Calgary Flames vs. Minnesota WildDec 23, 2019

FinalMonday, Dec 23, 2019· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	0	0	0		CGY	7	8	7	22
MIN	0	2	1	3		MIN	10	15	9	34

: CGY 53MIN 61
: CGY 2.10MIN 3.16
PP goals: CGY 0MIN 0
Hits: CGY 19MIN 6
Blocks: CGY 11MIN 14
PIM: CGY 0MIN 2
: CGY 52%MIN 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Calgary Flames 3–0

Minnesota Wild beat Calgary Flames 3–0 at home. Luke Kunin (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CGY scored 0 goals on 2.10 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Luke Kunin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:32.Kunin
Luck
CGY scored 0 goals on 2.10 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CGY: Rinaldo–Rieder–Bennett skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rinaldo Rieder Bennett
New line
New look for MIN: Fiala–Donato–Eriksson Ek skated 11:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Fiala Donato Eriksson Ek
Usage
Ryan Donato (MIN) played 14:19, +3:45 up on his 10:34 season average over 61 games.Donato
Usage
Carson Soucy (MIN) played 20:07, +4:34 up on his 15:33 season average over 54 games.Soucy
Usage
Zac Rinaldo (CGY) played 12:22, +4:20 up on his 8:03 season average over 18 games.Rinaldo
Usage
Mathew Dumba (MIN) played 18:20, −4:14 down on his 22:34 season average over 68 games.Dumba

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

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

MIN
CGY
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · MIN 61 · CGY 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
CGY
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

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

CGY

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	CGY	MIN
	61	72
	2.41	3.26
	2.29	3.15
	11	6
	7	1
	16	12
	+0.036	−0.036
	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.

Calgary Flames

L1Backlund – Gaudreau – Monahan
10:0428% CF
L2Lindholm – Mangiapane – Tkachuk
9:3438% CF
L3Lucic – Ryan – Dube
8:4452% CF
L4Rinaldo – Rieder – Bennett
7:2440% CF
D1Giordano – Brodie
20:4359% CF
D2Hamonic – Hanifin
17:4335% CF
D3Stone – Andersson
13:5633% CF

PP1Giordano – Backlund – Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan
1:07
PP2Lucic – Backlund – Hanifin – Andersson – Ryan
0:27100% CF

Current CGY line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Parise – Zuccarello
14:2445% CF
L2Greenway – Kunin – Sturm
12:0065% CF
L3Fiala – Donato – Eriksson Ek
11:2444% CF
L4Foligno – Rask – Hartman
11:1659% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
19:0145% CF
D2Hunt – Dumba
18:1150% CF
D3Brodin – Soucy
17:5167% CF

PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
0:52
PK2FStaal – Parise
0:34
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
1:05
PK2DBrodin – Soucy
0:52

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:51
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Kevin Fiala, Ryan Donato)wrist0.15 xG
CGY: Hamonic, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Hanifin, TkachukMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Fiala, Donato, Eriksson Ek
CGY 0 – 1 MIN
9:49
MINLuke Kunin (Jordan Greenway, Nico Sturm)snap0.21 xG
CGY: Stone, Rinaldo, Rieder, Bennett, AnderssonMIN: Hunt, Dumba, Greenway, Kunin, Sturm
CGY 0 – 2 MIN

3rd period

17:17
MINEric StaalEN (Jonas Brodin, Luke Kunin)wrist0.45 xG
CGY: Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson, TkachukMIN: Staal, Parise, Brodin, Soucy, Kunin
CGY 0 – 3 MIN

Box score

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

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Sean Monahan C	L1	-1	1	0.01	1	0	17:06	—	—	40	11
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	0	0.14	1	0	17:01	—	—	31	18
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	16:36	—	—	42	12
Matthew Tkachuk L	L2	-2	1	0.19	1	0	16:59	—	—	47	40
Elias Lindholm C	L2	-2	0	0.08	0	2	16:04	—	—	39	31
Andrew Mangiapane L	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	15:20	—	—	46	40
Derek Ryan C	L3	0	2	0.20	0	0	15:33	—	—	61	58
Milan Lucic L	L3	0	1	0.15	3	0	15:03	—	—	57	58
Dillon Dube C	L3	0	3	0.09	1	0	14:21	—	—	49	40
Sam Bennett C	L4	-1	2	0.46	1	0	12:41	—	—	55	77
Tobias Rieder L	L4	-1	1	0.20	1	0	12:41	—	—	48	57
Zac Rinaldo C	L4	-1	1	0.25	5	2	12:22	—	—	39	61
Mark Giordano D	D1	-1	3	0.09	0	1	24:53	—	—	64	58
TJ Brodie D	D1	0	0	0.02	0	1	22:19	—	—	56	45
Noah Hanifin D	D2	-1	0	0.00	0	2	20:23	—	—	36	38
Travis Hamonic D	D2	-1	1	0.04	2	0	19:16	—	—	37	37
Rasmus Andersson D	D3	-2	3	0.14	0	1	17:28	—	—	43	42
Michael Stone D	D3	-1	3	0.05	2	2	14:27	—	—	33	12

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	33	31	2	.939	2.71	59:23

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eric Staal C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.70	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	53	48
Zach Parise L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	49	46
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	50	44
Luke Kunin C	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.71	1	1	2	14:32	—	—	65	69
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	65	68
Nico Sturm C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	68	70
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	1	1	0	16:43	—	—	40	56
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:19	—	—	59	73
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	57	74
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	50	52
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	2	0	14:37	—	—	49	52
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	12:42	—	—	60	64
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	3	0	21:14	—	—	46	48
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	0	0	0	20:24	—	—	46	49
Brad Hunt D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	0	0	0	18:49	—	—	50	52
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	1	2	0	18:20	—	—	50	52
Jonas Brodin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	2	0	20:39	—	—	67	72
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	20:07	—	—	69	73

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	22	22	0	.1000	2.10	60:00

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.