Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis BluesApr 8, 2022

Final / OTFriday, Apr 8, 2022· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	1	1	1	0	3		MIN	11	11	16	0	38
STL	1	0	2	1	4		STL	12	6	9	1	28

: MIN 60STL 52
: MIN 2.64STL 1.99
PP goals: MIN 0STL 1
Hits: MIN 27STL 30
Blocks: MIN 19STL 15
PIM: MIN 4STL 6
: MIN 48%STL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Minnesota Wild 4–3 (OT)

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 4–3 in overtime at home. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Faulk, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Barbashev and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:02 together.

Points
Justin Faulk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:19.Faulk
Points
Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:42.Thomas
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Faulk, Tarasenko, Buchnevich, Barbashev and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:02 together.Faulk Tarasenko Buchnevich Barbashev Thomas
Goalie
Ville Husso (STL) faced 38 shots and stopped 35 (.921), +7 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Husso
Luck
STL scored 4 goals on 1.99 expected goals (52 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Logan Brown (STL) played 5:18, −5:01 down on his 10:19 season average over 38 games.Brown
Usage
Dmitry Kulikov (MIN) played 21:59, +3:50 up on his 18:09 season average over 79 games.Kulikov
Usage
Mackenzie MacEachern (STL) played 4:36, −3:38 down on his 8:14 season average over 13 games.MacEachern

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 112 of 112 attempts · STL 52 · MIN 60

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 25%.

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
	60	50
	2.64	1.77
	2.51	1.75
	11	10
	2	4
	18	12
	+0.000	+0.000
	35%	25%

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
12:1361% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
11:4069% CF
L3Gaudreau – Fiala – Jost
9:1758% CF
L4Deslauriers – Bjugstad – Duhaime
7:2633% CF
D1Kulikov – Brodin
18:2456% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
16:3742% CF
D3Goligoski – Benn
12:4752% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
2:11100% CF
PP2Foligno – Brodin – Gaudreau – Fiala – Greenway
1:44100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Fiala
1:29
PK2FGreenway – Jost
0:36
PK1DGoligoski – Benn
1:20
PK2DKulikov – Brodin
1:18

Current MIN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
13:3673% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Saad
12:1763% CF
L3Schenn – Barbashev – Toropchenko
6:388% CF
L4MacEachern – Walker – Brown
4:0233% CF
D1Leddy – Faulk
16:0744% CF
D2Scandella – Parayko
13:4153% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Mikkola
11:2715% CF

PP1Faulk – Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Thomas
2:0271% CF
PP2Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Leddy – Saad
1:10100% CF
PK1FSchenn – Barbashev
1:40
PK2FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
1:20
PK1DBortuzzo – Scandella
2:12
PK2DFaulk – Parayko
1:11

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
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.21	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	60	54
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	56	52
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	3	0	17:39	—	—	61	55
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.20	4	1	0	17:28	—	—	57	70
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.22	3	1	0	16:35	—	—	65	77
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	0	2	15:56	—	—	63	72
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:53	—	—	52	80
Kevin Fiala L	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.43	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	60	84
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	0	1	0	13:23	—	—	52	76
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:57	—	—	44	42
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	11:13	—	—	35	36
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	2	0	8:47	—	—	29	15
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	23:42	—	—	60	52
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	3	0	21:59	—	—	58	48
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	1	0	21:08	—	—	44	63
Jake Middleton D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.27	1	2	0	19:27	—	—	50	68
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:46	—	—	59	66
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	5	1	0	14:21	—	—	52	59

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	O	28	24	4	.857	1.99	61:27

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	4	0	0	20:35	—	—	57	52
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	67	57
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	+1	7	0.66	0	0	2	18:01	—	—	63	62
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	20:43	—	—	50	50
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.21	5	1	0	18:02	—	—	58	47
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	1	0	17:44	—	—	57	68
Brayden Schenn C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	2	1	0	18:36	—	—	30	22
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:33	—	—	15	6
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:49	—	—	14	2
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:38	—	—	26	11
Logan Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	5:18	—	—	50	17
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	4:36	—	—	60	48
Justin Faulk D	D1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.09	4	3	0	24:19	—	—	45	33
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:48	—	—	49	41
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	2	0	22:32	—	—	63	69
Marco Scandella D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:10	—	—	46	43
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	1	0	16:10	—	—	15	11
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	4	14:05	—	—	14	11

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	W	38	35	3	.921	2.64	61:27

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 BluesApr 8, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues edge Minnesota Wild 4–3 (OT)

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

OT period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

St. Louis Blues