Vancouver Canucks vs. Minnesota WildNov 15, 2018

FinalThursday, Nov 15, 2018· Xcel Energy Center

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Minnesota WildMIN

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	1	1	2		VAN	11	8	8	27
MIN	2	3	1	6		MIN	10	12	7	29

: VAN 44MIN 50
: VAN 1.36MIN 1.86
PP goals: VAN 1MIN 2
Hits: VAN 14MIN 15
Blocks: VAN 11MIN 8
PIM: VAN 4MIN 12
: VAN 42%MIN 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Vancouver Canucks 6–2

Minnesota Wild beat Vancouver Canucks 6–2 at home. Mikko Koivu (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MIN's first power-play unit (Koivu, Spurgeon, Niederreiter, Dumba and Greenway) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 1:51 together.

Points
Mikko Koivu had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:13.Koivu
Points
Eric Staal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:31.Staal
Points
Mathew Dumba had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:03.Dumba
Points
Ryan Suter had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:32.Suter
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Koivu, Spurgeon, Niederreiter, Dumba and Greenway) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 1:51 together.Koivu Spurgeon Niederreiter Dumba Greenway
Luck
MIN scored 6 goals on 1.86 expected goals (50 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for VAN: Archibald–Granlund–Motte skated 7:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Archibald Granlund Motte
New line
New look for MIN: Koivu–Coyle–Niederreiter skated 11:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Koivu Coyle Niederreiter

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

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

MIN
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 94 of 94 attempts · MIN 50 · VAN 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 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

VAN

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	VAN	MIN
	37	55
	1.00	1.93
	0.99	1.88
	4	4
	6	5
	10	11
	−0.054	+0.054
	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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Archibald – Granlund – Motte
7:2831% CF
L2Eriksson – Goldobin – Pettersson
6:4242% CF
L3Roussel – Horvat – Virtanen
4:5543% CF
L4Leipsic – Schaller – Gaudette
4:2767% CF
D1Gudbranson – Hutton
15:1325% CF
D2Del Zotto – Stecher
13:1547% CF
D3Tanev – Pouliot
10:2647% CF

PP1Eriksson – Granlund – Leipsic – Hutton – Virtanen
5:18100% CF
PP2Pouliot – Horvat – Goldobin – Gaudette – Pettersson
4:2680% CF
PK1FGranlund – Schaller
1:08
PK2FRoussel – Motte
0:45
PK1DTanev – Hutton
1:31
PK2DDel Zotto – Gudbranson
0:22

Current VAN line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Zucker – Granlund
13:1850% CF
L2Koivu – Coyle – Niederreiter
11:0975% CF
L3Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
8:4375% CF
L4Hendricks – Fehr – Brown
7:1642% CF
D1Spurgeon – Brodin
16:0777% CF
D2Suter – Dumba
14:3958% CF
D3Pateryn – Seeler
12:4743% CF

PP1Koivu – Spurgeon – Niederreiter – Dumba – Greenway
1:51100% CF
PP2Staal – Suter – Zucker – Coyle – Granlund
1:080% CF
PK1FFehr – Foligno
2:45
PK2FHendricks – Eriksson Ek
2:38
PK1DSpurgeon – Brodin
3:46
PK2DSuter – Dumba
2:57

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:37
MINCharlie Coyle (Jonas Brodin, Mikko Koivu)backhand0.09 xG
VAN: Del Zotto, Schaller, Motte, Gaudette, StecherMIN: Koivu, Spurgeon, Coyle, Niederreiter, Brodin
VAN 0 – 1 MIN
7:43
MINMikko KoivuPPwrist0.14 xG
VAN: Roussel, Tanev, Hutton, MotteMIN: Koivu, Spurgeon, Niederreiter, Dumba, Greenway
VAN 0 – 2 MIN

2nd period

1:46
MINNino NiederreiterPP (Mikko Koivu, Mathew Dumba)tip-in0.08 xG
VAN: Tanev, Gudbranson, Granlund, HorvatMIN: Koivu, Spurgeon, Niederreiter, Dumba, Greenway
VAN 0 – 3 MIN
6:26
VANBo HorvatPP (Adam Gaudette)wrist0.06 xG
VAN: Pouliot, Horvat, Goldobin, Gaudette, PetterssonMIN: Fehr, Spurgeon, Foligno, Brodin
VAN 1 – 3 MIN
7:02
MINEric Staal (Mikael Granlund, Ryan Suter)backhand0.03 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Gudbranson, Hutton, Goldobin, PetterssonMIN: Staal, Suter, Zucker, Granlund, Dumba
VAN 1 – 4 MIN
13:12
MINMathew Dumba (JT Brown, Eric Fehr)slap0.01 xG
VAN: Del Zotto, Archibald, Granlund, Motte, StecherMIN: Hendricks, Suter, Fehr, Brown, Dumba
VAN 1 – 5 MIN

3rd period

5:27
MINJason Zucker (Eric Staal, Ryan Suter)snap0.16 xG
VAN: Gudbranson, Leipsic, Hutton, Schaller, GaudetteMIN: Staal, Suter, Zucker, Granlund, Dumba
VAN 1 – 6 MIN
5:53
VANMarkus Granlund (Troy Stecher, Darren Archibald)wrist0.01 xG
VAN: Del Zotto, Archibald, Granlund, Motte, StecherMIN: Staal, Suter, Zucker, Granlund, Dumba
VAN 2 – 6 MIN

Box score

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

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Markus Granlund C	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.14	2	0	0	18:53	—	—	48	47
Tyler Motte C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	39	36
Darren Archibald R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:37	—	—	29	29
Nikolay Goldobin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	20:41	—	—	39	36
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	18:37	—	—	30	17
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	50	56
Bo Horvat C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	52	59
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	33	9
Antoine Roussel L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	2	0	11:41	—	—	45	35
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	1	1	-2	2	0.13	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	40	26
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	36	24
Tim Schaller L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	42	26
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	2	2	23:23	—	—	29	24
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.00	0	1	0	21:15	—	—	32	19
Troy Stecher D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.02	1	2	0	16:04	—	—	44	48
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	4	0	0	15:13	—	—	50	54
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	1	0	17:00	—	—	44	22
Chris Tanev D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	16:43	—	—	57	37

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Richard Bachman(start)	L	29	23	6	.793	1.86	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eric Staal C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	50	76
Jason Zucker L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	0	0	2	15:59	—	—	46	64
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:59	—	—	48	64
Charlie Coyle C	L2	1	0	1	+1	6	0.61	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	73	89
Mikko Koivu C	L2	1	2	3	+1	3	0.17	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	69	85
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	0	0	2	13:20	—	—	76	92
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:17	—	—	71	79
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	71	79
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	2	0	2	11:57	—	—	75	91
Matt Hendricks C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	13:18	—	—	39	9
Eric Fehr C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:16	—	—	39	9
JT Brown R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:12	—	—	42	10
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	0	2	0	23:13	—	—	75	87
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	1	2	22:46	—	—	67	68
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.05	0	0	0	21:32	—	—	55	54
Mathew Dumba D	D2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.09	4	1	0	20:03	—	—	56	67
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	15:54	—	—	40	42
Greg Pateryn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:50	—	—	43	46

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	1.36	60:00

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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.