Vancouver CanucksVAN 4–3 Final/SO St. Louis BluesSTL

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Final/SO 1st2nd3rdOTSO T SOG
Vancouver CanucksVAN 11101 4 18
St. Louis BluesSTL 11100 3 39

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
3:23 STL Dylan Holloway (2) Oskar Sundqvist (3), Pius Suter (3) · wrist xG 0.09 0–1 ▶
13:08 VAN Kiefer Sherwood (7)PP Evander Kane (5) · wrist xG 0.18 1–1 ▶
2nd Period
0:58 STL Jimmy Snuggerud (4)PP Cam Fowler (3), Jordan Binnington (1) · wrist xG 0.04 1–2 ▶
10:42 VAN Kiefer Sherwood (8) Drew O'Connor (2), Marcus Pettersson (2) · backhand xG 0.18 2–2 ▶
3rd Period
7:04 VAN Kiefer Sherwood (9) Aatu Räty (2), Drew O'Connor (3) · wrist xG 0.03 3–2 ▶
10:48 STL Pius Suter (4)PP Cam Fowler (4), Oskar Sundqvist (4) · snap xG 0.20 3–3 ▶
Overtime
No scoring
Shootout
STL Jordan Kyrou vs Kevin Lankinen Saved
VAN Kiefer Sherwood vs Jordan Binnington Missed
STL Jimmy Snuggerud vs Kevin Lankinen Saved
VAN Elias Pettersson vs Jordan Binnington Saved
STL Brayden Schenn vs Kevin Lankinen No shot
VAN Jake DeBrusk vs Jordan Binnington Goal

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

VAN 23%Deserve to win77% STL
VANSTL
1.93Expected goals3.55
3Goals (no shootout)3
1.38Expected goals, 5 on 52.05
50Shot attempts72
31Unblocked attempts56
18Shots on goal39

