Washington Capitals vs. Minnesota WildMar 27, 2025

FinalThursday, Mar 27, 2025· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	0	2		WSH	8	13	9	30
MIN	1	2	1	4		MIN	8	6	7	21

: WSH 74MIN 39
: WSH 1.75MIN 1.75
PP goals: WSH 0MIN 1
Hits: WSH 13MIN 25
Blocks: WSH 9MIN 22
PIM: WSH 4MIN 2
: WSH 59%MIN 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 4–2 at home. Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN's first power-play unit (Johansson, Zuccarello, Gaudreau, Boldy and Rossi) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:40 together.

Points
Frederick Gaudreau had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:23.Gaudreau
Points
Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:37.Boldy
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Johansson, Zuccarello, Gaudreau, Boldy and Rossi) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:40 together.Johansson Zuccarello Gaudreau Boldy Rossi
New line
New look for MIN: Nyquist–Foligno–Hartman skated 11:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nyquist Foligno Hartman
Luck
MIN scored 4 goals on 1.75 expected goals (39 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Hinostroza–Boldy–Rossi skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (17.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hinostroza Boldy Rossi
New line
New look for MIN: Shore–Trenin–Brazeau skated 7:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Shore Trenin Brazeau
Usage
Brandon Duhaime (WSH) played 9:58, −3:25 down on his 13:23 season average over 81 games.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

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

MIN
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · MIN 39 · WSH 74

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 39% of the game, MIN 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

WSH

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	WSH	MIN
	77	42
	1.69	1.22
	1.66	1.19
	12	5
	6	2
	18	23
	+0.072	−0.071
	39%	22%

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.

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – McMichael
10:1452% CF
L2Eller – Mangiapane – Raddysh
9:1275% CF
L3Dowd – Beauvillier – Duhaime
8:4062% CF
L4Ovechkin – Strome – Protas
8:2483% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Chychrun
16:3766% CF
D2Carlson – Sandin
14:4457% CF
D3Roy – Fehérváry
13:5064% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Dubois
2:57100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mangiapane – Chychrun – Sandin – McMichael
0:52100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
0:47
PK2FWilson – Protas
0:42
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
1:13
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
0:36

Current WSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Nyquist – Foligno – Hartman
11:0560% CF
L2Johansson – Zuccarello – Gaudreau
10:0330% CF
L3Hinostroza – Boldy – Rossi
9:3817% CF
L4Shore – Trenin – Brazeau
7:0327% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
18:3439% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
16:1522% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
10:2147% CF

PP1Johansson – Zuccarello – Gaudreau – Boldy – Rossi
1:40100% CF
PP2Nyquist – Spurgeon – Hinostroza – Hartman – Faber
0:24
PK1FFoligno – Gaudreau
2:34
PK2FHartman – Boldy
0:54
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
2:34
PK2DBogosian – Spurgeon
1:21

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.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	2	0	0	20:03	—	—	67	43
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	0	0	0	20:02	—	—	57	43
Connor McMichael L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	15:16	—	—	48	31
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:43	—	—	79	100
Lars Eller C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	63	69
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	11:23	—	—	60	66
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	65	77
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	1	1	0	5	0.31	2	1	0	11:00	—	—	57	73
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	9:58	—	—	59	75
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	2	0	0	19:03	—	—	79	63
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	67	42
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	16:16	—	—	80	52
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.28	1	0	2	22:29	—	—	69	43
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	19:12	—	—	68	40
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.13	0	3	0	22:40	—	—	58	67
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	1	0	17:13	—	—	60	64
Matt Roy D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	1	2	0	18:13	—	—	68	69
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	2	17:02	—	—	62	68

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	20	17	3	.850	1.25	57:51

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	0	0	19:56	—	—	58	64
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	1	0	18:10	—	—	62	75
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	54	63
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	39	47
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	2	0	2	0	5	0.88	0	2	0	17:23	—	—	35	42
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	41	54
Matt Boldy L	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.08	0	3	0	17:37	—	—	20	23
Marco Rossi C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:13	—	—	18	24
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	18	21
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	9:17	—	—	20	7
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	8	0	0	9:15	—	—	22	8
Devin Shore C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	8:41	—	—	24	10
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	3	0	0	24:53	—	—	39	53
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.05	1	2	0	24:48	—	—	40	57
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	21:00	—	—	27	37
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	2	5	0	20:42	—	—	24	35
Jon Merrill D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	0	3	0	12:43	—	—	48	37
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:17	—	—	45	29

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	1.75	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jon Merrill (MIN) 1st 6:00 · assists Devin Shore · Forecheck turnover · 61.4 mph shot.

Jon Merrill · 1st 6:00 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 61.4 mph
Distance: 52 ft

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Matt Roy · 1st 7:08 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 62.4 mph
Distance: 43 ft

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Brandon Duhaime · 1st 8:49 · WSH

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Frederick Gaudreau · 2nd 12:25 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.9 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Type: deflection

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Matt Boldy · 2nd 19:51 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 13.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s

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Frederick Gaudreau · 3rd 18:39 · MIN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.7 mph
Distance: 83 ft

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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.

Washington Capitals vs. Minnesota WildMar 27, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Washington Capitals

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Washington Capitals

Minnesota Wild

Goal anatomy

Jon Merrill · 1st 6:00 · MIN

Matt Roy · 1st 7:08 · WSH

Brandon Duhaime · 1st 8:49 · WSH

Frederick Gaudreau · 2nd 12:25 · MIN PP

Matt Boldy · 2nd 19:51 · MIN

Frederick Gaudreau · 3rd 18:39 · MIN EN