St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildMay 4, 2022

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, May 4, 2022· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	1	2		STL	10	15	9	34
MIN	3	1	2	6		MIN	7	11	10	28

: STL 66MIN 46
: STL 2.47MIN 2.86
PP goals: STL 1MIN 2
Hits: STL 39MIN 21
Blocks: STL 10MIN 20
PIM: STL 12MIN 16
: STL 51%MIN 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout St. Louis Blues 6–2

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 6–2 at home. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 3G 0A. MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Fiala, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:21 together.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:35.Kaprizov
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Joel Eriksson Ek had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 17:20.Eriksson Ek
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Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:10.Tarasenko
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Jonas Brodin had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:18.Brodin
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Mats Zuccarello had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:18.Zuccarello
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Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:54.Thomas
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Ryan Hartman had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:23.Hartman
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Fiala, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:21 together.Spurgeon Zuccarello Fiala Eriksson Ek Kaprizov

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 112 of 112 attempts · MIN 46 · STL 66

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 45% of the game, MIN 21%.

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
	55	32
	1.75	0.96
	1.71	0.95
	6	2
	4	4
	8	11
	−0.035	+0.035
	45%	21%

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

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Saad
9:5677% CF
L2Schenn – Barbashev – Kyrou
7:2181% CF
L3Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
6:1973% CF
L4Bozak – Walker – Toropchenko
4:2943% CF
D1Faulk – Krug
9:1861% CF
D2Parayko – Mikkola
9:1681% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Rosen
2:1825% CF

PP1Faulk – Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
5:1475% CF
PP2Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Saad – Krug
3:13100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
2:03
PK2FSaad – Thomas
1:22
PK1DFaulk – Mikkola
1:01
PK2DParayko – Rosen
0:56

Current STL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
8:3331% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
8:0433% CF
L3Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
7:5923% CF
L4Deslauriers – Jost – Duhaime
4:5338% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
15:3235% CF
D2Goligoski – Merrill
11:0435% CF
D3Spurgeon – Middleton
9:5144% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Fiala – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
3:2175% CF
PP2Foligno – Brodin – Hartman – Gaudreau – Boldy
1:06100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
2:41
PK2FGaudreau – Fiala
1:45
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
4:24
PK2DSpurgeon – Middleton
3:57

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.22	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	65	57
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.24	4	0	0	16:48	—	—	67	79
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	62	69
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	4	0	2	17:29	—	—	65	73
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.42	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	79	79
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	1	0	15:01	—	—	65	61
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	2	2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	18:54	—	—	61	63
Pavel Buchnevich L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.22	3	0	0	18:01	—	—	65	63
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	1	1	2	-2	4	0.32	3	0	0	15:10	—	—	60	47
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:38	—	—	50	47
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	6	0	2	8:32	—	—	44	67
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:19	—	—	40	45
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.22	7	2	4	26:39	—	—	65	68
Torey Krug D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	0	1	0	22:14	—	—	59	66
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	1	2	24:50	—	—	68	80
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	1	0	15:46	—	—	70	79
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	1	0	16:34	—	—	57	53
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	4:53	—	—	50	9

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	L	27	22	5	.815	2.06	59:50

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	2	17:55	—	—	39	41
Frederick Gaudreau C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	16:17	—	—	27	24
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	2	13:45	—	—	38	39
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	3	0	3	+2	5	1.41	0	0	0	17:35	—	—	40	29
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	2	2	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	36	18
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	2	2	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:18	—	—	39	13
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	2	1	3	+3	4	0.45	5	0	6	17:20	—	—	29	53
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	1	0	16:44	—	—	33	58
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.09	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	24	46
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	2	1	0	14:47	—	—	50	43
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	7:17	—	—	50	21
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	5:53	—	—	44	24
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.06	0	1	2	25:18	—	—	30	16
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	1	1	0	24:13	—	—	41	35
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	2	14:21	—	—	30	33
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	6	0	13:55	—	—	36	35
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.11	1	2	0	19:33	—	—	43	38
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	+3	3	0.07	2	3	0	18:20	—	—	46	50

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	2.47	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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildMay 4, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild rout St. Louis Blues 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Minnesota Wild