Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis BluesApr 9, 2021

FinalFriday, Apr 9, 2021· Enterprise Center

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: MIN —STL —
PP goals: MIN —STL —
Hits: MIN 18STL 7
Blocks: MIN 9STL 15
PIM: MIN 4STL 4
: MIN 45%STL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues rout Minnesota Wild 9–1

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 9–1 at home. Ryan O'Reilly (STL) led the scoring with 3G 1A. Jake Walman (STL) played 20:32, +6:20 up on his 14:12 season average over 23 games.

Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 5 shots in 14:15.O'Reilly
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Justin Faulk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:56.Faulk
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Sammy Blais had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:30.Blais
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Jaden Schwartz had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:45.Schwartz
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Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:39.Thomas
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Torey Krug had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:19.Krug
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Tyler Bozak had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:22.Bozak
Usage
Jake Walman (STL) played 20:32, +6:20 up on his 14:12 season average over 23 games.Walman

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 11% of the game, STL 48%.

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	56
	1.16	3.94
	1.15	3.54
	5	10
	1	4
	22	24
	−0.009	+0.009
	11%	48%

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

L1Johansson – Zuccarello – Rask
6:5630% CF
L2Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
6:2860% CF
L3Parise – Rau – Johnson
6:1364% CF
L4Bonino – Hartman – Fiala
5:2573% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
18:4054% CF
D2Cole – Soucy
15:1545% CF
D3Suter – Spurgeon
13:5941% CF

PP1Suter – Johansson – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman
1:5571% CF
PP2Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
1:4650% CF
PK1FRau – Eriksson Ek
1:12
PK2FBonino – Johansson
0:56
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
1:30
PK2DCole – Soucy
0:54

Current MIN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
12:3853% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Blais
10:4275% CF
L3Clifford – Barbashev – Kyrou
10:3250% CF
L4Bozak – Sanford – Thomas
8:5245% CF
D1Scandella – Dunn
16:4352% CF
D2Parayko – Walman
16:1576% CF
D3Faulk – Krug
14:4936% CF

PP1Bozak – Schwartz – Sanford – Dunn – Thomas
0:53
PP2Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Krug
0:51100% CF
PK1FBozak – Clifford
1:55
PK2FSanford – Barbashev
0:51
PK1DParayko – Walman
2:10
PK2DScandella – Faulk
1:19

Current STL line combinations →

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
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	27
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	16:59	—	—	26
Victor Rask C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	14:54	—	—	31
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	50
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	13:57	—	—	48
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	2	13:49	—	—	50
Luke Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	14:08	—	—	46
Kyle Rau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	13:15	—	—	59
Zach Parise L	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	12:53	—	—	60
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	0	0	-4	5	0	0	0	14:57	—	—	65
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	61
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	14:18	—	—	56
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	22:05	—	—	52
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	2	1	0	21:55	—	—	53
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:18	—	—	50
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	16:25	—	—	46
Ryan Suter D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	20:50	—	—	46
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	-5	1	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	41

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	38	29	9	.763	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-		Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0	0	0	15:45	—	—	46
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	2	15:12	—	—	46
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0	2	0	14:06	—	—	50
Sammy Blais L	L2	1	2	3	+3	3	2	0	0	15:30	—	—	63
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	3	1	4	+4	5	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	68
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+3	2	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	68
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	3	0	0	16:05	—	—	45
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	46
Kyle Clifford L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	45
Zachary Sanford L	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	0	16:08	—	—	53
Tyler Bozak C	L4	0	2	2	+3	1	0	2	0	15:22	—	—	40
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	56
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0	2	0	21:16	—	—	53
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0	2	0	19:16	—	—	49
Jake Walman D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0	2	0	20:32	—	—	71
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	76
Torey Krug D	D3	0	2	2	+3	2	0	2	0	19:19	—	—	32
Justin Faulk D	D3	1	2	3	+3	2	1	2	2	17:56	—	—	38

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA		TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	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.