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Vancouver Canucks vs San Jose Sharks — Thursday, February 6, 2025 Game Analysis

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Vancouver Canucks at San Jose Sharks at SAP Center at San Jose. Final/OT.

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No goals

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  • PPDakota Joshua (3)3rd 8:04 · Tip-InAssists: Pius Suter (11), Tyler Myers (15)
  • Drew O'Connor (8)OT 0:33 · Wrist ShotAssists: none

Vancouver Canucks vs San Jose Sharks Game Summary — Thursday, February 6, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Vancouver Canucks won 2–1 at SAP Center at San Jose.

A brief summary of the verified result. Source: ESPN game record. Detailed reporting is shown when available.

Vancouver Canucks vs San Jose Sharks Game Analysis — Thursday, February 6, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Vancouver Canucks won despite being outshot 34–24. San Jose Sharks generated more shots on target, but the volume advantage did not translate into a better result. Vancouver Canucks scored on 8.3% of its shots, compared with 2.9% for San Jose Sharks. Those are team scoring rates, not goalie save percentages; empty-net goals can affect them. The totals establish a difference in conversion, but cannot separate finishing, chance quality and goaltending.

Vancouver Canucks converted 1 of 4 power plays (25.0%); San Jose Sharks converted 0 of 2 power plays (0.0%). The 1-goal net power-play edge matched the 1-goal final margin. This identifies special teams as a meaningful scoring difference, without proving how the game would have unfolded with different penalties.

San Jose Sharks won 57.1% of faceoffs. That is a clear edge in restarts, but faceoff percentage should not be treated as a possession percentage: the totals do not show where the draws occurred or what happened immediately afterwards.

Hockey in 60’s interpretation of verified game statistics, highlighting meaningful differences and what they suggest about the result. Comparisons describe this game, not season averages. Source: ESPN game statistics.

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Vancouver Canucks vs San Jose Sharks Game Statistics — Thursday, February 6, 2025

Reported team totals. — means unavailable.
StatisticVancouver CanucksSan Jose Sharks
Shots on goal2434
Power-play goals10
Power-play opportunities42
Power-play conversion (%)25.00.0
Faceoffs won (%)42.957.1
Hits1826
Blocked shots1124
Takeaways42
Giveaways1414
Penalty minutes48

Source: ESPN game statistics.

Scoring and goaltending

Vancouver Canucks won 2–1 at SAP Center at San Jose.

Who scored

  • Dakota Joshua Goal (3) Tip-In, assists: Pius Suter (11), Tyler Myers (15)
  • Tyler Toffoli Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: William Eklund (29)
  • Drew O'Connor Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: none

Goalies

  • Thatcher Demko stopped 33 of 34 for Vancouver Canucks.
  • Vitek Vanecek stopped 22 of 24 for San Jose Sharks.

Drew O'Connor Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: none That made the score 2–1 in the OT, and Vancouver Canucks stayed ahead.

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