San Jose SharksSJS 6–3 Final Vancouver CanucksVAN

Saturday, December 27, 2025

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
San Jose SharksSJS	2	1	3	6	37
Vancouver CanucksVAN	1	0	2	3	27

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
6:11	SJS	Ryan Reaves (3) Barclay Goodrow (4), Vincent Iorio (2) · wrist xG 0.58	1–0 ▶
7:55	SJS	John Klingberg (9) Macklin Celebrini (37) · wrist xG 0.04	2–0 ▶
10:04	VAN	Linus Karlsson (8)PP Conor Garland (14), Filip Hronek (19) · wrist xG 0.27	2–1 ▶
2nd Period
12:38	SJS	William Eklund (9) Unassisted · xG 0.96	3–1 ▶
3rd Period
0:36	VAN	Marco Rossi (5) Filip Hronek (20), Conor Garland (15) · wrist xG 0.20	3–2 ▶
4:47	SJS	Igor Chernyshov (1)PP Adam Gaudette (5), Dmitry Orlov (18) · wrist xG 0.16	4–2 ▶
10:43	VAN	Drew O'Connor (9)SH Unassisted · snap xG 0.09	4–3 ▶
16:20	SJS	Macklin Celebrini (20) Igor Chernyshov (4), William Eklund (15) · snap xG 0.12	5–3 ▶
16:55	SJS	Collin Graf (11)EN Alexander Wennberg (17), Mario Ferraro (7) · wrist xG 0.93	6–3 ▶

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

SJS 89%Deserve to win11% VAN

SJS		VAN
6.77	Expected goals	2.71
6	Goals (no shootout)	3
3.73	Expected goals, 5 on 5	1.70
71	Shot attempts	54
62	Unblocked attempts	41
37	Shots on goal	27

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
10:00	SJS	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced VAN 1.20–0.09 In xG over 10 minutes, the start of the 1st to 10:00 of the 1st; goals 2–0
2nd Period
12:40	SJS	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced VAN 1.85–0.16 In xG over 10 minutes, 10:10 of the 2nd to 0:10 of the 3rd; goals 1–0
3rd Period
10:40	SJS	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced VAN 1.77–0.42 In xG over 10 minutes, 0:40 to 10:40 of the 3rd; goals 1–0
16:51	VAN	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Demko, down 5–3 With 3:09 left; SJS scored at 16:55 of the 3rd (6–3)

Shot map

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

San Jose Sharks

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
71	Macklin Celebrini	1	1	2	+1	16	1.27	1	0	21:47
21	Alexander Wennberg	0	1	1	0	3	0.31	0	1	21:24
27	William Eklund	1	1	2	+1	7	1.57	0	1	21:09
51	Collin Graf	1	0	1	+1	3	1.13	1	2	17:49
73	Tyler Toffoli	0	0	0	-1	6	0.40	0	0	15:40
92	Igor Chernyshov	1	1	2	+2	4	0.49	0	0	14:43
81	Adam Gaudette	0	1	1	0	6	0.29	2	1	13:54
10	Ty Dellandrea	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	12:14
53	Jeff Skinner	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	0	1	12:12
23	Barclay Goodrow	0	1	1	+2	3	0.21	0	0	10:43
63	Zack Ostapchuk	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	4	0	08:23
75	Ryan Reaves	1	0	1	+1	3	0.58	0	1	07:51
Defense
38	Mario Ferraro	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	3	0	22:05
3	John Klingberg	1	0	1	0	3	0.11	0	2	22:00
85	Shakir Mukhamadullin	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	2	20:55
6	Sam Dickinson	0	0	0	+2	3	0.11	0	0	17:36
9	Dmitry Orlov	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	17:06
6	Vincent Iorio	0	1	1	+2	4	0.10	0	1	14:56

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Yaroslav Askarov	27	3	24	.889	2.71	-0.29

Vancouver Canucks

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
40	Elias Pettersson	0	0	0	-3	5	0.33	1	1	20:47
74	Jake DeBrusk	0	0	0	-1	3	0.27	4	0	18:01
23	Marco Rossi	1	0	1	-1	4	0.28	0	1	16:23
44	Kiefer Sherwood	0	0	0	-2	6	0.33	5	0	16:22
6	Brock Boeser	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	15:42
91	Evander Kane	0	0	0	-2	7	0.21	0	0	15:00
64	David Kampf	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	2	0	14:56
83	Conor Garland	0	2	2	+1	1	0.07	1	1	14:44
18	Drew O'Connor	1	0	1	+1	5	0.32	0	0	12:46
92	Liam Ohgren	0	0	0	-1	4	0.08	0	1	11:18
63	Max Sasson	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	09:50
94	Linus Karlsson	1	0	1	-2	1	0.27	2	0	09:07
Defense
8	Zeev Buium	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	0	0	22:24
17	Filip Hronek	0	2	2	0	3	0.01	2	1	21:56
26	Marcus Pettersson	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	21:50
57	Tyler Myers	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	2	19:46
5	Tom Willander	0	0	0	-3	2	0.01	0	1	15:52
25	Elias Pettersson	0	0	0	-1	3	0.00	3	0	13:29

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Thatcher Demko	36	5	32	.889	5.84	+0.84

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.

