Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis BluesMar 15, 2023
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | MIN | 12 | 17 | 6 | 35 | |
| STL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | STL | 9 | 10 | 17 | 36 |
- MIN 52STL 56
- MIN 2.86STL 2.68
- PP goals
- MIN 2STL 3
- Hits
- MIN 15STL 21
- Blocks
- MIN 10STL 8
- PIM
- MIN 14STL 33
- MIN 62%STL 38%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 8–5
Minnesota Wild beat St. Louis Blues 8–5 at STL. Pavel Buchnevich (STL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. MIN won it by committee.
- PointsPavel Buchnevich had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:47.Buchnevich
- PointsRyan Hartman had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:37.Hartman
- PointsJoel Eriksson Ek had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:33.Eriksson Ek
- PointsTorey Krug had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 19:13.Krug
- PointsJakub Vrana had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:14.Vrana
- PointsAlex Goligoski had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:37.Goligoski
- PointsRyan Reaves had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 9:15.Reaves
- PointsMatt Boldy had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:51.Boldy
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.
Shot map, MIN at STL: 108 attempts, 71 on goal, 13 goals, 5.54 expected goals; best chance Sam Steel at 0.43 xG.
- STL
- MIN
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 108 of 108 attempts · STL 56 · MIN 52
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, MIN at STL: expected goals 2.68 to 2.86 (MIN led the chances), shot attempts 56 to 52, 13 goals.
- STL
- MIN
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 23% of the game, STL 29%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, MIN at STL: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Jordan Binnington (32:05) for STL and Marc-Andre Fleury (60:00) for MIN, 13 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | MIN | STL |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | 58 | |
| 2.02 | 2.76 | |
| 1.94 | 2.61 | |
| 11 | 8 | |
| 2 | 6 | |
| 14 | 12 | |
| +0.088 | −0.088 | |
| 23% | 29% |
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 – Walker10:0530% CF
- L2Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy9:2038% CF
- 9:1854% CF
- 6:4438% CF
- 15:0938% CF
- 14:1033% CF
- 10:1250% CF
- PP1Zuccarello – Klingberg – Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Boldy4:08100% CF
- 1:01100% CF
- 2:16
- PK2FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek2:11
- 3:18
- 1:55
St. Louis Blues
- L1Kyrou – Thomas – Toropchenko8:5850% CF
- 8:1556% CF
- L3Pitlick – Walker – Alexandrov7:3475% CF
- L4Buchnevich – Vrana – Kapanen7:2064% CF
- 14:0263% CF
- 9:0872% CF
- 8:3856% CF
- PP1Faulk – Saad – Buchnevich – Kapanen – Thomas3:1967% CF
- 3:0660% CF
- PK1FBuchnevich – Kapanen2:01
- PK2FSchenn – Toropchenko0:39
- 2:25
- 0:39
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 4:43MIN: Goligoski, Zuccarello, Dumba, Hartman, WalkerSTL: Krug, Buchnevich, Vrana, Kapanen, TuckerMIN 0 – 1 STL
- 12:10MIN: Zuccarello, Klingberg, Hartman, Eriksson Ek, BoldySTL: Leddy, Saad, Parayko, KapanenMIN 1 – 1 STL
- 14:10MIN 1 – 2 STL
- 17:53MIN 1 – 3 STL
2nd period
- 4:54MIN 2 – 3 STL
- 6:05MIN 3 – 3 STL
- 6:52MIN: Reaves, Merrill, Eriksson Ek, Shaw, AddisonSTL: Scandella, Buchnevich, Vrana, Kapanen, TuckerMIN 4 – 3 STL
- 11:24MIN 4 – 4 STL
- 12:25MIN: Zuccarello, Klingberg, Hartman, Eriksson Ek, BoldySTL: Scandella, Faulk, Buchnevich, ThomasMIN 5 – 4 STL
- 13:58MIN 6 – 4 STL
3rd period
- 2:24MIN 7 – 4 STL
- 8:30MIN: Zuccarello, Merrill, Dumba, HartmanSTL: Faulk, Saad, Buchnevich, Kyrou, ThomasMIN 8 – 4 STL
- 14:14MIN: Spurgeon, Johansson, Klingberg, Eriksson Ek, BoldySTL: Scandella, Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou, ThomasMIN 8 – 5 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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mats Zuccarello R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:45 | — | — | 29 | 25 |
| Ryan Hartman R | L1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.43 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:37 | — | — | 33 | 26 |
| Sammy Walker C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 | — | — | 30 | 26 |
| Matt Boldy L | L2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:51 | — | — | 30 | 16 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek C | L2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 0.30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:33 | — | — | 44 | 30 |
| Marcus Johansson L | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 | — | — | 41 | 20 |
| Frederick Gaudreau C | L3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:39 | — | — | 54 | 67 |
| Oskar Sundqvist C | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.08 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:47 | — | — | 56 | 67 |
| Sam Steel C | L3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 0.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 | — | — | 52 | 64 |
| Mason Shaw C | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0.14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12:38 | — | — | 43 | 63 |
| Connor Dewar C | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11:42 | — | — | 25 | 42 |
| Ryan Reaves R | L4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 0.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:15 | — | — | 50 | 71 |
| John Klingberg D | D1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:18 | — | — | 41 | 34 |
| Jared Spurgeon D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:47 | — | — | 38 | 29 |
| Mathew Dumba D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:02 | — | — | 35 | 22 |
| Alex Goligoski D | D2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 0.14 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 19:37 | — | — | 36 | 19 |
| Calen Addison D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 | — | — | 54 | 75 |
| Jon Merrill D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14:35 | — | — | 48 | 73 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc-Andre Fleury(start) | W | 36 | 31 | 5 | .861 | 2.68 | 60:00 |
St. Louis Blues
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Thomas C | L1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:56 | — | — | 56 | 54 |
| Jordan Kyrou R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 0.37 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18:32 | — | — | 52 | 47 |
| Alexey Toropchenko R | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0.23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:23 | — | — | 52 | 48 |
| Brandon Saad L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 | — | — | 57 | 69 |
| Sammy Blais L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.05 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15:07 | — | — | 65 | 76 |
| Brayden Schenn C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14:24 | — | — | 55 | 70 |
| Nikita Alexandrov C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:05 | — | — | 57 | 29 |
| Nathan Walker L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:58 | — | — | 64 | 34 |
| Tyler Pitlick C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:54 | — | — | 80 | 99 |
| Pavel Buchnevich L | L4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:47 | — | — | 60 | 76 |
| Kasperi Kapanen R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:08 | — | — | 55 | 50 |
| Jakub Vrana L | L4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:14 | — | — | 65 | 74 |
| Colton Parayko D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 0.08 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22:31 | — | — | 63 | 71 |
| Nick Leddy D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:40 | — | — | 71 | 86 |
| Torey Krug D | D2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:13 | — | — | 53 | 49 |
| Tyler Tucker D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0.08 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:10 | — | — | 67 | 79 |
| Justin Faulk D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:53 | — | — | 42 | 31 |
| Marco Scandella D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 | — | — | 62 | 52 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Binnington(start) | — | 24 | 19 | 5 | .792 | 1.88 | 32:05 |
| Thomas Greiss | L | 11 | 8 | 3 | .727 | 0.98 | 27:35 |