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Vancouver Canucks

#32 Puckigree · −16.12-9-1 · 32nd in standingsPacific · Western

As deployed last game

Oct 22 vs DET, from shift data: the most-used combinations at 5v5, not a projection.
Defence
PP1
HronekBoeserPetterssonLekkerimakiDeBrusk
3:51
PP2
BuiumCotterKarlssonRossiChytil
1:31
PK1
OleksiakSassonChytilMancini
1:06

Split up since the game before: Cotter–Chytil–Boeser · O'Connor–Ohgren–Lekkerimaki · DeBrusk–Pettersson–Karlsson

Line board

Forward lines with 33+ minutes together at 5v5. The big number is chance share (xGF%) shrunk toward the team’s 36.7% until a line has enough chances of its own; hover it for the raw value.

Pettersson line

DeBrusk – Pettersson – Lekkerimaki
37.2%chance share xGF%
63 min · 8 GPGF–GA 4–3CF% 45OZ 58%
Top 58%Mid 33%
FEATURED
Which lines are workingper 60 at 5v5
DOMINANTSHUTDOWNRUN-AND-GUNUNDERWATERANA Washe lineBOS Mittelstadt lineBOS Kastelic lineBOS Geekie lineBOS Lindholm lineBOS Geekie–Zacha–MittelstadtBOS Minten lineBUF Ostlund lineCAR Aho lineCAR Stankoven lineCAR Staal lineCBJ Fantilli lineCBJ Sillinger lineCBJ Monahan lineCGY Strome lineCHI Greene lineCHI Frondell lineCOL MacKinnon lineCOL Kadri lineCOL Svechkov lineDAL Johnston lineDAL Seguin lineDET Finnie lineDET Larkin lineDET Copp lineEDM McDavid lineEDM Joseph lineFLA Lundell lineFLA Bennett lineFLA Tkachuk–Bennett–VerhaegheFLA Verhaeghe lineLAK Kempe lineLAK Panarin–Kempe–LaferriereMIN Eriksson Ek lineMIN Hartman lineMTL Suzuki lineMTL Danault lineMTL Newhook lineNJD Hischier lineNJD Hughes lineNJD Glass lineNJD Mercer lineNJD Bratt–Hughes–ManthaNSH Hoglander lineNSH Drury lineNYI Horvat lineNYI Schenn lineNYR Zibanejad lineNYR Laba lineNYR Miller lineOTT Pinto linePHI Michkov linePIT Malkin linePIT Crosby lineSEA McMann lineSEA Wright lineSEA Gaudreau lineSEA Beniers lineSJS Smith lineSJS Misa lineSJS Marchment–Smith–CelebriniSTL Thomas lineSTL McTavish lineSTL Buchnevich lineTBL Girgensons lineTBL Guentzel lineTOR Matthews lineTOR Matthews–Roslovic–NylanderTOR Nylander lineUTA Schmaltz lineUTA Trocheck lineUTA Hayton lineUTA Trocheck–Cooley–GuentherUTA McBain lineUTA Cooley lineUTA Crouse–Hayton–McBainUTA Stenlund lineVGK Eichel lineVGK Howden lineVGK Gatcomb lineVGK Hertl lineWPG Scheifele lineWPG Lowry lineWPG Vilardi lineWSH Dubois linePettersson line: 1.98 created, 3.30 allowed per 60 · 63 minPetterssonchances created per 60 →← chances allowed per 60 (fewer is up)

Every dot is a forward line with 33+ minutes; grey dots are the rest of the league. Lines are centred on the league’s median line.

Line stability
Top 4 lines’ share of line time29%League rank29th most stableLines used 5+ minutes26Games with shift data11 (1 left out)

Stable lines are a coach’s choice, not a grade. Games are left out when the NHL’s shift chart is missing or doesn’t match the box score.

Defence pairs

PairMinGPxGF%CF%GF–GAOZ%vs top
Willander–Oleksiak1041038.141.43–63057%
Buium–Hronek841034.745.85–65559%
Hronek–Pettersson741030.839.62–53273%

Power play and penalty kill units

The five skaters at 5-on-4 and the four at 4-on-5, with 5+ minutes together.
UnitSkatersMinGF–GAxGF/60xGA/60
PP1Hronek, Boeser, Pettersson, Lekkerimaki, DeBrusk133–06.720.69
PP2Hronek, Boeser, Pettersson, DeBrusk, Rossi102–26.421.87
PP3Buium, Willander, Karlsson, Lekkerimaki, Ohgren70–15.721.51
PP4Hronek, Boeser, Pettersson, O'Connor, Rossi50–02.211.17

Every line

All forward lines with 10+ minutes together at 5v5. Raw and shrunk chance share side by side; k = 4 expected goals.
LineMinGPLast usedxGF% (shrunk)xGF% (raw)CF%GF–GA
DeBrusk – Pettersson – Lekkerimaki638Oct 2037.237.545.04–3
Bains – Sasson – Gallagher326Oct 2237.738.746.91–4
Cotter – Chytil – Boeser304Oct 2225.69.918.20–1
Cotter – Rossi – Boeser277Oct 2236.435.750.00–3
Cotter – Ohgren – Boeser234Oct 434.530.541.32–1
DeBrusk – Pettersson – Karlsson197Oct 2239.546.746.72–3
Pettersson – Karlsson – Rossi182Oct 438.648.147.20–0
O'Connor – Ohgren – Karlsson174Oct 2036.034.652.80–2
Cotter – Karlsson – Rossi175Oct 2232.922.436.80–0
Ohgren – Rossi – Boeser168Oct 1539.952.041.21–2
O'Connor – Karlsson – Sasson155Oct 2237.539.550.01–3
O'Connor – Sasson – Gallagher156Oct 2248.373.158.10–1
Cotter – Bains – Gallagher143Oct 1733.318.836.00–1
O'Connor – Pettersson – Karlsson136Oct 2231.616.321.91–2
O'Connor – Ohgren – Boeser134Oct 2037.741.250.00–0
Bains – Sasson – Lekkerimaki125Oct 1740.570.656.00–0
Sasson – Räty – Gallagher101Oct 1138.148.147.10–1
O'Connor – Ohgren – Lekkerimaki104Oct 2038.152.940.00–0

Source: NHL.com data. Results through Oct 22.

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