Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota WildFeb 9, 2023

FinalThursday, Feb 9, 2023· Xcel Energy Center

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PP goals: VGK —MIN —
Hits: VGK 12MIN 37
Blocks: VGK 17MIN 13
PIM: VGK 8MIN 6
: VGK 51%MIN 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Minnesota Wild 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 5–1 at MIN. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Addison and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:23 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:02.Eichel
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:56.Marchessault
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Addison and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:23 together.Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Addison Boldy
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Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) played 13:28, −5:36 down on his 19:04 season average over 77 games.Eriksson Ek
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Brett Howden (VGK) played 16:27, +3:27 up on his 13:00 season average over 53 games.Howden
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Keegan Kolesar (VGK) played 15:04, +3:39 up on his 11:25 season average over 73 games.Kolesar
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Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) played 17:31, −3:39 down on his 21:10 season average over 66 games.Kaprizov
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Paul Cotter (VGK) played 15:52, +3:06 up on his 12:46 season average over 54 games.Cotter

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 26% of the game, MIN 39%.

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VGK	MIN
	58	64
	1.99	2.09
	1.97	2.07
	10	10
	5	4
	16	12
	+0.031	−0.031
	26%	39%

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

L1Kolesar – Roy – Howden
12:3540% CF
L2Marchessault – Eichel – Cotter
11:4452% CF
L3Kessel – Stephenson – Carrier
9:4647% CF
L4Smith – Karlsson – Amadio
8:3844% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
18:1045% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
17:3229% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
15:3363% CF

PP1Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore – Eichel – Roy
0:51
PP2Kessel – Pietrangelo – Smith – Karlsson – Carrier
0:39
PK1FStephenson – Roy
1:08
PK2FSmith – Howden
0:32
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:21
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:32

Current VGK line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Gaudreau – Steel – Boldy
14:2172% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
12:4554% CF
L3Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
9:2855% CF
L4Reaves – Duhaime – Dewar
7:5943% CF
D1Goligoski – Dumba
20:2063% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
17:4751% CF
D3Merrill – Addison
13:1845% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Addison – Boldy
1:23100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Foligno – Hartman – Gaudreau – Steel
0:40100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
0:45
PK2FDuhaime – Dewar
0:24
PK1DSpurgeon – Middleton
1:03
PK2DMerrill – Dumba
0:51

Current MIN line combinations →

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
Nicolas Roy C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	50
Brett Howden C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	16:27	—	—	43
Keegan Kolesar R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	15:04	—	—	44
Jack Eichel C	L2	1	1	2	+3	3	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	50
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	2	2	+3	2	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	52
Paul Cotter L	L2	1	0	1	+3	1	2	0	0	15:52	—	—	43
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	15:55	—	—	41
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	14:30	—	—	45
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12:59	—	—	59
Reilly Smith R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	13:56	—	—	46
William Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	12:24	—	—	53
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11:23	—	—	45
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0	1	0	23:06	—	—	51
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0	2	0	19:07	—	—	42
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	20:17	—	—	31
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	19:40	—	—	27
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	2	18:08	—	—	67
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	18:01	—	—	64

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	41:19
Adin Hill	—	4	4	0	.1000	18:41

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	2	18:59	—	—	66
Sam Steel C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	64
Frederick Gaudreau C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	18:17	—	—	68
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	17:38	—	—	42
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	4	0	0	17:31	—	—	45
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	50
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	1	1	-3	5	2	1	0	13:28	—	—	55
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	7	0	0	13:05	—	—	48
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	6	0	0	12:55	—	—	50
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	11:02	—	—	33
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	11:00	—	—	50
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10:34	—	—	47
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	22:14	—	—	63
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	20:56	—	—	65
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	22:36	—	—	49
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	2	19:46	—	—	50
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	16:33	—	—	42
Calen Addison D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	15:18	—	—	44

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	23	18	5	.783	39:59
Filip Gustavsson	—	8	8	0	.1000	20:00

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.