Calgary Flames vs. Minnesota WildJan 29, 2026

FinalThursday, Jan 29, 2026· Grand Casino Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	0	0	1	1		CGY	14	7	9	30
MIN	2	0	2	4		MIN	3	5	16	24

: CGY 64MIN 57
: CGY 2.67MIN 2.88
PP goals: CGY 0MIN 1
Hits: CGY 16MIN 11
Blocks: CGY 17MIN 15
PIM: CGY 9MIN 11
: CGY 49%MIN 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Calgary Flames 4–1

Minnesota Wild beat Calgary Flames 4–1 at home. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:11 together.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:27.Kaprizov
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:11 together.Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Hughes Boldy
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Hinostroza–Sturm skated 5:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Hinostroza Sturm
Luck
CGY scored 1 goal on 2.67 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Joel Farabee (CGY) played 11:25, −5:34 down on his 16:59 season average over 81 games.Farabee
Usage
Matt Boldy (MIN) played 17:26, −3:11 down on his 20:37 season average over 75 games.Boldy
Usage
Marcus Foligno (MIN) played 8:34, −4:21 down on his 12:55 season average over 55 games.Foligno
Usage
Zach Whitecloud (CGY) played 24:26, +4:10 up on his 20:16 season average over 77 games.Whitecloud

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 121 of 121 attempts · MIN 57 · CGY 64

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 45% of the game, MIN 16%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

MIN skaters (rows) against CGY 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	CGY	MIN
	61	55
	2.01	1.93
	1.90	1.88
	6	6
	4	4
	20	25
	−0.012	+0.012
	45%	16%

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 – Sharangovich – Coronato
11:5867% CF
L2Huberdeau – Frost – Gridin
10:3544% CF
L3Kadri – Pospisil – Zary
10:0273% CF
L4Kirkland – Farabee – Klapka
7:3437% CF
D1Whitecloud – Bahl
19:1458% CF
D2Weegar – Kuznetsov
15:1433% CF
D3Hanley – Brzustewicz
11:0867% CF

PP1Backlund – Frost – Sharangovich – Zary – Brzustewicz
3:0186% CF
PP2Kadri – Huberdeau – Weegar – Coronato – Gridin
2:43100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Farabee
0:40
PK2FHuberdeau – Kirkland
0:33
PK1DWhitecloud – Bahl
1:23
PK2DWeegar – Kuznetsov
0:14

Current CGY line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
13:5138% CF
L2Tarasenko – Trenin – Yurov
11:1348% CF
L3Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
9:5460% CF
L4Foligno – Hinostroza – Sturm
5:3164% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
18:1452% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
12:4237% CF
D3Hunt – Jiricek
8:0555% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
2:11100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Hartman – Hughes
0:06100% CF
PK1FEriksson Ek – Boldy
1:37
PK2FTrenin – Sturm
1:33
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
2:22
PK2DSpurgeon – Hunt
1:34

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:43
MINDanila Yurov (Vladimir Tarasenko, Daemon Hunt)snap0.15 xG
CGY: Weegar, Frost, Farabee, Kuznetsov, GridinMIN: Tarasenko, Trenin, Hunt, Jiricek, Yurov
CGY 0 – 1 MIN
10:37
MINVinnie Hinostroza (Jake Middleton, Jared Spurgeon)wrist0.12 xG
CGY: Kadri, Whitecloud, Bahl, Pospisil, ZaryMIN: Spurgeon, Foligno, Hinostroza, Middleton, Sturm
CGY 0 – 2 MIN

3rd period

5:49
CGYMorgan Frost (Jonathan Huberdeau)wrist0.17 xG
CGY: Huberdeau, Weegar, Frost, Kuznetsov, BrzustewiczMIN: Johansson, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, Hunt, Jiricek
CGY 1 – 2 MIN
17:17
MINMatt BoldyPP (Kirill Kaprizov, Quinn Hughes)tip-in0.13 xG
CGY: Backlund, Whitecloud, Bahl, PospisilMIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy
CGY 1 – 3 MIN
17:45
MINKirill KaprizovEN (Brock Faber, Joel Eriksson Ek)wrist0.48 xG
CGY: Backlund, Kadri, Weegar, Sharangovich, Zary, CoronatoMIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, Faber
CGY 1 – 4 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	20:30	—	—	61	59
Matt Coronato R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.39	0	0	0	18:15	—	—	66	79
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	62	50
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.17	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	50	64
Matvei Gridin R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	0	1	0	16:26	—	—	41	41
Morgan Frost C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	0	2	0	16:25	—	—	40	42
Connor Zary C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.39	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	67	59
Nazem Kadri C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.27	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	65	69
Martin Pospisil C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	5	0	2	12:36	—	—	69	74
Joel Farabee L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	1	0	11:25	—	—	33	24
Justin Kirkland C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	10:35	—	—	40	29
Adam Klapka R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	3	0	5	9:17	—	—	35	29
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	3	1	0	24:26	—	—	61	64
Kevin Bahl D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	23:08	—	—	58	62
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	7	2	20:02	—	—	39	46
Yan Kuznetsov D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	1	0	17:50	—	—	33	42
Hunter Brzustewicz D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:15	—	—	63	49
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:20	—	—	75	61

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devin Cooley(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	2.40	59:53

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.71	0	0	0	19:27	—	—	41	43
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:27	—	—	43	44
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	6	2	18:17	—	—	33	54
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	4	0	0	16:08	—	—	50	54
Danila Yurov R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	57	60
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	2	0	13:26	—	—	41	48
Matt Boldy L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.46	3	0	0	17:26	—	—	48	15
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	56	18
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	48	36
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:48	—	—	58	58
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	3	0	5	8:34	—	—	63	63
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	0	0	0	8:21	—	—	55	64
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.35	0	0	2	27:57	—	—	54	54
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	0	2	24:01	—	—	41	48
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	0	1	0	20:22	—	—	43	48
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:40	—	—	30	25
Daemon Hunt D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	3	0	15:09	—	—	52	61
David Jiricek D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	12:38	—	—	60	55

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.67	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Danila Yurov (MIN) 1st 2:43 · assists Vladimir Tarasenko, Daemon Hunt · Forecheck turnover · 49.3 mph shot.

Danila Yurov · 1st 2:43 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 49.3 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: one-timer

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Vinnie Hinostroza · 1st 10:37 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.8 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Morgan Frost · 3rd 5:49 · CGY

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 64.2 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 17:17 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 27.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: one-timer

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Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 17:45 · MIN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3
Shot: 53.5 mph
Distance: 86 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.