Final
VAN at SEA game report
Canucks
2–4
Kraken
Saturday, September 19, 2026 · 6:00 p.m. PT · Climate Pledge Arena
Kraken beat the Canucks 4–2 in an even game: expected goals were 2.4–2.3 and 8–7 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
SEAVAN
- 4Goals2
- 2.27Expected goals2.41
- 1.785-on-5 expected goals0.89
- 8High-danger chances7
- 30Shots on goal20
- 63Shot attempts41
- 525-on-5 shot attempts28
- 4:38Power-play time5:29
5-on-5 shares for SEA: 65.0% of shot attempts, 66.6% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
KrakenCanucksCircles 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
Canucks shooting ←→ Kraken shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| SEA at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 46:21 | 52–28 | 1.78–0.89 | 2–1 |
| Power play | 4:38 | 7–9 | 0.40–1.28 | 2–0 |
| Shorthanded | 5:29 | 1–0 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 3:32 | 3–4 | 0.09–0.23 | 0–1 |
Read pairs as SEA–VAN. “Power play” means SEA had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Daccord SEA | 14/14 | 1.000 | 1.86 | +1.86 |
| Nikita Tolopilo VAN | 26/30 | .867 | 2.27 | -1.73 |
| Nikke Kokko SEA | 4/6 | .667 | 0.55 | -1.45 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Stienburg VAN | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1.03 |
| Logan Morrison SEA | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.41 |
| Jani Nyman SEA | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0.31 |
| Jagger Firkus SEA | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0.28 |
| Braeden Cootes VAN | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.28 |
| Eduard Sale SEA | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.24 |
| Jake O'Brien SEA | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.22 |
| Ty Nelson SEA | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.16 |
| Ben Meyers SEA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Arshdeep Bains VAN | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.14 |
Three stars
- ★L. MorrisonSEA · 1G 0A
- ★★J. MelansonSEA · 0G 2A
- ★★★J. O'BrienSEA · 1G 1A
Scoring
Period 1
- 08:29SEA J. Nyman pp (from J. O'Brien, C. Fleury)0–1
- 19:55SEA T. Nelson (from J. Melanson, R. Lindgren)0–2
Period 3
- 00:42SEA L. Morrison pp (from F. Gaudreau, O. Fisker Molgaard)0–3
- 11:09VAN B. Cootes (from A. Bains, J. Lekkerimäki)1–3
- 15:51VAN A. Bains pp (from B. Cootes, J. Lekkerimäki)2–3
- 17:25SEA J. O'Brien (from J. Melanson)2–4