Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Minnesota WildDec 14, 2017

FinalThursday, Dec 14, 2017· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	0	0	0	0		TOR	5	7	16	28
MIN	1	0	1	2		MIN	7	12	7	26

: TOR 70MIN 44
: TOR 4.00MIN 3.34
PP goals: TOR 0MIN 0
Hits: TOR 17MIN 12
Blocks: TOR 8MIN 21
PIM: TOR 4MIN 10
: TOR 53%MIN 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0

Minnesota Wild beat Toronto Maple Leafs 2–0 at home. Mikael Granlund (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MIN: Koivu–Granlund–Niederreiter skated 11:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for MIN: Koivu–Granlund–Niederreiter skated 11:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Koivu Granlund Niederreiter
Luck
TOR scored 0 goals on 4.00 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Staal–Zucker–Mitchell skated 10:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Zucker Mitchell
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New look for TOR: Marleau–Hyman–Marner skated 11:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Hyman Marner
New line
New look for MIN: Cullen–Coyle–Eriksson Ek skated 9:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Coyle Eriksson Ek
New line
New look for MIN: Winnik–Stewart–Ennis skated 7:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Winnik Stewart Ennis
New line
New look for TOR: van Riemsdyk–Bozak–Brown skated 8:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.van Riemsdyk Bozak Brown
Usage
Nikita Zaitsev (TOR) played 17:01, −5:17 down on his 22:18 season average over 59 games.Zaitsev

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

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

MIN
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 114 of 114 attempts · MIN 44 · TOR 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 40% of the game, MIN 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

TOR

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	TOR	MIN
	59	46
	2.73	2.58
	2.68	2.47
	10	10
	1	2
	5	7
	+0.020	−0.020
	40%	23%

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Komarov – Kadri – Nylander
11:5358% CF
L2Marleau – Hyman – Marner
11:1927% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Brown
8:1776% CF
L4Moore – Martin – Leivo
5:2964% CF
D1Hainsey – Rielly
13:0460% CF
D2Gardiner – Zaitsev
12:1132% CF
D3Polak – Borgman
11:0975% CF

PP1Marleau – Komarov – Gardiner – Leivo – Nylander
4:02100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Bozak – Kadri – Rielly – Marner
3:36100% CF
PK1FKomarov – Hyman
1:21
PK2FMoore – Brown
0:34
PK1DRielly – Zaitsev
0:37
PK2DHainsey – Polak
0:34

Current TOR line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Koivu – Granlund – Niederreiter
11:4457% CF
L2Staal – Zucker – Mitchell
10:1341% CF
L3Cullen – Coyle – Eriksson Ek
9:4423% CF
L4Winnik – Stewart – Ennis
7:2863% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
17:2658% CF
D2Brodin – Murphy
15:4448% CF
D3Prosser – Reilly
11:0422% CF

PP1Staal – Zucker – Coyle – Reilly – Murphy
1:06100% CF
PP2Koivu – Suter – Granlund – Niederreiter – Dumba
0:46
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
1:58
PK2FStaal – Winnik
1:35
PK1DSuter – Dumba
4:33
PK2DProsser – Brodin
1:53

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:06
MINTyler Ennis (Ryan Suter)wrist0.05 xG
TOR: Hainsey, van Riemsdyk, Bozak, Rielly, BrownMIN: Suter, Winnik, Stewart, Ennis, Dumba
TOR 0 – 1 MIN

3rd period

8:06
MINMikael Granlund (Eric Staal, Nino Niederreiter)snap0.36 xG
TOR: Marleau, Gardiner, Hyman, Marner, ZaitsevMIN: Staal, Granlund, Niederreiter, Brodin, Murphy
TOR 0 – 2 MIN

Box score

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

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Nylander R	L1	0	3	0.61	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	57	42
Leo Komarov R	L1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:06	—	—	57	41
Nazem Kadri C	L1	0	2	0.50	4	0	0	18:58	—	—	55	41
Patrick Marleau C	L2	-1	2	0.28	0	1	0	20:35	—	—	35	26
Mitch Marner R	L2	-1	2	0.50	0	1	0	18:47	—	—	26	25
Zach Hyman L	L2	-1	2	0.22	1	1	0	16:24	—	—	32	25
Tyler Bozak C	L3	-1	2	0.06	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	78	82
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	-1	3	0.42	0	0	2	15:38	—	—	78	82
Connor Brown R	L3	-1	3	0.27	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	73	82
Josh Leivo L	L4	0	2	0.26	0	0	2	12:45	—	—	64	87
Dominic Moore C	L4	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	9:32	—	—	60	87
Matt Martin L	L4	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	9:00	—	—	60	87
Morgan Rielly D	D1	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	22:12	—	—	57	33
Ron Hainsey D	D1	-1	1	0.01	0	3	0	20:23	—	—	57	46
Jake Gardiner D	D2	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	21:54	—	—	38	31
Nikita Zaitsev D	D2	-1	0	0.02	1	2	0	17:01	—	—	29	18
Roman Polak D	D3	0	2	0.57	3	0	0	15:48	—	—	75	87
Andreas Borgman D	D3	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	12:17	—	—	71	83

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Frederik Andersen(start)	L	26	24	2	.923	2.82	56:04

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.39	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	55	52
Mikko Koivu C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	1	1	2	17:39	—	—	53	30
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:49	—	—	58	54
Eric Staal C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.52	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	48	61
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.52	1	0	2	15:40	—	—	45	27
Zack Mitchell R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	2	11:16	—	—	42	27
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	2	0	15:58	—	—	24	39
Matt Cullen C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.63	1	2	2	13:08	—	—	26	45
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:48	—	—	29	46
Daniel Winnik L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.42	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	55	58
Tyler Ennis R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	1	1	0	9:25	—	—	50	56
Chris Stewart R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	2	0	0	8:56	—	—	63	70
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	1	2	0	27:03	—	—	56	63
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	23:41	—	—	58	63
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	22:30	—	—	48	42
Ryan Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	0	3	0	18:33	—	—	48	42
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	2	0	15:31	—	—	25	12
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	12:43	—	—	22	12

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	4.00	59:55

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.