San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota WildApr 16, 2021

FinalFriday, Apr 16, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	0	1	2		SJS	8	4	10	22
MIN	1	2	0	3		MIN	4	7	7	18

: SJS 46MIN 42
: SJS 1.89MIN 2.41
PP goals: SJS 0MIN 0
Hits: SJS 22MIN 12
Blocks: SJS 11MIN 14
PIM: SJS 6MIN 2
: SJS 39%MIN 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge San Jose Sharks 3–2

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 at home. Nick Bonino (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Marleau–Hertl–Balcers skated 12:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nick Bonino had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:44.Bonino
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Hertl–Balcers skated 12:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Hertl Balcers
New line
New look for SJS: Donato–Viel–Handemark skated 4:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donato Viel Handemark
New line
New look for SJS: Sorensen–Meier–Gambrell skated 10:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sorensen Meier Gambrell
Usage
Zach Parise (MIN) played 10:41, −3:20 down on his 14:01 season average over 44 games.Parise
Usage
Ryan Donato (SJS) played 7:17, −5:26 down on his 12:43 season average over 49 games.Donato
Usage
Fredrik Handemark (SJS) played 6:45, −3:05 down on his 9:50 season average over 7 games.Handemark
Usage
Kevin Labanc (SJS) played 19:26, +3:04 up on his 16:22 season average over 54 games.Labanc

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 88 of 88 attempts · MIN 42 · SJS 46

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 23% 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

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
	47	42
	1.98	2.59
	1.88	2.53
	8	7
	6	5
	18	11
	−0.065	+0.065
	23%	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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Kane – Labanc
12:5555% CF
L2Marleau – Hertl – Balcers
12:1858% CF
L3Sorensen – Meier – Gambrell
10:2753% CF
L4Donato – Viel – Handemark
4:1350% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
16:5338% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
14:5565% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
10:4571% CF

PP1Marleau – Burns – Hertl – Donato – Meier
1:04
PP2Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Labanc – Balcers
0:51100% CF
PK1FHertl – Gambrell
1:47
PK2FCouture – Kane
1:19
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
2:10
PK2DKarlsson – Knyzhov
0:40

Current SJS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
12:3671% CF
L2Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
10:1060% CF
L3Parise – Bonino – Sturm
10:0144% CF
L4Johansson – Hartman – Fiala
9:5023% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
17:5746% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
14:4463% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
13:1339% CF

PP1Suter – Johansson – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman
3:0475% CF
PP2Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
2:4967% CF
PK1FBonino – Sturm
1:13
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
0:34
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
1:13
PK2DCole – Spurgeon
0:34

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
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	3	2	0	21:47	—	—	52	32
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.51	0	0	2	19:26	—	—	52	41
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	2	19:07	—	—	52	32
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.21	0	0	2	19:29	—	—	61	61
Patrick Marleau C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	58	43
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	3	0	0	15:10	—	—	62	67
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	50	33
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	47	31
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:56	—	—	50	30
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	7:17	—	—	50	55
Fredrik Handemark C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	0	0	0	6:45	—	—	38	49
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	5:58	—	—	46	49
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	1	3	0	26:10	—	—	40	48
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	21:58	—	—	39	30
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	3	0	23:32	—	—	58	50
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	17:33	—	—	65	53
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	63	33
Radim Simek D	D3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	67	37

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	18	15	3	.833	2.41	58:07

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.47	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	59	96
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:28	—	—	69	99
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	69	97
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.42	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	50	38
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	54	51
Victor Rask C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	60	65
Nick Bonino C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.31	1	2	0	16:44	—	—	41	81
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	1	0	0	13:16	—	—	37	55
Zach Parise L	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.17	0	2	0	10:41	—	—	44	81
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	33	27
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.24	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	24	27
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.20	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	21	41
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.08	2	1	0	24:49	—	—	43	53
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	0	2	0	23:08	—	—	47	67
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	2	2	19:53	—	—	57	47
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	0	2	0	19:46	—	—	65	75
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	15:37	—	—	39	50
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:04	—	—	38	47

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	22	20	2	.909	1.89	60:00

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 WildApr 16, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild edge San Jose Sharks 3–2

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