Minnesota Wild vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 17, 2023

FinalTuesday, Oct 17, 2023· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	2	1	5		MIN	11	15	9	35
MTL	0	1	1	2		MTL	5	9	14	28

: MIN 67MTL 46
: MIN 4.06MTL 2.22
PP goals: MIN 3MTL 0
Hits: MIN 10MTL 29
Blocks: MIN 7MTL 20
PIM: MIN 44MTL 40
: MIN 45%MTL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at MTL. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MIN's first power-play unit (Johansson, Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Addison) scored 3 power-play goals on 21 attempts in 8:20 together.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 22:04.Kaprizov
Points
Mats Zuccarello had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:00.Zuccarello
Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:04.Eriksson Ek
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Johansson, Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Addison) scored 3 power-play goals on 21 attempts in 8:20 together.Johansson Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Addison
New line
New look for MTL: Suzuki–Harvey-Pinard–Caufield skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Suzuki Harvey-Pinard Caufield
Usage
Kaiden Guhle (MTL) played 10:19, −10:42 down on his 21:01 season average over 69 games.Guhle
New line
New look for MTL: Pearson–Newhook–Slafkovský skated 7:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pearson Newhook Slafkovský
New line
New look for MTL: Evans–Pezzetta–Ylonen skated 4:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Evans Pezzetta Ylonen

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

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MTL
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · MTL 46 · 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 40% of the game, MTL 19%.

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
	44	35
	2.04	1.47
	1.81	1.43
	6	5
	4	2
	19	8
	−0.041	+0.041
	40%	19%

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
8:1350% CF
L2Maroon – Duhaime – Dewar
5:2970% CF
L3Foligno – Gaudreau – Rossi
3:23100% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
13:5867% CF
D2Brodin – Addison
8:5764% CF
D3Merrill – Mermis
8:3444% CF

PP1Johansson – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Addison
8:2095% CF
PP2Foligno – Brodin – Hartman – Gaudreau – Rossi
2:26100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
1:49
PK2FFoligno – Hartman
0:53
PK1DBrodin – Faber
2:55
PK2DMerrill – Middleton
0:46

Current MIN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard – Caufield
7:5743% CF
L2Pearson – Newhook – Slafkovský
7:0842% CF
L3Gallagher – Anderson – Monahan
6:4750% CF
L4Evans – Pezzetta – Ylonen
4:1867% CF
D1Harris – Xhekaj
8:4654% CF
D2Savard – Matheson
8:3429% CF
D3Kovacevic – Guhle
6:0631% CF

PP1Matheson – Anderson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield
4:1760% CF
PP2Gallagher – Pearson – Newhook – Xhekaj – Slafkovský
0:5167% CF
PK1FEvans – Ylonen
3:59
PK2FMonahan – Harvey-Pinard
2:23
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:47
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
2:25

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	1	2	3	-1	6	0.39	0	0	0	22:04	—	—	38	18
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	3	3	-1	4	0.26	0	2	0	19:00	—	—	50	34
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	0	0	2	18:38	—	—	57	50
Connor Dewar C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.32	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	63	64
Patrick Maroon L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	3	1	0	12:04	—	—	58	52
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.45	0	0	7	11:00	—	—	57	60
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	64	70
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.54	1	0	2	17:52	—	—	55	67
Marco Rossi C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	75	83
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	23:22	—	—	69	70
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.05	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	57	58
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	0	0	20:26	—	—	62	73
Calen Addison D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.12	0	1	0	19:31	—	—	63	77
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:26	—	—	43	30
Dakota Mermis D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	17	10:27	—	—	35	21
Marcus Johansson L	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	0	0	0	18:31	—	—	50	70
Joel Eriksson Ek C	—	2	0	2	+1	4	0.93	3	0	16	18:04	—	—	56	59

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.22	59:54

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	1	0	22:02	—	—	35	30
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.43	3	0	2	18:11	—	—	48	48
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:48	—	—	47	38
Alex Newhook C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.26	1	1	0	16:26	—	—	44	43
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	4	14:20	—	—	42	37
Tanner Pearson L	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.15	2	3	2	13:58	—	—	41	40
Sean Monahan C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	56	50
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	0	16	15:13	—	—	37	32
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	0	0	0	14:32	—	—	44	29
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	11:56	—	—	36	45
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	11:09	—	—	46	48
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	7	0	10	5:46	—	—	67	100
Jordan Harris D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	1	0	22:16	—	—	56	45
Arber Xhekaj D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	2	2	16:10	—	—	56	70
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	2	2	25:38	—	—	38	55
David Savard D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	4	1	0	18:49	—	—	44	55
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	4	0	19:15	—	—	32	19
Kaiden Guhle D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	10:19	—	—	29	11

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	35	30	5	.857	4.06	58:16

Goal anatomy

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

Connor Dewar (MIN SH) 1st 9:45 · unassisted · Deflection · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 3.1 mph shot · 4.8 s from entry to goal.

Connor Dewar · 1st 9:45 · MIN SH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.1 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s
Type: rebound

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 2:17 · MIN PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 5:20 · MIN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Brandon Duhaime · 1st 9:20 · MIN SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.6 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Tanner Pearson · 2nd 9:47 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 78.3 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 1.7 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 17:22 · MIN PP

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 49.4 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 7.6 s
Type: one-timer

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Alex Newhook · 3rd 17:35 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 44.1 mph
Distance: 11 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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 17, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Montreal Canadiens

Goal anatomy

Connor Dewar · 1st 9:45 · MIN SH

Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 2:17 · MIN PP

Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 5:20 · MIN PP

Brandon Duhaime · 1st 9:20 · MIN SH

Tanner Pearson · 2nd 9:47 · MTL

Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 17:22 · MIN PP

Alex Newhook · 3rd 17:35 · MTL