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Minnesota Wild vs. St. Louis BluesMar 2, 2024

Final· Enterprise Center
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Goals123TShots123T
MIN0101MIN751022
STL1113STL791127
MIN 68STL 54
MIN 2.04STL 3.04
PP goals
MIN 0STL 1
Hits
MIN 24STL 21
Blocks
MIN 13STL 22
PIM
MIN 10STL 4
MIN 57%STL 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 3–1

St. Louis Blues beat Minnesota Wild 3–1 at home. Torey Krug (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas and Neighbours) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:39 together.

  1. Points
    Torey Krug had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:46.Krug
  2. PP1
    STL's first power-play unit (Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas and Neighbours) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:39 together.KrugBuchnevichKyrouThomasNeighbours
  3. Usage
    Marcus Johansson (MIN) played 2:47, −13:17 down on his 16:04 season average over 77 games.Johansson
  4. New line
    New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Hartman–Rossi skated 4:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ZuccarelloHartmanRossi
  5. New line
    New look for STL: Sundqvist–Walker–Kapanen skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SundqvistWalkerKapanen
  6. Usage
    Brandon Saad (STL) played 12:08, −3:25 down on his 15:33 season average over 81 games.Saad
  7. Usage
    Alexey Toropchenko (STL) played 9:30, −3:04 down on his 12:34 season average over 81 games.Toropchenko
  8. Usage
    Oskar Sundqvist (STL) played 17:37, +4:26 up on his 13:11 season average over 70 games.Sundqvist

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: 122 attempts, 49 on goal, 4 goals, 5.07 expected goals; best chance Torey Krug at 0.37 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • STL
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 122 of 122 attempts · STL 54 · MIN 68

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 3.04 to 2.04 (STL led the chances), shot attempts 54 to 68, 4 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdSTLMINTMNKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • STL
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
STLMINcontrol2nd3rdToropchenko · 1st 6:34Merrill · 2nd 10:06Neighbours · 2nd 12:53Krug · 3rd 19:11
  • 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 37% 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: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jordan Binnington (60:00) for STL and Marc-Andre Fleury (58:42) for MIN, 4 goals.

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
StatMINSTL
6634
1.840.84
1.810.78
134
45
1714
+0.050−0.051
37%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

Current MIN line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 6:34
    STLAlexey Toropchenko (Scott Perunovich, Brandon Saad)tip-in0.06 xG
    MIN: Brodin, Lettieri, Shaw, Chisholm, LucchiniSTL: Scandella, Hayes, Saad, Toropchenko, Perunovich
    MIN 0 – 1 STL

2nd period

  1. 10:06
    MINJon Merrillwrist0.03 xG
    MIN: Bogosian, Zuccarello, Merrill, Hartman, RossiSTL: Faulk, Hayes, Saad, Krug, Bolduc
    MIN 1 – 1 STL
  2. 12:53
    STLJake NeighboursPP (Robert Thomas, Torey Krug)wrist0.31 xG
    MIN: Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Duhaime, FaberSTL: Krug, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas, Neighbours
    MIN 1 – 2 STL

3rd period

  1. 19:11
    STLTorey KrugEN (Justin Faulk)wrist0.37 xG
    MIN: Zuccarello, Hartman, Kaprizov, Dewar, Chisholm, FaberSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Krug, Kapanen, Neighbours
    MIN 1 – 3 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

MIN skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kirill Kaprizov LL1000-130.6500022:16——7188
Joel Eriksson Ek CL1000020.3150221:07——7886
Matt Boldy LL1000030.3610018:33——7486
Ryan Hartman RL2000010.0801019:40——6355
Mats Zuccarello RL2000040.0700018:27——5855
Marco Rossi CL2000+130.2730017:37——6667
Vinni Lettieri CL3000-120.092029:07——7941
Jake Lucchini CL3000-100.002027:48——5010
Mason Shaw CL3000-100.002007:12——4610
Brandon Duhaime LL4000000.0032014:19——6359
Connor Dewar CL4000-120.0811013:59——5778
Marcus Johansson LL4000000.000002:47——83100
Jonas Brodin DD1000-100.0002023:14——6875
Declan Chisholm DD1000-200.0302215:16——6574
Brock Faber DD2000-100.0211026:41——5955
Jake Middleton DD2000000.0243020:48——6070
Zach Bogosian DD3000+100.0000216:22——7663
Jon Merrill DD3101+120.0501013:30——7167
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)L26242.9232.6758:42

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Robert Thomas CL1011020.2900020:39——197
Pavel Buchnevich LL1000010.1410019:55——207
Jordan Kyrou RL1000030.5300017:18——217
Oskar Sundqvist CL2000020.1500017:37——4842
Kasperi Kapanen RL2000+110.0512014:16——5457
Nathan Walker LL2000020.1431013:19——5462
Brayden Schenn CL3000+110.2514019:05——156
Jake Neighbours LL3101+120.4430018:18——93
Zachary Bolduc RL3000-110.052108:10——2741
Brandon Saad LL4011020.1110012:08——6082
Kevin Hayes RL4000030.1300010:31——6081
Alexey Toropchenko RL4101+110.061109:30——2745
Colton Parayko DD1000030.1007022:45——3331
Nick Leddy DD1000010.0422022:19——3330
Torey Krug DD2112010.3711024:46——3020
Justin Faulk DD2011000.1331421:07——3535
Scott Perunovich DD3011+110.0601013:34——4452
Marco Scandella DD3000+100.0021010:43——2221
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jordan Binnington(start)W22211.9552.0460:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Torey Krug (STL EN) 3rd 19:11 · assists Justin Faulk · Cycle · 27.9 mph shot.

Jake Neighbours · 2nd 12:53 · STL PP

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
carry
Odd man
4-on-3
Passes
3 (royal road)
Shot
6.1 mph
Distance
7 ft
Entry to goal
6.7 s

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