Boston Bruins vs. Minnesota WildDec 23, 2023

FinalSaturday, Dec 23, 2023· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BOS	1	0	1	2		BOS	6	6	9	21
MIN	0	2	1	3		MIN	5	20	11	36

: BOS 44MIN 66
: BOS 1.79MIN 3.92
PP goals: BOS 1MIN 1
Hits: BOS 21MIN 26
Blocks: BOS 12MIN 11
PIM: BOS 15MIN 9
: BOS 45%MIN 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Boston Bruins 3–2

Minnesota Wild beat Boston Bruins 3–2 at home. Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:35 together.

Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:16.Eriksson Ek
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Marchand, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:35 together.Marchand Pastrnak Zacha McAvoy Geekie
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, Rossi and Faber) scored 1 power-play goal on 17 attempts in 5:24 together.Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Boldy Rossi Faber
New line
New look for BOS: Pastrnak–Heinen–Zacha skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pastrnak Heinen Zacha
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BOS) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 30.2; the loss.Ullmark
New line
New look for MIN: Johansson–Lucchini–Rossi skated 5:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Lucchini Rossi
Usage
Alex Goligoski (MIN) played 18:10, +3:27 up on his 14:43 season average over 35 games.Goligoski
Usage
Ian Mitchell (BOS) played 10:50, −4:51 down on his 15:41 season average over 12 games.Mitchell

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 110 of 110 attempts · MIN 66 · BOS 44

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 22% of the game, MIN 49%.

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
	49	52
	2.02	2.19
	1.99	2.06
	8	12
	6	1
	12	10
	−0.033	+0.033
	22%	49%

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

L1Pastrnak – Heinen – Zacha
10:4539% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – DeBrusk
9:5136% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Frederic – Geekie
5:4450% CF
L4Steen – Lauko – Beecher
4:3357% CF
D1Lindholm – McAvoy
15:2545% CF
D2Carlo – Lohrei
10:4263% CF
D3Wotherspoon – Mitchell
7:4831% CF

PP1Marchand – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
1:35100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Coyle – Lindholm – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
0:42
PK1FMarchand – Coyle
1:49
PK2FDeBrusk – Beecher
1:06
PK1DLindholm – Carlo
3:25
PK2DWotherspoon – McAvoy
2:12

Current BOS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
12:3379% CF
L2Duhaime – Lettieri – Dewar
6:4050% CF
L3Maroon – Foligno – Gaudreau
5:5136% CF
L4Johansson – Lucchini – Rossi
5:3063% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
17:4671% CF
D2Goligoski – Bogosian
13:5042% CF
D3Merrill – Mermis
11:0342% CF

PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
5:24100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Maroon – Johansson – Foligno – Gaudreau
1:36100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Gaudreau
0:55
PK2FEriksson Ek – Dewar
0:14
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
1:42
PK2DBogosian – Mermis
0:29

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
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	22:38	—	—	42	33
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.12	0	2	0	21:50	—	—	48	46
Danton Heinen L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	46	47
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.32	0	0	2	18:48	—	—	50	61
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	17:27	—	—	44	32
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	42	48
Morgan Geekie C	L3	1	0	1	0	6	0.69	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	52	62
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	38	43
Trent Frederic C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.18	2	0	2	11:58	—	—	54	60
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:39	—	—	53	36
Oskar Steen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	7:15	—	—	71	35
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	5	6:07	—	—	64	57
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	5	0	0	27:05	—	—	53	51
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	2	2	25:11	—	—	44	36
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	4	3	0	20:03	—	—	56	46
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	2	2	0	19:07	—	—	62	61
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:02	—	—	33	27
Ian Mitchell D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	2	10:50	—	—	38	62

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	35	33	3	.943	3.92	58:16

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	1.17	7	0	0	22:16	—	—	57	73
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	1	0	2	21:34	—	—	62	73
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	21:13	—	—	72	74
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	10:46	—	—	56	58
Vinni Lettieri C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	3	2	0	10:19	—	—	44	45
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	5	9:07	—	—	45	61
Marcus Foligno L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.59	1	0	0	16:36	—	—	44	34
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.26	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	41	38
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	14:40	—	—	50	37
Marco Rossi C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	2	0	0	17:52	—	—	56	45
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	57	70
Jake Lucchini C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	1	0	10:05	—	—	43	35
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.18	2	0	0	27:47	—	—	72	79
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	2	0	23:24	—	—	62	58
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	2	1	0	18:10	—	—	47	56
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	17:19	—	—	40	51
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:35	—	—	42	43
Dakota Mermis D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:30	—	—	42	32

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	1.79	59:34

Goal anatomy

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

David Pastrnak (BOS PP) 1st 2:37 · assists Charlie McAvoy, Brad Marchand · Cycle · 80.1 mph shot.

David Pastrnak · 1st 2:37 · BOS PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 80.1 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Type: one-timer

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 5:57 · MIN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 4.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Marcus Foligno · 3rd 3:10 · MIN

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 29.1 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 7:22 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 39.6 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Type: one-timer

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Morgan Geekie · 3rd 13:53 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.3 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s
Type: one-timer

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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.

Boston Bruins vs. Minnesota WildDec 23, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild edge Boston Bruins 3–2

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

Goal anatomy

David Pastrnak · 1st 2:37 · BOS PP

Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 5:57 · MIN PP

Marcus Foligno · 3rd 3:10 · MIN

Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 7:22 · MIN

Morgan Geekie · 3rd 13:53 · BOS