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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vancouver Canucks — Saturday, February 8, 2025 Game Analysis

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Toronto Maple Leafs at Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena. Final.

Game Analysis
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Rogers Arena

  • CanadaCBC, Sportsnet

VAN

  • Filip Hronek (3)1st 7:00 · Snap ShotAssists: Elias Pettersson (23), Derek Forbort (5)
  • PPBrock Boeser (18)3rd 8:56 · Wrist ShotAssists: Filip Chytil (11), Filip Hronek (15)

TOR

  • Morgan Rielly (6)2nd 19:54 · Wrist ShotAssists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (19), Auston Matthews (25)

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vancouver Canucks Game Summary — Saturday, February 8, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Vancouver Canucks won 2–1 at Rogers Arena.

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

Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vancouver Canucks Game Analysis — Saturday, February 8, 2025

By Hockey in 60

Vancouver Canucks won despite being outshot 28–25. Toronto Maple Leafs generated more shots on target, but the volume advantage did not translate into a better result. Vancouver Canucks scored on 8.0% of its shots, compared with 3.6% for Toronto Maple Leafs. 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.

Toronto Maple Leafs converted 0 of 2 power plays (0.0%); Vancouver Canucks converted 1 of 2 power plays (50.0%). 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.

Toronto Maple Leafs won 61.4% 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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Toronto Maple Leafs vs Vancouver Canucks Game Statistics — Saturday, February 8, 2025

Reported team totals. — means unavailable.
StatisticToronto Maple LeafsVancouver Canucks
Shots on goal2825
Power-play goals01
Power-play opportunities22
Power-play conversion (%)0.050.0
Faceoffs won (%)61.438.6
Hits1922
Blocked shots1115
Takeaways36
Giveaways1113
Penalty minutes44

Source: ESPN game statistics.

Scoring and goaltending

Vancouver Canucks won 2–1 at Rogers Arena.

Who scored

Goalies

  • Joseph Woll stopped 23 of 25 for Toronto Maple Leafs.
  • Kevin Lankinen stopped 21 of 22 for Vancouver Canucks.
  • Thatcher Demko stopped 6 of 6 for Vancouver Canucks.

Brock Boeser Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Filip Chytil (11), Filip Hronek (15) That made the score 1–2 in the 3rd, and Vancouver Canucks stayed ahead.

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