San Jose Sharks

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
72 William Eklund L	+4.57	+1.30	+1.02	+2.22	0.00	0.00	+0.03	—	21:09
71 Macklin Celebrini C	+4.46	+1.45	+0.82	+2.22	0.00	-0.01	-0.02	—	21:47
92 Igor Chernyshov L	+4.01	+1.45	+0.32	+2.26	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	14:43
22 Vincent Iorio D	+2.35	+0.55	+0.06	+1.84	-0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	14:56
6 Sam Dickinson D	+1.96	0.00	+0.07	+1.91	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	17:36
51 Collin Graf R	+1.92	+0.75	+0.73	+0.20	+0.15	-0.01	+0.10	—	17:49
75 Ryan Reaves R	+1.41	+0.75	+0.38	+0.21	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	7:51
38 Mario Ferraro D	+1.29	+0.55	+0.01	+0.72	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	22:05
81 Adam Gaudette R	+1.27	+0.70	+0.19	+0.18	+0.15	0.00	+0.05	—	13:54
21 Alexander Wennberg C	+1.22	+0.70	+0.20	+0.13	+0.15	-0.05	+0.09	—	21:24
23 Barclay Goodrow C	+1.05	+0.70	+0.14	+0.21	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	10:43
3 John Klingberg D	+1.01	+0.75	+0.07	+0.15	0.00	0.00	+0.04	—	22:00
85 Shakir Mukhamadullin D	+0.74	0.00	0.00	+0.66	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	20:55
9 Dmitry Orlov D	+0.65	+0.55	0.00	+0.09	0.00	0.00	+0.01	—	17:06
73 Tyler Toffoli C	+0.30	0.00	+0.26	+0.07	0.00	0.00	-0.04	—	15:40
63 Zack Ostapchuk C	+0.23	0.00	+0.01	+0.21	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	8:23
53 Jeff Skinner L	+0.16	0.00	+0.06	+0.06	0.00	-0.01	+0.05	—	12:12
10 Ty Dellandrea C	-0.01	0.00	+0.03	+0.08	-0.15	+0.01	+0.02	—	12:14
30 Yaroslav Askarov G	-0.29	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-0.29	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
8 Conor Garland R	+1.65	+1.25	+0.05	+0.03	+0.30	0.00	+0.03	—	14:44
17 Filip Hronek D	+1.12	+1.25	0.00	-0.13	0.00	0.00	-0.01	—	21:56
18 Drew O'Connor L	+0.85	+0.75	+0.21	-0.11	0.00	+0.03	-0.02	—	12:46
35 Thatcher Demko G	+0.84	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	+0.84	59:56
40 Elias Pettersson C	+0.18	0.00	+0.22	-0.08	0.00	+0.02	+0.03	—	20:47
64 David Kampf C	+0.15	0.00	+0.14	+0.07	0.00	-0.04	-0.02	—	14:56
44 Kiefer Sherwood L	+0.05	0.00	+0.22	-0.16	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	16:22
6 Brock Boeser R	-0.03	0.00	+0.09	-0.10	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	15:42
91 Evander Kane L	-0.14	0.00	+0.13	-0.07	-0.15	+0.01	-0.06	—	15:00
29 Marcus Pettersson D	-0.33	0.00	+0.03	-0.22	-0.15	0.00	+0.01	—	21:50
93 Marco Rossi C	-0.63	+0.75	+0.18	-1.64	0.00	+0.04	+0.03	—	16:23
92 Liam Ohgren L	-0.65	0.00	+0.05	-0.91	+0.15	+0.01	+0.05	—	11:18
57 Tyler Myers D	-0.81	0.00	+0.01	-0.63	-0.30	0.00	+0.10	—	19:46
63 Max Sasson C	-1.00	0.00	+0.06	-1.05	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	9:50
25 Elias Pettersson D	-1.19	0.00	0.00	-1.17	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	13:29
24 Zeev Buium D	-1.30	0.00	+0.02	-1.30	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	22:24
94 Linus Karlsson C	-1.34	+0.75	+0.18	-2.26	0.00	+0.01	-0.02	—	9:07
74 Jake DeBrusk L	-1.60	0.00	+0.17	-1.79	0.00	-0.01	+0.02	—	18:01
5 Tom Willander D	-1.83	0.00	+0.01	-1.91	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	15:52

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.