Minnesota Wild vs. Boston BruinsFeb 4, 2025

FinalTuesday, Feb 4, 2025· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	0	0		MIN	8	14	14	36
BOS	0	2	1	3		BOS	14	14	7	35

: MIN 70BOS 67
: MIN 2.89BOS 3.30
PP goals: MIN 0BOS 0
Hits: MIN 15BOS 14
Blocks: MIN 15BOS 14
PIM: MIN 6BOS 8
: MIN 50%BOS 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Boston Bruins beat Minnesota Wild 3–0

Boston Bruins beat Minnesota Wild 3–0 at home. Matthew Poitras (BOS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. MIN scored 0 goals on 2.89 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Matthew Poitras had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:30.Poitras
Luck
MIN scored 0 goals on 2.89 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Jeremy Swayman (BOS) faced 36 shots and stopped 36 (.1000), +8 against a season average of 28.1; the win.Swayman
New line
New look for BOS: Brazeau–Kastelic–Beecher skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brazeau Kastelic Beecher
New line
New look for MIN: Johansson–Foligno–Rossi skated 7:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Foligno Rossi
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (MIN) faced 34 shots and stopped 32 (.941), +8 against a season average of 25.8; the loss.Fleury
Usage
Jonas Brodin (MIN) played 18:22, −4:41 down on his 23:03 season average over 49 games.Brodin
Usage
Mats Zuccarello (MIN) played 23:33, +3:57 up on his 19:36 season average over 68 games.Zuccarello

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 137 of 137 attempts · BOS 67 · MIN 70

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 36% of the game, BOS 39%.

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
	67	64
	2.56	2.37
	2.41	2.24
	18	8
	2	1
	12	20
	−0.008	+0.008
	36%	39%

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 – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
11:3758% CF
L2Gaudreau – Trenin – Ohgren
7:3655% CF
L3Johansson – Foligno – Rossi
7:3267% CF
L4Shore – Lauko – Khusnutdinov
5:2740% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
12:0555% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
11:4256% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
9:5965% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
4:5757% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Zuccarello – Gaudreau – Ohgren
1:08100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
2:26
PK2FFoligno – Khusnutdinov
1:56
PK1DBogosian – Middleton
1:40
PK2DMerrill – Faber
1:22

Current MIN line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
10:3748% CF
L2Marchand – Coyle – Lindholm
8:5246% CF
L3Frederic – Wahlstrom – Poitras
8:0341% CF
L4Brazeau – Kastelic – Beecher
5:5918% CF
D1Zadorov – Peeke
14:3937% CF
D2McAvoy – Lohrei
12:5761% CF
D3Carlo – Callahan
12:1038% CF

PP1Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
3:0783% CF
PP2Marchand – Pastrnak – Geekie – Lohrei – Poitras
1:31
PK1FLindholm – Zacha
2:46
PK2FMarchand – Coyle
2:18
PK1DZadorov – Carlo
2:55
PK2DMcAvoy – Peeke
1:52

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:46
BOSCharlie McAvoy (David Pastrnak, Matthew Poitras)tip-in0.08 xG
MIN: Gaudreau, Middleton, Trenin, Faber, OhgrenBOS: Pastrnak, McAvoy, Geekie, Lohrei, Poitras
MIN 0 – 1 BOS
14:14
BOSTrent Frederic (Matthew Poitras, Brandon Carlo)snap0.12 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Merrill, Trenin, Rossi, OhgrenBOS: Zadorov, Carlo, Frederic, Wahlstrom, Poitras
MIN 0 – 2 BOS

3rd period

19:14
BOSMorgan GeekieENsnap0.52 xG
MIN: Johansson, Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, Rossi, FaberBOS: Zadorov, Pastrnak, Zacha, Carlo, Geekie
MIN 0 – 3 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	-1	2	0.30	0	0	0	23:33	—	—	57	54
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	-1	5	0.33	0	2	0	22:21	—	—	58	61
Matt Boldy L	L1	-1	6	0.45	0	0	0	21:10	—	—	54	59
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	17:02	—	—	52	33
Yakov Trenin C	L2	-2	1	0.00	2	1	0	13:04	—	—	46	39
Liam Ohgren L	L2	-2	4	0.42	2	0	0	11:30	—	—	59	34
Marco Rossi C	L3	-2	4	0.28	0	0	2	19:06	—	—	52	62
Marcus Johansson L	L3	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	56	60
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	3	0.57	6	0	0	14:04	—	—	71	82
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:10	—	—	42	64
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0.03	1	0	0	8:50	—	—	20	24
Devin Shore C	L4	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	7:17	—	—	46	77
Brock Faber D	D1	-2	2	0.03	0	2	0	25:05	—	—	44	35
Jake Middleton D	D1	-1	1	0.20	0	0	0	19:42	—	—	49	36
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	2	0.09	1	2	0	19:58	—	—	52	58
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	18:22	—	—	48	63
Jon Merrill D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	14:13	—	—	57	68
Zach Bogosian D	D3	-1	4	0.14	1	0	2	13:24	—	—	54	57

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	2.79	57:51

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	0	3	0	20:30	—	—	50	62
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.33	0	1	0	19:49	—	—	50	66
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.57	1	1	2	18:13	—	—	59	69
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	2	1	0	19:09	—	—	52	55
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	42	36
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	1	0	18:18	—	—	57	49
Matthew Poitras C	L3	0	2	2	+2	3	0.28	1	1	0	13:30	—	—	48	43
Trent Frederic C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	3	0	0	12:27	—	—	52	38
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.35	1	0	4	10:31	—	—	48	52
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	9:24	—	—	40	29
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:48	—	—	41	20
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	8:05	—	—	40	29
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.11	0	4	2	20:44	—	—	36	33
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	0	0	19:12	—	—	41	33
Charlie McAvoy D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.31	1	0	0	21:12	—	—	60	57
Mason Lohrei D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	17:33	—	—	63	54
Brandon Carlo D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.01	0	0	0	20:16	—	—	46	56
Michael Callahan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:40	—	—	45	54

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	W	36	36	0	.1000	2.89	59:53

Goal anatomy

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

Charlie McAvoy (BOS) 2nd 5:46 · assists David Pastrnak, Matthew Poitras · Deflection · 34.4 mph shot.

Charlie McAvoy · 2nd 5:46 · BOS

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 34.4 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Trent Frederic · 2nd 14:14 · BOS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 72.5 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Morgan Geekie · 3rd 19:14 · BOS EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.8 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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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.