St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildMar 25, 2021

FinalThursday, Mar 25, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	0	0		STL	10	14	13	37
MIN	0	2	0	2		MIN	2	6	3	11

: STL 68MIN 30
: STL 2.85MIN 0.81
PP goals: STL 0MIN 0
Hits: STL 8MIN 12
Blocks: STL 8MIN 16
PIM: STL 16MIN 16
: STL 57%MIN 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 2–0

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 2–0 at home. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. STL scored 0 goals on 2.85 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
STL scored 0 goals on 2.85 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 37 shots and stopped 37 (.1000), +6 against a season average of 30.5; the win.Talbot
New line
New look for STL: Clifford–Joshua–Blais skated 5:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Clifford Joshua Blais
Usage
Marcus Johansson (MIN) played 19:57, +4:07 up on his 15:50 season average over 35 games.Johansson
Usage
Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) played 14:38, −3:44 down on his 18:22 season average over 54 games.Kaprizov
Usage
Jaden Schwartz (STL) played 22:52, +5:18 up on his 17:34 season average over 39 games.Schwartz
Usage
Sammy Blais (STL) played 6:54, −5:19 down on his 12:13 season average over 35 games.Blais
Usage
Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) played 21:35, +4:21 up on his 17:14 season average over 23 games.Tarasenko

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

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

MIN
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · MIN 30 · STL 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 64% of the game, MIN 7%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

STL

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	STL	MIN
	58	25
	2.27	0.54
	2.19	0.53
	11	2
	1	2
	17	12
	+0.064	−0.064
	64%	7%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
11:5683% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Kyrou
10:2580% CF
L3Hoffman – Sanford – Thomas
7:1480% CF
L4Clifford – Joshua – Blais
5:1850% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
16:1381% CF
D2Scandella – Dunn
12:1565% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Walman
7:4475% CF

PP1Perron – Hoffman – O'Reilly – Dunn – Kyrou
2:51100% CF
PP2Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Krug – Thomas
2:39100% CF
PK1FSchenn – Schwartz
1:41
PK2FO'Reilly – Sanford
1:22
PK1DScandella – Faulk
2:02
PK2DBortuzzo – Krug
1:41

Current STL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Johansson – Hartman – Fiala
9:5254% CF
L2Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
8:1036% CF
L3Cramarossa – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
7:1413% CF
L4Bonino – Bjugstad – Sturm
6:0825% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
15:3633% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
14:1125% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
12:3636% CF

PP1Bonino – Zuccarello – Brodin – Fiala – Kaprizov
3:54100% CF
PP2Suter – Spurgeon – Johansson – Rask – Hartman
1:46
PK1FGreenway – Eriksson Ek
2:07
PK2FJohansson – Hartman
1:54
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
3:01
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:31

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:46
MINMarcus Johansson (Kevin Fiala, Jonas Brodin)wrist0.02 xG
STL: Clifford, Walman, Joshua, Blais, DunnMIN: Cole, Johansson, Soucy, Hartman, Fiala
STL 0 – 1 MIN
15:21
MINKirill Kaprizov (Mats Zuccarello)wrist0.04 xG
STL: Hoffman, Krug, Sanford, Dunn, ThomasMIN: Zuccarello, Rask, Brodin, Dumba, Kaprizov
STL 0 – 2 MIN

Box score

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

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	22:52	—	—	79	96
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	0.12	0	0	5	22:32	—	—	65	82
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	7	0.47	1	0	0	21:35	—	—	75	87
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	22:55	—	—	75	80
David Perron L	L2	0	9	0.68	0	1	0	20:06	—	—	77	80
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	81	88
Robert Thomas C	L3	-1	0	0.22	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	63	84
Mike Hoffman C	L3	-1	4	0.36	0	0	0	12:23	—	—	67	70
Zachary Sanford L	L3	-1	1	0.11	2	1	5	12:00	—	—	60	72
Kyle Clifford L	L4	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:20	—	—	50	55
Sammy Blais L	L4	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:54	—	—	44	52
Dakota Joshua C	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	6:36	—	—	50	50
Torey Krug D	D1	-1	0	0.03	0	1	0	25:27	—	—	72	84
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	5	0.26	0	1	2	23:41	—	—	76	81
Vince Dunn D	D2	-2	3	0.11	0	1	2	19:17	—	—	63	79
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	64	79
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0.02	1	1	2	12:08	—	—	75	89
Jake Walman D	D3	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	67	72

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	11	9	2	.818	0.81	56:34

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marcus Johansson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	1	1	0	19:57	—	—	50	46
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	46	51
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	0	5	17:08	—	—	56	47
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	25	10
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.13	0	1	2	14:38	—	—	32	20
Victor Rask C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	41	23
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:34	—	—	12	11
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	1	0	17:05	—	—	9	6
Joseph Cramarossa C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:38	—	—	12	8
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:38	—	—	13	0
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:55	—	—	25	8
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	9:21	—	—	40	9
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.05	0	1	2	23:30	—	—	35	11
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	3	1	0	18:27	—	—	38	21
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	3	0	21:23	—	—	23	22
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:38	—	—	23	21
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	17:22	—	—	36	22
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	1	2	15:07	—	—	35	16

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	37	37	0	.1000	2.85	60:00

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.