Vancouver CanucksVAN 5–4 Final Anaheim DucksANA

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Vancouver CanucksVAN	2	1	2	5	28
Anaheim DucksANA	0	3	1	4	41

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
9:49	VAN	Linus Karlsson (4) Max Sasson (2), Marcus Pettersson (4) · snap xG 0.47	1–0 ▶
11:47	VAN	Evander Kane (4)PP Tom Willander (4), Filip Hronek (12) · snap xG 0.06	2–0 ▶
2nd Period
0:09	ANA	Jackson LaCombe (3)PP Cutter Gauthier (14) · snap xG 0.09	2–1 ▶
9:04	VAN	Conor Garland (6) Brock Boeser (7), Tom Willander (5) · backhand xG 0.08	3–1 ▶
16:19	ANA	Leo Carlsson (12) Troy Terry (19), Olen Zellweger (5) · backhand xG 0.15	3–2 ▶
18:34	ANA	Mason McTavish (5) Beckett Sennecke (10), Jackson LaCombe (9) · wrist xG 0.11	3–3 ▶
3rd Period
15:58	VAN	Max Sasson (5) Filip Hronek (13), Quinn Hughes (20) · tip-in xG 0.12	4–3 ▶
18:08	VAN	Drew O'Connor (7)EN Elias Pettersson (14) · wrist xG 0.62	5–3 ▶
19:53	ANA	Cutter Gauthier (14) Jackson LaCombe (10), Chris Kreider (6) · tip-in xG 0.09	5–4 ▶

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 41%Deserve to win59% ANA

VAN		ANA
5.43	Expected goals	5.07
5	Goals (no shootout)	4
3.01	Expected goals, 5 on 5	3.07
66	Shot attempts	91
49	Unblocked attempts	72
28	Shots on goal	41

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

1st Period
19:28	ANA	Deserve to win	Deserve to win · ANA takes the lead, 63–37% VAN had led since 2:36 of the 1st, by as much as 76%
19:28	VAN	Goalie	Goalie · Tolopilo +2.1 goals saved 0 goals on 2.07 xG, 13 shots on goal
19:50	ANA	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced VAN 1.71–0.28 In xG over 10 minutes, 10:10 of the 1st to 0:10 of the 2nd; goals 1–1
3rd Period
18:04	ANA	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Mrazek, down 4–3 With 1:56 left; VAN scored at 18:08 of the 3rd (5–3)

Shot map

VAN shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ ANA shoots

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	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
83	Conor Garland	1	0	1	0	7	0.28	0	2	23:05
40	Elias Pettersson	0	1	1	+1	5	0.51	0	1	21:28
6	Brock Boeser	0	1	1	0	8	0.78	2	1	20:52
74	Jake DeBrusk	0	0	0	0	6	0.40	0	1	18:20
91	Evander Kane	1	0	1	-1	6	0.24	2	0	16:25
64	David Kampf	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	2	2	16:14
44	Kiefer Sherwood	0	0	0	+1	4	0.24	1	1	15:28
18	Drew O'Connor	1	0	1	+2	4	1.16	0	1	11:25
63	Max Sasson	1	1	2	+2	3	0.20	1	0	07:58
54	Aatu Räty	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	0	07:16
94	Linus Karlsson	1	0	1	-1	3	0.57	1	0	06:49
13	Arshdeep Bains	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	04:58
Defense
43	Quinn Hughes	0	1	1	0	5	0.56	0	3	24:52
17	Filip Hronek	0	2	2	+3	3	0.05	0	1	24:25
26	Marcus Pettersson	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	21:08
57	Tyler Myers	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	1	1	20:37
5	Tom Willander	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	0	1	14:48
25	Elias Pettersson	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	1	11:25

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Nikita Tolopilo	41	4	37	.902	5.07	+1.07

Anaheim Ducks

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
91	Leo Carlsson	1	0	1	0	10	0.55	0	1	23:02
19	Troy Terry	0	1	1	-3	8	0.66	0	1	19:23
61	Cutter Gauthier	1	1	2	+1	6	0.26	0	0	18:47
22	Chris Kreider	0	1	1	-1	7	0.20	0	0	18:33
45	Beckett Sennecke	0	1	1	0	3	0.27	1	1	17:18
17	Alex Killorn	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	1	0	17:10
83	Mason McTavish	1	0	1	-1	5	0.59	1	1	15:27
22	Ryan Strome	0	0	0	+1	5	0.14	0	0	14:15
77	Frank Vatrano	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	1	0	13:11
13	Nikita Nesterenko	0	0	0	0	7	0.43	0	0	11:22
49	Ross Johnston	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	08:28
10	Jansen Harkins	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	2	1	07:18
Defense
2	Jackson LaCombe	1	2	3	0	4	0.25	0	1	25:42
8	Olen Zellweger	0	1	1	0	7	0.25	0	0	20:08
65	Jacob Trouba	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	4	1	19:15
14	Drew Helleson	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	3	15:53
98	Pavel Mintyukov	0	0	0	-1	6	0.23	1	4	15:08
6	Radko Gudas	0	0	0	-1	8	0.07	2	2	13:58