Shot map

VAN shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ STL shoots
Philip Broberg: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 0:17) Filip Hronek: wrist, 145 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 0:20) Logan Mailloux: wrap-around, 6 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 2:04) Arshdeep Bains: wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 3:01) Arshdeep Bains: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 6:44) Tom Willander: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 7:35) Linus Karlsson: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 7:37) Kiefer Sherwood: wrist, 71 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 7:41) Brayden Schenn: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 8:23) Dylan Holloway: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 9:17) Alexey Toropchenko: snap, 12 ft, xG 0.25 (P1 10:17) Colton Parayko: slap, 60 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 12:15) Elias Pettersson: slap, 37 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 12:42) Jordan Kyrou: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 13:30) Jordan Kyrou: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 13:35) Philip Broberg: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 13:48) Jimmy Snuggerud: snap, 24 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 14:07) Kiefer Sherwood: snap, 92 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 14:21) Jimmy Snuggerud: snap, 64 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 16:44) Kiefer Sherwood: deflected, 7 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 18:12) Lukas Reichel: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 18:24) Kiefer Sherwood: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 19:30) Dalibor Dvorsky: slap, 30 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 19:57) Jordan Kyrou: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 0:20) Kiefer Sherwood: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:27) Nick Bjugstad: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 2:55) Lukas Reichel: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 3:58) Dylan Holloway: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 4:22) Dalibor Dvorsky: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 5:49) Nick Bjugstad: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 6:52) Justin Faulk: slap, 42 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 6:56) Nick Bjugstad: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 7:11) Jimmy Snuggerud: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 7:49) Arshdeep Bains: wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.22 (P2 11:43) Marcus Pettersson: slap, 90 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 12:07) Oskar Sundqvist: snap, 54 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 12:16) Tyler Tucker: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 12:56) Logan Mailloux: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 13:01) Max Sasson: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 13:28) Drew O'Connor: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 14:23) Evander Kane: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 15:04) Evander Kane: tip-in, 19 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 15:15) Logan Mailloux: slap, 71 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 16:56) Pius Suter: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 17:51) Justin Faulk: wrist, 50 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 19:44) Oskar Sundqvist: snap, 20 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 0:22) Dalibor Dvorsky: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 0:30) Oskar Sundqvist: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.25 (P3 0:32) Pius Suter: snap, 11 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 0:33) Justin Faulk: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 4:10) Justin Faulk: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 4:15) Pavel Buchnevich: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.13 (P3 4:24) Kiefer Sherwood: slap, 28 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 5:08) Marcus Pettersson: wrist, 69 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:48) Aatu Räty: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 7:00) Tyler Myers: wrist, 76 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 7:24) Dylan Holloway: wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 7:36) Nathan Walker: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 8:07) Nick Bjugstad: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 8:20) Philip Broberg: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 8:50) Pavel Buchnevich: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 9:25) Cam Fowler: wrist, 60 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 10:46) Tyler Myers: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 11:32) Mathieu Joseph: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:51) Colton Parayko: slap, 43 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 14:02) Dylan Holloway: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 14:06) Tyler Myers: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 15:12) Mathieu Joseph: backhand, 7 ft, xG 0.19 (P3 15:43) Brayden Schenn: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 15:46) Jordan Kyrou: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 15:49) Tyler Tucker: snap, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 15:52) Pavel Buchnevich: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 16:36) Lukas Reichel: wrist, 20 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 17:11) Cam Fowler: wrist, 68 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 18:16) Dalibor Dvorsky: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 18:34) Elias Pettersson: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 19:48) Pius Suter: wrist, 13 ft, xG 0.05 (OT 1:48) Elias Pettersson: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.16 (OT 2:10) Brayden Schenn: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.08 (OT 2:54) Jimmy Snuggerud: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.03 (OT 3:10) Pavel Buchnevich: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.07 (OT 3:48) Dylan Holloway: GOAL, wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 3:23) Kiefer Sherwood: GOAL, wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 13:08) Jimmy Snuggerud: GOAL, wrist, 40 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 0:58) Kiefer Sherwood: GOAL, backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.18 (P2 10:42) Kiefer Sherwood: GOAL, wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 7:04) Pius Suter: GOAL, snap, 11 ft, xG 0.20 (P3 10:48)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
44 Kiefer Sherwood 303 +1 90.71 4024:12
40 Elias Pettersson 000 -1 40.25 2223:29
74 Jake DeBrusk 000 -1 10.00 0222:59
91 Evander Kane 011 0 50.06 3019:47
18 Drew O'Connor 022 +2 20.02 1016:19
13 Arshdeep Bains 000 0 30.36 1014:02
94 Linus Karlsson 000 0 20.05 1013:28
63 Max Sasson 000 0 10.14 1213:19
54 Aatu Räty 011 +1 10.03 2310:33
6 Brock Boeser 000 0 00.00 0000:33
Defense
17 Filip Hronek 000 -1 40.00 1125:40
57 Tyler Myers 000 +1 60.09 0124:12
26 Marcus Pettersson 011 +1 20.01 1223:18
5 Tom Willander 000 +1 30.03 0119:12
7 Pierre-Olivier Joseph 000 +1 30.00 0015:19
25 Elias Pettersson 000 -1 10.00 0112:08
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Kevin Lankinen 39336 .923 3.55 +0.55

St. Louis Blues

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
81 Dylan Holloway 101 +1 60.29 3022:30
89 Pavel Buchnevich 000 -1 60.36 0121:01
10 Brayden Schenn 000 -1 30.21 0020:15
21 Jimmy Snuggerud 101 0 60.16 0220:14
25 Jordan Kyrou 000 -1 70.23 0019:48
22 Pius Suter 112 +1 50.37 1118:22
15 Dalibor Dvorsky 000 0 40.25 0116:36
70 Oskar Sundqvist 022 +1 30.45 1114:28
21 Mathieu Joseph 000 0 20.20 2113:46
26 Nathan Walker 000 -1 10.11 3008:51
72 Nick Bjugstad 000 -1 40.20 1007:52
13 Alexey Toropchenko 000 -1 10.25 2007:18
Defense
6 Philip Broberg 000 -1 70.09 2224:43
72 Justin Faulk 000 0 50.20 0224:31
17 Cam Fowler 022 0 30.03 0223:41
55 Colton Parayko 000 -1 30.03 0023:39
75 Tyler Tucker 000 0 30.07 1012:20
23 Logan Mailloux 000 0 30.05 1110:45
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Jordan Binnington 18315 .833 1.93 -1.07

