Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Minnesota WildMar 26, 2022

Final / OTSaturday, Mar 26, 2022· Xcel Energy Center

away

Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

2

@

home

Minnesota WildMIN

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
CBJ	0	2	0	0	2		CBJ	8	13	3	1	25
MIN	1	0	1	1	3		MIN	14	9	13	2	38

: CBJ 46MIN 61
: CBJ 1.53MIN 4.50
PP goals: CBJ 0MIN 1
Hits: CBJ 22MIN 28
Blocks: CBJ 8MIN 10
PIM: CBJ 10MIN 10
: CBJ 46%MIN 54%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Minnesota Wild edge Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat Columbus Blue Jackets 3–2 in overtime at home. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 2:19 together.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:40.Kaprizov
Points
Kevin Fiala had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:32.Fiala
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 2:19 together.Spurgeon Zuccarello Hartman Eriksson Ek Kaprizov
Usage
Zach Werenski (CBJ) played 6:22, −19:35 down on his 25:57 season average over 67 games.Werenski
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +5 against a season average of 32.5; the overtime loss.Merzlikins
Usage
Dean Kukan (CBJ) played 21:31, +5:21 up on his 16:10 season average over 40 games.Kukan
Usage
Jake Bean (CBJ) played 24:39, +4:09 up on his 20:30 season average over 66 games.Bean
Usage
Vladislav Gavrikov (CBJ) played 26:14, +4:00 up on his 22:14 season average over 79 games.Gavrikov

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · MIN 61 · CBJ 46

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN pressure
CBJ pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 16% of the game, MIN 56%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MIN

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	MIN
	46	48
	1.33	3.15
	1.30	2.61
	6	17
	5	7
	13	12
	−0.005	+0.005
	16%	56%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Voracek – Roslovic – Laine
11:1034% CF
L2Kuraly – Danforth – Robinson
8:3750% CF
L3Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Sillinger
8:3064% CF
L4Gaunce – Bemstrom – Chinakhov
8:2263% CF
D1Gavrikov – Bean
7:3555% CF
D2Carlsson – Kukan
6:0650% CF
D3Werenski – Peeke
3:4270% CF

PP1Voracek – Nyquist – Bjorkstrand – Laine – Bean
1:32
PP2Roslovic – Bean – Bemstrom – Chinakhov – Sillinger
1:05
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
1:44
PK2FNyquist – Sillinger
0:43
PK1DPeeke – Bean
1:35
PK2DCarlsson – Kukan
0:38

Current CBJ line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
10:4142% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
10:1145% CF
L3Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
9:0269% CF
L4Deslauriers – Jost – Duhaime
7:2144% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
18:2746% CF
D2Goligoski – Kulikov
12:3252% CF
D3Spurgeon – Middleton
11:4455% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
2:19100% CF
PP2Brodin – Dumba – Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
0:4550% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Fiala
1:31
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:22
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
1:43
PK2DGoligoski – Kulikov
0:52

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:34
MINKirill KaprizovPP (Mats Zuccarello, Joel Eriksson Ek)snap0.36 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Kuraly, Peeke, BeanMIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov
CBJ 0 – 1 MIN

2nd period

8:16
CBJJake Bean (Jack Roslovic, Dean Kukan)deflected0.17 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Roslovic, Kukan, Laine, BeanMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
CBJ 1 – 1 MIN
18:55
CBJJakub Voracek (Vladislav Gavrikov, Patrik Laine)snap0.07 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Gavrikov, Laine, PeekeMIN: Brodin, Dumba, Gaudreau, Fiala
CBJ 2 – 1 MIN

3rd period

18:57
MINKirill Kaprizov (Jonas Brodin, Kevin Fiala)wrist0.03 xG
CBJ: Nyquist, Kuraly, Bjorkstrand, Gavrikov, PeekeMIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Brodin, Fiala, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov
CBJ 2 – 2 MIN

OT period

1:24
MINJared Spurgeon (Kevin Fiala, Frederick Gaudreau)backhand0.13 xG
CBJ: Voracek, Bjorkstrand, KukanMIN: Spurgeon, Gaudreau, Fiala
CBJ 2 – 3 MIN

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrik Laine L	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.23	0	0	0	20:05	—	—	41	20
Jakub Voracek R	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	18:57	—	—	37	19
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	17:16	—	—	35	17
Sean Kuraly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	15:51	—	—	50	37
Eric Robinson L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	12:38	—	—	54	38
Justin Danforth R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	2	1	0	11:38	—	—	54	47
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	2	16:07	—	—	61	44
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	2	14:40	—	—	72	76
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	65	72
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	50	41
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	0	0	11:18	—	—	46	41
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	9:28	—	—	63	52
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	2	1	2	26:14	—	—	39	19
Jake Bean D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.30	1	0	0	24:39	—	—	50	26
Dean Kukan D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	21:31	—	—	58	52
Gabriel Carlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	2	14:32	—	—	26	4
Andrew Peeke D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	25:35	—	—	48	40
Zach Werenski D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	0	0	6:22	—	—	81	93

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	O	38	35	3	.921	4.50	61:24

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.29	1	0	0	19:53	—	—	44	48
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.65	5	0	2	15:17	—	—	44	50
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:13	—	—	41	42
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.52	2	1	2	17:40	—	—	50	69
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.74	0	0	2	15:37	—	—	44	65
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.28	0	0	2	15:25	—	—	46	63
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	2	2	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	69	94
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.42	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	63	89
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	13:40	—	—	67	90
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	12:52	—	—	67	98
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	7	1	0	8:58	—	—	55	97
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:56	—	—	44	92
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.03	0	0	0	26:43	—	—	45	56
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	3	2	0	23:15	—	—	46	59
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	16:21	—	—	56	74
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	1	0	16:05	—	—	52	74
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.28	0	1	0	22:03	—	—	58	80
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	2	0	14:55	—	—	52	75

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.53	60:03

More

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.