New York Islanders vs. Minnesota WildDec 29, 2019

FinalSunday, Dec 29, 2019· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	3	3		NYI	10	10	8	28
MIN	1	0	0	1		MIN	12	5	9	26

: NYI 47MIN 59
: NYI 1.63MIN 2.12
PP goals: NYI 0MIN 0
Hits: NYI 18MIN 7
Blocks: NYI 19MIN 14
PIM: NYI 8MIN 4
: NYI 52%MIN 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Minnesota Wild 3–1

New York Islanders beat Minnesota Wild 3–1 at MIN. Ryan Pulock (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NYI: Lee–Kuhnhackl–Barzal skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for NYI: Lee–Kuhnhackl–Barzal skated 8:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lee Kuhnhackl Barzal
New line
New look for NYI: Bailey–Eberle–Johnston skated 6:42 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bailey Eberle Johnston
Usage
Brad Hunt (MIN) played 21:35, +6:33 up on his 15:02 season average over 58 games.Hunt
Usage
Jonas Brodin (MIN) played 16:28, −5:10 down on his 21:38 season average over 68 games.Brodin
Usage
Jordan Eberle (NYI) played 13:16, −4:37 down on his 17:53 season average over 57 games.Eberle
Cats
Johnny Boychuk (NYI) blocked 5 shots in 17:32.Boychuk

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

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

MIN
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · MIN 59 · NYI 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 28% of the game, MIN 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

NYI

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	NYI	MIN
	50	54
	1.63	1.89
	1.56	1.85
	8	10
	1	4
	7	6
	−0.014	+0.014
	28%	35%

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.

New York Islanders

L1Brassard – Nelson – Beauvillier
10:2143% CF
L2Lee – Kuhnhackl – Barzal
8:3554% CF
L3Komarov – Martin – Cizikas
7:3240% CF
L4Bailey – Eberle – Johnston
6:4223% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
13:5063% CF
D2Boychuk – Leddy
12:1640% CF
D3Mayfield – Toews
11:2539% CF

PP1Bailey – Eberle – Lee – Toews – Barzal
1:41100% CF
PP2Brassard – Leddy – Nelson – Pulock – Beauvillier
1:35100% CF
PK1FKomarov – Cizikas
1:59
PK2FBailey – Nelson
0:48
PK1DMayfield – Pelech
3:05
PK2DLeddy – Pulock
0:51

Current NYI line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Parise – Zuccarello
11:3033% CF
L2Foligno – Rask – Hartman
11:1378% CF
L3Fiala – Donato – Eriksson Ek
9:2473% CF
L4Greenway – Kunin – Sturm
8:1936% CF
D1Hunt – Dumba
15:2653% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
15:2458% CF
D3Brodin – Soucy
13:1945% CF

PP1Staal – Parise – Zuccarello – Hunt – Dumba
2:35100% CF
PP2Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Zuccarello
1:46100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
2:04
PK2FKunin – Sturm
1:03
PK1DBrodin – Soucy
1:51
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
1:34

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:43
MINRyan Donato (Ryan Suter, Joel Eriksson Ek)wrist0.06 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Leddy, Kuhnhackl, Barzal, BeauvillierMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Fiala, Donato, Eriksson Ek
NYI 0 – 1 MIN

3rd period

4:24
NYIRyan Pulock (Mathew Barzal, Adam Pelech)wrist0.02 xG
NYI: Brassard, Lee, Mayfield, Pulock, BarzalMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Zuccarello
NYI 1 – 1 MIN
6:01
NYIMatt Martin (Leo Komarov, Nick Leddy)wrist0.10 xG
NYI: Komarov, Martin, Cizikas, Pelech, PulockMIN: Foligno, Rask, Hunt, Dumba, Hartman
NYI 2 – 1 MIN
17:29
NYITom Kuhnhackl (Brock Nelson)wrist0.07 xG
NYI: Leddy, Cizikas, Nelson, Kuhnhackl, PulockMIN: Hunt, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson Ek, Kunin
NYI 3 – 1 MIN

Box score

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

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.10	0	0	0	17:58	—	—	44	40
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	46	29
Derick Brassard C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	13:36	—	—	53	42
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	0	0	2	19:09	—	—	58	58
Anders Lee L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	0	2	16:13	—	—	55	66
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	0	2	0	12:59	—	—	52	62
Leo Komarov R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	14:58	—	—	50	48
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:54	—	—	62	47
Matt Martin L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	3	0	0	9:33	—	—	46	40
Josh Bailey R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	2	0	15:28	—	—	28	41
Jordan Eberle R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	0	0	13:16	—	—	48	49
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	9:08	—	—	25	30
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	1	1	0	22:05	—	—	61	57
Ryan Pulock D	D1	1	0	1	+3	6	0.21	1	2	0	21:51	—	—	58	56
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	20:04	—	—	46	37
Johnny Boychuk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	5	0	17:32	—	—	41	34
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	1	3	4	18:43	—	—	40	43
Devon Toews D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:11	—	—	40	62

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.12	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eric Staal C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:16	—	—	25	20
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	28	23
Zach Parise L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	26	23
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.30	1	0	0	14:43	—	—	67	59
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	0	2	13:24	—	—	73	65
Victor Rask C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	12:22	—	—	69	67
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	71	69
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	71	75
Ryan Donato C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.08	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	74	75
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	0	2	0	14:26	—	—	25	30
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:28	—	—	28	36
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:52	—	—	25	20
Brad Hunt D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	0	2	0	21:35	—	—	52	50
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:47	—	—	53	50
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	3	2	0	22:36	—	—	56	56
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	2	0	21:12	—	—	56	61
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	42	49
Jonas Brodin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	0	16:28	—	—	48	56

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	1.63	57:39

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.