San Jose Sharks vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 23, 2023

FinalSaturday, Dec 23, 2023· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	2	1	1	4		SJS	5	9	11	25
VAN	2	3	2	7		VAN	5	11	10	26

: SJS 42VAN 65
: SJS 1.75VAN 3.27
PP goals: SJS 0VAN 1
Hits: SJS 19VAN 19
Blocks: SJS 22VAN 9
PIM: SJS 8VAN 6
: SJS 47%VAN 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks 7–4

Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks 7–4 at home. Mario Ferraro (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 3A. VAN won it by committee.

Points
Mario Ferraro had 3 assists (3 points) in 27:43.Ferraro
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Andrei Kuzmenko had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:29.Kuzmenko
Points
Mikael Granlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:20.Granlund
Points
Quinn Hughes had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:24.Hughes
Points
Conor Garland had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:07.Garland
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Elias Pettersson had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:59.Pettersson
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Filip Zadina had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:32.Zadina
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J.T. Miller had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:08.Miller

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

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

VAN
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · VAN 65 · SJS 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 23% 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

SJS

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	SJS	VAN
	36	55
	1.46	2.35
	1.43	2.19
	10	10
	2	1
	13	10
	+0.001	−0.001
	23%	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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Zadina – Eklund
10:1756% CF
L2Granlund – Duclair – Zetterlund
9:2655% CF
L3Hoffman – Bailey – Kunin
7:2222% CF
D1Burroughs – Ferraro
17:3841% CF
D2Vlasic – Thrun
7:5533% CF
D3Rutta – Okhotiuk
7:5138% CF

PP1Hoffman – Granlund – Hertl – Zetterlund – Eklund
3:45100% CF
PP2Duclair – Bailey – Labanc – MacDonald – Zadina
1:36100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Kunin
2:46
PK2FHertl – Zetterlund
2:33
PK1DFerraro – Rutta
5:03
PK2DVlasic – Burroughs
0:57

Current SJS line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Blueger – Joshua – Garland
10:2865% CF
L2Pettersson – Mikheyev – Kuzmenko
8:3556% CF
L3Miller – Boeser – Hoglander
8:2854% CF
L4Lafferty – Suter – Aman
5:1350% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
13:1548% CF
D2Myers – Zadorov
12:4745% CF
D3Cole – Juulsen
10:3579% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes – Kuzmenko
5:36100% CF
PP2Lafferty – Garland – Hronek – Suter – Mikheyev
1:10
PK1FBlueger – Aman
0:54
PK2FMiller – Suter
0:53
PK1DCole – Juulsen
2:29
PK2DMyers – Hronek
2:03

Current VAN 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.

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Eklund L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	0	1	0	22:47	—	—	46	55
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	21:35	—	—	61	86
Filip Zadina R	L1	0	2	2	-2	5	0.37	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	46	46
Mikael Granlund C	L2	1	1	2	-2	4	0.10	1	2	0	23:20	—	—	34	27
Fabian Zetterlund L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.42	0	1	0	22:05	—	—	53	42
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.25	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	50	42
Justin Bailey R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	1	2	0	16:05	—	—	14	3
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:10	—	—	20	2
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	15:08	—	—	11	2
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	3	3	0	0	0.01	1	4	0	27:43	—	—	43	43
Kyle Burroughs D	D1	0	0	0	-4	1	0.01	5	4	0	21:36	—	—	38	23
Henry Thrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	38	48
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	11:11	—	—	22	28
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:45	—	—	48	46
Nikita Okhotiuk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	5	2	2	10:27	—	—	29	12
Jack Studnicka C	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	0	2	8:17	—	—	40	11
Jacob MacDonald D	—	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	7:03	—	—	57	78
Kevin Labanc R	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	5:38	—	—	33	16

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	25	19	6	.760	2.88	58:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Teddy Blueger C	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	2	2	16:12	—	—	62	87
Dakota Joshua C	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.27	7	0	2	16:09	—	—	73	87
Conor Garland R	L1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.04	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	70	85
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	2	2	-2	7	1.33	0	1	0	17:59	—	—	54	56
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L2	2	0	2	-2	3	0.27	0	1	0	15:29	—	—	56	57
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	54	57
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	21:08	—	—	61	44
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	19:15	—	—	55	42
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	11:22	—	—	50	47
Pius Suter C	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	67	55
Nils Aman C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	9:53	—	—	63	99
Sam Lafferty C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	2	1	0	9:10	—	—	78	99
Quinn Hughes D	D1	1	1	2	+3	3	0.55	0	0	0	22:24	—	—	55	59
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	0	2	20:03	—	—	56	48
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	1	0	18:31	—	—	52	50
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	45	35
Ian Cole D	D3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.04	1	0	0	19:17	—	—	80	93
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	2	0	16:10	—	—	82	98

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	25	21	4	.840	1.75	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Andrei Kuzmenko (VAN) 1st 1:34 · assists Ilya Mikheyev, Elias Pettersson · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 71.2 mph shot · 2.9 s from entry to goal.

Andrei Kuzmenko · 1st 1:34 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.2 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Quinn Hughes · 3rd 19:47 · VAN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.5 mph
Distance: 99 ft

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Andrei Kuzmenko · 1st 6:51 · VAN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 47.9 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Type: deflection

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Mikael Granlund · 1st 13:32 · SJS

Play: deflection
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 49.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s
Type: deflection

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Tomas Hertl · 1st 16:22 · SJS

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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Nils Aman · 2nd 6:03 · VAN

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: rebound

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Sam Lafferty · 2nd 8:36 · VAN

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 44.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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Fabian Zetterlund · 2nd 11:08 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.5 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Dakota Joshua · 2nd 19:13 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 55.6 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Jacob MacDonald · 3rd 13:16 · SJS

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.7 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Pius Suter · 3rd 15:43 · VAN

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 59.3 mph
Distance: 59 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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 23, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks beat San Jose Sharks 7–4

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Vancouver Canucks

Goal anatomy

Andrei Kuzmenko · 1st 1:34 · VAN

Quinn Hughes · 3rd 19:47 · VAN EN

Andrei Kuzmenko · 1st 6:51 · VAN PP

Mikael Granlund · 1st 13:32 · SJS

Tomas Hertl · 1st 16:22 · SJS

Nils Aman · 2nd 6:03 · VAN

Sam Lafferty · 2nd 8:36 · VAN

Fabian Zetterlund · 2nd 11:08 · SJS

Dakota Joshua · 2nd 19:13 · VAN

Jacob MacDonald · 3rd 13:16 · SJS

Pius Suter · 3rd 15:43 · VAN