Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis BluesFeb 6, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	3	2	1	6		MIN	8	9	3	20
STL	1	0	1	2		STL	10	8	19	37

: MIN 42STL 69
: MIN 1.88STL 2.34
PP goals: MIN 2STL 0
Hits: MIN 12STL 25
Blocks: MIN 19STL 14
PIM: MIN 8STL 8
: MIN 38%STL 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout St. Louis Blues 6–2

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 6–2 at STL. Eric Staal (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon and Niederreiter) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:35 together.

Points
Eric Staal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:34.Staal
Points
Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:47.Zucker
Points
Mikko Koivu had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:17.Koivu
Points
Colton Parayko had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:48.Parayko
Points
Mikael Granlund had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:13.Granlund
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Parise, Spurgeon and Niederreiter) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:35 together.Staal Suter Parise Spurgeon Niederreiter
Luck
MIN scored 6 goals on 1.88 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Cullen–Parise–Coyle skated 11:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (30.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Parise Coyle

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · STL 69 · MIN 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 23% of the game, STL 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

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	STL
	42	73
	1.80	2.60
	1.77	2.55
	10	20
	2	4
	11	10
	−0.092	+0.092
	23%	37%

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

L1Cullen – Parise – Coyle
11:4130% CF
L2Koivu – Zucker – Granlund
11:1164% CF
L3Staal – Ennis – Niederreiter
10:5041% CF
L4Winnik – Foligno – Eriksson Ek
9:3916% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
18:2643% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
8:0073% CF
D3Prosser – Olofsson
7:4829% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Niederreiter
2:3575% CF
PP2Koivu – Suter – Zucker – Granlund – Dumba
0:50100% CF
PK1FStaal – Parise
2:18
PK2FKoivu – Granlund
1:29
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:38
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:06

Current MIN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
12:2147% CF
L2Steen – Stastny – Sobotka
10:3467% CF
L3Berglund – Jaskin – Barbashev
6:4767% CF
D1Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
10:2960% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Parayko
9:3460% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Edmundson
4:4362% CF

PP1Steen – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Dunn
2:52100% CF
PP2Stastny – Sobotka – Berglund – Pietrangelo – Parayko
2:30100% CF
PK1FBrodziak – Berglund
1:00
PK2FStastny – Sobotka
0:39
PK1DPietrangelo – Edmundson
1:39
PK2DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
0:57

Current STL 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
Zach Parise L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.27	1	2	0	18:59	—	—	38	46
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	0	2	14:22	—	—	33	33
Matt Cullen C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	1	0	14:18	—	—	33	44
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.15	1	0	0	16:13	—	—	53	63
Mikko Koivu C	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.12	0	0	2	15:17	—	—	53	62
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.14	0	0	2	14:47	—	—	67	69
Eric Staal C	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.36	1	1	0	17:34	—	—	42	61
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	37	58
Tyler Ennis R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	1	1	0	12:45	—	—	42	70
Daniel Winnik L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:01	—	—	25	15
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	11:42	—	—	18	14
Marcus Foligno L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	1	1	2	10:21	—	—	15	15
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	5	0	28:11	—	—	38	37
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	3	2	0	27:18	—	—	41	40
Mathew Dumba D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	2	2	0	20:58	—	—	41	52
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	10:44	—	—	73	93
Gustav Olofsson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	0	2	0	19:46	—	—	24	21
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:03	—	—	20	25

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	2.34	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	1	0	19:57	—	—	61	54
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	1	0	0	19:54	—	—	59	54
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	0	0	19:24	—	—	50	49
Paul Stastny C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	19:34	—	—	69	55
Vladimir Sobotka C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	2	2	19:19	—	—	67	65
Alexander Steen L	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	0	0	0	18:51	—	—	68	49
Patrik Berglund C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	2	2	0	17:30	—	—	56	53
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.35	3	0	2	12:13	—	—	77	54
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	1	0	0	11:27	—	—	55	34
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	0	2	0	23:30	—	—	63	50
Carl Gunnarsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:22	—	—	59	52
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	2	2	+1	5	0.12	1	1	0	21:48	—	—	68	70
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	18:19	—	—	69	66
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.12	1	2	2	16:46	—	—	58	58
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.44	1	0	0	8:55	—	—	71	60
Vince Dunn D	—	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:10	—	—	56	60
Kyle Brodziak C	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	0	1	2	11:11	—	—	70	92
Scottie Upshall R	—	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	6	1	0	8:25	—	—	67	78

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen	—	12	9	3	.750	1.15	40:00
Carter Hutton(start)	L	8	5	3	.625	0.73	20:00

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. St. Louis BluesFeb 6, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild rout St. Louis Blues 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

St. Louis Blues