San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota WildJan 22, 2021

FinalFriday, Jan 22, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	0	0	1		SJS	12	8	9	29
MIN	1	1	2	4		MIN	7	13	9	29

: SJS 63MIN 54
: SJS 2.27MIN 3.19
PP goals: SJS 0MIN 0
Hits: SJS 7MIN 8
Blocks: SJS 12MIN 24
PIM: SJS 8MIN 8
: SJS 58%MIN 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 4–1

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 4–1 at home. Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Victor Rask (MIN) played 6:05, −8:31 down on his 14:36 season average over 53 games.

Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:13.Eriksson Ek
Points
Jordan Greenway had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:09.Greenway
Usage
Victor Rask (MIN) played 6:05, −8:31 down on his 14:36 season average over 53 games.Rask
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Brad Hunt (MIN) played 5:09, −7:50 down on his 12:59 season average over 11 games.Hunt
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Erik Karlsson (SJS) played 28:17, +4:47 up on his 23:30 season average over 51 games.Karlsson
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Ryan Hartman (MIN) played 9:58, −5:12 down on his 15:10 season average over 50 games.Hartman
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Nikolai Knyzhov (SJS) played 10:18, −6:33 down on his 16:51 season average over 55 games.Knyzhov
Usage
Matt Nieto (SJS) played 10:32, −3:35 down on his 14:07 season average over 27 games.Nieto

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 117 of 117 attempts · MIN 54 · SJS 63

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 42% of the game, MIN 24%.

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
	57	54
	1.74	1.74
	1.73	1.69
	5	8
	4	5
	5	6
	+0.088	−0.088
	42%	24%

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

L1Couture – Donato – Labanc
11:0650% CF
L2Kane – Hertl – Meier
6:5129% CF
L3Marleau – Sorensen – Nieto
5:4730% CF
L4Noesen – Gambrell – Leonard
5:2758% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
15:3138% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
13:5252% CF
D3Simek – Knyzhov
5:3956% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl
4:0071% CF
PP2Donato – Labanc – Meier – Ferraro – Leonard
1:52100% CF
PK1FKane – Hertl
1:10
PK2FMarleau – Gambrell
0:59
PK1DVlasic – Karlsson
1:36
PK2DFerraro – Simek
1:29

Current SJS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
10:5953% CF
L2Bonino – Johansson – Fiala
10:0852% CF
L3Parise – Bjugstad – Kaprizov
9:4550% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
14:3046% CF
D2Cole – Soucy
13:0750% CF
D3Brodin – Dumba
9:3165% CF

PP1Parise – Spurgeon – Dumba – Fiala – Kaprizov
3:1433% CF
PP2Suter – Bonino – Johansson – Brodin – Eriksson Ek
2:20100% CF
PK1FBonino – Johansson
2:38
PK2FHartman – Greenway
1:17
PK1DCole – Soucy
3:21
PK2DSpurgeon – Brodin
1:37

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	0	0	2	19:11	—	—	56	57
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	0	1	0	17:13	—	—	51	55
Ryan Donato C	L1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.72	0	1	0	15:07	—	—	50	57
Evander Kane L	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	0	0	0	21:06	—	—	53	34
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.14	0	0	0	19:34	—	—	45	30
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	0	0	14:14	—	—	46	41
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	40	45
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:57	—	—	38	50
Matt Nieto L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	0	10:32	—	—	42	64
Dylan Gambrell C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	2	15:04	—	—	63	69
John Leonard L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:49	—	—	50	23
Stefan Noesen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	9:39	—	—	67	57
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.18	2	4	0	28:01	—	—	49	55
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	1	2	21:32	—	—	40	45
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.03	0	2	0	28:17	—	—	55	43
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	1	2	18:37	—	—	61	51
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:30	—	—	61	61
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	10:18	—	—	44	62

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	1.72	59:02

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.15	1	2	0	19:13	—	—	52	52
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.22	4	2	0	17:54	—	—	39	61
Jordan Greenway L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.63	0	1	4	17:09	—	—	48	62
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	2	2	19:12	—	—	44	22
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	1	0	18:51	—	—	50	32
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.98	0	1	0	14:55	—	—	58	42
Zach Parise L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.36	0	1	0	16:32	—	—	44	58
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	0	0	15:27	—	—	50	58
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	0	2	0	12:47	—	—	48	57
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	2	0	23:53	—	—	42	38
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	23:31	—	—	49	26
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:15	—	—	48	74
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	1	1	0	16:56	—	—	48	66
Jonas Brodin D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:40	—	—	48	55
Mathew Dumba D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	0	1	2	18:02	—	—	57	45
Ryan Hartman R	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	9:58	—	—	59	93
Victor Rask C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	6:05	—	—	47	53
Brad Hunt D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	5:09	—	—	64	100

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen	W	17	17	0	.1000	0.84	40:00
Cam Talbot(start)	—	12	11	1	.917	1.43	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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota WildJan 22, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Minnesota Wild