Final
SEA at VAN game report
Kraken
3–4
Canucks
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 4:00 p.m. PT · Rogers Arena
Canucks beat the Kraken 4–3 and earned it, out-chancing them 3.5–2.1 in expected goals and 14–10 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
VANSEA
- 4Goals3
- 3.47Expected goals2.08
- 2.305-on-5 expected goals1.96
- 14High-danger chances10
- 30Shots on goal28
- 59Shot attempts42
- 465-on-5 shot attempts37
- 6:18Power-play time2:40
5-on-5 shares for VAN: 55.4% of shot attempts, 54.0% of expected goals.
Expected goals leave out shots at an empty net (VAN 0.61, SEA 0.00); they're in the “Other” row of By strength.
Expected goals through the game
CanucksKrakenCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish. Shots at an empty net add no step.
Shot map
Kraken shooting ←→ Canucks shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| VAN at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 50:02 | 46–37 | 2.30–1.96 | 2–2 |
| Power play | 6:18 | 11–1 | 1.17–0.04 | 2–1 |
| Shorthanded | 2:40 | 0–3 | 0.00–0.08 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 1:00 | 2–1 | 0.61–0.00 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as VAN–SEA. “Power play” means VAN had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Daccord SEA | 26/30 | .867 | 3.47 | -0.53 |
| Kevin Lankinen VAN | 25/28 | .893 | 2.08 | -0.92 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew O'Connor VAN | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.93 |
| Elias Pettersson VAN | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.53 |
| Zeev Buium VAN | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0.47 |
| Shane Wright SEA | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0.45 |
| Brock Boeser VAN | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.41 |
| Brendan Gallagher VAN | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.39 |
| Linus Karlsson VAN | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0.31 |
| Max Sasson VAN | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Matty Beniers SEA | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.30 |
| Jake DeBrusk VAN | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.30 |
Three stars
- ★B. BoeserVAN · 1G 1A
- ★★B. MontourSEA · 1G 1A
- ★★★J. DeBruskVAN · 1G 2A
Scoring
Period 1
- 02:13SEA B. Montour pp (from M. Beniers, K. Kakko)1–0
- 07:51SEA B. McMann (from C. Fleury, B. Montour)2–0
- 11:15VAN B. Boeser pp (from J. DeBrusk, F. Hronek)2–1
Period 2
- 02:31VAN E. Pettersson (from J. Lekkerimäki, J. DeBrusk)2–2
Period 3
- 01:29SEA B. Catton (from R. Winterton, S. Wright)3–2
- 11:05VAN Z. Buium pp (from L. Karlsson, T. Willander)3–3
- 18:22VAN J. DeBrusk (from B. Boeser, E. Pettersson)3–4