San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota WildApr 17, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 17, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	0	1	2		SJS	9	8	11	28
MIN	3	2	0	5		MIN	17	7	4	28

: SJS 49MIN 49
: SJS 2.00MIN 2.14
PP goals: SJS 0MIN 1
Hits: SJS 22MIN 17
Blocks: SJS 11MIN 10
PIM: SJS 6MIN 4
: 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 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 5–2 at home. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Labanc–Meier–Kellman skated 8:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:14.Zuccarello
New line
New look for SJS: Labanc–Meier–Kellman skated 8:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Labanc Meier Kellman
Luck
MIN scored 5 goals on 2.14 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Couture–Kane–Gregor skated 4:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couture Kane Gregor
New line
New look for SJS: Sorensen–Donato–Gambrell skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sorensen Donato Gambrell
Usage
Nick Bonino (MIN) played 19:42, +4:56 up on his 14:46 season average over 54 games.Bonino
Usage
Tomas Hertl (SJS) played 14:38, −4:36 down on his 19:14 season average over 49 games.Hertl
Usage
Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) played 13:14, −3:54 down on his 17:08 season average over 55 games.Eriksson Ek

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 98 of 98 attempts · MIN 49 · SJS 49

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 31%.

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
	55	43
	2.31	1.43
	2.17	1.40
	7	6
	4	1
	20	11
	+0.031	−0.031
	29%	31%

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

L1Marleau – Hertl – Balcers
10:2281% CF
L2Labanc – Meier – Kellman
8:2375% CF
L3Sorensen – Donato – Gambrell
7:1744% CF
L4Couture – Kane – Gregor
4:1671% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
12:0358% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
11:0759% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
8:1731% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Kane – Gregor – Ferraro
2:06100% CF
PP2Marleau – Karlsson – Hertl – Donato – Balcers
1:34
PK1FCouture – Kane
2:00
PK2FSorensen – Gambrell
0:42
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
2:31
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
0:26

Current SJS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
11:5840% CF
L2Parise – Bonino – Sturm
11:0053% CF
L3Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
9:5038% CF
L4Johansson – Hartman – Fiala
7:1636% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
16:5342% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
15:4524% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
13:5852% CF

PP1Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
5:3982% CF
PP2Suter – Johansson – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman
0:52100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:38
PK2FBonino – Sturm
1:02
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:00
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:03

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	0.11	4	0	2	14:38	—	—	72	65
Patrick Marleau C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:16	—	—	78	83
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	1	0	0	13:33	—	—	79	83
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	1	0	0	17:34	—	—	69	69
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.23	3	0	0	13:29	—	—	52	64
Joel Kellman C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.36	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	54	69
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	0	3	0	15:57	—	—	28	39
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	37	48
Marcus Sorensen L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	3	0	0	12:43	—	—	25	31
Logan Couture C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.47	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	65	63
Evander Kane L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	17:23	—	—	53	61
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.22	2	0	0	11:08	—	—	50	49
Brent Burns D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.07	0	3	0	28:35	—	—	54	64
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	2	2	23:02	—	—	65	65
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	2	21:11	—	—	61	68
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	2	0	0	17:10	—	—	57	49
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:23	—	—	56	67
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:38	—	—	31	47

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	1.74	40:00
Josef Korenar	—	4	4	0	.1000	0.41	20:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	46	41
Victor Rask C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	43	41
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.35	1	1	0	15:14	—	—	39	39
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	0	1	0	19:42	—	—	55	61
Zach Parise L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.16	0	0	0	14:32	—	—	56	53
Nico Sturm C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.23	3	0	0	14:02	—	—	48	54
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	7	0	0	13:20	—	—	38	28
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.08	3	0	0	13:14	—	—	41	31
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	12:34	—	—	33	21
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	41	27
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	48	34
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	13:17	—	—	38	27
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	20:25	—	—	50	45
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	2	2	19:18	—	—	42	26
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	4	0	23:18	—	—	24	28
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	19:45	—	—	27	30
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:28	—	—	59	47
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	0	2	15:08	—	—	54	42

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.00	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 17, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 5–2

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