Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis BluesMay 6, 2022

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	1	2	5		MIN	12	10	11	33
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	14	8	8	30

: MIN 57STL 61
: MIN 4.62STL 2.63
PP goals: MIN 0STL 1
Hits: MIN 17STL 33
Blocks: MIN 18STL 11
PIM: MIN 4STL 8
: MIN 51%STL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout St. Louis Blues 5–1

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 5–1 at STL. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for STL: Bozak–Joshua–Toropchenko skated 6:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:36.Eriksson Ek
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:07.Kaprizov
Points
Marcus Foligno had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:52.Foligno
Points
Ryan Hartman had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:21.Hartman
New line
New look for STL: Bozak–Joshua–Toropchenko skated 6:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bozak Joshua Toropchenko
Usage
Niko Mikkola (STL) played 21:55, +6:50 up on his 15:05 season average over 11 games.Mikkola
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.63 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Ivan Barbashev (STL) played 18:08, +5:07 up on his 13:01 season average over 11 games.Barbashev

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 118 of 118 attempts · STL 61 · MIN 57

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 48% of the game, STL 22%.

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
	56	61
	4.09	2.32
	3.90	2.24
	14	12
	8	5
	23	14
	−0.028	+0.028
	48%	22%

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
12:2456% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
10:1262% CF
L3Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
8:4256% CF
L4Deslauriers – Jost – Duhaime
5:3736% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
16:3568% CF
D2Goligoski – Merrill
14:1933% CF
D3Spurgeon – Middleton
13:1031% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Fiala – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
2:05100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Deslauriers – Merrill – Jost – Duhaime
2:00100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
2:00
PK2FGaudreau – Fiala
1:13
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
2:15
PK2DMerrill – Middleton
0:56

Current MIN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Barbashev – Kyrou
8:0942% CF
L2Perron – O'Reilly – Saad
8:0372% CF
L3Bozak – Joshua – Toropchenko
6:3443% CF
L4Tarasenko – Buchnevich – Thomas
5:5142% CF
D1Parayko – Mikkola
8:3664% CF
D2Faulk – Rosen
5:5838% CF
D3Scandella – Krug
0:00

PP1Faulk – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Kyrou – Thomas
2:20100% CF
PP2Perron – O'Reilly – Schenn – Faulk – Saad
2:11100% CF
PK1FBozak – Toropchenko
2:00
PK2FBarbashev – Joshua
0:44
PK1DScandella – Parayko
1:38
PK2DFaulk – Mikkola
1:29

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
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.19	1	1	0	19:08	—	—	47	71
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.56	1	0	0	17:07	—	—	53	77
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.23	0	3	0	16:21	—	—	50	74
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.32	3	1	0	17:36	—	—	59	79
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.13	1	0	0	15:52	—	—	57	77
Jordan Greenway L	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.61	1	2	0	15:23	—	—	55	75
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.63	0	1	0	16:20	—	—	48	57
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	1	2	0	16:05	—	—	44	53
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	50	57
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	12:24	—	—	29	40
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	9:55	—	—	27	37
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	2	0	0	8:51	—	—	31	37
Jonas Brodin D	D1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.55	0	2	0	22:59	—	—	69	85
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.22	3	1	2	20:05	—	—	64	82
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	2	0	19:54	—	—	39	59
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	33	45
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.24	0	1	2	19:18	—	—	42	53
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:17	—	—	31	39

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.63	59:23

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	6	1	0	18:08	—	—	35	18
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	6	0	2	17:28	—	—	42	22
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	61	48
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	-2	4	0.14	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	68	54
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	-2	6	0.53	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	60	53
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	75	68
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	11:18	—	—	50	9
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	0	0	9:57	—	—	56	21
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:36	—	—	50	11
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.23	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	50	60
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.11	3	1	2	15:28	—	—	48	39
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.09	3	0	0	12:58	—	—	35	15
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.26	3	5	0	27:00	—	—	52	33
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	2	21:55	—	—	56	33
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	0	0	-4	2	0.21	0	1	2	27:11	—	—	55	46
Calle Rosen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	1	0	17:42	—	—	37	22
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:18	—	—	52	47
Torey Krug D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	3:10	—	—	67	45

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	4.17	59:52

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 BluesMay 6, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild rout St. Louis Blues 5–1

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