Montreal Canadiens vs. Minnesota WildJan 24, 2022

FinalMonday, Jan 24, 2022· Xcel Energy Center

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Minnesota WildMIN

8

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	0	1	2		MTL	8	7	6	21
MIN	2	3	3	8		MIN	21	11	7	39

: MTL 35MIN 70
: MTL 1.03MIN 3.72
PP goals: MTL 0MIN 1
Hits: MTL 33MIN 27
Blocks: MTL 13MIN 10
PIM: MTL 35MIN 29
: MTL 39%MIN 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Montreal Canadiens 8–2

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 8–2 at home. Nico Sturm (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A.

Points
Nico Sturm had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 12:42.Sturm
Points
Connor Dewar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:30.Dewar
Points
Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:06.Spurgeon
Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:35.Fiala
Points
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:09.Zuccarello
Points
Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:21.Boldy
Points
Alex Goligoski had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:56.Goligoski
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Jordan Greenway had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:19.Greenway

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

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

MIN
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · MIN 70 · MTL 35

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 8% of the game, MIN 55%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

MTL

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	MTL	MIN
	34	68
	1.15	3.58
	1.10	3.37
	4	17
	5	5
	17	12
	−0.104	+0.104
	8%	55%

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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Evans – Pitlick
7:3240% CF
L2Hoffman – Dauphin – Poehling
7:0822% CF
L3Toffoli – Lehkonen – Suzuki
6:2731% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
14:3946% CF
D2Savard – Chiarot
13:3313% CF
D3Wideman – Romanov
12:0140% CF

PP1Hoffman – Wideman – Toffoli – Evans – Suzuki
1:54100% CF
PP2Petry – Chiarot – Anderson – Pitlick – Poehling
0:49
PK1FLehkonen – Evans
2:08
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
2:04
PK1DSavard – Chiarot
2:30
PK2DPetry – Romanov
1:09

Current MTL line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
10:2894% CF
L2Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
10:2259% CF
L3Duhaime – Dewar – Sturm
9:3475% CF
L4Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
8:2645% CF
D1Benn – Dumba
15:5548% CF
D2Kulikov – Merrill
15:1553% CF
D3Goligoski – Spurgeon
12:5888% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
4:0867% CF
PP2Foligno – Dumba – Hartman – Fiala – Greenway
2:10100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:25
PK2FGaudreau – Sturm
1:23
PK1DGoligoski – Spurgeon
1:52
PK2DKulikov – Merrill
0:56

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:23
MTLMike Hoffman (Laurent Dauphin, Jeff Petry)slap0.07 xG
MTL: Petry, Hoffman, Kulak, Dauphin, DvorakMIN: Benn, Zuccarello, Dumba, Hartman, Kaprizov
MTL 1 – 0 MIN
3:04
MINJared Spurgeon (Alex Goligoski, Jordan Greenway)slap0.04 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Savard, Chiarot, Dauphin, PoehlingMIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Foligno, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
MTL 1 – 1 MIN
9:22
MINMarcus Foligno (Jordan Greenway, Jon Merrill)wrist0.02 xG
MTL: Wideman, Toffoli, Lehkonen, Suzuki, RomanovMIN: Kulikov, Foligno, Merrill, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
MTL 1 – 2 MIN

2nd period

4:01
MINConnor Dewar (Nico Sturm, Alex Goligoski)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Petry, Hoffman, Kulak, Dauphin, PoehlingMIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Duhaime, Dewar, Sturm
MTL 1 – 3 MIN
4:23
MINNico Sturm (Connor Dewar, Jared Spurgeon)deflected0.05 xG
MTL: Petry, Toffoli, Kulak, Lehkonen, SuzukiMIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Duhaime, Dewar, Sturm
MTL 1 – 4 MIN
19:29
MINMats Zuccarello (Kirill Kaprizov)wrist0.01 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Anderson, Pitlick, Suzuki, RomanovMIN: Benn, Zuccarello, Dumba, Hartman, Kaprizov
MTL 1 – 5 MIN

3rd period

4:24
MTLRem Pitlick (Cedric Paquette, Jake Evans)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Wideman, Paquette, Evans, Pitlick, RomanovMIN: Benn, Foligno, Dumba, Dewar, Sturm
MTL 2 – 5 MIN
6:04
MINMatt BoldyPP (Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello)wrist0.08 xG
MTL: Savard, Chiarot, Toffoli, SuzukiMIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy
MTL 2 – 6 MIN
9:58
MINJordie Benn (Nico Sturm, Kevin Fiala)wrist0.12 xG
MTL: Petry, Kulak, Evans, PezzettaMIN: Benn, Dumba, Fiala, Duhaime, Sturm
MTL 2 – 7 MIN
15:12
MINKevin Fiala (Frederick Gaudreau, Matt Boldy)wrist0.32 xG
MTL: Wideman, Paquette, Dauphin, Pitlick, RomanovMIN: Goligoski, Benn, Gaudreau, Fiala, Boldy
MTL 2 – 8 MIN

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Evans C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	0	0	2	19:31	—	—	47	42
Rem Pitlick C	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.19	0	0	2	17:07	—	—	29	17
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	5	1	9	16:24	—	—	35	13
Laurent Dauphin C	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.01	1	1	2	16:56	—	—	32	10
Mike Hoffman C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	29	10
Ryan Poehling C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	1	1	0	15:55	—	—	24	27
Nick Suzuki C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.05	3	1	0	19:31	—	—	33	18
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:33	—	—	32	33
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	1	0	0	14:56	—	—	35	35
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.06	2	2	0	22:27	—	—	36	30
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	1	0	17:36	—	—	41	39
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	22:31	—	—	16	3
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	2	20:20	—	—	14	2
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	3	0	19:38	—	—	37	32
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	2	15:48	—	—	41	35
Cedric Paquette C	—	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	2	1	2	11:40	—	—	38	35
Michael Pezzetta L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	14	8:16	—	—	31	14
Christian Dvorak C	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:36	—	—	50	30

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	2.62	40:00
Michael McNiven	—	7	4	3	.571	1.11	20:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.75	4	1	0	19:13	—	—	90	100
Marcus Foligno L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	2	0	14	16:19	—	—	89	87
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.15	2	0	0	14:19	—	—	94	100
Matt Boldy L	L2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.28	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	60	69
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.44	0	1	0	16:35	—	—	62	75
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.10	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	61	66
Nico Sturm C	L3	1	2	3	+2	2	0.17	1	0	0	12:42	—	—	71	60
Connor Dewar C	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.18	1	0	2	11:30	—	—	67	59
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.00	6	0	0	11:13	—	—	75	73
Kirill Kaprizov L	L4	0	2	2	0	2	0.58	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	54	67
Mats Zuccarello R	L4	1	1	2	0	4	0.12	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	54	72
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	2	7	14:35	—	—	48	63
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	2	4	21:06	—	—	48	68
Jordie Benn D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	3	0	0	18:12	—	—	56	76
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:26	—	—	55	68
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:25	—	—	59	65
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	1	1	2	+3	2	0.12	1	1	0	20:06	—	—	90	82
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	2	2	+4	1	0.02	0	0	2	17:56	—	—	90	86

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	15	14	1	.933	0.57	40:00
Kaapo Kahkonen	—	6	5	1	.833	0.46	20:00

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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.