Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota WildMay 20, 2021

FinalPlayoffsThursday, May 20, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	3	2	5		VGK	4	22	14	40
MIN	2	0	0	2		MIN	7	5	4	16

: VGK 69MIN 48
: VGK 4.41MIN 1.32
PP goals: VGK 0MIN 0
Hits: VGK 29MIN 31
Blocks: VGK 20MIN 18
PIM: VGK 4MIN 8
: VGK 53%MIN 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at MIN. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +7 against a season average of 31.7; the loss.

Points
Mark Stone had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:12.Stone
Points
Reilly Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:32.Smith
Points
William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:15.Karlsson
Points
Nick Holden had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:02.Holden
Goalie
Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +7 against a season average of 31.7; the loss.Talbot
Usage
Mathew Dumba (MIN) played 19:03, −5:22 down on his 24:25 season average over 6 games.Dumba
New line
New look for MIN: Bjugstad–Rask–Fiala skated 4:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjugstad Rask Fiala
New line
New look for VGK: Reaves–Carrier–Brown skated 7:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Carrier Brown

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 117 of 117 attempts · MIN 48 · VGK 69

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 46% of the game, MIN 15%.

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
	48	50
	2.25	1.37
	2.18	1.33
	8	8
	7	2
	8	12
	+0.025	−0.025
	46%	15%

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 – Tuch
9:3933% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
8:4961% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Brown
7:4047% CF
L4Janmark – Kolesar – Roy
5:4350% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
13:5131% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
13:2068% CF
D3Holden – Whitecloud
11:4763% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault
7:30100% CF
PP2Martinez – Pietrangelo – Stephenson – Janmark – Tuch
2:17100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:37
PK2FStone – Stephenson
0:56
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
2:09
PK2DMartinez – Pietrangelo
1:09

Current VGK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
8:3435% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
7:1086% CF
L3Bjugstad – Rask – Fiala
4:4731% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
13:4546% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
13:3850% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
13:3052% CF

PP1Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
2:3540% CF
PP2Suter – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
1:25100% CF
PK1FBonino – Sturm
4:19
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
3:06
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
5:37
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
3:00

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:16
MINRyan Hartman (Kirill Kaprizov, Jonas Brodin)deflected0.12 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Janmark, Kolesar, RoyMIN: Zuccarello, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, Kaprizov
VGK 0 – 1 MIN
8:30
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Marcus Foligno, Mathew Dumba)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, Tuch, WhitecloudMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
VGK 0 – 2 MIN

2nd period

8:39
VGKMark Stone (Chandler Stephenson, Brayden McNabb)wrist0.15 xG
VGK: McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, TuchMIN: Zuccarello, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, Kaprizov
VGK 1 – 2 MIN
15:19
VGKPatrick Brown (Nick Holden, William Carrier)backhand0.18 xG
VGK: Reaves, Holden, Carrier, Brown, WhitecloudMIN: Bonino, Brodin, Dumba, Fiala, Sturm
VGK 2 – 2 MIN
17:33
VGKReilly Smith (Nick Holden, William Karlsson)wrist0.09 xG
VGK: Holden, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, WhitecloudMIN: Bjugstad, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, Kaprizov
VGK 3 – 2 MIN

3rd period

17:36
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Reilly Smith, Marc-Andre Fleury)snap0.09 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, MarchessaultMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Fiala, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov
VGK 4 – 2 MIN
19:01
VGKMark StoneENwrist0.47 xG
VGK: Martinez, McNabb, Stone, Karlsson, StephensonMIN: Bonino, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Brodin, Fiala, Kaprizov
VGK 5 – 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	2	0	2	+1	5	1.16	2	0	0	21:12	—	—	31	50
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	43	65
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	0	1	2	17:51	—	—	43	57
Reilly Smith R	L2	1	1	2	+2	5	0.57	1	1	0	21:32	—	—	43	65
William Karlsson C	L2	1	1	2	+3	1	0.11	0	3	0	21:15	—	—	55	71
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	+2	6	0.48	3	0	2	19:41	—	—	46	67
William Carrier L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	2	0	0	12:06	—	—	52	70
Patrick Brown C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.24	2	1	0	9:35	—	—	47	53
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	5	1	0	8:33	—	—	50	66
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	12:32	—	—	67	64
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	1	0	0	11:11	—	—	50	50
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	1	0	10:04	—	—	60	56
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	0	1	0	24:58	—	—	31	24
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.27	2	5	0	20:57	—	—	30	16
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.15	0	1	0	20:34	—	—	63	94
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.02	2	1	0	16:44	—	—	70	95
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.27	2	4	0	16:08	—	—	50	66
Nick Holden D	D3	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	61	69

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	16	14	2	.875	1.32	59:25

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	-3	1	0.18	3	0	2	19:27	—	—	39	28
Ryan Hartman R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.14	1	3	2	16:56	—	—	41	36
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:26	—	—	33	59
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	4	2	0	17:35	—	—	71	68
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.28	4	1	0	16:16	—	—	64	70
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	4	0	0	14:14	—	—	86	97
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.22	2	1	0	20:15	—	—	51	21
Victor Rask C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:18	—	—	44	20
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	4	0	0	8:33	—	—	41	30
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.03	2	2	0	20:42	—	—	53	49
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.12	0	1	2	19:03	—	—	46	43
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:19	—	—	50	26
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	23:03	—	—	48	26
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	16:25	—	—	55	25
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	53	38
Nick Bonino C	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	56	41
Nico Sturm C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	12:00	—	—	73	29
Marcus Johansson L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:43	—	—	50	0

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	3.94	58:51

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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.