Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago BlackhawksApr 7, 2024

FinalSunday, Apr 7, 2024· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	3	1	4		MIN	13	16	8	37
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	5	11	8	24

: MIN 62CHI 49
: MIN 3.34CHI 1.64
PP goals: MIN 1CHI 0
Hits: MIN 10CHI 14
Blocks: MIN 14CHI 11
PIM: MIN 0CHI 4
: MIN 32%CHI 68%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Chicago Blackhawks 4–0

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–0 at CHI. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Faber) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:13 together.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 24:01.Kaprizov
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Faber) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:13 together.Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Boldy Faber
New line
New look for MIN: Hartman–Gaudreau–Khusnutdinov skated 12:20 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hartman Gaudreau Khusnutdinov
Goalie
Arvid Soderblom (CHI) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +8 against a season average of 29.4; the loss.Soderblom
Usage
Jon Merrill (MIN) played 5:00, −7:54 down on his 12:54 season average over 64 games.Merrill
Usage
Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) played 16:04, −4:31 down on his 20:35 season average over 76 games.Eriksson Ek
Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 1.64 expected goals (49 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Zach Bogosian (MIN) played 21:55, +4:06 up on his 17:49 season average over 64 games.Bogosian

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 111 of 111 attempts · CHI 49 · MIN 62

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 56% of the game, CHI 14%.

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
	66	58
	3.48	1.70
	3.28	1.63
	8	4
	2	4
	18	7
	−0.105	+0.105
	56%	14%

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 – Kaprizov – Rossi
14:4841% CF
L2Hartman – Gaudreau – Khusnutdinov
12:2054% CF
L3Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
12:1856% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
19:4947% CF
D2Bogosian – Brodin
19:4155% CF
D3Mermis – Chisholm
9:0279% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Faber
2:1386% CF
PP2Johansson – Brodin – Hartman – Chisholm – Rossi
0:19

Current MIN line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Dickinson – Kurashev – Bedard
11:0250% CF
L2Donato – Entwistle – Slaggert
9:5042% CF
L3Blackwell – Athanasiou – Reichel
7:4452% CF
L4Foligno – Johnson – Anderson
7:2167% CF
D1Jones – Vlasic
16:0936% CF
D2Zaitsev – Kaiser
9:4235% CF
D3Megna – Korchinski
8:1631% CF

PK1FBlackwell – Dickinson
1:06
PK2FAnderson – Entwistle
1:03
PK1DJones – Vlasic
1:25
PK2DMegna – Kaiser
1:03

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:06
MINKirill KaprizovPP (Matt Boldy, Joel Eriksson Ek)wrist0.09 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, FaberCHI: Blackwell, Dickinson, Jones, Vlasic
MIN 1 – 0 CHI
12:30
MINMarco Rossi (Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov)snap0.14 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Mermis, Kaprizov, Chisholm, RossiCHI: Donato, Zaitsev, Entwistle, Vlasic, Slaggert
MIN 2 – 0 CHI
18:27
MINFrederick Gaudreau (Zach Bogosian, Marat Khusnutdinov)tip-in0.08 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Brodin, Hartman, Gaudreau, KhusnutdinovCHI: Foligno, Johnson, Anderson, Zaitsev, Kaiser
MIN 3 – 0 CHI

3rd period

8:10
MINKirill Kaprizov (Brock Faber)wrist0.14 xG
MIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, FaberCHI: Donato, Entwistle, Slaggert, Kaiser, Korchinski
MIN 4 – 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		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	2	1	3	+2	4	0.55	0	1	24:01	—	—	47	65
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.39	0	1	20:41	—	—	45	58
Marco Rossi C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	18:57	—	—	52	62
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	0	1	16:13	—	—	63	55
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	2	2	14:58	—	—	59	56
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	0	2	13:33	—	—	56	53
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.31	0	0	21:15	—	—	60	83
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	17:21	—	—	56	75
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	1	1	+1	5	0.48	2	1	16:04	—	—	56	77
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.02	1	1	24:03	—	—	49	67
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	20:26	—	—	47	67
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	2	22:01	—	—	53	65
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	2	21:55	—	—	55	70
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	14:24	—	—	67	72
Dakota Mermis D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	0	0	10:05	—	—	73	97
Jake Lucchini C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	0	10:05	—	—	44	72
Mason Shaw C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	3	0	9:41	—	—	41	72
Jon Merrill D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	5:00	—	—	27	1

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	1.64	59:17

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	18:24	—	—	47	35
Jason Dickinson C	L1	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	48	34
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	16:47	—	—	42	37
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L2	-2	1	0.28	1	0	0	13:34	—	—	42	17
Ryan Donato C	L2	-2	2	0.14	0	0	0	12:57	—	—	46	20
Landon Slaggert L	L2	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:25	—	—	38	14
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	50	44
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	2	0.10	0	2	0	14:54	—	—	47	44
Lukas Reichel L	L3	0	2	0.28	1	1	0	14:18	—	—	44	43
Joey Anderson R	L4	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	59	41
Nick Foligno L	L4	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:19	—	—	50	57
Tyler Johnson C	L4	-1	0	0.09	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	53	50
Seth Jones D	D1	0	3	0.06	5	2	0	22:56	—	—	50	38
Alex Vlasic D	D1	-1	3	0.17	0	2	0	21:41	—	—	38	24
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	-2	1	0.14	0	1	0	20:34	—	—	53	54
Nikita Zaitsev D	D2	-2	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:54	—	—	44	39
Kevin Korchinski D	D3	-1	2	0.04	1	1	2	20:58	—	—	42	15
Jaycob Megna D	D3	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:15	—	—	52	33

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	3.34	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Kirill Kaprizov (MIN PP) 2nd 1:06 · assists Matt Boldy, Joel Eriksson Ek · Forecheck turnover · 50.9 mph shot.

Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 1:06 · MIN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.9 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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Marco Rossi · 2nd 12:30 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 39.2 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Frederick Gaudreau · 2nd 18:27 · MIN

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 46.5 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 8:10 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.0 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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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.