Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota WildMar 10, 2021

FinalWednesday, Mar 10, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	1	0	2	3		VGK	6	9	12	27
MIN	1	0	3	4		MIN	9	8	14	31

: VGK 60MIN 49
: VGK 1.99MIN 3.12
PP goals: VGK 0MIN 1
Hits: VGK 17MIN 14
Blocks: VGK 9MIN 19
PIM: VGK 6MIN 6
: VGK 49%MIN 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Vegas Golden Knights 4–3

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–3 at home. Dylan Coghlan (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Dylan Coghlan (VGK) played 18:23, +5:04 up on his 13:19 season average over 28 games.

Points
Dylan Coghlan had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:23.Coghlan
Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:54.Eriksson Ek
Usage
Dylan Coghlan (VGK) played 18:23, +5:04 up on his 13:19 season average over 28 games.Coghlan
New line
New look for VGK: Reaves–Nosek–Kolesar skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Nosek Kolesar
Usage
Tomas Nosek (VGK) played 9:14, −3:52 down on his 13:06 season average over 37 games.Nosek
Usage
Ian Cole (MIN) played 12:52, −3:04 down on his 15:56 season average over 53 games.Cole

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 109 of 109 attempts · MIN 49 · VGK 60

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 30% 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
	55	47
	1.41	2.18
	1.35	2.08
	5	10
	4	5
	22	19
	−0.003	+0.003
	30%	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 – Stone – Stephenson
13:1852% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:1362% CF
L3Tuch – Roy – Glass
10:4568% CF
L4Reaves – Nosek – Kolesar
7:3718% CF
D1Hague – Whitecloud
14:2650% CF
D2McNabb – Coghlan
12:4059% CF
D3Martinez – Theodore
12:3048% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore – Glass
1:49100% CF
PP2Martinez – Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Tuch
1:4050% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:17
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:33
PK1DMartinez – Whitecloud
1:19
PK2DMcNabb – Coghlan
1:01

Current VGK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
12:4847% CF
L2Parise – Rask – Fiala
10:2142% CF
L3Zuccarello – Bjugstad – Kaprizov
9:4936% CF
L4Bonino – Rau – Sturm
6:1356% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
18:0942% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
17:0352% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
11:5550% CF

PP1Suter – Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Bjugstad – Kaprizov
0:52100% CF
PP2Parise – Rask – Brodin – Dumba – Fiala
0:46
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:08
PK2FBonino – Sturm
1:04
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
1:38
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:22

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:19
MINJoel Eriksson Ekwrist0.10 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Foligno, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
VGK 0 – 1 MIN
1:42
VGKDylan Coghlan (Nicolas Roy)snap0.15 xG
VGK: McNabb, Tuch, Roy, Coghlan, GlassMIN: Parise, Rask, Brodin, Dumba, Fiala
VGK 1 – 1 MIN

3rd period

1:18
MINKirill KaprizovPP (Mats Zuccarello, Nick Bjugstad)backhand0.03 xG
VGK: Martinez, Nosek, Tuch, WhitecloudMIN: Zuccarello, Bjugstad, Brodin, Dumba, Kaprizov
VGK 1 – 2 MIN
5:54
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Jordan Greenway, Marcus Foligno)wrist0.11 xG
VGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, TheodoreMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Foligno, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
VGK 1 – 3 MIN
7:41
MINCarson Soucy (Nico Sturm, Kyle Rau)slap0.05 xG
VGK: Reaves, Nosek, Kolesar, Hague, WhitecloudMIN: Bonino, Cole, Rau, Soucy, Sturm
VGK 1 – 4 MIN
14:00
VGKDylan Coghlan (Alec Martinez, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Martinez, Stephenson, Tuch, CoghlanMIN: Rask, Brodin, Dumba, Fiala
VGK 2 – 4 MIN
17:50
VGKDylan Coghlan (Shea Theodore, Mark Stone)slap0.05 xG
VGK: Smith, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, CoghlanMIN: Suter, Bonino, Spurgeon, Rau, Sturm
VGK 3 – 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
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	0	0	0	19:53	—	—	52	22
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	19:43	—	—	48	19
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	17:22	—	—	50	23
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	18:48	—	—	64	58
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	64	58
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.31	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	62	56
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.16	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	67	63
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	67	63
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	2	12:18	—	—	70	61
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	3	1	2	9:34	—	—	21	7
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:14	—	—	18	5
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:09	—	—	29	22
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	19:11	—	—	54	61
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	2	1	2	16:07	—	—	54	65
Dylan Coghlan D	D2	3	0	3	+3	5	0.29	1	1	0	18:23	—	—	56	42
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	3	1	0	17:18	—	—	62	54
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	23:00	—	—	56	21
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.07	0	1	0	21:13	—	—	45	19

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	2.39	48:21
Logan Thompson	—	2	2	0	.1000	0.14	8:15

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.06	3	0	0	17:52	—	—	46	83
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.12	1	2	0	17:36	—	—	50	85
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.34	0	2	0	16:54	—	—	55	88
Victor Rask C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	33	29
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	0	2	0	14:01	—	—	46	31
Zach Parise L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	2	13:52	—	—	36	30
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.99	0	1	2	17:23	—	—	43	57
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	1	3	0	14:38	—	—	35	46
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	13:23	—	—	39	48
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	55	70
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	12:14	—	—	59	71
Kyle Rau C	L4	0	1	1	0	5	0.29	0	0	0	7:57	—	—	55	71
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	1	2	0	23:17	—	—	42	47
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	2	0	22:58	—	—	42	47
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	2	3	0	24:14	—	—	48	79
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	23:14	—	—	52	82
Carson Soucy D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	2	1	2	13:52	—	—	45	55
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	0	0	12:52	—	—	50	59

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	W	27	24	3	.889	1.99	59:26

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.