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Petr Mrazek	27	4	23	.852	4.41	+0.41

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
63 Max Sasson C	+3.17	+1.45	+0.13	+1.59	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	7:58
17 Filip Hronek D	+2.43	+1.25	+0.03	+1.10	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	24:25
18 Drew O'Connor L	+1.84	+0.75	+0.76	+0.44	-0.15	+0.01	+0.03	—	11:25
6 Brock Boeser R	+1.81	+0.70	+0.50	+0.56	0.00	-0.01	+0.05	—	20:52
43 Quinn Hughes D	+1.70	+0.55	+0.36	+0.34	+0.30	0.00	+0.15	—	24:52
29 Marcus Pettersson D	+1.30	+0.55	0.00	+0.72	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	21:08
8 Conor Garland R	+1.23	+0.75	+0.18	+0.27	0.00	-0.01	+0.04	—	23:05
60 Nikita Tolopilo G	+1.07	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+1.07	59:52
94 Linus Karlsson C	+0.91	+0.75	+0.37	-0.06	-0.15	-0.01	0.00	—	6:49
5 Tom Willander D	+0.78	+1.25	0.00	-0.52	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	14:48
13 Arshdeep Bains L	+0.58	0.00	0.00	+0.58	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	4:58
44 Kiefer Sherwood L	+0.58	0.00	+0.15	+0.38	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	15:28
64 David Kampf C	+0.26	0.00	+0.15	+0.19	-0.15	-0.02	+0.10	—	16:14
40 Elias Pettersson C	+0.01	+0.70	+0.33	-0.99	-0.15	+0.03	+0.09	—	21:28
91 Evander Kane L	-0.43	+0.75	+0.16	-1.16	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	16:25
57 Tyler Myers D	-0.43	0.00	+0.08	-0.54	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	20:37
74 Jake DeBrusk L	-0.49	0.00	+0.26	-0.81	0.00	+0.01	+0.05	—	18:20
25 Elias Pettersson D	-0.65	0.00	+0.04	-0.89	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	11:25
54 Aatu Räty C	-0.89	0.00	+0.01	-0.72	-0.15	-0.01	-0.02	—	7:16

Anaheim Ducks

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
2 Jackson LaCombe D	+2.99	+2.00	+0.16	+0.78	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	25:42
61 Cutter Gauthier L	+1.55	+1.45	+0.17	-0.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	18:47
24 Jansen Harkins C	+1.24	0.00	+0.26	+0.78	+0.15	-0.01	+0.05	—	7:18
45 Beckett Sennecke R	+1.21	+0.70	+0.18	-0.04	+0.30	0.00	+0.07	—	17:18
13 Nikita Nesterenko C	+1.06	0.00	+0.28	+0.95	-0.15	0.00	-0.02	—	11:22
91 Leo Carlsson C	+0.81	+0.75	+0.36	-0.27	0.00	-0.04	+0.01	—	23:02
14 Drew Helleson D	+0.75	0.00	+0.06	+0.52	0.00	0.00	+0.17	—	15:53
34 Petr Mrazek G	+0.71	0.00	—	—	+0.30	—	—	+0.41	58:13
23 Mason McTavish C	+0.64	+0.75	+0.38	-0.61	0.00	+0.06	+0.05	—	15:27
77 Frank Vatrano R	+0.53	0.00	+0.25	+0.28	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	13:11
44 Ross Johnston L	+0.51	0.00	0.00	+0.51	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	8:28
51 Olen Zellweger D	+0.50	+0.55	+0.16	-0.19	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	20:08
7 Radko Gudas D	+0.21	0.00	+0.05	+0.10	0.00	0.00	+0.06	—	13:58
19 Troy Terry R	+0.11	+0.70	+0.43	-0.92	-0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	19:23
16 Ryan Strome C	+0.07	0.00	+0.09	-0.01	0.00	+0.01	-0.02	—	14:15
17 Alex Killorn L	+0.03	0.00	+0.11	-0.07	0.00	-0.01	0.00	—	17:10
20 Chris Kreider L	-0.13	+0.55	+0.13	-0.81	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	18:33
98 Pavel Mintyukov D	-0.23	0.00	+0.15	-0.58	0.00	0.00	+0.20	—	15:08
65 Jacob Trouba D	-0.66	0.00	+0.09	-0.78	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	19:15

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.