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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Do you prefer the Canucks season that was the long painful divorce with Pavel Bure or the long painful divorce with Roberto Luongo or the long painful divorce with Bo Horvat or the long painful divorce with J.T. Miller or the long painful divorce with Brock Boeser or the long pa-</p>
<p>&mdash; arielle (@ellycelly) <a href="https://twitter.com/ellycelly/status/1912003268693148113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/combinations">Vancouver Canucks</a> defeated the <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/instant-reaction-tolopilo-grabs-first-nhl-win-vancouver-canucks-2-1-overtime-win-san-jose-sharks">San Jose Sharks by a 2-1 overtime</a> scoreline. According to the stats, though, it really shouldn&#8217;t have been close. Vancouver handily dominated San Jose through every period and every metric, with a lack of finishing being the biggest reason why they were held to just one goal in regulation. Still, the better team won, and the numbers will show that in spades</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the win, by the numbers.</p>
<p>As always, you can find <a class="text-accent" href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/official-glossary-guide-canucksarmy-analytics-post-game-statsies" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">our glossary guide of advanced stats here</a>.</p>
<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Game Flow</strong></em></span></h1>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-142854" src="https://publish.canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/20242025-21290-xgdiff-5v5.png" alt="" width="751" height="350" srcset="https://publish.canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/20242025-21290-xgdiff-5v5.png 751w, https://publish.canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/20242025-21290-xgdiff-5v5-300x140.png 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px" /></p>
<p>While the trend line looks pretty flat, direct attention to the Y-axis, and the scale becomes rapidly apparent. The Canucks throroughly dominated the Sharks through this entire game, not allowing them a single sinff of momentum at 5v5 play. They only improved period from period, going from 52.94 CF% in the first to 57.14 CF% in the second, then finishing off with a 70.00 CF% in the third. That was coupled with them never finishing below 61.00 xGF%, totalling 2.21 xGF at 5v5 play for the entire contest. Meanwhile, the Sharks finished below one expected goal, with a 0.99 xGF to their name.</p>
<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Heat Map</strong></em></span></h1>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-142856" src="https://publish.canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/20242025-21290-5v5.png" alt="" width="803" height="422" srcset="https://publish.canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/20242025-21290-5v5.png 803w, https://publish.canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/20242025-21290-5v5-300x158.png 300w, https://publish.canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/20242025-21290-5v5-768x404.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px" /></p>
<p>The heat map also doesn&#8217;t look the most impressive until considering the scale at the bottom of the graphic. Overall, the Canucks had a 27-14 edge in scoring chances, with a further 11-4 lead in high-danger chances. The disparity between the two teams can be seen in the fact that the Sharks simply didn&#8217;t have a hot spot to begin with, while the Canucks managed to register one that was on the upper-middle end of the scale. Of the 11 HDCF, nine of them came in the first two periods, with just two in the final frame. That&#8217;s probably not what the team wanted, but at least one of them led to a goal. The gap only stretched when accounting for all situations as well – Vancouver had a dominating 54-18 scoring chance lead and 24-5 high-danger chance advantage. They should&#8217;ve blown the Sharks out.</p>
<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Individual Advanced Stats</strong></em></span></h1>
<p><strong>Corsi Champ: </strong>Linus Karlsson led the way with a 77.78 CF% last night, playing together on a line with Teddy Blueger and Drew O&#8217;Connor, which caused plenty of headaches for San Jose. They consistently generated offensive pressure, allowing the Canucks to keep on building as the unit took full advantage of their lesser opposition. And it wasn&#8217;t like it was complete nobodies either &#8211; Karlsson did find himself matched up just the same amount with the Sharks&#8217; second line as their third line.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Linus Karlsson should have a spot on the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Canucks</a>’ 4th line next season. </p>
<p>He can bury pucks around the net and can be a pest out there. Protects the puck well and is strong along the boards. Like the edge he plays with.</p>
