Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis BluesDec 31, 2022

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	2	2	5		MIN	10	14	8	32
STL	1	1	0	2		STL	12	5	14	31

: MIN 63STL 63
: MIN 4.80STL 3.32
PP goals: MIN 0STL 0
Hits: MIN 19STL 20
Blocks: MIN 18STL 16
PIM: MIN 20STL 16
: MIN 29%STL 71%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 5–2 at STL. Ryan Hartman (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for STL: Buchnevich–Kyrou–Thomas skated 6:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ryan Hartman had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 12:02.Hartman
Points
Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:58.Spurgeon
Points
Jordan Greenway had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:03.Greenway
Points
Jordan Kyrou had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:34.Kyrou
New line
New look for STL: Buchnevich–Kyrou–Thomas skated 6:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Buchnevich Kyrou Thomas
Usage
Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) played 4:18, −12:41 down on his 16:59 season average over 68 games.Tarasenko
Usage
Ryan Hartman (MIN) played 12:02, −4:20 down on his 16:22 season average over 58 games.Hartman
Usage
Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) played 12:33, −3:32 down on his 16:05 season average over 81 games.Gaudreau

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 126 of 126 attempts · STL 63 · MIN 63

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 36% of the game, STL 26%.

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
	61	55
	3.49	2.87
	3.23	2.75
	12	12
	10	4
	23	10
	−0.152	+0.152
	36%	26%

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 – Kaprizov – Steel
10:2569% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
8:1423% CF
L3Reaves – Shaw – Dewar
7:3942% CF
L4Hartman – Gaudreau – Boldy
6:2180% CF
D1Merrill – Addison
13:2348% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
12:4456% CF
D3Spurgeon – Middleton
11:4257% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Addison – Boldy
3:44100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
3:19
PK2FShaw – Dewar
2:21
PK1DSpurgeon – Brodin
3:19
PK2DDumba – Middleton
1:20

Current MIN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
6:5271% CF
L2Saad – Barbashev – Acciari
6:0463% CF
L3Leivo – Walker – Toropchenko
4:0564% CF
L4O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko
0:00
D1Leddy – Faulk
14:5043% CF
D2Parayko – Mikkola
14:3645% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Rosen
8:2859% CF

PP1Faulk – Buchnevich – Barbashev – Kyrou – Thomas
2:47100% CF
PP2O'Reilly – Schenn – Leddy – Leivo – Saad
1:51100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Buchnevich
2:34
PK2FSaad – Thomas
1:05
PK1DBortuzzo – Faulk
2:34
PK2DParayko – Mikkola
1:05

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	0	1	1	+1	5	0.32	0	0	0	21:39	—	—	65	61
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.46	2	0	0	20:20	—	—	59	55
Sam Steel C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	74	78
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.15	0	0	0	20:16	—	—	26	29
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:47	—	—	38	39
Jordan Greenway L	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	1.04	0	2	2	12:03	—	—	26	33
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	46	44
Mason Shaw C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	2	0	11:38	—	—	48	47
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	3	0	0	9:44	—	—	48	54
Matt Boldy L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	0	4	13:19	—	—	80	96
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	1	1	+2	3	0.66	0	3	0	12:33	—	—	80	96
Ryan Hartman R	L4	2	0	2	+1	5	0.30	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	81	85
Calen Addison D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:38	—	—	50	38
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	16:59	—	—	42	31
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	21:12	—	—	50	63
Mathew Dumba D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	2	19:18	—	—	57	68
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	1	1	2	+3	2	0.67	1	6	0	21:58	—	—	53	57
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	+3	1	0.11	2	4	10	19:15	—	—	61	66

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.32	59:16

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.03	1	2	0	22:52	—	—	55	60
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.22	0	0	0	19:59	—	—	50	44
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.19	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	48	44
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.55	4	3	0	16:52	—	—	43	51
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	60	61
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	5	0	2	15:37	—	—	45	53
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.40	2	0	0	13:08	—	—	30	30
Josh Leivo L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	1	12	10:11	—	—	53	40
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:25	—	—	65	61
Ryan O'Reilly C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	0	1	0	19:20	—	—	48	37
Brayden Schenn C	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.24	1	1	0	18:04	—	—	35	34
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	4:18	—	—	33	19
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	1	1	0	25:17	—	—	42	29
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	1	0	20:29	—	—	39	26
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.34	2	0	0	22:53	—	—	47	51
Niko Mikkola D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	3	2	17:45	—	—	42	50
Calle Rosen D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	14:15	—	—	64	67
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	1	0	0	11:56	—	—	59	61

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	3.63	58:12

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 BluesDec 31, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 5–2

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