Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota WildNov 30, 2017

FinalThursday, Nov 30, 2017· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	2	2		VGK	11	11	9	31
MIN	0	1	3	4		MIN	12	13	7	32

: VGK 59MIN 57
: VGK 2.33MIN 3.72
PP goals: VGK 0MIN 0
Hits: VGK 6MIN 9
Blocks: VGK 12MIN 18
PIM: VGK 4MIN 6
: VGK 44%MIN 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at home. Eric Staal (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MIN: Cullen–Ennis–Mitchell skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (23.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Eric Staal had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:26.Staal
New line
New look for MIN: Cullen–Ennis–Mitchell skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (23.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Ennis Mitchell
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New look for MIN: Stewart–Zucker–Coyle skated 5:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stewart Zucker Coyle
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New look for VGK: Eakin–Lindberg–Leipsic skated 10:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (32% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Lindberg Leipsic
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New look for VGK: Matteau–Bellemare–Nosek skated 7:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Matteau Bellemare Nosek
Usage
Deryk Engelland (VGK) played 14:33, −5:48 down on his 20:21 season average over 78 games.Engelland
Usage
Matt Cullen (MIN) played 7:52, −4:05 down on his 11:57 season average over 78 games.Cullen
Usage
Tyler Ennis (MIN) played 8:07, −3:55 down on his 12:02 season average over 72 games.Ennis

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

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

MIN
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · MIN 57 · VGK 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 33% of the game, MIN 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

VGK

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	VGK	MIN
	56	55
	2.10	2.90
	2.05	2.86
	11	8
	6	2
	16	11
	−0.023	+0.024
	33%	31%

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Neal – Haula – Tuch
11:2147% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:3371% CF
L3Eakin – Lindberg – Leipsic
10:2932% CF
L4Matteau – Bellemare – Nosek
7:5576% CF
D1Sbisa – Schmidt
13:4650% CF
D2McNabb – Miller
12:3571% CF
D3Engelland – Theodore
12:0424% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Miller – Schmidt – Tuch
2:4683% CF
PP2Neal – Haula – Marchessault – Leipsic – Theodore
2:45100% CF
PK1FEakin – Karlsson
2:04
PK2FSmith – Bellemare
1:10
PK1DMiller – Schmidt
1:17
PK2DEngelland – McNabb
0:53

Current VGK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Foligno – Niederreiter
13:2384% CF
L2Koivu – Winnik – Granlund
7:4550% CF
L3Cullen – Ennis – Mitchell
5:4624% CF
L4Stewart – Zucker – Coyle
5:4133% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
19:0067% CF
D2Brodin – Murphy
17:1252% CF
D3Reilly – Olofsson
10:4423% CF

PP1Koivu – Suter – Granlund – Niederreiter – Dumba
2:53100% CF
PP2Staal – Zucker – Coyle – Reilly – Murphy
1:07100% CF
PK1FZucker – Coyle
1:43
PK2FKoivu – Granlund
1:35
PK1DSuter – Dumba
2:57
PK2DBrodin – Olofsson
1:45

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

17:01
MINMikael Granlund (Mike Reilly, Jason Zucker)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Engelland, Eakin, Lindberg, Leipsic, TheodoreMIN: Koivu, Zucker, Granlund, Reilly, Olofsson
VGK 0 – 1 MIN

3rd period

2:42
VGKBrayden McNabb (Stefan Matteau)slap0.03 xG
VGK: McNabb, Miller, Matteau, Bellemare, NosekMIN: Cullen, Suter, Ennis, Coyle, Dumba
VGK 1 – 1 MIN
4:39
VGKJonathan Marchessault (William Karlsson)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Miller, MarchessaultMIN: Koivu, Suter, Zucker, Granlund, Dumba
VGK 2 – 1 MIN
5:27
MINJonas Brodin (Daniel Winnik, Charlie Coyle)deflected0.07 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Lindberg, Miller, LeipsicMIN: Winnik, Coyle, Niederreiter, Brodin, Murphy
VGK 2 – 2 MIN
12:05
MINEric Staal (Mathew Dumba)wrist0.20 xG
VGK: Engelland, Marchessault, Schmidt, Bellemare, NosekMIN: Staal, Suter, Foligno, Granlund, Dumba
VGK 2 – 3 MIN
19:54
MINEric StaalENbackhand0.50 xG
VGK: Neal, Smith, Karlsson, Miller, Marchessault, TheodoreMIN: Staal, Suter, Winnik, Coyle, Brodin
VGK 2 – 4 MIN

Box score

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

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	18:05	—	—	33	15
James Neal L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	0	0	2	17:51	—	—	58	39
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	45	24
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	0	1	0	20:44	—	—	63	52
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	68	62
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	-1	6	0.29	0	1	0	18:16	—	—	46	44
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.35	0	1	0	14:17	—	—	31	32
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:32	—	—	30	34
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	31	36
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	71	47
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	68	46
Stefan Matteau C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.16	0	0	0	8:39	—	—	77	51
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	1	0	23:49	—	—	60	37
Luca Sbisa D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:08	—	—	40	21
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	20:26	—	—	76	87
Brayden McNabb D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	0	1	0	19:22	—	—	62	82
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	1	0	19:59	—	—	32	18
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	2	2	14:33	—	—	30	24

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	3.21	58:39

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eric Staal C	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.83	1	1	0	19:26	—	—	80	94
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.59	0	0	0	18:06	—	—	82	94
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.72	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	82	93
Mikael Granlund C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.26	0	1	0	20:00	—	—	50	59
Mikko Koivu C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.47	1	1	0	19:34	—	—	43	41
Daniel Winnik L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:17	—	—	38	48
Zack Mitchell R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	9:25	—	—	19	10
Tyler Ennis R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	2	8:07	—	—	22	10
Matt Cullen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:52	—	—	19	7
Jason Zucker L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:03	—	—	33	21
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	1	1	2	16:53	—	—	25	26
Chris Stewart R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	8:11	—	—	25	17
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	0	0	0	27:03	—	—	67	66
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.21	2	2	0	26:36	—	—	68	66
Jonas Brodin D	D2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.15	1	2	0	21:21	—	—	50	71
Ryan Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.26	1	1	0	19:34	—	—	52	71
Gustav Olofsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	5	2	13:25	—	—	22	35
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	26	35

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.33	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.