Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota WildMay 5, 2021

Final / OTWednesday, May 5, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	0	1	1	1	3		VGK	8	12	12	2	34
MIN	0	0	2	0	2		MIN	10	8	9	1	28

: VGK 65MIN 47
: VGK 2.90MIN 1.98
PP goals: VGK 1MIN 0
Hits: VGK 17MIN 19
Blocks: VGK 11MIN 22
PIM: VGK 15MIN 17
: VGK 54%MIN 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Minnesota Wild 3–2 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 in overtime at MIN. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. VGK's first power-play unit (Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:59 together.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:26.Kaprizov
Points
Ryan Hartman had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:58.Hartman
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:59 together.Martinez Pietrangelo Smith Karlsson Tuch
New line
New look for MIN: Bonino–Johansson–Rask skated 7:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Johansson Rask
Usage
Zach Parise (MIN) played 7:14, −6:52 down on his 14:06 season average over 44 games.Parise
Usage
Alex Tuch (VGK) played 20:03, +3:17 up on his 16:46 season average over 54 games.Tuch
Usage
Nick Bjugstad (MIN) played 7:26, −4:29 down on his 11:55 season average over 43 games.Bjugstad
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Nicolas Hague (VGK) played 11:24, −4:41 down on his 16:05 season average over 51 games.Hague

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 112 of 112 attempts · MIN 47 · VGK 65

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 45% of the game, MIN 25%.

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
	53	42
	1.96	1.04
	1.90	1.00
	5	4
	8	0
	18	16
	+0.027	−0.027
	45%	25%

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
12:3855% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:2759% CF
L3Tuch – Roy – Krebs
7:3950% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
16:5148% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
15:4360% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
9:5747% CF

PP1Martinez – Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Tuch
2:5990% CF
PP2Stone – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Krebs
2:52100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
2:32
PK2FStone – Stephenson
2:21
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
2:12
PK2DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:15

Current VGK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
10:5340% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
10:3967% CF
L3Bonino – Johansson – Rask
7:5946% CF
L4Parise – Bjugstad – Sturm
4:3850% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
17:2842% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
16:0045% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
10:5050% CF

PP1Bonino – Spurgeon – Johansson – Rask – Kaprizov
3:16100% CF
PP2Suter – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
2:2750% CF
PK1FBonino – Sturm
2:17
PK2FJohansson – Hartman
2:05
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
3:22
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:43

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:30
VGKChandler Stephenson (Mattias Janmark)wrist0.21 xG
VGK: Stone, Stephenson, Janmark, Hague, WhitecloudMIN: Zuccarello, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, Kaprizov
VGK 1 – 0 MIN

3rd period

11:13
MINKirill Kaprizov (Mats Zuccarello, Ryan Hartman)deflected0.05 xG
VGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hague, WhitecloudMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Kaprizov
VGK 1 – 1 MIN
13:23
MINKirill Kaprizov (Ryan Hartman)wrist0.03 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, MarchessaultMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Kaprizov
VGK 1 – 2 MIN
15:44
VGKReilly SmithPP (William Karlsson, Alec Martinez)wrist0.13 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, TuchMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman
VGK 2 – 2 MIN

OT period

1:53
VGKAlex Pietrangelo (Alex Tuch, Jonathan Marchessault)slap0.06 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Marchessault, TuchMIN: Johansson, Rask, Brodin
VGK 3 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	1	0	21:13	—	—	56	75
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	1	0	0	20:52	—	—	52	71
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.55	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	59	78
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	0	1	-2	2	0.41	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	54	63
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	58	66
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	-1	6	0.35	2	0	0	18:07	—	—	60	66
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	2	1	0	20:03	—	—	42	43
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	14:32	—	—	54	61
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	50	55
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	1	0	1	0	5	0.23	1	4	0	25:44	—	—	52	62
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.08	1	4	0	24:27	—	—	54	75
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	1	0	23:30	—	—	59	60
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	0	2	19:48	—	—	63	61
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	6	14:04	—	—	50	66
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	7	11:24	—	—	55	71
Keegan Kolesar R	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	8:42	—	—	62	64
William Carrier L	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	7:37	—	—	67	73

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	1.98	61:49

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	3	1	0	19:52	—	—	35	52
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	16:50	—	—	44	57
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	9	14:03	—	—	40	60
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	2	0	2	+1	4	0.37	1	0	2	20:26	—	—	50	40
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	1	2	18:36	—	—	44	33
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.15	3	0	2	17:58	—	—	68	51
Victor Rask C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	0	0	0	17:47	—	—	35	22
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.58	0	2	0	17:14	—	—	39	27
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	14:58	—	—	38	27
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	8:32	—	—	40	23
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	0	0	7:26	—	—	50	25
Zach Parise L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	7:14	—	—	50	27
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.12	3	3	0	25:16	—	—	41	40
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	3	0	25:02	—	—	41	37
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	4	0	21:51	—	—	46	14
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.15	0	2	0	20:59	—	—	46	23
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	12:55	—	—	50	58
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	12:41	—	—	44	50

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	O	34	31	3	.912	2.90	61:53

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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.