Vancouver Canucks vs. Minnesota WildApr 2, 2026

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	2	0	0	2		VAN	15	5	13	33
MIN	1	2	2	5		MIN	15	11	13	39

: VAN 65MIN 65
: VAN 3.11MIN 4.54
PP goals: VAN 1MIN 0
Hits: VAN 22MIN 17
Blocks: VAN 11MIN 19
PIM: VAN 4MIN 4
: VAN 59%MIN 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2 at home. Matt Boldy (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Hronek, Pettersson and Rossi) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:55 together.

Points
Matt Boldy had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 15:45.Boldy
Points
Ryan Hartman had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:30.Hartman
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:45.Kaprizov
Points
Mats Zuccarello had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:02.Zuccarello
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Hronek, Pettersson and Rossi) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:55 together.Boeser DeBrusk Hronek Pettersson Rossi
New line
New look for MIN: Tarasenko–Brink–Yurov skated 9:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tarasenko Brink Yurov
Goalie
Nikita Tolopilo (VAN) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +10 against a season average of 27.7; the loss.Tolopilo
Usage
Tom Willander (VAN) played 22:48, +5:54 up on his 16:54 season average over 69 games.Willander

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 130 of 130 attempts · MIN 65 · VAN 65

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 22% of the game, MIN 36%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

MIN skaters (rows) against VAN skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the MIN side.

Matchup matrix

MIN xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VAN	MIN
	59	70
	1.93	4.28
	1.90	4.13
	12	22
	6	8
	23	19
	+0.067	−0.067
	22%	36%

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

L1Blueger – Karlsson – Sasson
10:5165% CF
L2DeBrusk – Pettersson – Ohgren
10:1142% CF
L3Boeser – O'Connor – Rossi
9:5340% CF
L4Douglas – Räty – Mueller
5:3370% CF
D1Pettersson – Willander
18:1543% CF
D2Hronek – Buium
16:1663% CF
D3Joseph – Pettersson
5:5340% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Hronek – Pettersson – Rossi
1:55100% CF
PP2Karlsson – O'Connor – Ohgren – Willander – Buium
0:25100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Räty
1:55
PK2FBoeser – Pettersson
0:55
PK1DHronek – Pettersson
1:33
PK2DPettersson – Willander
0:27

Current VAN line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
12:1767% CF
L2Tarasenko – Brink – Yurov
9:0140% CF
L3Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
8:5452% CF
L4Foligno – McCarron – Trenin
8:2550% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
19:0562% CF
D2Bogosian – Middleton
13:1147% CF
D3Spurgeon – Brodin
11:3157% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
2:50100% CF
PP2Johansson – Tarasenko – Hartman – Brink – Faber
0:27
PK1FFoligno – McCarron
1:16
PK2FTrenin – Yurov
0:40
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
1:48
PK2DSpurgeon – Brodin
0:40

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.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Linus Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	0	0	17:09	—	—	57	43
Teddy Blueger C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.65	3	0	0	16:51	—	—	64	48
Max Sasson C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:30	—	—	63	47
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.25	2	1	0	18:07	—	—	37	31
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	1	0	1	-2	6	0.66	1	0	0	15:44	—	—	38	31
Liam Ohgren L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:19	—	—	39	28
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.25	0	0	0	19:46	—	—	33	19
Marco Rossi C	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.13	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	37	16
Drew O'Connor L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	0	2	15:53	—	—	39	18
Aatu Räty C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	4	0	0	12:03	—	—	54	13
Ty Mueller C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	9:55	—	—	47	23
Curtis Douglas C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	8:44	—	—	53	28
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	5	0	23:09	—	—	40	30
Tom Willander D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.38	0	2	0	22:48	—	—	40	28
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	1	1	-3	4	0.22	0	0	0	26:49	—	—	58	34
Zeev Buium D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	23:01	—	—	63	46
Elias Pettersson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	29	7
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	2	10:52	—	—	30	21

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Nikita Tolopilo(start)	L	38	34	4	.895	3.80	57:17

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.30	0	1	0	20:02	—	—	63	77
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	1	2	+3	5	0.49	1	0	0	19:45	—	—	68	80
Ryan Hartman R	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	1.14	0	1	0	18:30	—	—	72	80
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.56	1	1	0	14:44	—	—	40	64
Bobby Brink R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	2	1	0	13:09	—	—	46	70
Danila Yurov R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	2	0	12:53	—	—	39	51
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.21	3	0	2	15:56	—	—	55	64
Matt Boldy L	L3	2	1	3	+3	6	0.67	0	2	0	15:45	—	—	54	63
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:13	—	—	54	60
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:06	—	—	56	62
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	12:43	—	—	45	75
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	2	0	0	11:57	—	—	53	62
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+4	4	0.29	0	2	2	24:48	—	—	62	71
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	+3	3	0.07	2	0	0	23:08	—	—	61	71
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:54	—	—	46	68
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	1	3	0	16:17	—	—	47	61
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	1	0	17:22	—	—	61	79
Jonas Brodin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	16:30	—	—	46	63

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.11	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Matt Boldy (MIN) 1st 8:32 · assists Marcus Johansson, Joel Eriksson Ek · Forecheck turnover · 52.3 mph shot.

Matt Boldy · 1st 8:32 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 52.3 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Tom Willander · 1st 16:00 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 39.0 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Jake DeBrusk · 1st 16:42 · VAN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 6.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Matt Boldy · 2nd 0:23 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.0 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 6:08 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 64.2 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: one-timer

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Ryan Hartman · 3rd 6:03 · MIN

Play: deflection
Passes: 4
Shot: 48.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: deflection

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Ryan Hartman · 3rd 18:52 · MIN EN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.7 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Type: deflection

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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.

Vancouver Canucks vs. Minnesota WildApr 2, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Vancouver Canucks 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Minnesota Wild

Goal anatomy

Matt Boldy · 1st 8:32 · MIN

Tom Willander · 1st 16:00 · VAN

Jake DeBrusk · 1st 16:42 · VAN PP

Matt Boldy · 2nd 0:23 · MIN

Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 6:08 · MIN

Ryan Hartman · 3rd 6:03 · MIN

Ryan Hartman · 3rd 18:52 · MIN EN