<p>&mdash; Grady Sas (@GradySas) <a href="https://twitter.com/GradySas/status/1911995668933251418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>Corsi Chump: </strong>In what could be one of <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/vancouver-canucks-brock-boeser-make-open-market">Brock Boeser&#8217;s final games</a> as a Vancouver Canuck, the winger brought up the rear of the Corsi department with a 44.44 CF%. That also left Boeser as the worst xGF% man on the team, splitting a 50.00 with a team-low 0.27 xGF. Again, it&#8217;s not the worst kind of numbers to be putting up, and when the worst player on the team is hitting those benchmarks, it shows a good team effort. However, relative to the rest of the Vancouver roster, Boeser didn&#8217;t play the best.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Back for the sad Brock Boeser farewell tour. Two more games left. <a href="https://t.co/vYhB0lxbQF">pic.twitter.com/vYhB0lxbQF</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Wyatt Arndt (@TheStanchion) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheStanchion/status/1911960769400652083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>xGF: </strong>Linus Karlsson features in this category with an overwhelming statistical advantage compared to the rest of the team. His 91.64 xGF% stood at 37.96 xGF% rel to team average, with his 1.2 xGF ranking him third in that category behind Drew O&#8217;Connor and Teddy Blueger, who tied for the team&#8217;s best xGF at 1.22. Karlsson was on ice for a 9-1 scoring chance advantage and a massive 6-0 HDCF lead as well. He&#8217;s been impactful in the lineup since being called up again, and one has to think that this has earned him a longer run with the big club starting next year.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Juicy, juicy rebound by Georgiev and Linus Karlsson ties the game! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Canucks</a> <a href="https://t.co/ffAW1V3hC8">pic.twitter.com/ffAW1V3hC8</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Lachlan Irvine (@LachInTheCrease) <a href="https://twitter.com/LachInTheCrease/status/1911995279248703521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><strong>GSAx: </strong><a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/scenes-morning-skate-kudryavtsev-tolopilo-make-nhl-debuts-vancouver-canucks-san-jose-sharks">Nikita Tolopilo made his NHL debut</a> last night and didn&#8217;t look too out of place at all. Besides one <em>insane</em> snipe by Macklin Celebrini on the power play (off a low-danger shot attempt, at that), Tolopilo turned aside a big chunk of shots for a 0.35 GSAx. Not a bad result by any means, with the Canucks palying very well in front of him to keep San Jose from getting much momentum rolling. Tolopilo at the very minimum held up his end of the bargain for the Canucks&#8217; win.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nikita Tolopilo makes a nice glove save! He&#39;s been solid for the Canucks in his debut. </p>
<p>🎥: Sportsnet | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Canucks</a> <a href="https://t.co/R5nvQmMG61">pic.twitter.com/R5nvQmMG61</a></p>
<p>&mdash; CanucksArmy (@CanucksArmy) <a href="https://twitter.com/CanucksArmy/status/1911994823902695673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Statistical Musing</strong></em></span></h1>
<p><strong>Kirill the Thrill: </strong>Okay, maybe not like that or like Kaprisov, but Kirill Kudryavtsev made his NHL debut last night as well and looked more than solid. Playing alongside Victor Mancini on the Canucks&#8217; third pairing, Kudryavtsev posted some impressive numbers as he racked up the fourth-best CF% (68.42) and 4th-best xGF% (79.60). He tied for third-best in xGA at 0.17, on ice for an 8-2 scoring chance advantage. Again, considering that it&#8217;s the Russian&#8217;s first NHL action, this is pretty great to be seeing already.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kirill Kudryavtsev leads all defencemen in Corsi % so far tonight.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Canucks</a> ahead of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFutureIsTeal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheFutureIsTeal</a> 4-1 in scoring chances with the rookie on the ice at five-on-five.</p>
<p>&mdash; Noah Strang (@noahstrang_) <a href="https://twitter.com/noahstrang_/status/1911990315294310871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>As a team</strong></em></span></h1>
<p><strong class="text-lg font-bold">CF% – 69.67% HDCF% – 82.76% xGF% – 81.89%</strong></p>
<p>The scoreline definitely doesn&#8217;t reflect the overwhelming dominance the Canucks displayed last night. It was thanks to some poor finishing and Georgiev playing out of his mind that this game went to overtime, but the final result was the one that this team deserved. It&#8217;s been a frustrating season, so to see the Canucks put together some solid performances to close out the year is a welcome sight. The hope is that it will translate into the 2025-26 campaign.</p>
<p>Vancouver will host the Vegas Golden Knights for their final game of the season tomorrow night.</p>
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The <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/combinations">Vancouver Canucks</a> defeated the <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/instant-reaction-tolopilo-grabs-first-nhl-win-vancouver-canucks-2-1-overtime-win-san-jose-sharks">San Jose Sharks by a 2-1 overtime</a> scoreline. According to the stats, though, it really shouldn't have been close. Vancouver handily dominated San Jose through every period and every metric, with a lack of finishing being the biggest reason why they were held to just one goal in regulation. Still, the better team won, and the numbers will show that in spades

