Minnesota Wild vs. Montreal CanadiensApr 19, 2022

FinalTuesday, Apr 19, 2022· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	0	1	2		MIN	8	7	15	30
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	8	9	9	26

: MIN 67MTL 50
: MIN 3.27MTL 1.96
PP goals: MIN 1MTL 0
Hits: MIN 22MTL 24
Blocks: MIN 14MTL 22
PIM: MIN 6MTL 8
: MIN 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0 at MTL. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Fiala, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:20 together.

Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:33.Fiala
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Fiala, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:20 together.Spurgeon Zuccarello Fiala Eriksson Ek Kaprizov
New line
New look for MIN: Deslauriers–Bjugstad–Eriksson Ek skated 11:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Deslauriers Bjugstad Eriksson Ek
Usage
Paul Byron (MTL) played 4:41, −8:13 down on his 12:54 season average over 26 games.Byron
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 1.96 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Duhaime–Dewar–Chaffee skated 6:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duhaime Dewar Chaffee
New line
New look for MTL: Pitlick–Pitlick–Poehling skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pitlick Pitlick Poehling
Usage
Matt Boldy (MIN) played 12:12, −3:15 down on his 15:27 season average over 46 games.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.

Strength

Period

Team

← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · MTL 50 · MIN 67

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 45% of the game, MTL 21%.

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
	66	52
	2.86	1.80
	2.73	1.73
	16	11
	6	7
	20	22
	−0.060	+0.060
	45%	21%

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 – Kaprizov
14:1963% CF
L2Deslauriers – Bjugstad – Eriksson Ek
11:1159% CF
L3Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
10:3043% CF
L4Duhaime – Dewar – Chaffee
6:4150% CF
D1Kulikov – Brodin
16:4777% CF
D2Goligoski – Benn
14:2552% CF
D3Spurgeon – Middleton
12:3837% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Fiala – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
4:2090% CF
PP2Goligoski – Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
0:02100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Fiala
1:47
PK2FDeslauriers – Eriksson Ek
1:34
PK1DSpurgeon – Middleton
1:34
PK2DGoligoski – Kulikov
0:41

Current MIN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Caufield
12:2052% CF
L2Hoffman – Gallagher – Dvorak
9:3163% CF
L3Pitlick – Pitlick – Poehling
5:5018% CF
L4Perreault – Byron – Dauphin
0:00
D1Savard – Romanov
16:0042% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
11:4344% CF
D3Wideman – Harris
11:2036% CF

PP1Wideman – Anderson – Dvorak – Suzuki – Caufield
3:1180% CF
PP2Perreault – Hoffman – Gallagher – Pitlick – Harris
1:19100% CF
PK1FPitlick – Suzuki
0:50
PK2FByron – Dauphin
0:29
PK1DPetry – Edmundson
2:22

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:57
MINKevin FialaPP (Mats Zuccarello, Kirill Kaprizov)snap0.17 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Fiala, Eriksson Ek, KaprizovMTL: Petry, Byron, Edmundson, Dauphin
MIN 1 – 0 MTL

3rd period

2:29
MINMatt Boldy (Kevin Fiala, Jordie Benn)wrist0.18 xG
MIN: Goligoski, Benn, Gaudreau, Fiala, BoldyMTL: Perreault, Hoffman, Wideman, Dauphin, Harris
MIN 2 – 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
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.28	1	0	0	21:39	—	—	65	67
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	0	1	0	21:28	—	—	64	64
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	0	0	0	17:22	—	—	63	56
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	3	0	0	19:39	—	—	65	53
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	0	0	14:37	—	—	61	41
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	12:57	—	—	61	41
Kevin Fiala L	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.20	0	0	2	18:33	—	—	49	72
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.67	0	1	0	14:25	—	—	48	76
Matt Boldy L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.33	0	1	0	12:12	—	—	52	75
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	9:27	—	—	53	54
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	8:10	—	—	39	28
Mitchell Chaffee R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	0	0	7:33	—	—	55	51
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	2	21:00	—	—	72	91
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	3	2	2	19:17	—	—	79	95
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	0	2	0	19:22	—	—	48	59
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	0	3	0	16:43	—	—	50	55
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	2	0	22:45	—	—	45	33
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:51	—	—	33	14

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	1.96	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	2	0.34	1	5	0	21:36	—	—	46	46
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	4	0.42	3	1	0	20:35	—	—	52	71
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	41	41
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	58	80
Mike Hoffman C	L2	-1	1	0.08	0	1	0	15:15	—	—	53	46
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	3	0.29	2	0	2	14:24	—	—	65	84
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:41	—	—	31	23
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	14:46	—	—	24	16
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	1	0.12	3	2	0	12:41	—	—	37	13
Laurent Dauphin C	L4	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	12:27	—	—	57	44
Mathieu Perreault C	L4	-1	0	0.01	3	0	0	9:42	—	—	50	32
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	4:41	—	—	0	0
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	2	0.04	2	1	0	22:27	—	—	42	29
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:34	—	—	52	48
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	5	0.22	2	3	2	20:46	—	—	48	49
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	17:04	—	—	42	39
Jordan Harris D	D3	-1	1	0.02	1	1	2	17:41	—	—	38	29
Chris Wideman D	D3	-1	1	0.06	0	0	2	16:55	—	—	38	27

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	3.27	59:52

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.