Dallas Stars vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 9, 2025

FinalSunday, Mar 9, 2025· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	0	2	2	4		DAL	7	7	5	19
VAN	0	1	0	1		VAN	6	7	10	23

: DAL 41VAN 55
: DAL 2.34VAN 3.15
PP goals: DAL 0VAN 0
Hits: DAL 12VAN 36
Blocks: DAL 15VAN 12
PIM: DAL 6VAN 10
: DAL 42%VAN 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1

Dallas Stars beat Vancouver Canucks 4–1 at VAN. Cody Ceci (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for DAL: Blackwell–Steel–Bäck skated 8:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Cody Ceci had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:38.Ceci
Points
Matt Duchene had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:29.Duchene
New line
New look for DAL: Blackwell–Steel–Bäck skated 8:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Steel Bäck
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 3.14 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
DAL scored 4 goals on 2.34 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Elias Pettersson (VAN) played 16:44, +4:03 up on his 12:41 season average over 27 games.Pettersson
Usage
Jake DeBrusk (VAN) played 12:45, −3:57 down on his 16:42 season average over 81 games.DeBrusk
PP1
DAL's PP1 (Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Harley and Johnston) went scoreless in 4:36 of 5v4 time with 3 attempts.Duchene Rantanen Robertson Harley Johnston

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

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

VAN
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · VAN 55 · DAL 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 21% of the game, VAN 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

DAL

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	DAL	VAN
	37	55
	1.20	3.07
	1.20	2.74
	6	18
	2	5
	10	29
	−0.050	+0.050
	21%	43%

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.

Dallas Stars

L1Blackwell – Steel – Bäck
8:0156% CF
L2Rantanen – Robertson – Johnston
7:5842% CF
L3Benn – Duchene – Granlund
5:5813% CF
L4Dadonov – Marchment – Bourque
5:38100% CF
D1Ceci – Lindell
13:3128% CF
D2Dumba – Bichsel
12:0150% CF
D3Lyubushkin – Harley
11:5737% CF

PP1Duchene – Rantanen – Robertson – Harley – Johnston
4:3675% CF
PP2Benn – Granlund – Dumba – Marchment – Bourque
2:4880% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Steel
1:26
PK2FBäck – Johnston
0:50
PK1DLindell – Lyubushkin
1:48
PK2DCeci – Bichsel
0:50

Current DAL line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Chytil – O'Connor – Lekkerimäki
8:4473% CF
L2Boeser – DeBrusk – Suter
7:2242% CF
L3Blueger – Sherwood – Hoglander
4:1980% CF
L4Joshua – Garland – Pettersson
4:0643% CF
D1Hronek – Pettersson
12:3069% CF
D2Myers – Pettersson
9:3968% CF
D3Forbort – Mancini
9:1161% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Hronek – Pettersson
2:38100% CF
PP2Myers – Chytil – Suter – Sherwood – Lekkerimäki
1:04100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
3:19
PK2FSherwood – O'Connor
1:57
PK1DPettersson – Hronek
2:49
PK2DMyers – Forbort
0:57

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:17
DALThomas Harley (Evgenii Dadonov, Ilya Lyubushkin)wrist0.03 xG
DAL: Dadonov, Marchment, Lyubushkin, Harley, BourqueVAN: Pettersson, Joshua, Garland, Pettersson, Mancini
DAL 1 – 0 VAN
11:35
VANDerek Forbort (Conor Garland, Nils Hoglander)wrist0.15 xG
DAL: Duchene, Rantanen, Robertson, Lyubushkin, HarleyVAN: Forbort, Blueger, Garland, Hoglander, Mancini
DAL 1 – 1 VAN
19:34
DALMikael Granlund (Cody Ceci, Matt Duchene)wrist0.15 xG
DAL: Duchene, Granlund, Ceci, Lindell, RantanenVAN: Myers, Forbort, Boeser, DeBrusk, Pettersson
DAL 2 – 1 VAN

3rd period

8:26
DALJason Robertson (Matt Duchene)tip-in0.27 xG
DAL: Duchene, Granlund, Robertson, Lyubushkin, HarleyVAN: Myers, Pettersson, Joshua, Garland, Chytil
DAL 3 – 1 VAN
18:52
DALMikko RantanenEN (Cody Ceci)wrist0.48 xG
DAL: Duchene, Ceci, Lindell, Rantanen, RobertsonVAN: Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Hronek, Pettersson, Chytil
DAL 4 – 1 VAN

Box score

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

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Steel C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:08	—	—	50	22
Colin Blackwell C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:39	—	—	46	30
Oskar Bäck C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	46	9
Jason Robertson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.27	2	2	0	19:44	—	—	33	53
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.62	0	0	2	19:04	—	—	39	30
Wyatt Johnston C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:51	—	—	30	22
Mikael Granlund C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.46	1	1	0	17:02	—	—	33	45
Matt Duchene C	L3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.12	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	33	41
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	2	0	12:57	—	—	8	5
Mason Marchment L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.38	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	52	17
Mavrik Bourque C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	0	2	13:36	—	—	57	20
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	53	13
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.02	0	4	0	20:38	—	—	36	24
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	0	4	0	20:31	—	—	29	24
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:57	—	—	44	11
Lian Bichsel D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	1	2	15:43	—	—	60	30
Thomas Harley D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.09	0	0	0	21:32	—	—	40	37
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:57	—	—	40	33

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	3.15	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Drew O'Connor L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	2	15:51	—	—	74	84
Filip Chytil C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.46	1	0	0	14:12	—	—	68	62
Jonathan Lekkerimäki R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:45	—	—	63	82
Pius Suter C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	1	0	17:38	—	—	44	81
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	2	0	15:49	—	—	33	65
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.50	1	0	0	12:45	—	—	33	71
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	7	0	0	14:48	—	—	73	82
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.63	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	83	89
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:46	—	—	67	82
Conor Garland R	L4	0	1	1	-2	1	0.13	2	1	0	18:35	—	—	61	69
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.06	2	2	0	16:05	—	—	39	49
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.39	5	0	2	11:35	—	—	64	64
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	24:49	—	—	65	78
Elias Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	16:44	—	—	61	85
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	1	2	21:55	—	—	62	63
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	4	0	4	20:18	—	—	65	59
Derek Forbort D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	1	2	0	16:14	—	—	56	77
Victor Mancini D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	15:43	—	—	50	78

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	18	15	3	.833	1.61	59:01

Goal anatomy

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

Thomas Harley (DAL) 2nd 5:17 · assists Evgenii Dadonov, Ilya Lyubushkin · Point shot · 21.1 mph shot.

Thomas Harley · 2nd 5:17 · DAL

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 21.1 mph
Distance: 44 ft

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Derek Forbort · 2nd 11:35 · VAN

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 41.7 mph
Distance: 16 ft

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Mikael Granlund · 2nd 19:34 · DAL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.7 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: rebound

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Jason Robertson · 3rd 8:26 · DAL

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 24.6 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s
Type: deflection

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 18:52 · DAL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.8 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.