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Vancouver Canucks

Erik Brannstrom

#26Defenseman

2024-25 regular season
28
GP
3
G
5
A
8
P
33
SOG
9.1% SH
14:56
TOI/GP

D · VAN · NHL id 8480073

Erik Brannstrom has played 28 games for the Vancouver Canucks in 2024-25, scoring 3 goals and 5 assists (8 points) on 33 shots while averaging 14:56 a night (13:39 at even strength, 0:33 on the power play and 0:28 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Canucks have controlled 49% of shot attempts with Brannstrom on the ice (14-17 in goals, 70% offensive-zone starts). In the Canucks' most recent game against CGY he was on D3 with Vincent Desharnais and on PP1. He is shooting 9.1% this season against 2.9% across the 294 games in our data.

Right now

From the Dec 31 game vs CGY, detected from shift data

Last 5: D3/PP2 · D3 · D3 · D1/PP1 · D3/PP1

Deployment timeline

2024-25 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 15 games, 14:58 average time on ice, PP1 in 3 games, 7 line changes.

PPLine32▲1▲3▼2▲1▲3▼3▲3▼3▲33▼313▼0m3m7m10m13m17m20mNov 17Nov 23Nov 27Dec 1Dec 6Dec 10Dec 14Dec 18Dec 21Dec 28
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
15 games shown, 14:58 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2024-25 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE
Top speed21st2120.9 mph
Bursts 20+ mph26th267
Hardest shot40th4089.2 mph
Offensive-zone time85th8544.4%
Distance skated28th2862.9 mi
High-danger SOG25th251
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2024-25 · 81 attempts, 33 on goal, 3 goals

Shot map, OPP at VAN: 81 attempts, 33 on goal, 3 goals, 1.33 expected goals; best chance Erik Brannstrom at 0.31 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2024-25 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

0123+1.7goals above expected1.5σOct 17Dec 31
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2024-25 regular season · 27 of 28 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
−0.070
Season net
−0.43xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 60
0.81
Attempts
5
0.015

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.00G
Per 60
+0.000
Drawn / taken
8.5 / 8.5minors

MethodLeaders
48.3%
40.2%
48.7%
Transition CF/60
3.6
Turnovers won/60
19.5
Turnovers lost/60
21.1

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
33 shots on goal, 3 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
L Point30%6%0
Low Slot3%21%0
R Circle0%13%0
Outside L12%5%1
L Circle6%13%0
Outside R0%4%0
Center Point12%8%1

Role changes

Notable promotions, demotions and ice-time swings from Line Watch

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How his goals happened

5 goals since 2023-24 with NHL EDGE tracking: press Replay to watch the tracking animation

Method
Goal anatomy
GamePlayEntryPassesShot mphNotesReplay
Dec 1, 2024 @ DETForecheck turnover—075.2one-timer
Nov 16, 2024 vs CHIRebound—1*76.3rebound
Nov 12, 2024 vs CGYForecheck turnover—166.0—
Feb 13, 2024 vs CBJDeflection—050.1deflection
Dec 23, 2023 vs PITOdd-man rushcarry222.62-on-0

* includes a royal-road (cross-slot) pass. Derived from NHL EDGE puck and player tracking.

Linemates

2024-25 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Brannstrom

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

28 games in 2024-25, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Dec 31@ CGYL 1-3011-11514—17:4014:161:48—
Dec 28vs SEAOTL 4-500003200—19:4918:181:31—
Dec 18@ UTAOTL 2-3000-10200—11:5211:290:23—
Dec 16vs COLW 3-100001201—10:3910:010:050:04
Dec 14vs BOSL 1-5000-20001—14:1812:080:411:29
Dec 8vs TBLL 2-400001004—14:4111:213:10—
Dec 6vs CBJW 5-2000-10212—14:2214:130:09—
Dec 3@ MINOTL 2-300002002—16:0515:120:420:11
Dec 1@ DETW 5-4101+11010—12:5211:000:111:41
Nov 29@ BUFW 4-3000-20224—17:0015:240:41—
Nov 27@ PITL 4-5000-11000—16:5714:590:371:03
Nov 26@ BOSW 2-000000003—13:0611:500:48—
Nov 23@ OTTW 4-300002021—20:5716:302:150:37
Nov 19vs NYRL 3-400000002—15:4815:050:21—
Nov 17vs NSHL 3-5011+13001—15:1513:500:30—
Nov 16vs CHIW 4-110103010—16:4215:100:470:45
Nov 14vs NYIL 2-5000-11011—15:3415:08—0:22
Nov 12vs CGYW 3-1112+24003—15:4515:17——
Nov 9vs EDML 3-7000-31011—14:5214:52——
Nov 7@ LAKW 4-2000-11012—11:419:48—1:53

Season splits by strength

2024-25 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations28418:1214:5636037349.1%48.6%163174161847%15.918.171%
Even strength28382:0213:3933634749.2%49.2%154163141745%14.615.170%
5v528369:3713:1232733949.1%48.9%149160141745%13.914.670%
Power play1915:240:4920195.2%100.0%7020100%1.00.0100%
Penalty kill1413:040:562199.5%6.7%11000—0.21.00%
4v487:510:597370.0%100.0%3000—0.40.0—
3v3 (OT)44:341:092528.6%28.6%2300—0.30.5—
5v41915:200:4820195.2%100.0%7020100%1.00.0100%
4v51413:040:562199.5%6.7%11000—0.21.00%
6v5, own net empty75:370:482433.3%25.0%11010%0.11.8100%
5v6, opponent net empty62:050:21020.0%0.0%0000—0.00.2—

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2024-25VAN28358-417339.1%143914:56
2023-24OTT7631720+536773.9%4611116:35
2022-23OTT7421618+538742.7%4910316:07
2021-22OTT5301414-1730860.0%395919:46
2020-21OTT3021113+325424.8%261816:21
2019-20OTT31044-916380.0%153614:51
2018-19OTT2000000—1118:04

Erik Brannstrom news

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On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.