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Vancouver Canucks

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
44 Kiefer Sherwood L +3.36 +2.25 +0.46 +0.52 +0.15 -0.02 0.00 — 24:12
18 Drew O'Connor L +1.43 +1.25 +0.01 +0.03 +0.15 -0.01 0.00 — 16:19
54 Aatu Räty C +0.88 +0.70 +0.02 +0.02 0.00 +0.01 +0.13 — 10:33
91 Evander Kane L +0.77 +0.70 +0.04 +0.09 0.00 0.00 -0.06 — 19:47
57 Tyler Myers D +0.54 0.00 +0.06 +0.39 0.00 0.00 +0.09 — 24:12
7 Pierre-Olivier Joseph D +0.44 0.00 0.00 +0.44 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 15:19
40 Elias Pettersson C +0.42 0.00 +0.16 +0.08 0.00 +0.06 +0.12 — 23:29
32 Kevin Lankinen G +0.40 0.00 — — -0.15 — — +0.55 65:00
13 Arshdeep Bains L +0.02 0.00 +0.23 -0.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 14:02
6 Brock Boeser R 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 0:33
29 Marcus Pettersson D -0.07 +0.55 +0.01 -0.41 -0.30 0.00 +0.08 — 23:18
5 Tom Willander D -0.09 0.00 +0.02 -0.16 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 19:12
73 Lukas Reichel L -0.10 0.00 +0.11 -0.20 0.00 +0.01 -0.02 — 18:22
94 Linus Karlsson C -0.22 0.00 +0.03 -0.26 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 13:28
63 Max Sasson C -0.32 0.00 +0.09 -0.51 0.00 -0.01 +0.10 — 13:19
20 Mackenzie MacEachern L -0.44 0.00 0.00 -0.49 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 12:18
25 Elias Pettersson D -0.69 0.00 0.00 -0.72 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 12:08
74 Jake DeBrusk L -0.72 0.00 0.00 -0.74 0.00 -0.02 +0.04 — 22:59
17 Filip Hronek D -0.81 0.00 0.00 -0.82 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 25:40

St. Louis Blues

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
22 Pius Suter C +1.82 +1.30 +0.24 +0.12 +0.15 -0.02 +0.03 — 18:22
17 Cam Fowler D +1.76 +1.40 +0.02 +0.26 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 23:41
70 Oskar Sundqvist C +1.55 +1.25 +0.29 0.00 0.00 -0.04 +0.05 — 14:28
81 Dylan Holloway L +1.45 +0.75 +0.19 +0.52 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 22:30
21 Jimmy Snuggerud R +0.91 +0.75 +0.10 -0.08 0.00 0.00 +0.14 — 20:14
25 Jordan Kyrou R +0.77 0.00 +0.15 +0.62 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 19:48
54 Dalibor Dvorsky R +0.68 0.00 +0.17 +0.42 0.00 +0.05 +0.05 — 16:36
71 Mathieu Joseph R +0.53 0.00 +0.13 +0.34 0.00 -0.01 +0.07 — 13:46
75 Tyler Tucker D +0.50 0.00 +0.05 +0.45 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 12:20
72 Justin Faulk D +0.38 0.00 +0.13 +0.16 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 24:31
10 Brayden Schenn C +0.35 0.00 +0.14 +0.13 +0.15 -0.03 -0.04 — 20:15
26 Nathan Walker L +0.28 0.00 +0.07 +0.03 +0.15 +0.02 0.00 — 8:51
23 Logan Mailloux D +0.15 0.00 +0.03 +0.41 -0.30 0.00 +0.01 — 10:45
77 Nick Bjugstad C +0.14 0.00 +0.13 +0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 7:52
13 Alexey Toropchenko R +0.10 0.00 +0.16 -0.06 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 7:18
89 Pavel Buchnevich L +0.08 0.00 +0.23 -0.19 0.00 +0.01 +0.03 — 21:01
6 Philip Broberg D +0.07 0.00 +0.06 -0.09 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 24:43
55 Colton Parayko D -0.26 0.00 +0.02 -0.11 -0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 23:39
50 Jordan Binnington G -0.52 +0.55 — — 0.00 — — -1.07 64:09

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.