San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota WildJan 24, 2021

FinalSunday, Jan 24, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	2	2	5		SJS	12	12	12	36
MIN	1	1	1	3		MIN	3	15	11	29

: SJS 65MIN 55
: SJS 3.28MIN 3.01
PP goals: SJS 1MIN 1
Hits: SJS 15MIN 12
Blocks: SJS 10MIN 17
PIM: SJS 10MIN 12
: SJS 57%MIN 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Minnesota Wild 5–3

San Jose Sharks beat Minnesota Wild 5–3 at MIN. Zach Parise (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Fiala and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:24 together.

Points
Ryan Donato had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:18.Donato
Points
Zach Parise had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:46.Parise
Points
Ryan Suter had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:35.Suter
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Fiala and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:24 together.Suter Parise Spurgeon Fiala Kaprizov
Usage
Brad Hunt (MIN) played 3:45, −9:22 down on his 13:07 season average over 11 games.Hunt
Usage
Evander Kane (SJS) played 15:05, −5:12 down on his 20:17 season average over 55 games.Kane
Goalie
Kaapo Kahkonen (MIN) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +6 against a season average of 28.8; the loss.Kahkonen
New line
New look for SJS: Meier–Gregor–Gambrell skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Meier Gregor Gambrell

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 120 of 120 attempts · MIN 55 · SJS 65

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 36% of the game, MIN 36%.

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	48
	1.93	2.59
	1.88	2.54
	5	13
	2	2
	7	8
	+0.019	−0.019
	36%	36%

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

L1Kane – Hertl – Leonard
10:2850% CF
L2Couture – Donato – Labanc
9:5265% CF
L3Marleau – Sorensen – Nieto
7:3635% CF
L4Meier – Gregor – Gambrell
7:1779% CF
D1Burns – Vlasic
13:4556% CF
D2Karlsson – Ferraro
13:1343% CF
D3Simek – Knyzhov
6:5675% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc
3:2075% CF
PP2Kane – Donato – Meier – Ferraro – Leonard
1:45100% CF
PK1FCouture – Nieto
1:02
PK2FHertl – Gambrell
0:51
PK1DBurns – Vlasic
3:51
PK2DKarlsson – Ferraro
1:11

Current SJS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
8:1443% CF
L2Bonino – Johansson – Fiala
4:4338% CF
L3Parise – Bjugstad – Kaprizov
3:0550% CF
D1Cole – Soucy
14:5545% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
13:1365% CF
D3Suter – Spurgeon
11:2931% CF

PP1Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Fiala – Kaprizov
3:2457% CF
PP2Bonino – Johansson – Brodin – Dumba – Eriksson Ek
2:140% CF
PK1FBonino – Johansson
1:19
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:10
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
1:55
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:00

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
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	50	48
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.21	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	55	63
John Leonard L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	50	54
Logan Couture C	L2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.27	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	63	44
Ryan Donato C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	64	46
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.16	0	0	0	14:03	—	—	65	46
Matt Nieto L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.72	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	33	23
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	12:18	—	—	36	24
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.52	0	0	4	11:33	—	—	35	21
Dylan Gambrell C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.23	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	58	47
Timo Meier R	L4	0	1	1	+1	5	0.30	3	1	0	13:43	—	—	79	66
Noah Gregor L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	8:01	—	—	79	64
Brent Burns D	D1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.20	2	2	2	27:31	—	—	55	39
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	23:34	—	—	46	22
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	2	2	24:15	—	—	45	28
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	1	1	0	22:03	—	—	46	47
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:55	—	—	61	60
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	2	10:17	—	—	71	67

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	29	26	3	.897	3.01	59:36

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	17:50	—	—	44	48
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	4	15:51	—	—	36	24
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	12:51	—	—	40	35
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	0	1	-2	3	0.44	1	1	2	19:11	—	—	57	79
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.48	1	4	0	19:01	—	—	36	62
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	0	2	0	15:26	—	—	35	68
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.31	0	0	0	19:36	—	—	36	45
Zach Parise L	L3	1	1	2	-2	5	0.58	1	0	0	18:46	—	—	41	55
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.10	1	0	2	11:06	—	—	62	60
Ian Cole D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	2	0	17:36	—	—	42	53
Carson Soucy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	1	0	2	16:48	—	—	48	45
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	3	0	21:56	—	—	59	71
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	20:23	—	—	59	72
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	2	2	-2	2	0.08	0	1	0	22:35	—	—	31	40
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.10	0	3	0	20:42	—	—	35	54
Ryan Hartman R	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:38	—	—	58	55
Victor Rask C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:02	—	—	57	75
Brad Hunt D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	3:45	—	—	57	68

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	2.63	58:23

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 24, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks beat Minnesota Wild 5–3

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