The Vancouver Canucks<\/a> were beaten at home by a 7-4 scoreline against the Utah Mammoth<\/a> last night. Through 40 minutes, it at least looked like a contest, where this Canucks team actually was going back and forth with their opposition. Unfortunately for Vancouver, when Utah stepped it up in the third and added to their lead, there simply was no answer to get themselves back on level terms. But again, that isn\u2019t exactly a novel revelation.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the loss, by the numbers.<\/p>\n Game Flow For a 7-4 game, the heat map is pretty lame all things considered. The 5v5 scoring chances were pretty tame, standing at a 12-11 lead for the Canucks with a 6-4 high-danger chance advantage for the Mammoth. If you squint, you can probably see the difference, but other than that, the heat map is pretty unremarkable. It was interesting to see that Utah was trying a lot of shots from the blue line at even strength relative to chances from any other side, but otherwise, there isn\u2019t a whole lot to remark about how these attempts were distributed.<\/p>\n Individual Advanced Stats<\/p>\n Corsi Champ:\u00a0Jake DeBrusk has been on a bit of a heater as of late, scoring four times in five games and a point per game in that span. Last night against Utah, the winger led the Canucks with a 66.67 CF%, on ice for a 5-0 shot advantage and managing to take the flow of the game to Nick Schmaltz\u2019s line \u2013 not the easiest of opposition, that\u2019s for sure. It\u2019s been a rough year for DeBrusk offensively, just like the rest of the team, so a good little burst of play at the end of the season surely can\u2019t hurt, especially heading into next year.<\/p>\n Corsi Chump:\u00a0In a bit of a turn from the last couple of games, Drew O\u2019Connor brought up the rear in the Corsi department, recording a team-low 33.33 CF% last night. This came with the winger being on ice for 2 5v5 goals against, tallying up a team-worst 24.38 xGF% on top of that as well. It wasn\u2019t the greatest night for O\u2019Connor, but is defintiely an anomaly with the recent stretch of good underlying numbers he\u2019s put up.<\/p>\n xGF:\u00a0DeBrusk also led the Canucks in xGF% as well, thanks to a team-best 0.08 xGA. It wasn\u2019t as if his 84.58 xGF% was just because of good defensive numbers though, as DeBrusk was on ice for a 2-1 advantage in high-danger chances and an overall 3-2 lead in scoring chances. Considering how low-event the contest was, that\u2019s not an insignificant chunk of scoring opportunities at 5v5 play. Leading Vancouver in raw xGF was Pierre-Olivier Joseph, of all players, who posted a 0.82 xGF and took full advantage of the lesser opposition he was deployed against.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775476251_111_image.png\"\/)
The first period was actually a good start for the Canucks<\/a> despite the score. Holding a solid 56.67 CF% and 58.44 xGF% share at 5v5 play, they had most of the flow of that opening frame in their favour. Unfortunately, they couldn\u2019t capitalize on that early ebb, but the Canucks still played good hockey through the second to keep things neck and neck. The middle period finished pretty much 50\/50 in all the share metrics between the two teams, but in this low-event affair, the Canucks managed to actually post a 3-2 high-danger chance edge in the frame. Unfortunately, in the third, after Vancouver struck to make it a 1 goal contest, they simply just ran out of gas. Utah saw a hefty 70.00 CF% and 75.20 xGF% share in the third at even strength, making a comeback pretty unlikely given just how little Vancouver saw of the puck.Heat Map![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775476251_165_image.png\"\/)
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