Minnesota Wild vs. Boston BruinsJan 6, 2022

FinalThursday, Jan 6, 2022· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	1	0	3		MIN	14	10	6	30
BOS	1	1	0	2		BOS	10	11	17	38

: MIN 49BOS 55
: MIN 3.33BOS 2.77
PP goals: MIN 2BOS 2
Hits: MIN 23BOS 33
Blocks: MIN 10BOS 9
PIM: MIN 22BOS 28
: MIN 40%BOS 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Boston Bruins 3–2

Minnesota Wild beat Boston Bruins 3–2 at BOS. Jonas Brodin (MIN) led the scoring with 0G 2A. BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Foligno, Grzelcyk and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:02 together.

Points
Jonas Brodin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:33.Brodin
PP1
BOS's first power-play unit (Bergeron, Marchand, Foligno, Grzelcyk and Pastrnak) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:02 together.Bergeron Marchand Foligno Grzelcyk Pastrnak
New line
New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Hartman–Fiala skated 6:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zuccarello Hartman Fiala
Usage
Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) played 10:27, −8:46 down on his 19:13 season average over 80 games.Kaprizov
Usage
Calen Addison (MIN) played 4:29, −9:58 down on his 14:27 season average over 14 games.Addison
New line
New look for MIN: Pitlick–Dewar–Sturm skated 4:23 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pitlick Dewar Sturm
Goalie
Kaapo Kahkonen (MIN) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +9 against a season average of 29.3; the win.Kahkonen
Usage
Kevin Fiala (MIN) played 23:33, +5:59 up on his 17:34 season average over 81 games.Fiala

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)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · BOS 55 · MIN 49

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS 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, BOS 37%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BOS

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	BOS
	30	38
	1.44	1.19
	1.41	1.15
	4	8
	5	4
	14	14
	−0.160	+0.160
	37%	37%

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 – Fiala
6:3247% CF
L2Pitlick – Dewar – Sturm
4:2367% CF
L3Foligno – Boldy – Rossi
4:1629% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
16:0937% CF
D2Goligoski – Merrill
7:3342% CF
D3Benn – Kulikov
6:5754% CF

PP1Goligoski – Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov – Rossi
4:51100% CF
PP2Foligno – Dumba – Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
3:15100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Sturm
1:02
PK2FFoligno – Hartman
0:40
PK1DBenn – Kulikov
0:41
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
0:36

Current MIN line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Bergeron – Marchand – Smith
7:4463% CF
L2Foligno – Coyle – Steen
6:5162% CF
L3Haula – Hall – Pastrnak
6:3767% CF
L4Blidh – Lazar – Frederic
2:59100% CF
D1Reilly – Carlo
7:5256% CF
D2Forbort – Clifton
7:0475% CF
D3Moore – Grzelcyk
6:2769% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Foligno – Grzelcyk – Pastrnak
3:02100% CF
PP2Smith – Haula – Coyle – Hall – Reilly
0:420% CF
PK1FHaula – Coyle
3:48
PK2FBlidh – Lazar
2:14
PK1DForbort – Carlo
6:15
PK2DMoore – Clifton
3:01

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:35
BOSTaylor HallPP (Mike Reilly, Erik Haula)snap0.09 xG
MIN: Goligoski, Brodin, HartmanBOS: Smith, Haula, Hall, Reilly
MIN 0 – 1 BOS
15:25
MINKirill KaprizovPP (Mats Zuccarello, Kevin Fiala)snap0.18 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Dumba, Hartman, Fiala, KaprizovBOS: Moore, Coyle, Forbort
MIN 1 – 1 BOS
16:48
MINNico SturmPP (Jonas Brodin, Connor Dewar)slap0.16 xG
MIN: Brodin, Dumba, Addison, Dewar, SturmBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Grzelcyk, Clifton
MIN 2 – 1 BOS

2nd period

12:26
MINMatt Boldy (Marcus Foligno, Jonas Brodin)wrist0.08 xG
MIN: Foligno, Merrill, Dumba, Sturm, BoldyBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Moore, Smith, Clifton
MIN 3 – 1 BOS
15:35
BOSBrad MarchandPP (Patrice Bergeron, Matt Grzelcyk)slap0.11 xG
MIN: Goligoski, Merrill, Gaudreau, SturmBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Foligno, Grzelcyk, Pastrnak
MIN 3 – 2 BOS

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
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	1.04	2	0	0	26:37	—	—	44	28
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	0	1	2	23:33	—	—	48	26
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.25	0	1	0	23:19	—	—	50	31
Nico Sturm C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.32	4	0	0	14:21	—	—	50	90
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.55	1	0	0	11:53	—	—	40	85
Rem Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:45	—	—	50	90
Marco Rossi C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	2	16:19	—	—	47	39
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	2	5	14:44	—	—	36	52
Matt Boldy L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.19	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	44	51
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	5	1	4	27:42	—	—	36	49
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	2	2	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	23:33	—	—	37	46
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	1	2	18:29	—	—	50	65
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	38	56
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	5	13:12	—	—	50	49
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:24	—	—	63	70
Frederick Gaudreau C	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	2	1	0	17:08	—	—	27	55
Kirill Kaprizov L	—	1	0	1	0	2	0.30	2	0	2	10:27	—	—	43	70
Calen Addison D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	4:29	—	—	0	0

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	W	38	36	2	.947	2.77	59:16

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brad Marchand L	L1	1	0	1	-1	6	0.55	5	0	2	21:22	—	—	52	28
Patrice Bergeron C	L1	0	1	1	-1	7	0.58	3	0	4	19:45	—	—	58	30
Craig Smith C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	1	0	15:21	—	—	61	33
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	0	0	19:43	—	—	53	63
Nick Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	0	0	12:20	—	—	50	57
Oskar Steen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	9:32	—	—	53	72
David Pastrnak R	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.49	2	0	0	18:42	—	—	50	29
Erik Haula L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	4	0	0	17:24	—	—	47	34
Taylor Hall L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	14:37	—	—	57	33
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	0	2	0	10:14	—	—	71	44
Trent Frederic C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	16	7:02	—	—	100	100
Anton Blidh L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	2	6:19	—	—	100	100
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	0	2	21:56	—	—	35	11
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.07	0	1	2	19:25	—	—	61	55
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:07	—	—	54	62
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	4	0	0	16:43	—	—	57	52
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	19:59	—	—	65	52
John Moore D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	2	0	19:05	—	—	58	49

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	2.65	58:39

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.