Utah Hockey Club vs. Minnesota WildDec 20, 2024

FinalFriday, Dec 20, 2024· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
UTA	1	0	1	2		UTA	8	4	6	18
MIN	1	0	0	1		MIN	9	11	9	29

: UTA 44MIN 53
: UTA 1.48MIN 3.39
PP goals: UTA 1MIN 0
Hits: UTA 9MIN 11
Blocks: UTA 10MIN 14
PIM: UTA 10MIN 6
: UTA 63%MIN 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Utah Hockey Club edge Minnesota Wild 2–1

Utah Hockey Club beat Minnesota Wild 2–1 at MIN. Dylan Guenther (UTA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther and Cooley) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:23 together.

Points
Dylan Guenther had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:41.Guenther
PP1
UTA's first power-play unit (Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther and Cooley) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:23 together.Schmaltz Keller Sergachev Guenther Cooley
Usage
Marco Rossi (MIN) played 24:15, +6:05 up on his 18:10 season average over 81 games.Rossi
Luck
MIN scored 1 goal on 3.39 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Hartman–Khusnutdinov skated 6:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Hartman Khusnutdinov
New line
New look for MIN: Gaunce–Shore–Jones skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaunce Shore Jones
Usage
Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) played 26:37, +4:15 up on his 22:22 season average over 40 games.Kaprizov
Usage
Mats Zuccarello (MIN) played 24:13, +4:38 up on his 19:35 season average over 68 games.Zuccarello

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

← UTA attacks left (bottom on phones)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
UTA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 97 of 97 attempts · MIN 53 · UTA 44

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
UTA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN pressure
UTA pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: UTA 18% of the game, MIN 38%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MIN

UTA

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	UTA	MIN
	48	41
	1.63	2.22
	1.57	2.17
	5	11
	1	5
	16	14
	+0.072	−0.072
	18%	38%

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.

Utah Mammoth

L1Schmaltz – Keller – Hayton
11:3567% CF
L2Bjugstad – Crouse – Maccelli
9:1661% CF
L3McBain – Guenther – Cooley
7:2667% CF
L4Kerfoot – Stenlund – Carcone
5:0340% CF
D1Maatta – Sergachev
14:5655% CF
D2Cole – Kesselring
11:2141% CF
D3Välimäki – Kolyachonok
6:5067% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Guenther – Cooley
2:23100% CF
PP2Bjugstad – Crouse – Carcone – Kesselring – Maccelli
1:37100% CF
PK1FKerfoot – Stenlund
4:36
PK2FMcBain – Cooley
2:43
PK1DCole – Sergachev
3:02
PK2DVälimäki – Kesselring
1:42

Current UTA line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi
12:2143% CF
L2Johansson – Gaudreau – Boldy
7:3863% CF
L3Foligno – Hartman – Khusnutdinov
6:1470% CF
L4Gaunce – Shore – Jones
5:4813% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
14:1758% CF
D2Spurgeon – Chisholm
10:4662% CF
D3Bogosian – Dermott
8:2924% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Boldy – Rossi
7:47100% CF
PP2Johansson – Foligno – Hartman – Gaudreau – Faber
2:05100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Khusnutdinov
1:20
PK2FShore – Gaudreau
0:37
PK1DBogosian – Spurgeon
2:29
PK2DChisholm – Faber
1:19

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:20
MINMats Zuccarello (Kirill Kaprizov, Marco Rossi)snap0.13 xG
UTA: Maatta, Kerfoot, Stenlund, Sergachev, CarconeMIN: Zuccarello, Brodin, Kaprizov, Rossi, Faber
UTA 0 – 1 MIN
11:20
UTADylan Guenther (Jack McBain, Logan Cooley)deflected0.13 xG
UTA: Maatta, McBain, Kolyachonok, Guenther, CooleyMIN: Bogosian, Zuccarello, Gaudreau, Dermott, Kaprizov
UTA 1 – 1 MIN

3rd period

10:01
UTADylan GuentherPP (Mikhail Sergachev, Clayton Keller)wrist0.06 xG
UTA: Schmaltz, Keller, Sergachev, Guenther, CooleyMIN: Bogosian, Foligno, Brodin, Khusnutdinov
UTA 2 – 1 MIN

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	64	31
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	71	34
Barrett Hayton C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	14:35	—	—	57	27
Lawson Crouse L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	44	34
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.20	1	1	0	13:27	—	—	64	59
Matias Maccelli L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.25	0	1	2	13:27	—	—	55	55
Logan Cooley C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:10	—	—	44	53
Jack McBain C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	3	0	0	15:23	—	—	61	58
Dylan Guenther R	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.27	1	0	0	13:41	—	—	56	59
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	2	0	13:29	—	—	47	31
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	56	52
Michael Carcone L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	1	0	2	9:08	—	—	36	29
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.24	0	0	0	29:15	—	—	51	47
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	24:06	—	—	59	53
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	2	4	21:32	—	—	39	23
Michael Kesselring D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:52	—	—	40	40
Juuso Välimäki D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	13:46	—	—	67	73
Vladislav Kolyachonok D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:09	—	—	67	32

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	3.39	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.40	0	0	0	26:37	—	—	42	36
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.37	0	1	0	24:15	—	—	41	41
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.59	2	0	0	24:13	—	—	42	44
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	0	0	0	22:06	—	—	53	82
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	56	74
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.59	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	47	79
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	17:14	—	—	75	86
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	80	94
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	11:34	—	—	59	76
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	2	8:50	—	—	20	4
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:54	—	—	22	13
Ben Jones C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	1	0	6:57	—	—	15	6
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	25:04	—	—	59	65
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.22	0	1	2	18:29	—	—	56	76
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	3	2	24:56	—	—	45	56
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	16:06	—	—	57	65
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:40	—	—	20	8
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	9:54	—	—	29	49

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	18	16	2	.889	1.48	57:39

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Mats Zuccarello (MIN) 1st 10:20 · assists Kirill Kaprizov, Marco Rossi · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 56.4 mph shot · 2.9 s from entry to goal.

Mats Zuccarello · 1st 10:20 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 56.4 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Dylan Guenther · 1st 11:20 · UTA

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s
Type: rebound

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Dylan Guenther · 3rd 10:01 · UTA PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 53.0 mph
Distance: 40 ft

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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.