Boston Bruins vs. Minnesota WildMar 16, 2022

FinalWednesday, Mar 16, 2022· Xcel Energy Center

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	1	0	2		BOS	8	9	9	26
MIN	2	0	2	4		MIN	8	7	19	34

: BOS 48MIN 68
: BOS 1.97MIN 3.74
PP goals: BOS 1MIN 1
Hits: BOS 24MIN 26
Blocks: BOS 20MIN 13
PIM: BOS 13MIN 11
: BOS 48%MIN 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Boston Bruins 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Boston Bruins 4–2 at home. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Coyle, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:43 together.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:04.Kaprizov
Points
Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:15.Hartman
Points
Jared Spurgeon had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:45.Spurgeon
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Coyle, Hall, Pastrnak and McAvoy) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:43 together.Marchand Coyle Hall Pastrnak McAvoy
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Goligoski, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:26 together.Goligoski Spurgeon Zuccarello Hartman Kaprizov
New line
New look for BOS: Marchand–Nosek–DeBrusk skated 11:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchand Nosek DeBrusk
New line
New look for BOS: Foligno–Blidh–Lazar skated 7:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Blidh Lazar
New line
New look for MIN: Bjugstad–Jost–Duhaime skated 6:40 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjugstad Jost Duhaime

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

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

MIN
BOS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · MIN 68 · BOS 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
BOS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BOS 20% of the game, MIN 45%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

BOS

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	BOS	MIN
	43	68
	1.66	2.81
	1.64	2.64
	6	11
	5	4
	7	16
	−0.043	+0.043
	20%	45%

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.

Boston Bruins

L1Smith – Coyle – Frederic
11:4122% CF
L2Marchand – Nosek – DeBrusk
11:3729% CF
L3Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
10:2265% CF
L4Foligno – Blidh – Lazar
7:2350% CF
D1Forbort – Clifton
15:1438% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Carlo
14:4127% CF
D3Reilly – McAvoy
14:0747% CF

PP1Marchand – Coyle – Hall – Pastrnak – McAvoy
1:4350% CF
PP2Smith – Haula – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
0:36100% CF
PK1FMarchand – Nosek
1:06
PK2FCoyle – DeBrusk
0:58
PK1DClifton – McAvoy
1:38
PK2DForbort – Carlo
1:31

Current BOS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
11:4075% CF
L2Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
10:5559% CF
L3Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
10:3263% CF
L4Bjugstad – Jost – Duhaime
6:4038% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
17:2156% CF
D2Kulikov – Merrill
15:0950% CF
D3Goligoski – Spurgeon
14:2081% CF

PP1Goligoski – Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
2:2640% CF
PP2Brodin – Dumba – Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
2:1125% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:13
PK2FGaudreau – Fiala
0:41
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
1:13
PK2DKulikov – Merrill
0:41

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.

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:12	—	—	29	26
Craig Smith C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	2	1	4	14:43	—	—	28	40
Trent Frederic C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	5	13:13	—	—	20	36
Brad Marchand L	L2	1	0	1	-2	6	0.27	0	1	0	19:45	—	—	31	29
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	1	0	16:33	—	—	26	27
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	14:18	—	—	35	30
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:28	—	—	57	53
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	58	48
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	0	0	2	14:54	—	—	56	65
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	2	0	0	10:52	—	—	53	45
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	0	0	10:24	—	—	36	8
Anton Blidh L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	2	0	0	8:58	—	—	56	15
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	1	1	0	19:35	—	—	36	22
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	4	2	0	18:00	—	—	38	24
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:12	—	—	26	25
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	2	17:50	—	—	30	34
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	1	1	-2	5	0.19	5	5	0	22:07	—	—	46	50
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	3	0	17:32	—	—	49	52

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	2.90	58:57

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	5	1	0	18:05	—	—	77	89
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.13	2	0	0	17:41	—	—	73	88
Jordan Greenway L	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	0.84	4	1	2	13:41	—	—	72	90
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.37	0	0	0	17:18	—	—	62	68
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	57	57
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	57	57
Ryan Hartman R	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.85	0	1	0	16:15	—	—	65	54
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	2	0	2	0	4	0.43	1	1	2	16:04	—	—	70	54
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	15:54	—	—	67	56
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:36	—	—	40	6
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	9:13	—	—	39	4
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	5	8:50	—	—	35	3
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	6	2	0	24:17	—	—	55	54
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	24:00	—	—	56	54
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:20	—	—	52	36
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	3	2	16:53	—	—	52	36
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:56	—	—	79	91
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.06	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	81	91

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	1.97	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.

Boston Bruins vs. Minnesota WildMar 16, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Boston Bruins 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Boston Bruins

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Boston Bruins

Minnesota Wild