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Vancouver CanucksVAN 3–2 Final/SO Seattle KrakenSEA

Monday, December 29, 2025

Final/SO 1st2nd3rdOTSO T SOG
Vancouver CanucksVAN 11001 3 24
Seattle KrakenSEA 20000 2 39

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

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
8:50 SEA Jared McCann (6)PP Vince Dunn (15), Jordan Eberle (11) · slap xG 0.14 0–1 ▶
15:20 VAN Linus Karlsson (9) Liam Ohgren (2) · snap xG 0.11 1–1 ▶
19:40 SEA Ryan Winterton (3) Jacob Melanson (1), Joey Daccord (3) · wrist xG 0.17 1–2 ▶
2nd Period
5:23 VAN Elias Pettersson (9) Evander Kane (13), Tom Willander (9) · wrist xG 0.09 2–2 ▶
3rd Period
No scoring
Overtime
No scoring
Shootout
SEA Frederick Gaudreau vs Kevin Lankinen Saved
VAN Conor Garland vs Joey Daccord Saved
SEA Eeli Tolvanen vs Kevin Lankinen Missed
VAN Elias Pettersson vs Joey Daccord No shot
SEA Jordan Eberle vs Kevin Lankinen Saved
VAN Liam Ohgren vs Joey Daccord 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 24%Deserve to win76% SEA
VANSEA
2.13Expected goals3.76
2Goals (no shootout)2
1.66Expected goals, 5 on 52.15
65Shot attempts63
47Unblocked attempts48
24Shots on goal39

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
10:40 SEA xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced VAN 1.20–0.19
In xG over 10 minutes, 0:40 to 10:40 of the 1st; goals 1–0

