San Jose Sharks vs. Minnesota WildMar 3, 2024

FinalSunday, Mar 3, 2024· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	2	1	3		SJS	3	7	5	15
MIN	0	2	2	4		MIN	11	14	7	32

: SJS 38MIN 64
: SJS 1.46MIN 2.74
PP goals: SJS 1MIN 1
Hits: SJS 31MIN 17
Blocks: SJS 13MIN 12
PIM: SJS 8MIN 4
: SJS 44%MIN 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge San Jose Sharks 4–3

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 4–3 at home. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 3G 0A. SJS's first power-play unit (Hoffman, Granlund, Duclair, Zetterlund and Addison) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:15 together.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 22:18.Kaprizov
Points
Matt Boldy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:35.Boldy
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Hoffman, Granlund, Duclair, Zetterlund and Addison) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:15 together.Hoffman Granlund Duclair Zetterlund Addison
Usage
Dakota Mermis (MIN) played 2:12, −12:09 down on his 14:21 season average over 46 games.Mermis
New line
New look for SJS: Labanc–Kunin–Zadina skated 10:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Labanc Kunin Zadina
Luck
SJS scored 3 goals on 1.46 expected goals (38 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Vinni Lettieri (MIN) played 14:46, +5:18 up on his 9:28 season average over 45 games.Lettieri
Usage
Connor Dewar (MIN) played 15:36, +4:00 up on his 11:36 season average over 73 games.Dewar

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 102 of 102 attempts · MIN 64 · SJS 38

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 11% of the game, MIN 48%.

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
	32	66
	1.08	2.68
	1.06	2.58
	1	8
	2	2
	10	11
	−0.033	+0.033
	11%	48%

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

L1Granlund – Duclair – Zetterlund
11:2529% CF
L2Labanc – Kunin – Zadina
10:5636% CF
L3Hoffman – Bailey – Sturm
4:5050% CF
D1Vlasic – Ferraro
16:0817% CF
D2Rutta – Thrun
14:4536% CF
D3Burroughs – Okhotiuk
12:4740% CF

PP1Hoffman – Granlund – Duclair – Zetterlund – Addison
1:1580% CF
PK1FGranlund – Kunin
2:18
PK2FZetterlund – Sturm
1:37
PK1DFerraro – Rutta
2:13
PK2DVlasic – Thrun
1:37

Current SJS line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
12:2176% CF
L2Gaudreau – Duhaime – Dewar
7:0460% CF
L3Lettieri – Shaw – Lucchini
4:4545% CF
D1Bogosian – Brodin
14:1660% CF
D2Middleton – Faber
13:1059% CF
D3Merrill – Chisholm
9:0769% CF

PP1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
3:5275% CF
PP2Brodin – Hartman – Gaudreau – Lettieri – Chisholm
2:5280% CF
PK1FEriksson Ek – Duhaime
0:34
PK2FHartman – Dewar
0:16
PK1DBrodin – Faber
0:56
PK2DBogosian – Chisholm
0:16

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:41
SJSMikael GranlundPPwrist0.05 xG
SJS: Hoffman, Granlund, Duclair, Zetterlund, AddisonMIN: Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Dewar, Faber
SJS 1 – 0 MIN
4:56
SJSNico SturmSHwrist0.14 xG
SJS: Carpenter, Rutta, Sturm, ThrunMIN: Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, Rossi, Faber
SJS 2 – 0 MIN
5:46
MINFrederick GaudreauPP (Declan Chisholm, Jonas Brodin)snap0.15 xG
SJS: Granlund, Ferraro, Zetterlund, ThrunMIN: Brodin, Hartman, Gaudreau, Lettieri, Chisholm
SJS 2 – 1 MIN
7:01
MINKirill Kaprizov (Mason Shaw)snap0.19 xG
SJS: Carpenter, Labanc, Ferraro, Zadina, OkhotiukMIN: Mermis, Kaprizov, Shaw, Dewar, Faber
SJS 2 – 2 MIN

3rd period

0:23
SJSAnthony Duclairwrist0.19 xG
SJS: Granlund, Duclair, Rutta, Zetterlund, ThrunMIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, Faber
SJS 3 – 2 MIN
2:38
MINKirill Kaprizov (Matt Boldy)snap0.13 xG
SJS: Carpenter, Smith, Rutta, Addison, ThrunMIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, Faber
SJS 3 – 3 MIN
16:01
MINKirill Kaprizov (Joel Eriksson Ek, Matt Boldy)wrist0.14 xG
SJS: Vlasic, Kunin, Ferraro, Zadina, SturmMIN: Bogosian, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy
SJS 3 – 4 MIN

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	1	1	+1	3	0.24	0	0	0	22:18	—	—	35	36
Fabian Zetterlund L	L1	0	0	+1	3	0.11	1	0	0	20:13	—	—	33	24
Anthony Duclair L	L1	1	1	+1	1	0.19	2	1	0	17:20	—	—	38	36
Filip Zadina R	L2	0	0	-2	2	0.27	1	1	0	16:22	—	—	35	30
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:03	—	—	34	21
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	1	4	13:45	—	—	35	30
Nico Sturm C	L3	1	1	0	2	0.15	3	0	0	15:36	—	—	29	18
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	1	0.36	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	31	26
Justin Bailey R	L3	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:11	—	—	25	69
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	4	0	22:35	—	—	24	19
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D1	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	2	19:57	—	—	15	10
Henry Thrun D	D2	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:21	—	—	37	30
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	2	20:26	—	—	39	31
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:12	—	—	47	58
Nikita Okhotiuk D	D3	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:12	—	—	41	34
Calen Addison D	—	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:58	—	—	23	19
Ryan Carpenter C	—	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	10:52	—	—	33	38
Givani Smith R	—	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:57	—	—	25	24

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	2.74	58:23

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	3	0	3	+1	5	0.55	2	0	0	22:18	—	—	73	69
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	2	2	0	1	0.28	1	1	0	21:35	—	—	80	72
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.31	5	0	0	20:43	—	—	79	70
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	15:36	—	—	65	67
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	2	0	14:27	—	—	71	93
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	43	41
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	14:46	—	—	59	73
Mason Shaw C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:35	—	—	48	64
Jake Lucchini C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	9:56	—	—	56	65
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	2	0	24:31	—	—	65	66
Zach Bogosian D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	2	19:09	—	—	63	64
Brock Faber D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.12	1	1	0	23:25	—	—	68	70
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	0	2	2	19:14	—	—	61	76
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	69	65
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	74	73
Ryan Hartman R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	19:12	—	—	68	77
Marco Rossi C	—	0	0	0	-1	4	0.46	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	69	82
Dakota Mermis D	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	2:12	—	—	100	100

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	15	12	3	.800	1.46	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Mikael Granlund (SJS PP) 2nd 1:41 · unassisted · Rebound · 62.5 mph shot.

Mikael Granlund · 2nd 1:41 · SJS PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.5 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Type: rebound

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Nico Sturm · 2nd 4:56 · SJS SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.9 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Frederick Gaudreau · 2nd 5:46 · MIN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3
Shot: 55.6 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 7:01 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.0 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Anthony Duclair · 3rd 0:23 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.7 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 2:38 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 53.6 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Type: one-timer

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Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 16:01 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.8 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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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.