VAN
VAN
Vancouver Canucks
16-26-5 · L6 · L10: 1-7-2
L
L
L
L
L
OT
SO
L
W
L
Final
1—4
2026-01-15 · Nationwide Arena
CBJ
CBJ
Columbus Blue Jackets
21-19-7 · W3 · L10: 5-4-1
W
W
L
L
L
OT
W
L
W
W
CBJ dominated expected goals 3.7 to 3.0 · CBJ controlled 57.4% of 5v5 shot attempts

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RD
VAN xG
3.03
ACTUAL
1 — 4
CBJ xG
3.71

Scoring Timeline

0.11
HIGH xG
CBJ1P 17:25Power Play
Charlie Coyle
10
Charlie Coyle(10)
C · CBJ · #10
Kirill Marchenko (23), Adam Fantilli (18)
VAN 0 - 1 CBJ
0.11
HIGH xG
CBJ2P 05:49Even Strength
Kirill Marchenko
86
Kirill Marchenko(17)
R · CBJ · #86
VAN 0 - 2 CBJ
0.07
MED xG
CBJ2P 10:14Power Play
Zach Werenski
8
Zach Werenski(18)
D · CBJ · #8
Kent Johnson (9)
VAN 0 - 3 CBJ
0.17
HIGH xG
VAN2P 14:09Power Play
Brock Boeser
6
Brock Boeser(10)
R · VAN · #6
Elias Pettersson (16), Zeev Buium (15)
VAN 1 - 3 CBJ
0.14
HIGH xG
CBJ3P 10:13Even Strength
Kent Johnson
91
Kent Johnson(5)
C · CBJ · #91
Boone Jenner (16), Damon Severson (15)
VAN 1 - 4 CBJ

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Elvis Merzlikins
90
Elvis Merzlikins
G · CBJ · #90
30/31 saves, .967 SV%, +2.7 GSAx
★2
Kevin Lankinen
32
Kevin Lankinen
G · VAN · #32
32/36 saves, .888 SV%, -0.5 GSAx
★3
Kirill Marchenko
86
Kirill Marchenko
R · CBJ · #86
1G, 1A, 3 SOG

Team Stats

VANCBJ
31Shots36
3.03xGF3.71
42.6CF%57.4
52.9FO%47.1
1/2PP2/2
11Hits19
18Blocks15
18Giveaways10
6Takeaways6
4PIM4

Period Breakdown

PeriodVAN SOGCBJ SOGVAN xGCBJ xG
1st11141.062.25
2nd11110.970.77
3rd871.000.69
Total30323.033.71

Penalties

4 TOTAL
1P 15:49
VAN
Max Sassontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Charlie Coyle
2P 08:42
VAN
Marcus Petterssontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Kent Johnson
2P 12:51
CBJ
Kirill Marchenkohooking (2 min)
Drawn by Conor Garland
3P 05:40
CBJ
Charlie Coyletripping (2 min)
Drawn by Filip Hronek