Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota WildMay 3, 2021

FinalMonday, May 3, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Minnesota WildMIN

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	3	2	0	5		VGK	10	11	11	32
MIN	2	1	3	6		MIN	12	11	9	32

: VGK 57MIN 52
: VGK 2.77MIN 2.70
PP goals: VGK 1MIN 1
Hits: VGK 17MIN 22
Blocks: VGK 8MIN 10
PIM: VGK 8MIN 8
: VGK 57%MIN 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Vegas Golden Knights 6–5

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 6–5 at home. Nick Bonino (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A.

Points
Nick Bonino had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:44.Bonino
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Alec Martinez had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:09.Martinez
Points
Jonas Brodin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:29.Brodin
Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:53.Fiala
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:05.Kaprizov
Points
Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:34.Stone
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Jared Spurgeon had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:51.Spurgeon
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William Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:02.Karlsson

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 52 · VGK 57

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 31% of the game, MIN 26%.

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	54
	2.47	2.61
	2.34	2.50
	6	18
	4	6
	16	19
	+0.057	−0.057
	31%	26%

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

L1Stone – Stephenson – Janmark
14:5839% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:2752% CF
L3Tuch – Roy – Krebs
6:4564% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
18:3548% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
15:4757% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
12:4660% CF

PP1Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Janmark – Theodore
3:03100% CF
PP2Martinez – Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Tuch
2:29100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
0:37
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:37
PK1DMartinez – Hague
0:53
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
0:37

Current VGK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
13:0458% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
12:1843% CF
L3Bonino – Rask – Fiala
11:3341% CF
L4Parise – Bjugstad – Sturm
8:0845% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
16:5555% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
15:5958% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
12:0021% CF

PP1Suter – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
1:21100% CF
PP2Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
1:00100% CF
PK1FBonino – Sturm
1:39
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
0:55
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
3:38
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:27

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:36
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Jared Spurgeon)wrist0.08 xG
VGK: Martinez, Stone, Janmark, Theodore, KolesarMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Foligno, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
VGK 0 – 1 MIN
4:29
VGKShea Theodore (Mark Stone, Brayden McNabb)wrist0.02 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stone, Janmark, Theodore, KrebsMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
VGK 1 – 1 MIN
6:05
VGKAlec MartinezPP (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, TuchMIN: Bonino, Brodin, Dumba, Sturm
VGK 2 – 1 MIN
7:48
MINNick Bonino (Mathew Dumba, Jonas Brodin)backhand0.02 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Janmark, TheodoreMIN: Bonino, Rask, Brodin, Dumba, Fiala
VGK 2 – 2 MIN
12:20
VGKAlex Tuch (Peyton Krebs, Nicolas Roy)wrist0.05 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Tuch, Roy, KrebsMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
VGK 3 – 2 MIN

2nd period

6:48
VGKMark Stone (Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.23 xG
VGK: Martinez, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, CarrierMIN: Suter, Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala
VGK 4 – 2 MIN
8:44
MINNick BoninoPP (Jared Spurgeon, Kirill Kaprizov)deflected0.20 xG
VGK: Martinez, Karlsson, WhitecloudMIN: Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala, Kaprizov
VGK 4 – 3 MIN
16:04
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Alec Martinez, William Karlsson)wrist0.10 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Marchessault, RoyMIN: Zuccarello, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, Kaprizov
VGK 5 – 3 MIN

3rd period

10:49
MINKevin Fiala (Nick Bonino, Victor Rask)backhand0.06 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Tuch, Roy, KrebsMIN: Suter, Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala
VGK 5 – 4 MIN
18:28
MINKirill Kaprizov (Kevin Fiala)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, WhitecloudMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala, Kaprizov
VGK 5 – 5 MIN
18:54
MINJonas Brodin (Marcus Foligno, Jordan Greenway)slap0.04 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, JanmarkMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
VGK 5 – 6 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
Mark Stone R	L1	1	1	2	-1	1	0.27	1	2	0	23:34	—	—	47	47
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.25	0	1	0	20:42	—	—	46	51
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	42	40
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.28	0	1	0	18:09	—	—	52	48
William Karlsson C	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	18:02	—	—	55	50
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.18	0	1	4	16:16	—	—	52	50
Alex Tuch R	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.27	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	57	49
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.27	1	0	0	12:11	—	—	61	55
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:05	—	—	69	59
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.20	1	0	0	22:56	—	—	46	33
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	4	0	2	20:53	—	—	44	41
Alec Martinez D	D2	1	1	2	0	3	0.48	0	1	0	23:09	—	—	59	60
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	0	1	2	20:30	—	—	55	57
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:10	—	—	40	34
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	67	53
Keegan Kolesar R	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	12:00	—	—	44	29
William Carrier L	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	3	0	0	11:20	—	—	50	52

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	32	26	6	.813	2.70	59:01

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.31	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	62	69
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	1	0	2	16:30	—	—	56	73
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	0	1	0	16:20	—	—	57	72
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.11	2	0	0	16:18	—	—	46	48
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	1	1	2	16:13	—	—	50	49
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	3	0	0	15:12	—	—	44	47
Kevin Fiala L	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.37	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	48	47
Nick Bonino C	L3	2	1	3	+1	2	0.22	1	3	0	16:44	—	—	41	36
Victor Rask C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.11	0	1	0	14:40	—	—	46	40
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	11:25	—	—	40	42
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	8:44	—	—	39	39
Zach Parise L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	0	0	8:33	—	—	39	38
Jonas Brodin D	D1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.10	2	2	0	23:29	—	—	51	46
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	3	1	2	22:00	—	—	59	58
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.16	1	0	0	22:51	—	—	61	63
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.08	1	1	0	22:27	—	—	59	63
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:14	—	—	22	25
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	13:48	—	—	20	27

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	32	27	5	.844	2.77	59:41

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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.