Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago BlackhawksOct 12, 2017

FinalThursday, Oct 12, 2017· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	1	4	5		MIN	8	9	17	34
CHI	0	0	2	2		CHI	6	16	16	38

: MIN 56CHI 63
: MIN 3.59CHI 2.16
PP goals: MIN 1CHI 1
Hits: MIN 32CHI 25
Blocks: MIN 17CHI 15
PIM: MIN 15CHI 13
: MIN 47%CHI 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–2 at CHI. Chris Stewart (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for MIN: Koivu–Zucker–Niederreiter skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Chris Stewart had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:24.Stewart
Points
Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:52.Zucker
Points
Ryan Hartman had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:51.Hartman
New line
New look for MIN: Koivu–Zucker–Niederreiter skated 8:48 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Koivu Zucker Niederreiter
New line
New look for MIN: Staal–Foligno–Coyle skated 5:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Foligno Coyle
Goalie
Devan Dubnyk (MIN) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +9 against a season average of 29.5; the win.Dubnyk
Usage
Chris Stewart (MIN) played 16:24, +5:46 up on his 10:38 season average over 53 games.Stewart
Usage
Gustav Olofsson (MIN) played 5:50, −7:07 down on his 12:57 season average over 40 games.Olofsson

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)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · CHI 63 · MIN 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI 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 42% of the game, CHI 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

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	CHI
	50	55
	2.00	1.99
	1.98	1.68
	16	12
	6	5
	20	13
	−0.038	+0.038
	42%	25%

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

L1Koivu – Zucker – Niederreiter
8:4888% CF
L2Staal – Foligno – Coyle
5:2067% CF
L3Winnik – Stewart – Eriksson Ek
3:0150% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
15:0865% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
13:5130% CF
D3Quincey – Reilly
7:1638% CF

PP1Koivu – Suter – Spurgeon – Zucker – Niederreiter
3:39100% CF
PP2Staal – Foligno – Coyle – Reilly – Dumba
1:35100% CF
PK1FCullen – Winnik
1:33
PK2FKoivu – Zucker
1:22
PK1DQuincey – Brodin
4:21
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
1:54

Current MIN line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Toews – Panik – Saad
12:0352% CF
L2Anisimov – Kane – Hartman
8:3040% CF
L3Sharp – Kero – DeBrincat
7:2654% CF
L4Bouma – Wingels – Hayden
6:0120% CF
D1Keith – Seabrook
14:0945% CF
D2Murphy – Kempny
13:3355% CF
D3Forsling – Rutta
11:3356% CF

PP1Sharp – Keith – Toews – Kane – Saad
3:2486% CF
PP2Seabrook – Anisimov – Panik – Hartman – DeBrincat
2:34100% CF
PK1FToews – Saad
2:44
PK2FAnisimov – Kero
1:35
PK1DForsling – Rutta
3:26
PK2DKeith – Seabrook
2:25

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

19:25
MINEric Staal (Charlie Coyle)wrist0.02 xG
MIN: Staal, Suter, Stewart, Spurgeon, CoyleCHI: Toews, Kane, Bouma, Forsling, Rutta
MIN 1 – 0 CHI

3rd period

8:21
CHIRyan Hartman (Tanner Kero, Patrick Kane)wrist0.04 xG
MIN: Cullen, Quincey, Winnik, Stewart, OlofssonCHI: Kane, Murphy, Hartman, Kero, Kempny
MIN 1 – 1 CHI
10:32
MINChris Stewart (Jason Zucker)tip-in0.07 xG
MIN: Cullen, Stewart, Zucker, Brodin, DumbaCHI: Keith, Seabrook, Toews, Panik, Saad
MIN 2 – 1 CHI
12:29
MINJason ZuckerPP (Mike Reilly, Matt Cullen)wrist0.02 xG
MIN: Cullen, Zucker, Reilly, Dumba, Eriksson EkCHI: Toews, Saad, Forsling, Rutta
MIN 3 – 1 CHI
15:56
MINChris StewartEN (Tyler Ennis, Jared Spurgeon)backhand0.97 xG
MIN: Cullen, Suter, Stewart, Ennis, SpurgeonCHI: Sharp, Keith, Seabrook, Toews, Kane, Saad
MIN 4 – 1 CHI
17:59
MINMikko KoivuEN (Joel Eriksson Ek, Kyle Quincey)wrist0.50 xG
MIN: Koivu, Quincey, Brodin, Eriksson EkCHI: Sharp, Seabrook, Kane, Kero, DeBrincat
MIN 5 – 1 CHI
19:04
CHIJonathan ToewsPP (Gustav Forsling, Ryan Hartman)tip-in0.08 xG
MIN: Cullen, Dumba, Olofsson, Eriksson EkCHI: Toews, Kane, Hartman, Forsling, Rutta
MIN 5 – 2 CHI

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
Jason Zucker L	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.39	3	0	0	19:52	—	—	70	78
Mikko Koivu C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.73	0	0	2	18:39	—	—	71	83
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	83	96
Eric Staal C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.09	4	0	2	21:35	—	—	41	29
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	3	0	0	17:35	—	—	38	29
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	5	7:25	—	—	62	66
Daniel Winnik L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	0	5	2	18:32	—	—	38	47
Chris Stewart R	L3	2	0	2	+2	5	1.28	1	0	0	16:24	—	—	41	47
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:22	—	—	39	60
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.01	3	4	0	22:08	—	—	63	48
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	1	1	+2	6	0.22	1	2	0	21:11	—	—	68	61
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	1	1	0	23:25	—	—	40	48
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	19:33	—	—	35	36
Kyle Quincey D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:21	—	—	36	67
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	2	11:32	—	—	27	33
Tyler Ennis R	—	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	6	0	2	13:43	—	—	36	25
Matt Cullen C	—	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:13	—	—	21	19
Gustav Olofsson D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:50	—	—	40	70

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	38	36	2	.947	2.16	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Toews C	L1	1	0	1	-3	3	0.16	0	1	0	22:40	—	—	52	57
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.21	1	0	0	21:25	—	—	57	59
Richard Panik R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	3	0	6	15:22	—	—	50	43
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.07	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	53	63
Artem Anisimov C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	1	2	16:52	—	—	42	36
Ryan Hartman R	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	15:51	—	—	46	31
Patrick Sharp L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	1	2	0	14:51	—	—	53	61
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	55	44
Tanner Kero C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	1	2	0	12:48	—	—	58	46
Tommy Wingels C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	9:15	—	—	67	58
Lance Bouma L	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.46	1	0	0	8:46	—	—	53	53
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	0	5	8:32	—	—	44	24
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	1	4	0	24:05	—	—	46	61
Brent Seabrook D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	1	2	0	22:06	—	—	41	51
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	1	1	0	17:30	—	—	59	42
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	3	0	0	16:24	—	—	54	43
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	1	1	0	17:33	—	—	63	52
Gustav Forsling D	D3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.02	1	1	0	16:39	—	—	56	46

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	2.12	59:38

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.