Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota WildFeb 2, 2018

FinalFriday, Feb 2, 2018· Xcel Energy Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	8	5	11	24
MIN	2	2	1	5		MIN	19	11	6	36

: VGK 49MIN 65
: VGK 1.36MIN 4.74
PP goals: VGK 1MIN 2
Hits: VGK 18MIN 13
Blocks: VGK 15MIN 14
PIM: VGK 13MIN 11
: VGK 48%MIN 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at home. Eric Staal (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Neal, Perron, Haula, Miller and Schmidt) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:07 together.

Points
Eric Staal had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:54.Staal
Points
Jonas Brodin had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:18.Brodin
Points
Erik Haula had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:52.Haula
Points
David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:04.Perron
Points
Mathew Dumba had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:16.Dumba
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Neal, Perron, Haula, Miller and Schmidt) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:07 together.Neal Perron Haula Miller Schmidt
New line
New look for MIN: Parise–Coyle–Eriksson Ek skated 12:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Parise Coyle Eriksson Ek
Goalie
Malcolm Subban (VGK) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +7 against a season average of 27.9; the loss.Subban

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 114 of 114 attempts · MIN 65 · VGK 49

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 19% of the game, MIN 55%.

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
	47	59
	1.02	3.00
	1.02	2.94
	4	6
	6	2
	13	10
	+0.008	−0.008
	19%	55%

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

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:5642% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Haula
8:3231% CF
L3Carrier – Carpenter – Bellemare
6:2357% CF
L4Eakin – Lindberg – Tuch
6:1238% CF
D1Engelland – Theodore
15:0737% CF
D2Garrison – Miller
12:2250% CF
D3McNabb – Schmidt
11:3444% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
2:07100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
1:25100% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Bellemare
3:13
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:28
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
5:09
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
1:58

Current VGK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Parise – Coyle – Eriksson Ek
12:2053% CF
L2Koivu – Zucker – Granlund
10:5463% CF
L3Staal – Ennis – Niederreiter
9:3853% CF
L4Cullen – Winnik – Foligno
9:1660% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
17:5555% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
14:4166% CF
D3Prosser – Reilly
8:2746% CF

PP1Koivu – Suter – Spurgeon – Zucker – Granlund
2:25100% CF
PP2Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Niederreiter
2:25100% CF
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
1:05
PK2FCullen – Winnik
0:38
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:20
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:18

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:05
MINEric StaalPP (Mike Reilly, Mathew Dumba)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Eakin, LindbergMIN: Staal, Parise, Niederreiter, Reilly, Dumba
VGK 0 – 1 MIN
15:03
MINCharlie Coyle (Jonas Brodin, Joel Eriksson Ek)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, McNabb, Haula, SchmidtMIN: Parise, Coyle, Brodin, Dumba, Eriksson Ek
VGK 0 – 2 MIN

2nd period

1:11
MINTyler Ennis (Jonas Brodin)wrist0.01 xG
VGK: Engelland, Neal, Perron, Haula, TheodoreMIN: Staal, Ennis, Niederreiter, Brodin, Dumba
VGK 0 – 3 MIN
6:19
VGKErik HaulaPP (Colin Miller, David Perron)deflected0.14 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Miller, SchmidtMIN: Cullen, Winnik, Brodin, Dumba
VGK 1 – 3 MIN
16:08
MINJared SpurgeonPP (Ryan Suter, Eric Staal)wrist0.17 xG
VGK: Engelland, McNabb, Carpenter, BellemareMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Niederreiter
VGK 1 – 4 MIN

3rd period

12:38
VGKNate Schmidt (David Perron, Erik Haula)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, Smith, Haula, Miller, SchmidtMIN: Koivu, Suter, Spurgeon, Granlund
VGK 2 – 4 MIN
18:31
MINEric StaalEN (Mathew Dumba, Jonas Brodin)wrist0.78 xG
VGK: Neal, Perron, Haula, Lindberg, Theodore, TuchMIN: Staal, Winnik, Niederreiter, Brodin, Dumba
VGK 2 – 5 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
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	18:44	—	—	43	16
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	42	12
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	0	0	16:27	—	—	39	11
David Perron L	L2	0	2	2	-3	2	0.09	1	1	0	16:04	—	—	29	14
Erik Haula L	L2	1	1	2	-3	1	0.18	1	0	0	15:52	—	—	29	14
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:30	—	—	42	17
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	1	0	14:10	—	—	64	61
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	11:51	—	—	60	68
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	7	0	0	10:32	—	—	64	87
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	14:51	—	—	53	51
Oscar Lindberg L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	12:33	—	—	57	46
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	3	0	11:53	—	—	52	50
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	23:00	—	—	37	12
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.15	0	0	4	20:30	—	—	41	18
Colin Miller D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	20:57	—	—	54	42
Jason Garrison D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	14:40	—	—	39	30
Nate Schmidt D	D3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.18	1	2	0	20:43	—	—	46	31
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	18:57	—	—	46	30

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	3.96	58:19

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Parise L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.32	1	2	0	18:25	—	—	55	73
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	1	1	2	15:09	—	—	55	74
Charlie Coyle C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.22	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	52	74
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.58	1	1	0	18:42	—	—	60	88
Mikko Koivu C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.73	1	1	0	17:57	—	—	64	89
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	62	88
Eric Staal C	L3	2	1	3	+2	1	1.02	1	1	0	15:54	—	—	50	31
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.29	0	1	2	15:16	—	—	53	33
Tyler Ennis R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:45	—	—	50	30
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.30	0	1	0	11:34	—	—	55	91
Daniel Winnik L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	60	94
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:40	—	—	54	92
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	28:37	—	—	49	83
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.30	2	2	0	26:39	—	—	55	90
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	2	2	+3	2	0.05	0	0	5	21:16	—	—	67	76
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	3	3	+3	3	0.11	2	1	0	19:18	—	—	63	74
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	2	12:53	—	—	56	40
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	11:17	—	—	35	33

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	1.36	59:56

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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.