Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 2, 2023

FinalThursday, Mar 2, 2023· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	1	0	2		MIN	14	11	11	36
VAN	1	0	0	1		VAN	6	10	6	22

: MIN 66VAN 50
: MIN 4.38VAN 2.90
PP goals: MIN 0VAN 1
Hits: MIN 20VAN 29
Blocks: MIN 18VAN 15
PIM: MIN 11VAN 15
: MIN 53%VAN 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Vancouver Canucks 2–1

Minnesota Wild beat Vancouver Canucks 2–1 at VAN. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN scored 2 goals on 4.38 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals (2 points) on 9 shots in 21:55.Kaprizov
Luck
MIN scored 2 goals on 4.38 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Thatcher Demko (VAN) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +5 against a season average of 31.4; the loss.Demko
New line
New look for MIN: Johansson–Eriksson Ek–Boldy skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Eriksson Ek Boldy
New line
New look for VAN: Dries–Kravtsov–Podkolzin skated 8:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dries Kravtsov Podkolzin
Luck
VAN scored 1 goal on 2.90 expected goals (50 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jack Studnicka (VAN) played 5:50, −4:52 down on his 10:42 season average over 47 games.Studnicka
Usage
Jake Middleton (MIN) played 23:31, +4:32 up on his 18:59 season average over 78 games.Middleton

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · VAN 50 · MIN 66

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 38% of the game, VAN 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	60	38
	2.37	2.21
	2.24	2.19
	11	8
	4	1
	10	4
	−0.012	+0.012
	38%	25%

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
9:4989% CF
L2Reaves – Shaw – Dewar
8:2244% CF
L3Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
8:0071% CF
L4Gaudreau – Greenway – Duhaime
5:4320% CF
D1Spurgeon – Middleton
16:5469% CF
D2Goligoski – Dumba
14:1955% CF
D3Merrill – Addison
10:1256% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Addison – Boldy
4:52100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Middleton – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
0:30
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
2:43
PK2FHartman – Duhaime
1:00
PK1DSpurgeon – Middleton
3:28
PK2DMerrill – Dumba
1:29

Current MIN line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Beauvillier – Pettersson – Kuzmenko
12:2638% CF
L2Miller – Boeser – Garland
9:0035% CF
L3Dries – Kravtsov – Podkolzin
8:0635% CF
L4Joshua – Studnicka – Aman
4:5522% CF
D1Myers – Brisebois
12:4336% CF
D2Juulsen – Hughes
10:1637% CF
D3Burroughs – Wolanin
9:4247% CF

PP1Miller – Beauvillier – Pettersson – Hughes – Kuzmenko
3:0690% CF
PP2Boeser – Wolanin – Garland – Dries – Kravtsov
2:03100% CF
PK1FJoshua – Aman
2:00
PK2FMiller – Pettersson
1:47
PK1DMyers – Brisebois
1:26
PK2DBurroughs – Juulsen
1:01

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:44
MINKirill Kaprizov (Mats Zuccarello, Jared Spurgeon)tip-in0.04 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Middleton, KaprizovVAN: Joshua, Juulsen, Studnicka, Hughes, Aman
MIN 1 – 0 VAN
14:03
VANBrock BoeserPP (Vitali Kravtsov, Conor Garland)snap0.18 xG
MIN: Goligoski, Dumba, Hartman, DuhaimeVAN: Boeser, Wolanin, Garland, Dries, Kravtsov
MIN 1 – 1 VAN

2nd period

3:40
MINKirill Kaprizov (Ryan Hartman, Ryan Reaves)wrist0.08 xG
MIN: Goligoski, Reaves, Spurgeon, Hartman, KaprizovVAN: Myers, Miller, Boeser, Garland, Hughes
MIN 2 – 1 VAN

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	2	0	2	+2	9	1.85	0	0	2	21:55	—	—	87	85
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.19	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	91	88
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.28	2	0	0	17:26	—	—	82	78
Mason Shaw C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	3	1	0	11:57	—	—	46	24
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	4	10:54	—	—	38	15
Ryan Reaves R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	1	1	0	10:48	—	—	46	34
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	2	0	19:49	—	—	72	71
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.89	1	0	0	18:20	—	—	70	60
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	65	44
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	16:04	—	—	48	32
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	10:05	—	—	38	27
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	3	2	5	9:20	—	—	25	23
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	23:31	—	—	69	48
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.20	1	3	0	23:13	—	—	71	57
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	3	0	18:26	—	—	53	63
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.13	0	2	0	17:56	—	—	56	62
Calen Addison D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	18:28	—	—	53	26
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:01	—	—	56	37

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.90	59:14

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.43	1	1	2	21:56	—	—	45	61
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	19:27	—	—	40	63
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.28	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	47	62
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	1	0	2	20:29	—	—	35	27
Brock Boeser R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.41	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	38	35
Conor Garland R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	33	25
Sheldon Dries C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.64	1	3	2	14:42	—	—	38	61
Vasily Podkolzin R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	12:01	—	—	48	59
Vitali Kravtsov R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	1	1	0	11:25	—	—	45	59
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	1	0	0	10:33	—	—	36	60
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	6	0	0	9:31	—	—	39	70
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	5:50	—	—	22	32
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	2	23:16	—	—	34	37
Guillaume Brisebois D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	16:59	—	—	32	44
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	0	1	0	26:23	—	—	40	53
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	3	0	14:14	—	—	32	68
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	7	17:41	—	—	52	55
Christian Wolanin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:49	—	—	44	49

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	3.43	58:15

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.