Shot map

VAN shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ SEA shoots
Marco Rossi: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 0:35) Kaapo Kakko: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 0:43) Eeli Tolvanen: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 0:57) Eeli Tolvanen: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 1:26) Ben Meyers: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 3:31) Jacob Melanson: backhand, 22 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 3:37) Jordan Eberle: backhand, 5 ft, xG 0.27 (P1 4:21) Drew O'Connor: bat, 71 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 4:33) Kiefer Sherwood: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 5:19) Marcus Pettersson: snap, 74 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 5:23) Marcus Pettersson: wrist, 77 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 5:25) Frederick Gaudreau: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 5:52) Frederick Gaudreau: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 6:02) Ben Meyers: deflected, 10 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 6:35) Drew O'Connor: tip-in, 8 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 7:29) Elias Pettersson: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 7:31) Vince Dunn: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.13 (P1 7:59) Vince Dunn: backhand, 6 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 8:00) Eeli Tolvanen: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 9:50) Vince Dunn: wrist, 54 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 10:19) Kiefer Sherwood: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 10:54) Evander Kane: deflected, 10 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 11:14) Elias Pettersson: wrist, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 12:05) Tyler Myers: wrist, 69 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 14:35) Evander Kane: wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 14:37) Evander Kane: wrist, 35 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 15:14) Ben Meyers: wrist, 36 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 16:04) Adam Larsson: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 16:09) Adam Larsson: slap, 69 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 16:16) Kiefer Sherwood: tip-in, 12 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 17:09) Ryan Lindgren: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 17:31) Tom Willander: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 17:55) Linus Karlsson: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 17:58) Brock Boeser: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 19:20) Jordan Eberle: wrist, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 0:44) Kiefer Sherwood: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 2:22) Marcus Pettersson: slap, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 3:38) Elias Pettersson: wrist, 69 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 4:00) Evander Kane: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 4:36) Chandler Stephenson: tip-in, 14 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 5:36) Drew O'Connor: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 6:29) Kaapo Kakko: backhand, 8 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 7:23) Berkly Catton: wrist, 30 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 7:23) Shane Wright: snap, 13 ft, xG 0.21 (P2 7:28) Jacob Melanson: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 7:58) Nils Hoglander: wrist, 65 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:28) Marcus Pettersson: wrist, 57 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:34) Elias Pettersson: slap, 56 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 10:52) Max Sasson: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 11:11) Frederick Gaudreau: backhand, 16 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 11:23) Liam Ohgren: wrist, 22 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 12:49) Jamie Oleksiak: wrist, 51 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 13:47) Eeli Tolvanen: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 15:03) Conor Garland: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.11 (P2 15:14) Liam Ohgren: slap, 49 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 15:41) Marco Rossi: wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 16:26) Zeev Buium: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 16:52) Conor Garland: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 17:28) Kiefer Sherwood: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 17:52) Eeli Tolvanen: wrist, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 0:35) Eeli Tolvanen: snap, 12 ft, xG 0.25 (P3 0:39) Ryan Winterton: tip-in, 15 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 2:49) Cale Fleury: slap, 38 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 3:30) Ryan Lindgren: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 5:18) Frederick Gaudreau: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 5:24) Jordan Eberle: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 5:30) Marcus Pettersson: wrist, 70 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:48) Eeli Tolvanen: slap, 40 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 6:29) Kaapo Kakko: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 7:02) Brock Boeser: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 8:30) Conor Garland: wrist, 52 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 9:28) Conor Garland: wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 9:44) Tyler Myers: slap, 51 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 10:27) Kiefer Sherwood: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 10:44) Jared McCann: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 12:34) Berkly Catton: wrist, 26 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 12:37) Kaapo Kakko: wrist, 5 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 12:53) Cale Fleury: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 13:00) Jordan Eberle: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.09 (P3 13:04) Max Sasson: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 13:44) Marcus Pettersson: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 14:15) Marco Rossi: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 15:26) Filip Hronek: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 16:03) Ryan Winterton: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 17:15) Jared McCann: wrist, 21 ft, xG 0.29 (P3 17:18) Adam Larsson: slap, 40 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 18:56) Shane Wright: wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.12 (OT 2:41) Elias Pettersson: snap, 22 ft, xG 0.17 (OT 3:55) Elias Pettersson: snap, 15 ft, xG 0.05 (OT 3:56) Eeli Tolvanen: slap, 42 ft, xG 0.09 (OT 4:27) Vince Dunn: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.11 (OT 4:54) Jared McCann: GOAL, slap, 38 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 8:50) Linus Karlsson: GOAL, snap, 19 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 15:20) Ryan Winterton: GOAL, wrist, 9 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 19:40) Elias Pettersson: GOAL, wrist, 32 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 5:23)
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
6 Brock Boeser 000 0 40.05 0222:36
40 Elias Pettersson 101 0 60.40 0120:31
23 Marco Rossi 000 +1 40.17 1119:16
91 Evander Kane 011 0 50.24 1118:53
83 Conor Garland 000 0 50.22 2116:15
44 Kiefer Sherwood 000 0 100.20 5016:14
18 Drew O'Connor 000 0 30.11 1013:31
92 Liam Ohgren 011 +1 20.07 2113:13
54 Aatu Räty 000 0 00.00 2011:02
94 Linus Karlsson 101 +1 20.20 2010:10
63 Max Sasson 000 0 20.20 0009:12
21 Nils Hoglander 000 0 10.01 1009:03
Defense
17 Filip Hronek 000 +1 20.03 1429:20
26 Marcus Pettersson 000 +1 70.06 0028:59
57 Tyler Myers 000 0 40.05 3219:29
8 Zeev Buium 000 0 30.07 0016:37
25 Elias Pettersson 000 0 30.04 1016:17
5 Tom Willander 011 0 20.01 0215:23
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Kevin Lankinen 39237 .949 3.76 +1.76

Seattle Kraken

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
9 Chandler Stephenson 000 0 20.08 1022:55
17 Eeli Tolvanen 000 0 100.55 2322:37
10 Matty Beniers 000 -1 10.00 0021:06
89 Frederick Gaudreau 000 0 50.17 2120:33
7 Jordan Eberle 011 -1 60.43 1119:57
19 Jared McCann 101 -1 40.52 0016:05
84 Kaapo Kakko 000 -1 40.33 2015:45
51 Shane Wright 000 -1 20.33 0214:10
27 Berkly Catton 000 -1 30.18 0012:26
59 Ben Meyers 000 +1 30.21 1010:53
26 Ryan Winterton 101 +1 30.25 0010:01
63 Jacob Melanson 011 +1 30.13 4008:30
Defense
29 Vince Dunn 011 0 60.33 0026:27
6 Adam Larsson 000 0 40.05 2420:28
8 Cale Fleury 000 0 40.06 2020:20
55 Ryan Lindgren 000 0 20.13 2218:41
41 Ryker Evans 000 -1 00.00 0218:28
4 Jamie Oleksiak 000 -1 10.02 2213:52
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Joey Daccord 24222 .917 2.13 +0.13

