Final
EDM at VAN game report
Oilers
2–1
Canucks
Thursday, September 24, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. PT · Rogers Arena
Oilers beat the Canucks 2–1 despite being out-chanced 3.0–1.8 in expected goals and 14–5 in high-danger chances. Tristan Jarry saved 2.0 goals more than expected.
Team comparison
VANEDM
- 1Goals2
- 2.97Expected goals1.81
- 2.055-on-5 expected goals1.50
- 14High-danger chances5
- 26Shots on goal21
- 57Shot attempts37
- 445-on-5 shot attempts31
- 7:26Power-play time4:11
5-on-5 shares for VAN: 58.7% of shot attempts, 57.8% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
CanucksOilersCircles 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.
Shot map
Oilers shooting ←→ Canucks shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| VAN at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 45:15 | 44–31 | 2.05–1.50 | 0–2 |
| Power play | 7:26 | 9–3 | 0.84–0.14 | 1–0 |
| Shorthanded | 4:11 | 0–2 | 0.00–0.10 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 3:08 | 4–1 | 0.08–0.07 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as VAN–EDM. “Power play” means VAN had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Jarry EDM | 25/26 | .962 | 2.97 | +1.97 |
| Nikita Tolopilo VAN | 12/14 | .857 | 1.27 | -0.73 |
| Chris Driedger VAN | 7/7 | 1.000 | 0.54 | +0.54 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Karlsson VAN | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0.87 |
| Jake DeBrusk VAN | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0.57 |
| Quinn Hutson EDM | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0.55 |
| Isaac Howard EDM | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0.38 |
| Brock Boeser VAN | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.38 |
| Paul Cotter VAN | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.33 |
| Viljami Marjala EDM | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.32 |
| Drew O'Connor VAN | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.18 |
| Liam Ohgren VAN | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.17 |
| Marco Rossi VAN | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0.17 |
Three stars
- ★I. HowardEDM · 1G 1A
- ★★L. KarlssonVAN · 1G 0A
- ★★★T. JarryEDM · .962 SV%
Scoring
Period 1
- 03:58EDM I. Howard (from T. Cibulka)1–0
Period 2
- 04:28EDM Q. Hutson (from V. Marjala, I. Howard)2–0
- 06:01VAN L. Karlsson pp (from Z. Buium, J. Lekkerimäki)2–1