Minnesota Wild vs. Montreal CanadiensNov 9, 2017

FinalThursday, Nov 9, 2017· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	3	3		MIN	13	8	14	35
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	12	17	12	41

: MIN 74MTL 80
: MIN 4.14MTL 2.48
PP goals: MIN 0MTL 0
Hits: MIN 25MTL 17
Blocks: MIN 28MTL 22
PIM: MIN 8MTL 8
: MIN 39%MTL 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 3–0

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 3–0 at MTL. Jason Zucker (MIN) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Devan Dubnyk (MIN) faced 41 shots and stopped 41 (.1000), +12 against a season average of 29.5; the win.

Points
Jason Zucker had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 16:32.Zucker
Goalie
Devan Dubnyk (MIN) faced 41 shots and stopped 41 (.1000), +12 against a season average of 29.5; the win.Dubnyk
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 2.48 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Cullen–Stewart–Foligno skated 7:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Stewart Foligno
New line
New look for MTL: Froese–Hudon–de la Rose skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Froese Hudon de la Rose
New line
New look for MTL: Mitchell–Galchenyuk–Lehkonen skated 6:12 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mitchell Galchenyuk Lehkonen
Usage
Ryan Suter (MIN) played 30:13, +3:29 up on his 26:44 season average over 77 games.Suter
Usage
Phillip Danault (MTL) played 21:52, +5:23 up on his 16:29 season average over 51 games.Danault

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 154 of 154 attempts · MTL 80 · MIN 74

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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 39% of the game, MTL 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

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	MTL
	71	65
	2.99	1.97
	2.95	1.89
	14	10
	7	12
	20	16
	−0.088	+0.088
	39%	27%

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

L1Staal – Zucker – Niederreiter
10:4564% CF
L2Koivu – Ennis – Granlund
9:2550% CF
L3Winnik – Eriksson Ek – Kunin
9:0043% CF
L4Cullen – Stewart – Foligno
7:1843% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
17:3146% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
13:4159% CF
D3Reilly – Olofsson
7:1240% CF

PP1Koivu – Suter – Spurgeon – Granlund – Niederreiter
2:4883% CF
PP2Staal – Foligno – Zucker – Reilly – Dumba
1:5350% CF
PK1FStaal – Winnik
2:20
PK2FEriksson Ek – Kunin
1:53
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
3:24
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
2:30

Current MIN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Pacioretty – Shaw – Danault
11:5748% CF
L2Plekanec – Byron – Gallagher
9:3438% CF
L3Mitchell – Galchenyuk – Lehkonen
6:1267% CF
L4Froese – Hudon – de la Rose
5:1627% CF
D1Petry – Alzner
14:2142% CF
D2Benn – Morrow
9:1959% CF
D3Davidson – Mete
3:5246% CF

PP1Petry – Pacioretty – Shaw – Danault – Galchenyuk
2:3289% CF
PP2Plekanec – Gallagher – Hudon – Lehkonen – Mete
1:49100% CF
PK1FPlekanec – Byron
2:56
PK2FPacioretty – Danault
2:44
PK1DPetry – Alzner
3:26
PK2DBenn – Davidson
2:32

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

2:46
MINJason ZuckerSH (Mikael Granlund)backhand0.16 xG
MIN: Zucker, Granlund, Brodin, DumbaMTL: Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Hudon, Lehkonen
MIN 1 – 0 MTL
11:23
MINJason Zucker (Nino Niederreiter, Eric Staal)tip-in0.07 xG
MIN: Staal, Zucker, Niederreiter, Brodin, DumbaMTL: Pacioretty, Benn, Shaw, Morrow, Danault
MIN 2 – 0 MTL
19:25
MINJason ZuckerEN (Daniel Winnik, Ryan Suter)wrist0.51 xG
MIN: Suter, Winnik, Spurgeon, Zucker, NiederreiterMTL: Petry, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Danault, Galchenyuk, Hudon
MIN 3 – 0 MTL

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
Eric Staal C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.56	0	3	0	20:32	—	—	68	88
Jason Zucker L	L1	3	0	3	+3	7	1.23	1	0	2	16:32	—	—	63	81
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.59	1	2	2	15:12	—	—	61	77
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.25	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	53	54
Mikko Koivu C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	17:17	—	—	48	42
Tyler Ennis R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	2	0	0	12:52	—	—	50	42
Daniel Winnik L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	46	33
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	5	0	13:28	—	—	46	30
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	3	0	0	12:53	—	—	41	28
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	8	1	2	11:29	—	—	50	64
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.50	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	37	55
Chris Stewart R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	8:51	—	—	47	68
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.06	0	3	0	30:13	—	—	46	51
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	0	5	0	26:20	—	—	46	54
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	+2	5	0.11	1	2	0	23:34	—	—	61	71
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	2	5	0	20:12	—	—	61	69
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	11:00	—	—	47	62
Gustav Olofsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:41	—	—	50	67

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	41	41	0	.1000	2.48	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Max Pacioretty L	L1	-3	7	0.39	0	0	0	22:15	—	—	50	42
Phillip Danault C	L1	-2	1	0.05	1	2	0	21:52	—	—	42	25
Andrew Shaw R	L1	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	43	30
Tomas Plekanec C	L2	0	3	0.13	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	47	59
Paul Byron L	L2	0	2	0.26	2	1	0	17:04	—	—	44	41
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	-2	4	0.02	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	42	34
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	-1	8	0.67	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	61	52
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	-1	2	0.18	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	57	56
Torrey Mitchell C	L3	0	2	0.18	0	2	0	10:24	—	—	67	73
Charles Hudon L	L4	-2	2	0.22	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	37	23
Byron Froese C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:55	—	—	38	25
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:24	—	—	39	20
Jeff Petry D	D1	-2	2	0.03	3	3	0	27:28	—	—	46	31
Karl Alzner D	D1	0	0	0.00	4	4	2	19:43	—	—	48	36
Joe Morrow D	D2	-1	4	0.18	2	3	4	19:27	—	—	42	38
Jordie Benn D	D2	-1	0	0.00	2	4	0	17:26	—	—	59	70
Brandon Davidson D	D3	0	2	0.03	1	2	0	15:45	—	—	53	44
Victor Mete D	D3	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:58	—	—	36	39

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	34	32	2	.941	3.63	58:10

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.