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
32 Kevin Lankinen G +1.76 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +1.76 65:00
92 Liam Ohgren L +1.13 +0.70 +0.05 +0.32 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 13:13
94 Linus Karlsson C +0.81 +0.75 +0.13 +0.07 -0.15 +0.01 0.00 — 10:10
93 Marco Rossi C +0.63 0.00 +0.11 +0.32 +0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 19:16
40 Elias Pettersson C +0.51 +0.75 +0.26 -0.36 -0.15 -0.06 +0.07 — 20:31
17 Filip Hronek D +0.50 0.00 +0.02 +0.30 0.00 0.00 +0.18 — 29:20
44 Kiefer Sherwood L +0.41 0.00 +0.13 +0.13 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 16:14
5 Tom Willander D +0.36 +0.55 +0.01 -0.29 0.00 0.00 +0.10 — 15:23
91 Evander Kane L +0.33 +0.70 +0.16 -0.41 -0.15 -0.02 +0.05 — 18:53
8 Conor Garland R +0.18 0.00 +0.15 -0.02 0.00 +0.01 +0.05 — 16:15
18 Drew O'Connor L +0.11 0.00 +0.07 +0.01 0.00 +0.03 0.00 — 13:31
29 Marcus Pettersson D +0.08 0.00 +0.04 +0.08 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 28:59
63 Max Sasson C -0.06 0.00 +0.13 -0.20 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 9:12
54 Aatu Räty C -0.11 0.00 0.00 -0.18 0.00 +0.07 0.00 — 11:02
24 Zeev Buium D -0.22 0.00 +0.04 -0.28 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 16:37
21 Nils Hoglander L -0.25 0.00 +0.01 -0.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 9:03
25 Elias Pettersson D -0.38 0.00 +0.03 -0.19 -0.15 0.00 -0.06 — 16:17
6 Brock Boeser R -0.47 0.00 +0.04 -0.57 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 22:36
57 Tyler Myers D -0.48 0.00 +0.03 -0.44 -0.15 0.00 +0.08 — 19:29

Seattle Kraken

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
26 Ryan Winterton C +1.91 +0.75 +0.16 +1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 10:01
29 Vince Dunn D +1.54 +0.70 +0.22 +0.63 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 26:27
63 Jacob Melanson R +1.50 +0.70 +0.08 +0.57 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 8:30
59 Ben Meyers C +1.12 0.00 +0.13 +0.99 0.00 +0.02 -0.02 — 10:53
6 Adam Larsson D +1.09 0.00 +0.03 +0.86 0.00 0.00 +0.20 — 20:28
19 Jared McCann L +0.88 +0.75 +0.34 -0.18 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 16:05
55 Ryan Lindgren D +0.76 0.00 +0.08 +0.27 +0.30 0.00 +0.10 — 18:41
7 Jordan Eberle R +0.71 +0.55 +0.28 -0.16 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 19:57
35 Joey Daccord G +0.68 +0.55 — — 0.00 — — +0.13 64:26
20 Eeli Tolvanen R +0.58 0.00 +0.36 +0.24 -0.15 0.00 +0.13 — 22:37
89 Frederick Gaudreau C +0.54 0.00 +0.11 +0.17 +0.15 +0.08 +0.03 — 20:33
8 Cale Fleury D +0.50 0.00 +0.04 +0.33 +0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 20:20
9 Chandler Stephenson C +0.30 0.00 +0.05 +0.32 0.00 -0.03 -0.04 — 22:55
84 Kaapo Kakko R +0.03 0.00 +0.21 -0.18 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 15:45
10 Matty Beniers C -0.31 0.00 0.00 -0.25 0.00 -0.04 -0.02 — 21:06
41 Ryker Evans D -0.56 0.00 0.00 -0.64 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 18:28
51 Shane Wright C -0.57 0.00 +0.21 -0.67 -0.15 -0.06 +0.10 — 14:10
24 Jamie Oleksiak D -0.58 0.00 +0.01 -0.67 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 13:52
77 Berkly Catton C -0.58 0.00 +0.12 -0.66 0.00 -0.02 -0.02 — 12:26

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.