Minnesota Wild vs. Columbus Blue JacketsFeb 23, 2023

FinalThursday, Feb 23, 2023· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	0	0	2		MIN	8	12	5	25
CBJ	0	0	0	0		CBJ	14	9	7	30

: MIN 57CBJ 70
: MIN 3.01CBJ 2.83
PP goals: MIN 0CBJ 0
Hits: MIN 19CBJ 11
Blocks: MIN 25CBJ 13
PIM: MIN 2CBJ 2
: MIN 29%CBJ 71%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Columbus Blue Jackets 2–0

Minnesota Wild beat Columbus Blue Jackets 2–0 at CBJ. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MIN: Foligno–Eriksson Ek–Boldy skated 11:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Eriksson Ek–Boldy skated 11:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Eriksson Ek Boldy
Luck
CBJ scored 0 goals on 2.83 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CBJ: Pederson–Bemstrom–Foudy skated 5:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pederson Bemstrom Foudy
New line
New look for CBJ: Roslovic–Laine–Johnson skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Roslovic Laine Johnson
Usage
Tim Berni (CBJ) played 11:26, −5:38 down on his 17:04 season average over 58 games.Berni
Usage
Lane Pederson (CBJ) played 7:06, −5:01 down on his 12:07 season average over 26 games.Pederson
Usage
Kent Johnson (CBJ) played 18:22, +3:54 up on his 14:28 season average over 78 games.Johnson
Usage
Nick Blankenburg (CBJ) played 23:07, +4:03 up on his 19:04 season average over 35 games.Blankenburg

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)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · CBJ 70 · MIN 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ 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 34% of the game, CBJ 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

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	CBJ
	64	73
	3.15	2.49
	2.94	2.34
	12	17
	10	6
	12	11
	−0.141	+0.141
	34%	35%

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
13:2555% CF
L2Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
11:3550% CF
L3Gaudreau – Greenway – Duhaime
9:2340% CF
L4Reaves – Shaw – Dewar
8:4344% CF
D1Goligoski – Dumba
18:0845% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
16:0654% CF
D3Mermis – Addison
14:1043% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Addison – Boldy
1:110% CF
PP2Goligoski – Spurgeon – Foligno – Hartman – Gaudreau
0:44
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
0:54
PK2FShaw – Dewar
0:50
PK1DSpurgeon – Middleton
1:13
PK2DDumba – Mermis
0:42

Current MIN line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Gaudreau – Jenner – Marchenko
11:1868% CF
L2Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson
10:3541% CF
L3Roslovic – Laine – Johnson
9:5867% CF
L4Pederson – Bemstrom – Foudy
5:5171% CF
D1Peeke – Blankenburg
16:5449% CF
D2Bayreuther – Boqvist
9:1667% CF
D3Gudbranson – Berni
9:0540% CF

PP1Kuraly – Roslovic – Bemstrom – Johnson – Blankenburg
0:5650% CF
PP2Gaudreau – Jenner – Laine – Boqvist – Marchenko
0:5567% CF
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
1:14
PK2FRoslovic – Foudy
0:41
PK1DGudbranson – Peeke
1:29
PK2DBayreuther – Blankenburg
0:26

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:01
MINBrandon Duhaime (Frederick Gaudreau)wrist0.36 xG
MIN: Goligoski, Dumba, Gaudreau, Greenway, DuhaimeCBJ: Roslovic, Bayreuther, Boqvist, Marchenko, Johnson
MIN 1 – 0 CBJ
8:48
MINKirill Kaprizov (Jake Middleton, Ryan Hartman)wrist0.09 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Middleton, KaprizovCBJ: Gudbranson, Kuraly, Olivier, Robinson, Berni
MIN 2 – 0 CBJ

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
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.63	0	2	0	20:17	—	—	43	55
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.75	0	2	0	18:29	—	—	61	82
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	18:17	—	—	49	59
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	3	0	19:04	—	—	35	27
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	2	0	0	17:05	—	—	33	32
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:28	—	—	52	48
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	14:32	—	—	50	70
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	1	0	0	12:29	—	—	42	63
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.73	3	0	0	12:26	—	—	58	77
Mason Shaw C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:59	—	—	46	42
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	2	0	10:47	—	—	45	54
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	5	1	0	10:07	—	—	41	38
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	2	3	0	22:34	—	—	39	45
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	1	2	21:02	—	—	51	56
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	3	0	21:49	—	—	48	64
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	2	0	21:22	—	—	55	71
Calen Addison D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	16:12	—	—	43	53
Dakota Mermis D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:01	—	—	44	54

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	2.83	60:00

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	3	0.45	0	0	0	20:51	—	—	60	59
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	6	0.90	1	2	0	20:22	—	—	56	57
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	19:32	—	—	61	58
Sean Kuraly C	L2	-1	1	0.16	1	2	0	16:35	—	—	50	41
Eric Robinson L	L2	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:00	—	—	32	24
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	12:10	—	—	46	22
Kent Johnson C	L3	-1	2	0.00	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	54	19
Patrik Laine L	L3	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	17:32	—	—	52	20
Jack Roslovic C	L3	-1	4	0.15	1	1	0	17:09	—	—	50	18
Emil Bemstrom C	L4	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	10:54	—	—	67	85
Liam Foudy C	L4	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	10:06	—	—	59	76
Lane Pederson C	L4	0	1	0.32	1	0	0	7:06	—	—	55	51
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	2	0.17	4	1	0	23:50	—	—	52	46
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	23:07	—	—	52	48
Adam Boqvist D	D2	-1	0	0.04	0	2	0	22:09	—	—	61	37
Gavin Bayreuther D	D2	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	14:18	—	—	66	46
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	-1	3	0.08	0	0	0	20:30	—	—	50	48
Tim Berni D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:26	—	—	32	40

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.62	57:01

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.