Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota WildMar 21, 2022

FinalMonday, Mar 21, 2022· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	0	0	0	0		VGK	6	13	9	28
MIN	1	0	2	3		MIN	15	10	11	36

: VGK 50MIN 67
: VGK 2.19MIN 4.77
PP goals: VGK 0MIN 0
Hits: VGK 32MIN 34
Blocks: VGK 19MIN 11
PIM: VGK 6MIN 6
: VGK 58%MIN 42%

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. Ryan Hartman (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VGK scored 0 goals on 2.19 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 2.19 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Ben Hutton (VGK) played 22:57, +7:37 up on his 15:20 season average over 57 games.Hutton
Usage
Dylan Coghlan (VGK) played 21:35, +7:31 up on his 14:04 season average over 58 games.Coghlan
Goalie
Logan Thompson (VGK) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 29.9; the loss.Thompson
New line
New look for MIN: Deslauriers–Jost–Duhaime skated 7:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Jost Duhaime
New line
New look for VGK: Howden–Leschyshyn–Rondbjerg skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Howden Leschyshyn Rondbjerg
New line
New look for VGK: Janmark–Kolesar–Patrick skated 6:21 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 Kolesar Patrick
Luck
MIN scored 3 goals on 4.77 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 67 · VGK 50

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 28% of the game, MIN 36%.

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
	49	65
	1.79	2.40
	1.72	2.30
	8	12
	6	11
	12	14
	+0.072	−0.072
	28%	36%

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

L1Karlsson – Marchessault – Eichel
13:5270% CF
L2Stephenson – Carrier – Roy
8:5224% CF
L3Janmark – Kolesar – Patrick
6:2163% CF
L4Howden – Leschyshyn – Rondbjerg
5:160% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hutton
11:5352% CF
D2Theodore – Coghlan
11:0033% CF
D3Pachal – Hayes
6:1762% CF

PP1Karlsson – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel
1:42100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Janmark – Roy – Coghlan – Patrick
1:1850% CF
PK1FKarlsson – Janmark
1:03
PK2FStephenson – Howden
1:00
PK1DPietrangelo – Hutton
2:14
PK2DTheodore – Coghlan
0:12

Current VGK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
12:3288% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
9:3457% CF
L3Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
7:4843% CF
L4Deslauriers – Jost – Duhaime
7:3557% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
16:3840% CF
D2Kulikov – Merrill
16:0153% CF
D3Goligoski – Spurgeon
12:4370% CF

PP1Goligoski – Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
2:00100% CF
PP2Brodin – Dumba – Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
1:50100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Fiala
1:34
PK2FGreenway – Jost
0:27
PK1DKulikov – Merrill
1:01
PK2DGoligoski – Dumba
0:27

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:43
MINNicolas Deslauriers (Brandon Duhaime, Tyson Jost)snap0.18 xG
VGK: Howden, Leschyshyn, Rondbjerg, Pachal, HayesMIN: Kulikov, Deslauriers, Merrill, Jost, Duhaime
VGK 0 – 1 MIN

3rd period

5:46
MINMathew Dumbawrist0.02 xG
VGK: Janmark, Theodore, Kolesar, Coghlan, PatrickMIN: Goligoski, Foligno, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek
VGK 0 – 2 MIN
19:53
MINRyan HartmanEN (Marcus Foligno)wrist0.88 xG
VGK: Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Stephenson, Eichel, Kolesar, PatrickMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, Eriksson Ek
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
William Karlsson C	L1	-1	4	0.36	0	0	0	23:31	—	—	71	67
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	5	0.29	0	0	2	21:11	—	—	70	66
Jack Eichel C	L1	-1	5	0.40	5	1	0	20:54	—	—	70	77
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	-1	0	0.09	0	0	0	20:59	—	—	20	12
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0.02	1	2	2	15:50	—	—	25	21
William Carrier L	L2	0	1	0.03	4	3	0	12:46	—	—	23	16
Mattias Janmark C	L3	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	42	79
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	-2	2	0.35	6	0	0	10:17	—	—	54	50
Nolan Patrick C	L3	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	9:45	—	—	53	67
Brett Howden C	L4	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	11:42	—	—	26	11
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:17	—	—	5	1
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	9:05	—	—	0	0
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	-1	4	0.19	1	3	0	27:40	—	—	53	60
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	22:57	—	—	49	46
Shea Theodore D	D2	-1	1	0.20	0	1	0	26:51	—	—	42	54
Dylan Coghlan D	D2	-1	1	0.12	4	4	0	21:35	—	—	24	27
Zack Hayes D	D3	-1	1	0.04	6	0	0	9:22	—	—	44	16
Brayden Pachal D	D3	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	9:00	—	—	55	32

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	35	33	2	.943	2.59	57:04

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	1	0	19:21	—	—	72	73
Ryan Hartman R	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	1.06	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	76	73
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	0	0	17:42	—	—	82	86
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	0	0	15:04	—	—	50	47
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.10	2	1	0	14:40	—	—	59	68
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.74	1	1	0	13:56	—	—	54	52
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	1	0	14:54	—	—	37	43
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	2	0	0	14:51	—	—	52	48
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	1	0	12:35	—	—	39	33
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	64	63
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.50	6	1	0	10:23	—	—	41	54
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.79	1	0	0	10:04	—	—	57	59
Mathew Dumba D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.05	3	0	2	22:44	—	—	42	22
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	3	3	2	22:00	—	—	42	23
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	1	1	0	19:15	—	—	58	73
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	3	1	0	19:07	—	—	53	72
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	18:59	—	—	72	65
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	0	2	18:20	—	—	76	64

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.19	59:41

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.