Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota WildMay 26, 2021

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, May 26, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	6	7	10	23
MIN	0	0	3	3		MIN	9	5	10	24

: VGK 62MIN 42
: VGK 1.94MIN 1.30
PP goals: VGK 0MIN 1
Hits: VGK 18MIN 25
Blocks: VGK 11MIN 18
PIM: VGK 7MIN 9
: VGK 56%MIN 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 at home. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Alec Martinez (VGK) played 13:18, −9:45 down on his 23:03 season average over 18 games.

Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:12.Fiala
Points
Jared Spurgeon had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:38.Spurgeon
Usage
Alec Martinez (VGK) played 13:18, −9:45 down on his 23:03 season average over 18 games.Martinez
New line
New look for VGK: Carrier–Brown–Kolesar skated 8:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Brown Kolesar
New line
New look for VGK: Janmark–Roy–Glass skated 12:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Janmark Roy Glass
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 1.94 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
MIN scored 3 goals on 1.30 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Jonas Brodin (MIN) played 24:56, +6:05 up on his 18:51 season average over 6 games.Brodin

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 104 of 104 attempts · MIN 42 · VGK 62

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 37% of the game, MIN 22%.

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
	68	47
	1.95	1.39
	1.89	1.34
	6	7
	0	7
	8	23
	+0.063	−0.063
	37%	22%

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

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
14:1376% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Tuch
14:0748% CF
L3Janmark – Roy – Glass
12:0263% CF
L4Carrier – Brown – Kolesar
8:2353% CF
D1Holden – Theodore
15:2194% CF
D2Hague – Whitecloud
13:5952% CF
D3Martinez – Pietrangelo
10:5144% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault
1:58100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
0:26
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:14
PK1DMartinez – Pietrangelo
0:40

Current VGK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
13:2743% CF
L2Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
13:2353% CF
L3Parise – Hartman – Fiala
13:0327% CF
L4Bonino – Bjugstad – Sturm
7:4052% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
22:3650% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
19:2520% CF
D3Cole – Addison
9:5343% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Fiala – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
0:40100% CF
PK1FBonino – Sturm
1:01
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
0:59
PK1DCole – Brodin
1:01
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
0:59

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

4:21
MINRyan Hartman (Kevin Fiala, Zach Parise)wrist0.04 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Janmark, Theodore, Roy, GlassMIN: Parise, Cole, Hartman, Fiala, Addison
VGK 0 – 1 MIN
9:35
MINKevin FialaPP (Jared Spurgeon, Mats Zuccarello)wrist0.07 xG
VGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, StephensonMIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Fiala, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov
VGK 0 – 2 MIN
15:17
MINNick Bjugstad (Nico Sturm, Jared Spurgeon)backhand0.11 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Theodore, Carrier, Brown, KolesarMIN: Suter, Bonino, Spurgeon, Bjugstad, Sturm
VGK 0 – 3 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
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	18:23	—	—	68	56
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	2	0.43	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	74	60
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	75	59
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	50	63
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	46	61
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	1	0.27	1	2	0	16:26	—	—	50	65
Mattias Janmark C	L3	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	14:06	—	—	63	53
Nicolas Roy C	L3	-1	1	0.09	6	1	0	13:51	—	—	63	52
Cody Glass C	L3	-1	2	0.23	2	0	0	12:59	—	—	62	54
Patrick Brown C	L4	-1	0	0.02	1	1	0	11:20	—	—	57	63
William Carrier L	L4	-1	1	0.12	2	0	0	10:25	—	—	57	63
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	-1	0	0.14	1	0	2	10:19	—	—	57	54
Shea Theodore D	D1	-2	6	0.22	0	0	0	25:38	—	—	73	71
Nick Holden D	D1	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	16:04	—	—	94	100
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0.03	0	3	0	19:57	—	—	58	56
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:54	—	—	54	57
Alex Pietrangelo D	D3	-2	5	0.06	0	2	0	23:02	—	—	50	37
Alec Martinez D	D3	0	0	0.02	1	1	5	13:18	—	—	41	33

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	1.30	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.01	1	1	0	17:15	—	—	43	26
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	4	0	0	16:35	—	—	42	22
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	15:59	—	—	39	21
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	48	61
Victor Rask C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	16:10	—	—	50	77
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	0	0	2	15:58	—	—	48	62
Ryan Hartman R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	2	3	0	16:43	—	—	26	26
Kevin Fiala L	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	15:12	—	—	27	40
Zach Parise L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	26	37
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:00	—	—	46	43
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	3	1	0	10:10	—	—	50	50
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.16	3	1	0	9:29	—	—	48	50
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.02	0	5	0	24:38	—	—	50	53
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	24:08	—	—	50	53
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	24:56	—	—	22	26
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	7	21:00	—	—	19	25
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	1	0	15:13	—	—	44	36
Calen Addison D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:53	—	—	43	35

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	23	23	0	.1000	1.94	60:00

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.