Boston Bruins vs Vancouver Canucks — January 3, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Vancouver Canucks pushed the Boston Bruins to the limit before falling 3-2 in overtime on January 3, 2026. Keep an eye on DeBrusk — 2.94 individual xG on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The underlying numbers told a different story — VAN actually held the xG edge (8.22 to 4.60) at 5-on-5, but it didn't matter on the scoreboard. Fraser Minten had a 2-goal game.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Boston Bruins vs Vancouver Canucks progressed on Jan 3, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

BOS3 - 2VAN (OT)

Jan 3, 2026 · Regular Season

Strength:

Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
VAN	P1	9	18	33.3	9	15	37.5	6	6	50.0	6	12	33.3	1	7	12.5	2.07	5.31	28.0	0	1	0.0
	P2	31	14	68.9	23	10	69.7	16	8	66.7	22	9	71.0	10	1	90.9	6.73	1.82	78.7	2	1	66.7
	P3	28	15	65.1	19	11	63.3	11	6	64.7	19	9	67.9	5	1	83.3	3.95	1.12	77.9	0	0	—
	OT	2	6	25.0	1	4	20.0	1	2	33.3	2	6	25.0	0	2	0.0	0.24	1.46	14.4	0	1	0.0
	Total	70	53	56.9	52	40	56.5	34	22	60.7	49	36	57.6	16	11	59.3	12.99	9.71	57.2	2	3	40.0
BOS	P1	18	9	66.7	15	9	62.5	6	6	50.0	12	6	66.7	7	1	87.5	5.31	2.07	72.0	1	0	100.0
	P2	14	31	31.1	10	23	30.3	8	16	33.3	9	22	29.0	1	10	9.1	1.82	6.73	21.3	1	2	33.3
	P3	15	28	34.9	11	19	36.7	6	11	35.3	9	19	32.1	1	5	16.7	1.12	3.95	22.1	0	0	—
	OT	6	2	75.0	4	1	80.0	2	1	66.7	6	2	75.0	2	0	100.0	1.46	0.24	85.6	1	0	100.0
	Total	53	70	43.1	40	52	43.5	22	34	39.3	36	49	42.4	11	16	40.7	9.71	12.99	42.8	3	2	60.0

Win Probability

VAN Favored

BOS Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

VAN

BOS

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

BOS Attempts

VAN Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

BOS ShootVAN Shoot

Shot on Net

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Takeaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (VAN) performed against every skater on the away team (BOS) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = VAN players, Columns = BOS players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the VAN player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

VAN ↓ / BOS →	Zacha	Mittelstadt	Lindholm	Minten	Geekie	Khusnutdinov	Kastelic	Kuraly	Steeves	Eyssimont	Arvidsson	Pastrnak	McAvoy	Zadorov	Lindholm	Peeke	Aspirot	Lohrei
Pettersson	36	36	60	70	50	100	50	50	50	50	36	88	64	60	44	71	71	63
Kampf	54	70	33	22	31	20	100	100	43	—	70	35	33	80	17	79	20	60
Karlsson	75	86	83	100	50	92	100	100	100	100	83	91	94	100	88	100	91	100
Sasson	25	14	27	50	33	67	0	0	38	0	33	25	50	33	20	25	27	0
Räty	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sherwood	80	89	75	36	44	73	71	92	60	—	89	45	77	93	64	86	25	62
DeBrusk	60	85	74	81	20	95	71	92	67	100	83	71	83	95	78	100	60	100
Kane	33	0	38	80	38	100	83	75	46	0	20	50	67	47	33	50	50	50
O'Connor	67	33	40	27	29	50	100	100	17	—	33	50	67	100	33	70	67	38
Ohgren	100	100	25	40	29	0	50	50	25	50	100	25	43	50	43	60	50	60
Hoglander	100	100	33	20	33	0	29	29	33	29	100	20	29	36	40	60	50	50
Boeser	20	9	46	46	26	91	50	82	29	0	20	38	65	57	41	67	25	0
Hronek	56	64	33	60	33	79	64	64	50	20	75	52	58	64	53	71	63	75
Myers	27	33	8	55	7	57	86	86	13	67	38	50	31	47	30	56	44	58
Pettersson	67	83	40	33	27	50	100	100	38	100	80	31	64	83	37	25	37	29
Willander	67	63	61	42	33	80	83	92	35	100	57	20	76	89	52	89	31	25
Buium	77	75	80	91	80	82	64	56	100	33	90	69	75	76	67	91	73	88
Pettersson	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—