Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota WildFeb 11, 2020

FinalTuesday, Feb 11, 2020· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	8	14	4	26
MIN	2	2	0	4		MIN	8	12	5	25

: VGK 56MIN 48
: VGK 2.11MIN 2.95
PP goals: VGK 0MIN 3
Hits: VGK 13MIN 10
Blocks: VGK 10MIN 17
PIM: VGK 12MIN 10
: VGK 56%MIN 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Vegas Golden Knights 4–0

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–0 at home. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon and Fiala) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 5:02 together.

Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 15:02.Fiala
Points
Zach Parise had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:09.Parise
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon and Fiala) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 5:02 together.Staal Suter Parise Spurgeon Fiala
New line
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Stone–Karlsson skated 5:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (88.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Stone Karlsson
Usage
Mathew Dumba (MIN) played 17:06, −5:29 down on his 22:35 season average over 68 games.Dumba
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 2.11 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Galchenyuk–Kunin skated 9:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (29.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zuccarello Galchenyuk Kunin
New line
New look for VGK: Reaves–Eakin–Nosek skated 5:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Eakin Nosek

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 104 of 104 attempts · MIN 48 · VGK 56

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 32% 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
	52	36
	1.48	2.03
	1.44	1.89
	5	7
	1	2
	11	4
	+0.010	−0.010
	32%	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

L1Stastny – Smith – Marchessault
8:3260% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Karlsson
5:2789% CF
L3Stephenson – Carrier – Tuch
5:1538% CF
L4Reaves – Eakin – Nosek
5:1271% CF
D1Merrill – Whitecloud
10:1842% CF
D2McNabb – Schmidt
9:5175% CF
D3Holden – Theodore
5:2367% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Marchessault – Theodore
3:5850% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Stephenson – Schmidt – Tuch
2:1275% CF
PK1FEakin – Nosek
1:52
PK2FStastny – Smith
1:33
PK1DMcNabb – Schmidt
2:15
PK2DHolden – Merrill
1:01

Current VGK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
10:2727% CF
L2Koivu – Hartman – Donato
9:4454% CF
L3Zuccarello – Galchenyuk – Kunin
9:1329% CF
L4Staal – Parise – Fiala
8:3058% CF
D1Hunt – Soucy
14:0255% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
12:5842% CF
D3Suter – Spurgeon
12:0632% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Fiala
5:0286% CF
PP2Zuccarello – Hunt – Galchenyuk – Dumba – Kunin
2:4067% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
2:50
PK2FKoivu – Kunin
1:56
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
4:37
PK2DBrodin – Soucy
3:14

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:30
MINJoel Eriksson EkPP (Jordan Greenway, Mathew Dumba)wrist0.26 xG
VGK: Eakin, Schmidt, Nosek, WhitecloudMIN: Foligno, Hunt, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
VGK 0 – 1 MIN
12:44
MINJared SpurgeonPP (Kevin Fiala, Ryan Suter)backhand0.03 xG
VGK: Holden, Merrill, Stone, NosekMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Fiala
VGK 0 – 2 MIN

2nd period

9:11
MINKevin Fiala (Zach Parise, Jonas Brodin)wrist0.24 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Stone, Stephenson, SchmidtMIN: Staal, Parise, Brodin, Dumba, Fiala
VGK 0 – 3 MIN
15:47
MINZach ParisePP (Eric Staal, Kevin Fiala)wrist0.16 xG
VGK: McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, NosekMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Fiala
VGK 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Paul Stastny C	L1	0	1	0.13	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	64	18
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	3	0.53	0	1	0	16:14	—	—	64	18
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	4	0.05	0	0	4	14:25	—	—	67	22
Mark Stone R	L2	-1	2	0.16	0	1	2	17:01	—	—	64	51
William Karlsson C	L2	0	3	0.20	2	0	0	16:15	—	—	81	69
Max Pacioretty L	L2	-1	3	0.34	2	0	0	14:53	—	—	62	51
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:59	—	—	33	33
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	3	0.28	0	1	0	16:04	—	—	57	54
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:46	—	—	41	13
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:02	—	—	63	43
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	67	66
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0.00	3	0	4	10:44	—	—	53	18
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	2	0.04	0	2	2	19:43	—	—	48	38
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	46	20
Nate Schmidt D	D2	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	24:09	—	—	61	41
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	17:05	—	—	82	69
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	23:05	—	—	54	51
Nick Holden D	D3	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	12:39	—	—	53	19

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	20	16	4	.800	2.59	40:00
Malcolm Subban	—	5	5	0	.1000	0.36	20:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	15:24	—	—	21	27
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.31	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	25	37
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	1	1	2	13:00	—	—	25	37
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	4	12:33	—	—	54	75
Mikko Koivu C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	2	12:32	—	—	50	74
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	2	1	0	11:07	—	—	54	75
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	30	21
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:44	—	—	26	20
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:26	—	—	26	20
Zach Parise L	L4	1	1	2	+1	3	0.59	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	58	75
Eric Staal C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	54	69
Kevin Fiala L	L4	1	2	3	+1	6	0.89	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	48	69
Carson Soucy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	3	0	19:35	—	—	52	75
Brad Hunt D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	57	77
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	6	0	19:32	—	—	38	58
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	42	63
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	23:20	—	—	26	31
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	22:28	—	—	32	37

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	2.11	59:56

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.