Darnell Nurse put three shots on goal against Buffalo while Jacob Trouba finished with one. San Jose lost 2–0, but its two defensemen landed on opposite sides of a two-shot requirement. That is the starting point for these Canucks parlay picks: a Sharks loss can still leave room for one opponent to keep shooting while another stays below his total.
This Side & Support Parlay Plays edition considers a hypothetical Canucks win at San Jose, with three supporting options drawn from Sharks players. Vancouver arrives 3–10–1 after a 6–5 win at Anaheim; San Jose is 6–6–1. DraftKings lists Vancouver at +145 in the matchup snapshot; the individual player prices below were checked separately this afternoon and can change.
Different player outcomes within the same Sharks-loss premise
Nurse over 1.5 shots on goal and Trouba under 1.5 shots are different volume propositions, even though both players are defensemen. Collin Graf under 0.5 assists supplies a third route, with a larger San Jose history and a shorter individual price. All three records below are conditioned on San Jose losing, the opponent result that accompanies a Vancouver win.
The research window starts September 1, 2025, and runs through October 27, 2026. Each record includes only actual appearances for the player’s current club, with positive ice time, the required statistic and a final team result. Nurse and Trouba have only their current-season Sharks appearances in that scope; Graf’s record also includes the prior season. The all-games comparison uses the same dates and participation rules as each conditional record. These are options to compare individually, not a prescribed three-leg combination or a sportsbook quote for one.
| Player & prop | Odds | With this result | All games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darnell Nurse Over 1.5 shots on goal |
−130 | 85.7% 6 of 7 San Jose losses |
58.3% 7 of 12 San Jose appearances |
| Jacob Trouba Under 1.5 shots on goal |
+100 | 85.7% 6 of 7 San Jose losses |
76.9% 10 of 13 San Jose appearances |
| Collin Graf Under 0.5 assists |
−320 | 91.8% 45 of 49 San Jose losses |
76.6% 72 of 94 San Jose appearances |
Darnell Nurse: Over 1.5 shots on goal at −130
Nurse reached two shots in six of seven San Jose losses (85.7%), compared with seven of 12 Sharks appearances overall (58.3%). His entire San Jose record in this window is current-season data. The distinction is pronounced, but the losing-game sample is only seven games; his previous club’s appearances are not being used to make it look larger.
The latest game supplies a concrete example. Nurse had three shots in 23:54 in the loss to Buffalo. He also recorded three in the loss at Toronto, five against Detroit and five against Edmonton. The current lineup lists him on San Jose’s second defense pair, and his actual minutes show a substantive role rather than a brief appearance producing an incidental result.
The losing-game exception came in the October 24 visit to Boston, when he had one shot in 20:04. His winning-game record is also materially different: four of his five winning appearances for San Jose produced zero shots, with the other bringing two against St. Louis. Those games belong in the all-appearances baseline. A bet built around Vancouver winning should not erase the fact that Nurse has reached this mark in only seven of twelve games overall.
The actual 3+ shots milestone is +225, versus −130 for the two-shot requirement. Nurse reached three shots in five of seven San Jose losses (71.4%) and five of 12 appearances overall (41.7%). Moving up the ladder therefore changes the historical case substantially. The two-shot offer is the better fit for the record described here, while the one-shot Boston loss shows that it still has a straightforward way to fail.
Jacob Trouba: Under 1.5 shots on goal at +100
Trouba finished with zero or one shot in six of seven San Jose losses (85.7%) and 10 of 13 Sharks appearances overall (76.9%). Like Nurse, his relevant current-club sample is entirely from this season. The individual +100 price makes this the least expensive of the three options, but it comes with the same seven-game losing sample that makes the two defensemen’s records preliminary.
Trouba had one shot in 24:39 against Buffalo. He also stayed at one or fewer in each of his preceding five games, despite substantial ice time. His listed assignment is on the Sharks’ first defense pair, so this is a bet on his shot output staying below two, rather than on him having a limited role or sitting out.
The key counterexample is the October 13 home loss to Boston: Trouba scored a goal and finished with three shots in 21:14. He also had four shots in the October 8 win at St. Louis. The under does not require him to avoid goals or assists, but either of those shooting performances would defeat it.
A different negative option, under 0.5 assists at −240, also hit in six of seven San Jose losses (85.7%), against eight of 13 appearances overall (61.5%). The matching losing-game counts do not make those bets interchangeable. In the latest visit to Boston, Trouba had two assists and no shots: the shot under succeeded while the assist under failed. If your Vancouver-win scenario allows a Sharks defenseman to help create a goal without shooting much himself, the +100 shot under expresses that distinction at a very different price.
Collin Graf: Under 0.5 assists at −320
Graf had no assist in 45 of 49 San Jose losses (91.8%), compared with 72 of 94 Sharks appearances overall (76.6%). That is the largest conditional sample of these three options. His current-season record is also supportive: seven of seven losses and 12 of 13 appearances overall without an assist.
He had no assist in the loss to Buffalo while playing 15:55. His only assist this season came in the 6–2 win at Ottawa on October 22, when he also scored and played 19:32. That productive night matters when assessing his current opportunity. Graf is listed as a first-line right wing, and the larger historical record should not be mistaken for a guarantee that he will remain uninvolved in San Jose’s offense.
The losing-game misses are real, too. Graf assisted on a goal in the March 6 loss to St. Louis in 14:09 and in the April 4 loss to Nashville in 17:03. San Jose can lose while he supplies a helper. The −320 price asks the reader to accept a relatively small extra return for the larger record of assist-free losses.
The alternative under 0.5 points is −150. It hit in 36 of 49 San Jose losses (73.5%) and 55 of 94 appearances overall (58.5%), a considerably less consistent historical outcome. A Graf goal defeats that points under but leaves the assist under intact. His goal without an assist in the October 8 win at St. Louis demonstrates the difference. Paying the shorter assist-under price means choosing the narrower restriction; the less expensive points under should not inherit its favorable record.
Choosing support for a Canucks win
Nurse’s two-shot offer costs −130 and asks for continued shot volume even if San Jose loses. Trouba’s +100 under asks for the opposite shooting outcome from a different defenseman. Both come from small, current-season Sharks samples, and both had a losing-game miss against Boston. Graf’s −320 assist under brings a larger record, but the price gives less extra return and his listed first-line role leaves room for a productive night.
The Buffalo game satisfied all three outcomes, but that is one example rather than a combined success rate. These props share the same game and opponent-result premise; their separate records should not be multiplied together. Choose the player requirement and price that best fit your view of Vancouver’s path to a win, rather than automatically adding all three because they qualified individually.
Check the live Canucks–Sharks matchup for updated game information, and read the latest NHL articles for more analysis. The quoted player prices are individual DraftKings offers; available same-game combinations and their prices can differ.
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