Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis BluesOct 30, 2019

FinalWednesday, Oct 30, 2019· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	1	0	1		MIN	12	12	12	36
STL	0	1	1	2		STL	7	13	6	26

: MIN 56STL 48
: MIN 3.26STL 2.67
PP goals: MIN 0STL 0
Hits: MIN 18STL 13
Blocks: MIN 14STL 11
PIM: MIN 6STL 6
: MIN 42%STL 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Minnesota Wild 2–1

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 2–1 at home. Alex Pietrangelo (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MIN: Koivu–Parise–Kunin skated 9:17 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:06.Pietrangelo
New line
New look for MIN: Koivu–Parise–Kunin skated 9:17 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Koivu Parise Kunin
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Blais skated 9:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Schwartz Blais
Goalie
Jordan Binnington (STL) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +7 against a season average of 28.6; the win.Binnington
Luck
MIN scored 1 goal on 3.26 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Hartman–Eriksson Ek skated 8:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Hartman Eriksson Ek
New line
New look for MIN: Rask–Fiala–Greenway skated 6:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rask Fiala Greenway
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New look for STL: Steen–Bozak–Thomas skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Bozak Thomas

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 104 of 104 attempts · STL 48 · MIN 56

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 35% of the game, STL 30%.

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
	52	37
	2.71	1.73
	2.55	1.70
	12	6
	5	4
	16	6
	−0.096	+0.096
	35%	30%

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

L1Koivu – Parise – Kunin
9:1750% CF
L2Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker
9:1136% CF
L3Foligno – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
8:3869% CF
L4Rask – Fiala – Greenway
6:0080% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
15:1950% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
14:0840% CF
D3Hunt – Soucy
11:4676% CF

PP1Staal – Zuccarello – Hunt – Dumba – Fiala
2:22100% CF
PP2Koivu – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Zucker
1:25100% CF
PK1FEriksson Ek – Kunin
2:03
PK2FKoivu – Foligno
1:24
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
3:28
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
2:07

Current MIN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
11:1243% CF
L2Schenn – Schwartz – Blais
9:2647% CF
L3Steen – Bozak – Thomas
7:4657% CF
L4Sundqvist – MacEachern – Barbashev
7:3623% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
14:4250% CF
D2Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
9:2353% CF
D3Faulk – Dunn
8:5520% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
3:26100% CF
PP2Bozak – Faulk – Blais – Dunn – Thomas
2:15100% CF
PK1FSteen – O'Reilly
1:46
PK2FBozak – Sundqvist
0:28
PK1DBouwmeester – Parayko
1:26
PK2DPietrangelo – Faulk
0:34

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:52
STLSammy Blais (Ryan O'Reilly, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.08 xG
MIN: Suter, Foligno, Dumba, Hartman, Eriksson EkSTL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, Sanford, Blais, Dunn
MIN 0 – 1 STL
8:43
MINMats Zuccarello (Eric Staal, Jason Zucker)wrist0.14 xG
MIN: Staal, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Zucker, HuntSTL: Bozak, Faulk, Schwartz, Dunn, Thomas
MIN 1 – 1 STL

3rd period

1:39
STLAlex Pietrangelo (David Perron, Carl Gunnarsson)wrist0.17 xG
MIN: Staal, Suter, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, ZuckerSTL: Perron, Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Sanford
MIN 1 – 2 STL

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	0	0	0	4	0.35	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	50	53
Mikko Koivu C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	16:46	—	—	52	53
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.56	4	2	0	14:57	—	—	50	47
Eric Staal C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.11	1	0	2	16:20	—	—	44	56
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	15:40	—	—	33	55
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:30	—	—	42	58
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	3	0	0	16:02	—	—	55	55
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	4	2	0	15:43	—	—	67	73
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	1	0	2	15:29	—	—	81	87
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	0	0	12:36	—	—	86	85
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	71	68
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	91	99
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	0	3	0	24:44	—	—	53	33
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	3	0	22:49	—	—	55	40
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.35	1	1	0	22:07	—	—	42	42
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	1	0	17:38	—	—	43	44
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.40	1	0	0	17:55	—	—	81	93
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	14:47	—	—	78	98

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	26	24	2	.923	2.67	58:20

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:30	—	—	46	61
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	+1	7	0.99	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	46	61
Zachary Sanford L	L1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:06	—	—	46	61
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.47	0	0	0	17:27	—	—	42	33
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.35	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	53	42
Sammy Blais L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	2	0	4	15:16	—	—	47	34
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:24	—	—	43	39
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	1	0	16:19	—	—	47	39
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	46	43
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	32	15
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	12:05	—	—	32	15
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:05	—	—	23	15
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	23:03	—	—	44	37
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	2	0	22:34	—	—	47	49
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.17	1	2	0	23:06	—	—	50	50
Carl Gunnarsson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	2	2	14:29	—	—	55	53
Justin Faulk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	3	0	0	18:59	—	—	18	3
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	14:23	—	—	32	25

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	36	35	1	.972	3.26	60:00

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.