Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago BlackhawksFeb 2, 2022

FinalWednesday, Feb 2, 2022· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	3	2	5		MIN	13	11	11	35
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	8	10	12	30

: MIN 54CHI 64
: MIN 2.72CHI 2.57
PP goals: MIN 1CHI 0
Hits: MIN 28CHI 26
Blocks: MIN 25CHI 14
PIM: MIN 2CHI 2
: MIN 48%CHI 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–0

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–0 at CHI. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Brodin, Hartman, Gaudreau, Fiala and Greenway) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:08 together.

Points
Frederick Gaudreau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:10.Gaudreau
Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:34.Fiala
Points
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:24.Zuccarello
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Brodin, Hartman, Gaudreau, Fiala and Greenway) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:08 together.Brodin Hartman Gaudreau Fiala Greenway
New line
New look for CHI: Kane–Strome–DeBrincat skated 8:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Strome DeBrincat
New line
New look for CHI: Connolly–Carpenter–Entwistle skated 6:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Connolly Carpenter Entwistle
Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 2.57 expected goals (64 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
MIN scored 5 goals on 2.72 expected goals (54 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)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · CHI 64 · MIN 54

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 28% of the game, CHI 26%.

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
	62	71
	3.11	2.87
	2.99	2.75
	7	13
	6	5
	24	22
	+0.010	−0.010
	28%	26%

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

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
14:3348% CF
L2Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
11:5843% CF
L3Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Duhaime
10:2756% CF
L4Rask – Dewar – Sturm
8:4450% CF
D1Benn – Brodin
17:5139% CF
D2Goligoski – Spurgeon
17:2169% CF
D3Kulikov – Merrill
17:0732% CF

PP1Brodin – Hartman – Gaudreau – Fiala – Greenway
1:08100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
0:50
PK1FDewar – Sturm
0:53
PK2FEriksson Ek – Duhaime
0:45
PK1DBenn – Brodin
0:53
PK2DGoligoski – Spurgeon
0:45

Current MIN line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Strome – DeBrincat
8:3735% CF
L2Connolly – Carpenter – Entwistle
6:5956% CF
L3Hagel – Kurashev – Dach
6:3357% CF
L4Kubalik – Lafferty – Borgstrom
5:5855% CF
D1Murphy – McCabe
13:2950% CF
D2de Haan – Jones
13:0375% CF
D3Gustafsson – Kalynuk
0:00

PP1Kane – Jones – Strome – DeBrincat – Hagel
1:38100% CF
PP2de Haan – Gustafsson – Kubalik – Kurashev – Dach
0:22100% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Lafferty
1:13
PK2FHagel – Dach
0:41
PK1DMurphy – McCabe
1:30
PK2Dde Haan – Jones
0:24

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:53
MINFrederick GaudreauPP (Jonas Brodin, Kevin Fiala)slap0.07 xG
MIN: Brodin, Hartman, Gaudreau, Fiala, GreenwayCHI: Murphy, McCabe, Hagel, Dach
MIN 1 – 0 CHI
6:56
MINMats Zuccarello (Jordan Greenway, Brandon Duhaime)wrist0.15 xG
MIN: Benn, Zuccarello, Brodin, Greenway, Eriksson EkCHI: Connolly, Murphy, Borgstrom, Entwistle, Kalynuk
MIN 2 – 0 CHI
14:08
MINKirill Kaprizov (Mats Zuccarello)wrist0.22 xG
MIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, KaprizovCHI: Connolly, Murphy, McCabe, Entwistle, Dach
MIN 3 – 0 CHI

3rd period

10:38
MINKevin Fiala (Matt Boldy, Frederick Gaudreau)wrist0.18 xG
MIN: Kulikov, Merrill, Gaudreau, Fiala, BoldyCHI: Kane, Jones, Borgstrom, Hagel, Kalynuk
MIN 4 – 0 CHI
12:02
MINNico Sturm (Connor Dewar, Victor Rask)wrist0.20 xG
MIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Rask, Dewar, SturmCHI: de Haan, Gustafsson, Lafferty, DeBrincat, Dach
MIN 5 – 0 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
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.29	0	2	0	18:24	—	—	46	53
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.30	4	1	0	18:20	—	—	42	50
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	45	52
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.31	0	0	0	17:34	—	—	41	46
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	3	0	16:27	—	—	43	55
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.15	0	3	0	15:10	—	—	41	52
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	2	0	0	15:33	—	—	52	41
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	2	0	2	14:19	—	—	52	32
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.09	7	1	0	12:28	—	—	50	33
Nico Sturm C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.20	1	1	0	12:25	—	—	52	73
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	2	0	0	11:37	—	—	57	87
Victor Rask C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	0	0	0	9:49	—	—	56	89
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	1	4	0	21:22	—	—	37	42
Jordie Benn D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	1	0	19:32	—	—	44	46
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.09	1	1	0	20:25	—	—	71	68
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.10	1	1	0	19:00	—	—	70	72
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	3	0	19:40	—	—	31	29
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	2	4	0	18:13	—	—	38	44

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	2.57	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	52	47
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	-1	1	0.18	3	0	0	18:48	—	—	42	44
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	4	0.35	0	1	0	15:13	—	—	52	63
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:25	—	—	50	71
Brett Connolly R	L2	-2	2	0.23	1	0	0	11:37	—	—	50	48
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L2	-2	0	0.10	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	59	54
Kirby Dach C	L3	-2	3	0.36	1	0	0	18:25	—	—	49	37
Brandon Hagel L	L3	-1	3	0.18	1	0	0	16:58	—	—	70	50
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	1	0.10	1	3	0	16:10	—	—	54	59
Sam Lafferty C	L4	-1	3	0.21	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	55	39
Dominik Kubalik L	L4	0	1	0.12	4	0	0	12:48	—	—	48	48
Henrik Borgstrom C	L4	-2	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:45	—	—	63	32
Connor Murphy D	D1	-2	3	0.12	1	2	0	23:01	—	—	51	33
Jake McCabe D	D1	-1	1	0.00	2	1	0	20:56	—	—	47	38
Seth Jones D	D2	-1	4	0.33	2	2	0	28:33	—	—	58	57
Calvin de Haan D	D2	-1	1	0.08	0	3	0	20:55	—	—	63	69
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	49	44
Wyatt Kalynuk D	D3	-2	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:53	—	—	45	27

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	30	25	5	.833	2.47	52:02
Collin Delia	—	5	5	0	.1000	0.24	7:58

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.