Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota WildMar 8, 2021

FinalMonday, Mar 8, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	5	14	7	26
MIN	1	0	1	2		MIN	10	5	7	22

: VGK 46MIN 38
: VGK 1.26MIN 2.77
PP goals: VGK 0MIN 0
Hits: VGK 17MIN 19
Blocks: VGK 13MIN 14
PIM: VGK 4MIN 4
: VGK 57%MIN 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–0

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–0 at home. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MIN: Parise–Rask–Fiala skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for MIN: Parise–Rask–Fiala skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Parise Rask Fiala
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New look for VGK: Kolesar–Roy–Glass skated 7:58 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kolesar Roy Glass
Usage
Nick Holden (VGK) played 10:12, −6:00 down on his 16:12 season average over 16 games.Holden
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Nicolas Hague (VGK) played 21:38, +5:45 up on his 15:53 season average over 51 games.Hague
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Alex Tuch (VGK) played 21:02, +4:17 up on his 16:45 season average over 54 games.Tuch
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Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 21:48, +4:04 up on his 17:44 season average over 50 games.Whitecloud
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Shea Theodore (VGK) played 26:13, +3:44 up on his 22:29 season average over 52 games.Theodore
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Nick Bonino (MIN) played 11:41, −3:14 down on his 14:55 season average over 54 games.Bonino

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 84 of 84 attempts · MIN 38 · VGK 46

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 23% of the game, MIN 30%.

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
	40	43
	1.04	1.95
	1.03	1.86
	5	10
	2	7
	6	12
	+0.063	−0.063
	23%	30%

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

L1Pacioretty – Stephenson – Tuch
11:2264% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
9:1964% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
8:0438% CF
L4Kolesar – Roy – Glass
7:5847% CF
D1Martinez – Theodore
16:1326% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
14:4874% CF
D3Holden – Coghlan
8:4658% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Smith – Karlsson – Theodore – Tuch
2:54100% CF
PP2Martinez – Marchessault – Stephenson – Hague – Glass
2:38100% CF
PK1FStephenson – Tuch
1:27
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
1:06
PK1DMartinez – Whitecloud
3:15

Current VGK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Bjugstad – Kaprizov
12:0457% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
11:1729% CF
L3Parise – Rask – Fiala
10:3878% CF
L4Bonino – Rau – Sturm
7:2020% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
16:3043% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
15:0370% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
14:0943% CF

PP1Suter – Zuccarello – Fiala – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
2:50
PP2Parise – Spurgeon – Rask – Dumba – Greenway
0:46
PK1FParise – Greenway
1:15
PK2FFoligno – Rau
1:13
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
3:38
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
1:32

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:51
MINKevin Fiala (Victor Rask)wrist0.12 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Kolesar, Coghlan, GlassMIN: Parise, Rask, Brodin, Dumba, Fiala
VGK 0 – 1 MIN

3rd period

19:54
MINJonas BrodinEN (Joel Eriksson Ek, Marcus Foligno)unknown0.97 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, TuchMIN: Cole, Foligno, Brodin, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
VGK 0 – 2 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
Alex Tuch R	L1	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	21:02	—	—	69	47
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0.11	2	1	0	18:33	—	—	67	47
Max Pacioretty L	L1	-2	5	0.15	0	0	0	18:28	—	—	64	30
William Karlsson C	L2	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	60	33
Reilly Smith R	L2	-1	3	0.15	1	0	0	17:09	—	—	53	32
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	-1	1	0.03	0	1	2	16:39	—	—	71	41
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:04	—	—	29	31
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	1	0.09	3	1	0	11:10	—	—	28	29
William Carrier L	L3	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	9:36	—	—	39	31
Cody Glass C	L4	-1	2	0.30	0	0	2	15:00	—	—	42	37
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:27	—	—	31	36
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	9:47	—	—	44	37
Shea Theodore D	D1	-1	3	0.14	0	1	0	26:13	—	—	31	22
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	24:37	—	—	33	14
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0.01	1	3	0	21:48	—	—	68	78
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	5	0.08	4	0	0	21:38	—	—	63	51
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:43	—	—	45	17
Nick Holden D	D3	-1	2	0.02	1	1	0	10:12	—	—	47	15

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	21	20	1	.952	1.79	58:19

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	61	55
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	63	52
Nick Bjugstad C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	3	1	0	12:52	—	—	59	53
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	18:56	—	—	22	24
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	17:39	—	—	33	49
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	3	1	0	16:28	—	—	30	26
Zach Parise L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.39	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	68	84
Kevin Fiala L	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.61	1	0	0	15:01	—	—	78	91
Victor Rask C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	82	91
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:41	—	—	19	10
Kyle Rau C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:11	—	—	20	11
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:20	—	—	17	14
Jonas Brodin D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	1.17	0	6	0	23:35	—	—	43	81
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	23:31	—	—	44	81
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	20:35	—	—	68	75
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	2	19:23	—	—	70	76
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	44	48
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:11	—	—	44	48

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	1.26	59:48

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.