Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 29, 2023

FinalWednesday, Mar 29, 2023· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	1	1	4		MIN	11	14	4	29
COL	1	0	1	2		COL	11	14	19	44

: MIN 46COL 84
: MIN 2.21COL 3.88
PP goals: MIN 0COL 0
Hits: MIN 24COL 27
Blocks: MIN 21COL 12
PIM: MIN 10COL 6
: MIN 43%COL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2 at COL. Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +14 against a season average of 30.1; the win.

Points
Frederick Gaudreau had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:18.Gaudreau
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 44 shots and stopped 42 (.955), +14 against a season average of 30.1; the win.Gustavsson
Usage
Alex Goligoski (MIN) played 9:01, −8:51 down on his 17:52 season average over 45 games.Goligoski
Usage
Jack Johnson (COL) played 13:40, −5:33 down on his 19:13 season average over 82 games.Johnson
Usage
John Klingberg (MIN) played 15:30, −5:12 down on his 20:42 season average over 66 games.Klingberg
New line
New look for MIN: Sundqvist–Gaudreau–Steel skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist Gaudreau Steel
Luck
COL scored 2 goals on 3.88 expected goals (84 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
MIN scored 4 goals on 2.21 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →

COL
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · COL 84 · MIN 46

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
MIN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 22% of the game, COL 56%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

COL

MIN

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	MIN	COL
	40	80
	1.17	3.59
	1.16	3.37
	8	11
	5	6
	7	8
	−0.066	+0.066
	22%	56%

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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Foligno – Zuccarello – Hartman
9:4552% CF
L2Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
9:0432% CF
L3Sundqvist – Gaudreau – Steel
7:5729% CF
D1Spurgeon – Middleton
14:3418% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
14:1158% CF
D3Merrill – Klingberg
11:3335% CF

PP1Johansson – Zuccarello – Klingberg – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
1:57100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Foligno – Brodin – Hartman – Gaudreau
0:41
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
1:47
PK2FShaw – Dewar
1:11
PK1DSpurgeon – Brodin
4:05
PK2DDumba – Middleton
1:34

Current MIN line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen
15:1978% CF
L2Compher – Rodrigues – Newhook
5:3150% CF
L3Cogliano – Helm – O'Connor
3:5664% CF
L4Eller – Nieto – Malgin
3:4644% CF
D1Girard – Byram
14:1563% CF
D2Toews – Makar
12:0068% CF
D3Johnson – Johnson
9:3358% CF

PP1Compher – MacKinnon – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
4:0589% CF
PP2Toews – Rodrigues – Girard – Byram – Newhook
1:19100% CF
PK1FCompher – Nichushkin
1:40
PK2FCogliano – O'Connor
0:33
PK1DToews – Makar
2:00
PK2DJohnson – Johnson
0:41

Current COL 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.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.15	2	0	0	17:06	—	—	51	35
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	48	29
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	0	14:16	—	—	45	24
Marcus Johansson L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.42	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	30	25
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	17:28	—	—	30	25
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	1	1	+3	4	0.24	2	0	2	16:16	—	—	29	25
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.46	2	1	0	17:18	—	—	23	17
Sam Steel C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	1	1	0	14:45	—	—	22	26
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	11:52	—	—	29	35
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	22:16	—	—	18	9
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	2	19:49	—	—	20	11
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.07	2	2	0	22:35	—	—	52	41
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	2	7	0	22:29	—	—	54	46
John Klingberg D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	1	1	0	15:30	—	—	35	27
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	14:37	—	—	30	24
Connor Dewar C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	10:56	—	—	17	16
Mason Shaw C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:47	—	—	15	17
Alex Goligoski D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	9:01	—	—	23	2

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	44	42	2	.955	3.88	59:58

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Valeri Nichushkin R	L1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.30	2	1	0	25:47	—	—	74	77
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.53	0	1	0	24:19	—	—	76	78
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.59	1	1	0	24:06	—	—	73	76
J.T. Compher L	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.19	1	1	0	22:12	—	—	68	68
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	71	72
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	0	0	0	15:21	—	—	59	69
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	2	8:29	—	—	53	72
Darren Helm C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	7:26	—	—	53	68
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	2	1	0	6:41	—	—	56	69
Lars Eller C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.13	1	0	2	12:49	—	—	61	82
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	8:43	—	—	63	83
Denis Malgin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	6:34	—	—	57	80
Bowen Byram D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.61	3	0	2	21:27	—	—	70	79
Samuel Girard D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	3	1	0	20:33	—	—	67	74
Cale Makar D	D2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.25	0	1	0	24:53	—	—	72	78
Devon Toews D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	22:15	—	—	71	75
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	3	3	0	13:40	—	—	59	75
Erik Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	4	1	0	13:17	—	—	59	69

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	1.97	57:51

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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado AvalancheMar 29, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Colorado Avalanche 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Colorado Avalanche