Minnesota Wild vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 30, 2025

FinalThursday, Jan 30, 2025· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	2	2	4		MIN	8	8	11	27
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	3	5	11	19

: MIN 58MTL 59
: MIN 4.72MTL 2.84
PP goals: MIN 0MTL 0
Hits: MIN 21MTL 18
Blocks: MIN 19MTL 11
PIM: MIN 2MTL 2
: MIN 38%MTL 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Montreal Canadiens 4–0

Minnesota Wild beat Montreal Canadiens 4–0 at MTL. Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL scored 0 goals on 2.84 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Frederick Gaudreau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:09.Gaudreau
Points
Marco Rossi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:05.Rossi
Points
Yakov Trenin had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:30.Trenin
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 2.84 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Evans–Harvey-Pinard skated 7:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Evans Harvey-Pinard
Usage
Arber Xhekaj (MTL) played 18:21, +3:47 up on his 14:34 season average over 69 games.Xhekaj
Usage
Jake Evans (MTL) played 12:12, −3:24 down on his 15:36 season average over 81 games.Evans
Usage
Jon Merrill (MIN) played 17:24, +3:21 up on his 14:03 season average over 69 games.Merrill

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 59 · MIN 58

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 32% of the game, MTL 23%.

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
	61	60
	3.04	2.40
	2.82	2.19
	10	8
	7	5
	22	11
	−0.040	+0.040
	32%	23%

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
12:4256% CF
L2Foligno – Hartman – Rossi
11:0032% CF
L3Shore – Lauko – Khusnutdinov
9:3745% CF
L4Gaudreau – Trenin – Ohgren
8:0950% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
16:5635% CF
D2Spurgeon – Chisholm
15:4547% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
13:3359% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
1:08100% CF
PP2Hartman – Gaudreau – Chisholm – Faber – Ohgren
0:34100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Trenin
0:57
PK2FGaudreau – Khusnutdinov
0:57
PK1DBogosian – Middleton
0:57
PK2DMerrill – Faber
0:57

Current MIN line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
13:3838% CF
L2Laine – Dach – Newhook
10:2050% CF
L3Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
9:3280% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Harvey-Pinard
7:0430% CF
D1Matheson – Carrier
15:3631% CF
D2Xhekaj – Hutson
13:1467% CF
D3Savard – Struble
11:3552% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
0:59100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dvorak – Dach – Newhook
0:56
PK1FArmia – Evans
1:03
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
0:40
PK1DSavard – Matheson
1:03
PK2DCarrier – Xhekaj
0:40

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:41
MINLiam Ohgren (Frederick Gaudreau, Yakov Trenin)snap0.59 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Gaudreau, Trenin, Chisholm, OhgrenMTL: Matheson, Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovský
MIN 1 – 0 MTL
5:47
MINMarco Rossi (Marcus Foligno, Ryan Hartman)snap0.23 xG
MIN: Foligno, Merrill, Hartman, Middleton, RossiMTL: Gallagher, Dvorak, Newhook, Xhekaj, Hutson
MIN 2 – 0 MTL

3rd period

5:56
MINDevin Shore (Marco Rossi)snap0.19 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Merrill, Shore, Lauko, KhusnutdinovMTL: Savard, Dvorak, Laine, Struble, Newhook
MIN 3 – 0 MTL
18:33
MINFrederick GaudreauEN (Yakov Trenin, Jared Spurgeon)snap0.63 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Spurgeon, Gaudreau, Trenin, BoldyMTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Dvorak, Suzuki, Dach, Hutson
MIN 4 – 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
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.33	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	62	74
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	1.18	2	1	0	20:01	—	—	70	81
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.31	4	1	2	18:42	—	—	65	80
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	34	28
Marco Rossi C	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.23	1	1	0	16:05	—	—	38	31
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	13:58	—	—	38	31
Jakub Lauko C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	46	52
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	1	0	0	12:05	—	—	52	55
Devin Shore C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.28	3	3	0	11:12	—	—	58	61
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.74	1	1	0	14:09	—	—	52	62
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	2	2	+2	0	0.06	4	1	0	12:30	—	—	55	64
Liam Ohgren L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.69	0	0	0	11:21	—	—	58	65
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	22:34	—	—	38	29
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	22:16	—	—	39	36
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.40	1	3	0	20:13	—	—	50	61
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	2	0	18:41	—	—	53	63
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:55	—	—	64	70
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	1	3	0	17:24	—	—	58	69

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	2.84	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	-1	1	0.36	2	1	0	20:27	—	—	30	28
Nick Suzuki C	L1	-2	0	0.07	0	0	0	19:45	—	—	41	27
Cole Caufield R	L1	-1	2	0.54	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	29	21
Patrik Laine L	L2	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	15:55	—	—	40	39
Kirby Dach C	L2	-1	1	0.26	3	0	2	14:51	—	—	36	40
Alex Newhook C	L2	-2	0	0.04	1	1	0	14:20	—	—	41	30
Christian Dvorak C	L3	-3	0	0.14	0	1	0	16:42	—	—	71	60
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	-2	2	0.22	2	0	0	15:47	—	—	74	66
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	5	0.77	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	79	76
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:12	—	—	28	35
Joel Armia R	L4	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:12	—	—	36	20
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:54	—	—	36	16
Mike Matheson D	D1	-2	0	0.13	0	2	0	25:57	—	—	26	18
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	-1	1	0.03	3	0	0	20:35	—	—	39	21
Lane Hutson D	D2	-2	3	0.13	1	1	0	21:33	—	—	61	57
Arber Xhekaj D	D2	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	18:21	—	—	66	54
David Savard D	D3	-1	1	0.00	0	3	0	16:05	—	—	49	62
Jayden Struble D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:36	—	—	53	62

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	L	26	23	3	.885	2.67	56:12

Goal anatomy

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

Liam Ohgren (MIN) 2nd 3:41 · assists Frederick Gaudreau, Yakov Trenin · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 4-on-2 at the blue line · 30.8 mph shot · 8.7 s from entry to goal.

Liam Ohgren · 2nd 3:41 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.8 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 8.7 s

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Marco Rossi · 2nd 5:47 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 69.7 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Devin Shore · 3rd 5:56 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.5 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Frederick Gaudreau · 3rd 18:33 · MIN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.2 mph
Distance: 85 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.