San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota WildDec 18, 2018

FinalTuesday, Dec 18, 2018· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	2	2	4		SJS	5	12	8	25
MIN	0	0	0	0		MIN	8	8	10	26

: SJS 52MIN 48
: SJS 2.10MIN 2.21
PP goals: SJS 0MIN 0
Hits: SJS 10MIN 21
Blocks: SJS 14MIN 16
PIM: SJS 5MIN 7
: SJS 52%MIN 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks rout Minnesota Wild 4–0

San Jose Sharks beat Minnesota Wild 4–0 at MIN. Logan Couture (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN scored 0 goals on 2.21 expected goals (48 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Logan Couture had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:16.Couture
Points
Lukas Radil had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:33.Radil
Points
Radim Simek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:50.Simek
Points
Tomas Hertl had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:32.Hertl
Luck
MIN scored 0 goals on 2.21 expected goals (48 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Fehr–Foligno–Eriksson Ek skated 4:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Fehr Foligno Eriksson Ek
New line
New look for MIN: Koivu–Zucker–Kunin skated 5:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Koivu Zucker Kunin
Luck
SJS scored 4 goals on 2.10 expected goals (52 attempts), finishing well above 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

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

MIN
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 100 of 100 attempts · MIN 48 · SJS 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 29% of the game, MIN 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

SJS

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	SJS	MIN
	59	56
	1.39	2.65
	1.37	2.60
	4	11
	2	0
	4	6
	+0.053	−0.053
	29%	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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Pavelski – Kane – Donskoi
12:2225% CF
L2Couture – Hertl – Meier
11:2864% CF
L3Goodrow – Karlsson – Radil
10:1048% CF
L4Thornton – Sorensen – Labanc
9:4747% CF
D1Vlasic – Braun
18:1341% CF
D2Karlsson – Dillon
16:0458% CF
D3Burns – Simek
13:1253% CF

PP1Burns – Pavelski – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl
1:3867% CF
PP2Thornton – Burns – Pavelski – Kane – Meier
0:22

Current SJS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Parise – Coyle – Niederreiter
9:2138% CF
L2Staal – Granlund – Greenway
9:1564% CF
L3Koivu – Zucker – Kunin
5:4744% CF
L4Fehr – Foligno – Eriksson Ek
4:5157% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
23:2955% CF
D2Pateryn – Brodin
17:4956% CF
D3Prosser – Seeler
10:3637% CF

PK1FFehr – Foligno
1:30
PK2FEriksson Ek – Kunin
0:22
PK1DPateryn – Brodin
1:04
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
0:48

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:49
SJSLogan Couture (Lukas Radil, Radim Simek)wrist0.12 xG
SJS: Burns, Couture, Karlsson, Simek, RadilMIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Zucker, Coyle, Kunin
SJS 1 – 0 MIN
10:18
SJSJoe Pavelski (Tomas Hertl, Radim Simek)wrist0.16 xG
SJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Hertl, SimekMIN: Parise, Coyle, Niederreiter, Seeler, Brodin
SJS 2 – 0 MIN

3rd period

0:51
SJSLogan Couture (Tomas Hertl, Erik Karlsson)wrist0.05 xG
SJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Karlsson, HertlMIN: Koivu, Parise, Pateryn, Coyle, Brodin
SJS 3 – 0 MIN
17:45
SJSLukas RadilENwrist0.77 xG
SJS: Karlsson, Dillon, Goodrow, Karlsson, RadilMIN: Staal, Suter, Spurgeon, Zucker, Granlund, Niederreiter
SJS 4 – 0 MIN

Box score

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

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joe Pavelski C	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.16	2	0	0	18:01	—	—	39	37
Joonas Donskoi R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:44	—	—	35	28
Evander Kane L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:26	—	—	37	30
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.14	0	1	0	17:32	—	—	63	31
Logan Couture C	L2	2	0	2	+3	2	0.18	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	66	35
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	5	15:15	—	—	63	16
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	2	1	0	13:04	—	—	48	43
Melker Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	46	50
Lukas Radil C	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.82	1	1	0	12:33	—	—	52	52
Joe Thornton C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	52	41
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	45	22
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:07	—	—	50	34
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	4	0	19:35	—	—	44	26
Justin Braun D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.11	2	2	0	19:14	—	—	44	28
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	6	0.19	0	1	0	24:12	—	—	58	27
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	57	56
Brent Burns D	D3	0	0	0	+3	2	0.07	0	2	0	22:46	—	—	58	34
Radim Simek D	D3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	50	48

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	2.21	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Charlie Coyle C	L1	-3	2	0.03	1	2	0	17:58	—	—	43	28
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	35	35
Zach Parise L	L1	-2	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	43	40
Mikael Granlund C	L2	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:01	—	—	62	86
Eric Staal C	L2	-1	3	0.88	2	0	0	18:45	—	—	67	92
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	48	79
Jason Zucker L	L3	-2	3	0.35	0	0	0	17:25	—	—	57	63
Mikko Koivu C	L3	-1	2	0.20	1	0	2	12:59	—	—	45	52
Luke Kunin C	L3	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	12:24	—	—	47	43
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	0	5	0.34	1	0	0	11:59	—	—	50	84
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	11:07	—	—	54	86
Eric Fehr C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:17	—	—	57	87
Ryan Suter D	D1	-2	1	0.06	2	1	0	29:01	—	—	50	52
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	-2	2	0.04	1	1	0	25:09	—	—	55	60
Jonas Brodin D	D2	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:33	—	—	53	72
Greg Pateryn D	D2	-1	1	0.01	2	5	5	20:06	—	—	51	84
Nick Seeler D	D3	-1	1	0.00	2	1	0	12:24	—	—	35	46
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	11:47	—	—	37	60

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	1.33	59:33

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.