Sun, Dec 14, 2025·Prudential Center, Newark
Vancouver Canucks 2, New Jersey Devils 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 76% of the time.
By period
Goals and shots on goal in each period.
| Team | P1 | P2 | P3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN | 28 | 06 | 01 | 215 |
| NJD | 05 | 113 | 08 | 126 |
Goals, with shots on goal in grey.
Scoring
Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.
- P1 1:01VANJake DeBruskPPAssists: Conor Garland, Zeev Buium · Wrist, 0.25 xG1–0
- P1 6:48VANZeev BuiumPPGWGAssists: Conor Garland, Thatcher Demko · Wrist, 0.04 xG2–0
- P2 4:02NJDLuke HughesAssists: Jesper Bratt, Dawson Mercer · Wrist, 0.11 xG2–1
Penalties (6)
- P1 0:43NJDDougie Hamilton: Slashing2 min · PPG
- P1 5:44NJDStefan Noesen: Boarding2 min · PPG
- P1 13:03VANTyler Myers: Interference2 min
- P1 13:45VANKiefer Sherwood: Closing hand on puck2 min
- P1 16:38NJDXavier Parent: Hooking2 min
- P3 1:10VANTyler Myers: Interference2 min
Replay
Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.
20:00
P1
- P1 20:00Hischier won the faceoff against Kampf
- Goal
- Shot
- Miss
- Block
- Hit
- Takeaway
- Giveaway
- Faceoff
- Penalty
The numbers
Team totals, side by side.
Line combinations that worked
Model-basedEach team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.
Vancouver Canucks
Forward lines
- bestBoeser – DeBrusk – Rossi10:10
xG 0.30–0.20 (61%)attempts 8–9goals 0–0
- Kane – Sherwood – O'Connor9:50
xG 0.32–0.29 (52%)attempts 12–5goals 0–0
- Karlsson – Ohgren – Sasson5:39
xG 0.01–0.02 (33%)attempts 3–1goals 0–0
- Garland – Kampf – Ohgren2:48
xG 0.00–0.23 (0%)attempts 0–6goals 0–1
Defence pairs
- bestMyers – Buium12:54
xG 0.55–0.14 (80%)attempts 18–6goals 0–0
- Myers – Pettersson2:05
xG 0.00–0.00attempts 3–0goals 0–0
- Willander – Buium3:22
xG 0.02–0.21 (7%)attempts 1–5goals 0–0
New Jersey Devils
Forward lines
- bestBratt – Hischier – Mercer13:59
xG 0.73–0.17 (81%)attempts 21–4goals 0–0
- Palat – Brown – Glass11:25
xG 0.44–0.41 (52%)attempts 5–11goals 0–0
- Glendening – Crookshank – Parent5:02
xG 0.03–0.04 (48%)attempts 1–1goals 0–0
- Noesen – Lammikko – Cotter8:55
xG 0.15–0.18 (45%)attempts 5–9goals 0–0
Defence pairs
- bestHamilton – Siegenthaler12:41
xG 0.69–0.34 (67%)attempts 11–9goals 0–0
- Dillon – Hughes12:24
xG 0.49–0.30 (62%)attempts 14–7goals 0–0
- White – Cholowski10:00
xG 0.27–0.14 (67%)attempts 9–7goals 0–0
How the game flowed
Model-basedChance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.
Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.
Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute
Win probability
Model-basedHow each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.
NJD's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line NJD is favoured, below it VAN. Dots are goals.
Did the better team win?
Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.
Based on shot quality alone, New Jersey Devils win this game 76% of the time.
Simulated goal difference (NJD − VAN), 10,000 replays
The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).