Here's the win, by the numbers.

As always, you can find <a class="text-accent" href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/official-glossary-guide-canucksarmy-analytics-post-game-statsies" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">our glossary guide of advanced stats here</a>.
<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Game Flow</strong></em></span></h1>
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-142854" src="https://publish.canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/20242025-21290-xgdiff-5v5.png" alt="" width="751" height="350" />

While the trend line looks pretty flat, direct attention to the Y-axis, and the scale becomes rapidly apparent. The Canucks throroughly dominated the Sharks through this entire game, not allowing them a single sinff of momentum at 5v5 play. They only improved period from period, going from 52.94 CF% in the first to 57.14 CF% in the second, then finishing off with a 70.00 CF% in the third. That was coupled with them never finishing below 61.00 xGF%, totalling 2.21 xGF at 5v5 play for the entire contest. Meanwhile, the Sharks finished below one expected goal, with a 0.99 xGF to their name.
<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Heat Map</strong></em></span></h1>
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-142856" src="https://publish.canucksarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/04/20242025-21290-5v5.png" alt="" width="803" height="422" />

The heat map also doesn't look the most impressive until considering the scale at the bottom of the graphic. Overall, the Canucks had a 27-14 edge in scoring chances, with a further 11-4 lead in high-danger chances. The disparity between the two teams can be seen in the fact that the Sharks simply didn't have a hot spot to begin with, while the Canucks managed to register one that was on the upper-middle end of the scale. Of the 11 HDCF, nine of them came in the first two periods, with just two in the final frame. That's probably not what the team wanted, but at least one of them led to a goal. The gap only stretched when accounting for all situations as well – Vancouver had a dominating 54-18 scoring chance lead and 24-5 high-danger chance advantage. They should've blown the Sharks out.
<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Individual Advanced Stats</strong></em></span></h1>
<strong>Corsi Champ: </strong>Linus Karlsson led the way with a 77.78 CF% last night, playing together on a line with Teddy Blueger and Drew O'Connor, which caused plenty of headaches for San Jose. They consistently generated offensive pressure, allowing the Canucks to keep on building as the unit took full advantage of their lesser opposition. And it wasn't like it was complete nobodies either - Karlsson did find himself matched up just the same amount with the Sharks' second line as their third line.

https://twitter.com/GradySas/status/1911995668933251418

<strong>Corsi Chump: </strong>In what could be one of <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/vancouver-canucks-brock-boeser-make-open-market">Brock Boeser's final games</a> as a Vancouver Canuck, the winger brought up the rear of the Corsi department with a 44.44 CF%. That also left Boeser as the worst xGF% man on the team, splitting a 50.00 with a team-low 0.27 xGF. Again, it's not the worst kind of numbers to be putting up, and when the worst player on the team is hitting those benchmarks, it shows a good team effort. However, relative to the rest of the Vancouver roster, Boeser didn't play the best.

https://twitter.com/TheStanchion/status/1911960769400652083

<strong>xGF: </strong>Linus Karlsson features in this category with an overwhelming statistical advantage compared to the rest of the team. His 91.64 xGF% stood at 37.96 xGF% rel to team average, with his 1.2 xGF ranking him third in that category behind Drew O'Connor and Teddy Blueger, who tied for the team's best xGF at 1.22. Karlsson was on ice for a 9-1 scoring chance advantage and a massive 6-0 HDCF lead as well. He's been impactful in the lineup since being called up again, and one has to think that this has earned him a longer run with the big club starting next year.

https://twitter.com/LachInTheCrease/status/1911995279248703521

<strong>GSAx: </strong><a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/scenes-morning-skate-kudryavtsev-tolopilo-make-nhl-debuts-vancouver-canucks-san-jose-sharks">Nikita Tolopilo made his NHL debut</a> last night and didn't look too out of place at all. Besides one <em>insane</em> snipe by Macklin Celebrini on the power play (off a low-danger shot attempt, at that), Tolopilo turned aside a big chunk of shots for a 0.35 GSAx. Not a bad result by any means, with the Canucks palying very well in front of him to keep San Jose from getting much momentum rolling. Tolopilo at the very minimum held up his end of the bargain for the Canucks' win.

https://twitter.com/CanucksArmy/status/1911994823902695673
<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Statistical Musing</strong></em></span></h1>
<strong>Kirill the Thrill: </strong>Okay, maybe not like that or like Kaprisov, but Kirill Kudryavtsev made his NHL debut last night as well and looked more than solid. Playing alongside Victor Mancini on the Canucks' third pairing, Kudryavtsev posted some impressive numbers as he racked up the fourth-best CF% (68.42) and 4th-best xGF% (79.60). He tied for third-best in xGA at 0.17, on ice for an 8-2 scoring chance advantage. Again, considering that it's the Russian's first NHL action, this is pretty great to be seeing already.

https://twitter.com/noahstrang_/status/1911990315294310871
<h1><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>As a team</strong></em></span></h1>
<strong class="text-lg font-bold">CF% – 69.67% HDCF% – 82.76% xGF% – 81.89%</strong>

The scoreline definitely doesn't reflect the overwhelming dominance the Canucks displayed last night. It was thanks to some poor finishing and Georgiev playing out of his mind that this game went to overtime, but the final result was the one that this team deserved. It's been a frustrating season, so to see the Canucks put together some solid performances to close out the year is a welcome sight. The hope is that it will translate into the 2025-26 campaign.

Vancouver will host the Vegas Golden Knights for their final game of the season tomorrow night.

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