated 9:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hoglander Räty Ohgren
Usage
Jacob Melanson (SEA) played 12:45, +3:29 up on his 9:16 season average over 35 games.Melanson
Usage
Jared McCann (SEA) played 13:23, −3:07 down on his 16:30 season average over 51 games.McCann
Usage
Berkly Catton (SEA) played 17:49, +4:57 up on his 12:52 season average over 65 games.Catton

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

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

VAN
SEA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 123 of 123 attempts · VAN 78 · SEA 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
SEA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SEA 22% of the game, VAN 48%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

SEA

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

VAN 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	SEA	VAN
	44	78
	1.58	3.13
	1.54	2.99
	6	18
	6	6
	34	25
	−0.032	+0.032
	22%	48%

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.

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – Kakko – Beniers
13:1019% CF
L2Stephenson – Gaudreau – Tolvanen
12:0920% CF
L3McCann – Wright – Catton
9:3456% CF
L4Winterton – Melanson – Meyers
9:1267% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
20:4730% CF
D2Lindgren – Fleury
14:2050% CF
D3Oleksiak – Evans
13:5634% CF

PP1McCann – Kakko – Evans – Wright – Catton
1:40100% CF
PP2Eberle – Stephenson – Dunn – Tolvanen – Beniers
1:11
PK1FGaudreau – Meyers
0:40
PK2FStephenson – Tolvanen
0:28
PK1DOleksiak – Lindgren
1:08

Current SEA line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Kane – Boeser – Sasson
12:2050% CF
L2DeBrusk – Pettersson – Karlsson
11:3164% CF
L3Kampf – Sherwood – O'Connor
10:3364% CF
L4Hoglander – Räty – Ohgren
9:3563% CF
D1Hronek – Buium
11:1689% CF
D2Myers – Joseph
10:4665% CF
D3Pettersson – Willander
8:2062% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Pettersson – Sherwood – Willander
1:18100% CF
PK1FSherwood – O'Connor
1:03
PK2FKampf – Räty
1:00
PK1DPettersson – Hronek
0:54
PK2DMyers – Joseph
0:25

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: SEA 4 – 3 VAN.

Box score

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

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	2	0	19:56	—	—	17	7
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.08	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	16	7
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:42	—	—	24	10
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	0	2	0	17:10	—	—	20	33
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	1	0	17:06	—	—	20	30
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	15:26	—	—	22	33
Berkly Catton C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	2	17:49	—	—	38	23
Shane Wright C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	50	44
Jared McCann L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	52	44
Jacob Melanson R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	12:45	—	—	68	83
Ben Meyers C	L4	1	0	1	+1	8	0.52	1	0	0	12:29	—	—	65	81
Ryan Winterton C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	10:51	—	—	70	83
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	3	0	26:21	—	—	28	26
Adam Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	2	2	23:59	—	—	32	29
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	0	19:41	—	—	46	34
Cale Fleury D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.02	0	2	0	17:55	—	—	54	43
Ryker Evans D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	2	19:06	—	—	33	39
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.27	0	1	0	17:12	—	—	36	39

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joey Daccord(start)	W	24	21	3	.875	4.11	64:39

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.11	1	0	2	20:07	—	—	52	21
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:13	—	—	54	23
Max Sasson C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	55	27
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	3	1	2	19:31	—	—	69	93
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	2	3	+1	5	0.76	1	1	0	18:12	—	—	68	94
Linus Karlsson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.90	1	0	0	14:31	—	—	67	93
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.73	5	0	0	16:43	—	—	71	96
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	71	93
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.29	2	0	0	15:23	—	—	69	96
Aatu Räty C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	64	58
Liam Ohgren L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	63	60
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	3	0	0	11:56	—	—	68	66
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.40	1	1	0	27:29	—	—	81	92
Zeev Buium D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:33	—	—	66	70
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	1	0	20:18	—	—	53	63
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	50	49
Marcus Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	2	2	0	23:11	—	—	73	86
Tom Willander D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	45	16

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	O	28	25	3	.893	2.14	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Cale Fleury (SEA) 1st 17:34 · assists Jamie Oleksiak, Kaapo Kakko · Forecheck turnover · 74.7 mph shot.

Cale Fleury · 1st 17:34 · SEA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 74.7 mph
Distance: 53 ft

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Chandler Stephenson · 2nd 8:53 · SEA PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 63.7 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Kiefer Sherwood · 2nd 13:06 · VAN PP

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.0 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s
Type: rebound

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Ben Meyers · 2nd 18:13 · SEA

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 8.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 19:22 · VAN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 5
Shot: 13.8 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Linus Karlsson · 3rd 6:15 · VAN

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s
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.

Seattle Kraken vs. Vancouver CanucksJan 2, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Seattle Kraken edge Vancouver Canucks 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Seattle Kraken

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Seattle Kraken

Vancouver Canucks

Goal anatomy

Cale Fleury · 1st 17:34 · SEA

Chandler Stephenson · 2nd 8:53 · SEA PP

Kiefer Sherwood · 2nd 13:06 · VAN PP

Ben Meyers · 2nd 18:13 · SEA

Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 19:22 · VAN PP

Linus Karlsson · 3rd 6:15 · VAN