St. Louis Blues vs. Minnesota WildJan 7, 2025

FinalTuesday, Jan 7, 2025· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	3	0	4		STL	14	6	13	33
MIN	2	1	3	6		MIN	9	11	6	26

: STL 70MIN 46
: STL 2.21MIN 2.39
PP goals: STL 1MIN 0
Hits: STL 31MIN 29
Blocks: STL 12MIN 19
PIM: STL 0MIN 2
: 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 6–4

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 6–4 at home. Jake Middleton (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Brock Faber (MIN) played 4:34, −21:14 down on his 25:48 season average over 77 games.

Points
Jake Middleton had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:29.Middleton
Points
Marcus Johansson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:00.Johansson
Points
Dylan Holloway had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:10.Holloway
Points
Justin Faulk had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:14.Faulk
Points
Mats Zuccarello had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:47.Zuccarello
Points
Ryan Hartman had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:21.Hartman
Usage
Brock Faber (MIN) played 4:34, −21:14 down on his 25:48 season average over 77 games.Faber
Usage
Jonas Brodin (MIN) played 32:42, +9:57 up on his 22:45 season average over 49 games.Brodin

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 116 of 116 attempts · MIN 46 · STL 70

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 31% of the game, MIN 30%.

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
	73	54
	2.03	2.28
	1.96	2.25
	6	8
	5	7
	25	36
	+0.030	−0.030
	31%	30%

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

L1Saad – Buchnevich – Thomas
14:1961% CF
L2Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
13:4960% CF
L3Walker – Texier – Toropchenko
10:4663% CF
L4Sundqvist – Neighbours – Bolduc
10:3760% CF
D1Fowler – Parayko
20:4353% CF
D2Faulk – Broberg
15:4960% CF
D3Suter – Tucker
9:4365% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Kyrou – Holloway – Neighbours
0:07100% CF

Current STL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Boldy – Rossi
16:4150% CF
L2Johansson – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
11:3048% CF
L3Foligno – Gaudreau – Trenin
9:5643% CF
L4Shore – Jones – Khusnutdinov
7:4345% CF
D1Bogosian – Middleton
9:1535% CF
D2Merrill – Chisholm
6:4236% CF
D3Brodin – Faber
4:3417% CF

PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
0:07
PK1DBogosian – Brodin
0:07

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		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	0	1	-3	2	0.43	3	0	18:37	—	—	61	41
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	0	1	-4	2	0.22	0	0	17:39	—	—	62	34
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	1	1	-3	2	0.07	0	0	16:17	—	—	61	34
Dylan Holloway L	L2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.18	2	0	18:10	—	—	59	61
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	2	0	17:47	—	—	59	61
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	1	0	1	-2	4	0.10	0	1	17:34	—	—	54	50
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	13:49	—	—	48	22
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9	0	13:19	—	—	48	22
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	11:34	—	—	63	25
Zachary Bolduc R	L4	0	1	1	+1	4	0.39	1	1	13:50	—	—	52	67
Jake Neighbours L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	3	0	13:20	—	—	62	72
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	12:28	—	—	60	71
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	2	2	24:15	—	—	54	34
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	1	4	23:38	—	—	55	40
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	2	2	-3	3	0.09	0	1	24:14	—	—	54	43
Philip Broberg D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	1	0	17:43	—	—	62	49
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.08	2	1	16:36	—	—	58	56
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	1	1	11:54	—	—	68	64

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	25	20	5	.800	1.90	57:16

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Boldy L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.49	0	1	0	20:34	—	—	42	60
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.21	0	2	0	19:47	—	—	42	57
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.17	0	1	0	19:00	—	—	46	62
Marcus Johansson L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.49	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	42	39
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.11	3	1	0	17:48	—	—	52	53
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	48	49
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	14:53	—	—	35	25
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	2	0	13:18	—	—	29	24
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	13:04	—	—	41	26
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	9:54	—	—	35	54
Ben Jones C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	2	0	0	9:36	—	—	44	78
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	8:22	—	—	46	86
Zach Bogosian D	D1	1	0	1	+3	1	0.04	5	2	0	23:48	—	—	45	57
Jake Middleton D	D1	1	1	2	0	3	0.37	3	1	0	22:29	—	—	38	43
Jon Merrill D	D2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.09	0	1	2	19:11	—	—	50	58
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.03	1	1	0	16:32	—	—	36	66
Jonas Brodin D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	3	4	0	32:42	—	—	46	54
Brock Faber D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:34	—	—	17	0

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury	W	15	15	0	.1000	1.06	35:27
Filip Gustavsson(start)	—	18	14	4	.778	1.16	24:33

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Zach Bogosian (MIN) 1st 1:23 · assists Jake Middleton, Ryan Hartman · Point shot · carried in · 69.7 mph shot · 9.3 s from entry to goal.

Zach Bogosian · 1st 1:23 · MIN

Play: point-shot
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 69.7 mph
Distance: 59 ft
Entry to goal: 9.3 s

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Jon Merrill · 1st 2:12 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.7 mph
Distance: 40 ft

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Pavel Buchnevich · 1st 13:26 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.9 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Jordan Kyrou · 2nd 1:24 · STL PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 70.7 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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Jake Neighbours · 2nd 2:51 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.5 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Robert Thomas · 2nd 4:33 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 29.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 9:41 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.0 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Jake Middleton · 3rd 1:16 · MIN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 54.4 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 3:57 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 69.5 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s
Type: one-timer

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Marcus Johansson · 3rd 19:24 · MIN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.6 mph
Distance: 109 ft

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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 WildJan 7, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 6–4

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

Goal anatomy

Zach Bogosian · 1st 1:23 · MIN

Jon Merrill · 1st 2:12 · MIN

Pavel Buchnevich · 1st 13:26 · STL

Jordan Kyrou · 2nd 1:24 · STL PP

Jake Neighbours · 2nd 2:51 · STL

Robert Thomas · 2nd 4:33 · STL

Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 9:41 · MIN

Jake Middleton · 3rd 1:16 · MIN

Matt Boldy · 3rd 3:57 · MIN

Marcus Johansson · 3rd 19:24 · MIN EN