San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota WildNov 16, 2021

FinalTuesday, Nov 16, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	2	1	1	4		SJS	9	8	4	21
MIN	0	1	0	1		MIN	7	13	7	27

: SJS 41MIN 55
: SJS 1.28MIN 2.03
PP goals: SJS 0MIN 0
Hits: SJS 13MIN 18
Blocks: SJS 18MIN 10
PIM: SJS 14MIN 16
: SJS 59%MIN 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Minnesota Wild 4–1

San Jose Sharks beat Minnesota Wild 4–1 at MIN. Timo Meier (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. SJS scored 4 goals on 1.28 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Timo Meier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:48.Meier
Points
Logan Couture had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:02.Couture
Points
Rudolfs Balcers had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:51.Balcers
Luck
SJS scored 4 goals on 1.28 expected goals (41 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Cogliano–Bonino–Nieto skated 10:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cogliano Bonino Nieto
New line
New look for SJS: Labanc–Gadjovich–Weatherby skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Labanc Gadjovich Weatherby
Usage
Alex Goligoski (MIN) played 22:01, +3:08 up on his 18:53 season average over 71 games.Goligoski
Usage
Andrew Cogliano (SJS) played 15:48, +3:10 up on his 12:38 season average over 73 games.Cogliano

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 96 of 96 attempts · MIN 55 · SJS 41

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 27% of the game, MIN 45%.

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
	38	52
	1.03	2.17
	1.01	2.11
	4	7
	7	1
	4	5
	+0.044	−0.044
	27%	45%

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 – Meier – Dahlen
11:0535% CF
L2Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov
11:0350% CF
L3Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto
10:2143% CF
L4Labanc – Gadjovich – Weatherby
6:3767% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
16:3839% CF
D2Karlsson – Middleton
12:5542% CF
D3Vlasic – Hatakka
9:0243% CF

PP1Burns – Bonino – Couture – Meier – Dahlen
2:01100% CF
PP2Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc – Weatherby – Barabanov
1:34100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Couture
1:44
PK2FBonino – Nieto
0:33
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
1:44
PK2DVlasic – Middleton
0:44

Current SJS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Fiala – Eriksson Ek
9:0753% CF
L2Zuccarello – Gaudreau – Kaprizov
8:1058% CF
L3Hartman – Greenway – Pitlick
7:0380% CF
L4Bjugstad – Duhaime – Sturm
6:2138% CF
D1Goligoski – Spurgeon
14:4459% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
14:0864% CF
D3Kulikov – Merrill
12:4957% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Fiala – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
1:56100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Foligno – Dumba – Hartman – Gaudreau
0:44100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:37
PK2FGaudreau – Sturm
1:08
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
1:58
PK2DKulikov – Merrill
1:05

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	2	2	+2	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:02	—	—	29	29
Timo Meier R	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.34	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	35	33
Jonathan Dahlen C	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	32	39
Tomas Hertl C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.26	0	0	2	17:07	—	—	44	33
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:51	—	—	41	25
Alexander Barabanov L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	0	1	0	14:38	—	—	45	34
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	1	3	0	18:32	—	—	38	16
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	0	0	15:48	—	—	40	12
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:59	—	—	43	17
Jasper Weatherby C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	11:31	—	—	53	43
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	71	100
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	5	7:40	—	—	60	56
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	0	0	0	26:55	—	—	40	54
Mario Ferraro D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	3	3	0	22:48	—	—	40	39
Erik Karlsson D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.04	0	2	2	23:24	—	—	44	25
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	2	5	17:07	—	—	43	21
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	2	0	14:47	—	—	44	33
Santeri Hatakka D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:54	—	—	45	40

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.03	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.47	0	0	0	19:37	—	—	56	82
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.34	2	0	2	16:09	—	—	58	88
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	5	15:24	—	—	45	75
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	1	0	0	18:37	—	—	53	49
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	50	67
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	0	0	0	16:42	—	—	53	49
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	67	66
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:30	—	—	70	89
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.54	2	0	5	13:01	—	—	77	91
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:22	—	—	50	23
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	53	38
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:24	—	—	50	23
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	22:01	—	—	50	80
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	4	0	21:53	—	—	63	96
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.10	3	2	0	22:21	—	—	55	67
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	20:33	—	—	66	74
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	56	41
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:41	—	—	56	46

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	1.28	56:16

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 WildNov 16, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks beat Minnesota Wild 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