Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 26, 2025

FinalSunday, Jan 26, 2025· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	1	1	4		MIN	11	7	10	28
CHI	0	0	2	2		CHI	1	4	15	20

: MIN 49CHI 55
: MIN 3.43CHI 1.73
PP goals: MIN 1CHI 1
Hits: MIN 10CHI 26
Blocks: MIN 16CHI 12
PIM: MIN 10CHI 10
: MIN 42%CHI 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 at CHI. Matt Boldy (MIN) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for MIN: Foligno–Gaudreau–Lauko skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Matt Boldy had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 14:36.Boldy
Points
Marcus Foligno had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:23.Foligno
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Gaudreau–Lauko skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Gaudreau Lauko
Usage
Matt Boldy (MIN) played 14:36, −5:46 down on his 20:22 season average over 81 games.Boldy
New line
New look for MIN: Shore–Hartman–Khusnutdinov skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Shore Hartman Khusnutdinov
Usage
Marco Rossi (MIN) played 13:47, −4:31 down on his 18:18 season average over 81 games.Rossi
Usage
Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) played 23:02, +3:20 up on his 19:42 season average over 45 games.Eriksson Ek
Usage
Ryan Hartman (MIN) played 10:24, −4:38 down on his 15:02 season average over 68 games.Hartman

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 104 of 104 attempts · CHI 55 · MIN 49

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 38% 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
	43	46
	1.87	0.86
	1.84	0.84
	7	4
	5	1
	28	13
	−0.040	+0.040
	38%	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 – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
13:5841% CF
L2Foligno – Gaudreau – Lauko
8:4250% CF
L3Boldy – Rossi – Ohgren
8:1775% CF
L4Shore – Hartman – Khusnutdinov
7:3344% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
19:0636% CF
D2Spurgeon – Merrill
9:5544% CF
D3Bogosian – Dermott
8:5282% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
3:57100% CF
PP2Hartman – Gaudreau – Rossi – Faber – Ohgren
1:03
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
2:14
PK2FFoligno – Khusnutdinov
1:14
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
1:35
PK2DBogosian – Merrill
0:34

Current MIN line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Maroon – Donato – Kurashev
9:1662% CF
L2Teravainen – Dickinson – Mikheyev
8:3146% CF
L3Bertuzzi – Nazar – Bedard
6:5447% CF
L4Foligno – Reichel – Dach
4:0767% CF
D1Martinez – Del Mastro
8:5536% CF
D2Jones – Vlasic
8:5256% CF
D3Crevier – Allan
3:3157% CF

PP1Foligno – Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Jones – Bedard
2:49100% CF
PP2Martinez – Kurashev – Reichel – Dach – Nazar
1:10100% CF
PK1FTeravainen – Dickinson
0:56
PK2FFoligno – Nazar
0:56
PK1DJones – Vlasic
3:04
PK2DCrevier – Allan
1:25

Current CHI 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
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.41	1	0	0	23:02	—	—	42	73
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.33	0	0	0	22:17	—	—	42	70
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	22:08	—	—	40	68
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.08	1	0	0	15:25	—	—	42	29
Marcus Foligno L	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	1.09	1	0	2	13:23	—	—	57	63
Jakub Lauko C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	1	0	2	13:01	—	—	42	36
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	3	3	+1	4	0.37	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	77	91
Marco Rossi C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:47	—	—	69	64
Liam Ohgren L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	1	0	11:41	—	—	71	89
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	1	0	10:24	—	—	47	81
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:15	—	—	47	83
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	9:02	—	—	38	75
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	3	0	28:13	—	—	38	73
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	5	4	25:26	—	—	35	69
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	0	1	0	18:54	—	—	52	75
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	2	0	15:08	—	—	48	46
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	2	16:36	—	—	69	84
Travis Dermott D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	10:33	—	—	79	63

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	1.73	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Donato C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	2	0	2	15:12	—	—	59	29
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	2	0	0	14:50	—	—	64	48
Patrick Maroon L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.28	3	0	2	13:55	—	—	61	47
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:36	—	—	47	5
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	3	0	0	12:47	—	—	43	5
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:34	—	—	44	5
Connor Bedard C	L3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.15	1	0	0	22:12	—	—	43	34
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.12	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	42	24
Frank Nazar C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.17	3	1	0	17:05	—	—	47	37
Lukas Reichel L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:48	—	—	47	26
Nick Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	4	12:47	—	—	60	46
Colton Dach C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	10:24	—	—	71	51
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	0	3	0	20:37	—	—	50	56
Ethan Del Mastro D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.25	2	0	2	18:22	—	—	42	37
Seth Jones D	D2	1	0	1	-1	6	0.34	2	3	0	24:06	—	—	56	30
Alex Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	23:08	—	—	52	18
Louis Crevier D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	2	0	14:49	—	—	59	21
Nolan Allan D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:43	—	—	47	28

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.34	58:22

Goal anatomy

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

Jared Spurgeon (MIN) 1st 5:43 · assists Matt Boldy, Marco Rossi · Odd-man rush · carried in · 4-on-2 at the blue line · 54.9 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Jared Spurgeon · 1st 5:43 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 54.9 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Frederick Gaudreau · 1st 7:17 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 25.5 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 10:45 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 46.2 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s

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Seth Jones · 3rd 0:56 · CHI PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 58.3 mph
Distance: 32 ft

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Frank Nazar · 3rd 4:16 · CHI

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.8 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 8.3 s
Type: rebound

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Marcus Foligno · 3rd 18:18 · MIN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 73.9 mph
Distance: 96 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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 26, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Jared Spurgeon · 1st 5:43 · MIN

Frederick Gaudreau · 1st 7:17 · MIN

Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 10:45 · MIN PP

Seth Jones · 3rd 0:56 · CHI PP

Frank Nazar · 3rd 4:16 · CHI

Marcus Foligno · 3rd 18:18 · MIN EN