St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildApr 8, 2023

FinalSaturday, Apr 8, 2023· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	0	2	3		STL	18	10	12	40
MIN	2	2	1	5		MIN	8	12	10	30

: STL 65MIN 58
: STL 3.30MIN 4.61
PP goals: STL 0MIN 1
Hits: STL 9MIN 8
Blocks: STL 14MIN 15
PIM: STL 8MIN 4
: STL 51%MIN 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 5–3

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 5–3 at home. Ryan Hartman (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Hartman–Kaprizov skated 11:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:45.Hartman
Points
Sam Steel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:39.Steel
Points
Gustav Nyquist had 2 assists (2 points) in 11:50.Nyquist
Points
Justin Faulk had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:11.Faulk
New line
New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Hartman–Kaprizov skated 11:08 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zuccarello Hartman Kaprizov
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +10 against a season average of 30.1; the win.Gustavsson
New line
New look for MIN: Johansson–Gaudreau–Boldy skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (26.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Gaudreau Boldy
New line
New look for STL: Buchnevich–Kapanen–Neighbours skated 6:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Buchnevich Kapanen Neighbours

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 123 of 123 attempts · MIN 58 · STL 65

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 22% of the game, MIN 41%.

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
	72	50
	3.47	3.06
	3.27	2.93
	16	11
	8	6
	7	10
	−0.017	+0.017
	22%	41%

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 – Saad – Kyrou
7:2345% CF
L2Buchnevich – Kapanen – Neighbours
6:2267% CF
L3Pitlick – Walker – Toropchenko
6:1988% CF
L4Vrana – Blais – Thomas
5:5845% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
14:2056% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
13:2668% CF
D3Samorukov – Rosen
9:4563% CF

PP1Schenn – Krug – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
3:0380% CF
PP2Faulk – Saad – Vrana – Kapanen – Blais
0:380% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
2:06
PK2FSchenn – Toropchenko
1:16
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
3:33
PK2DFaulk – Rosen
2:02

Current STL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
11:0837% CF
L2Johansson – Gaudreau – Boldy
9:5826% CF
L3Nyquist – Foligno – Steel
8:4738% CF
L4Reaves – Duhaime – Dewar
8:1750% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
14:3436% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
13:4857% CF
D3Merrill – Klingberg
13:3139% CF

PP1Johansson – Zuccarello – Klingberg – Kaprizov – Boldy
5:5991% CF
PP2Nyquist – Spurgeon – Foligno – Hartman – Gaudreau
0:56100% CF
PK1FJohansson – Gaudreau
2:33
PK2FHartman – Steel
0:41
PK1DSpurgeon – Brodin
3:09
PK2DDumba – Middleton
0:50

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
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.28	0	1	0	20:01	—	—	55	38
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.33	0	0	2	16:06	—	—	42	19
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.32	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	53	39
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	57	49
Kasperi Kapanen R	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.33	0	0	2	14:47	—	—	60	69
Jake Neighbours L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.39	1	1	0	13:22	—	—	74	94
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	1	0	13:25	—	—	79	91
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	10:37	—	—	76	93
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	9:48	—	—	77	87
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	47	39
Sammy Blais L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	14:35	—	—	54	48
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:26	—	—	36	32
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.10	1	3	0	23:19	—	—	54	43
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	2	0	21:54	—	—	55	48
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	2	2	-1	3	0.23	1	1	2	20:11	—	—	65	61
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	1	0	19:23	—	—	69	68
Calle Rosen D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	2	0	17:18	—	—	54	60
Dmitri Samorukov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	2	2	13:57	—	—	52	51

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	4.19	59:26

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.53	0	1	0	20:27	—	—	42	55
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.32	0	0	0	20:26	—	—	39	47
Ryan Hartman R	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.73	1	1	0	15:45	—	—	37	41
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.63	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	30	26
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	19:20	—	—	29	21
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	14:59	—	—	33	25
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	1	0	4	13:42	—	—	46	56
Sam Steel C	L3	1	1	2	+3	1	0.29	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	46	60
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:50	—	—	39	25
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	11:08	—	—	53	54
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.47	1	0	0	10:43	—	—	58	78
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.17	1	0	0	10:35	—	—	53	54
Jonas Brodin D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.42	0	4	0	20:12	—	—	32	47
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	2	2	0	17:51	—	—	38	59
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.17	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	50	50
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:35	—	—	55	69
John Klingberg D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	21:40	—	—	38	30
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:22	—	—	39	20

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	40	37	3	.925	3.30	59:42

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 WildApr 8, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 5–3

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