Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 7, 2023

FinalThursday, Dec 7, 2023· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	0	0		MIN	12	4	10	26
VAN	1	0	1	2		VAN	4	10	3	17

: MIN 67VAN 47
: MIN 1.78VAN 2.56
PP goals: MIN 0VAN 0
Hits: MIN 17VAN 26
Blocks: MIN 11VAN 22
PIM: MIN 14VAN 12
: MIN 48%VAN 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Minnesota Wild 2–0

Vancouver Canucks beat Minnesota Wild 2–0 at home. Nils Hoglander (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for VAN: Di Giuseppe–Aman–Kuzmenko skated 6:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for VAN: Di Giuseppe–Aman–Kuzmenko skated 6:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Di Giuseppe Aman Kuzmenko
Luck
MIN scored 0 goals on 1.78 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Nils Hoglander (VAN) played 15:45, +3:41 up on his 12:04 season average over 79 games.Hoglander
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Dakota Joshua (VAN) played 11:12, −3:14 down on his 14:26 season average over 62 games.Joshua
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Alex Goligoski (MIN) played 10:40, −4:16 down on his 14:56 season average over 35 games.Goligoski
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Sam Lafferty (VAN) played 16:08, +4:19 up on his 11:49 season average over 78 games.Lafferty
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Ryan Hartman (MIN) played 12:42, −3:52 down on his 16:34 season average over 73 games.Hartman
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Filip Hronek (VAN) played 26:54, +3:30 up on his 23:24 season average over 80 games.Hronek

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 114 of 114 attempts · VAN 47 · MIN 67

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 37%.

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
	66	46
	1.36	2.06
	1.34	2.00
	14	7
	1	4
	5	12
	−0.019	+0.019
	38%	37%

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 – Kaprizov – Rossi
11:4769% CF
L2Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
10:2865% CF
L3Maroon – Foligno – Gaudreau
9:1233% CF
L4Hartman – Duhaime – Dewar
5:4558% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
21:0961% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
15:2681% CF
D3Goligoski – Merrill
8:2625% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
1:39100% CF
PP2Johansson – Hartman – Gaudreau – Rossi – Faber
0:13
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:52
PK2FDuhaime – Dewar
0:57
PK1DSpurgeon – Middleton
1:30
PK2DBrodin – Faber
1:14

Current MIN line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – Hoglander
13:0635% CF
L2Lafferty – Pettersson – Mikheyev
12:0250% CF
L3Blueger – Joshua – Garland
8:5555% CF
L4Di Giuseppe – Aman – Kuzmenko
6:1129% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
20:1339% CF
D2Myers – Zadorov
12:4916% CF
D3Cole – Juulsen
11:0550% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes – Kuzmenko
3:0786% CF
PP2Blueger – Garland – Hronek – Hoglander – Mikheyev
0:390% CF
PK1FDi Giuseppe – Aman
0:56
PK2FBlueger – Joshua
0:39
PK1DJuulsen – Hronek
1:13
PK2DMyers – Zadorov
0:22

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:05
VANNils Hoglander (Brock Boeser, Tyler Myers)wrist0.06 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Brodin, Kaprizov, Rossi, FaberVAN: Miller, Di Giuseppe, Zadorov, Hronek, Hoglander
MIN 0 – 1 VAN

3rd period

2:05
VANTeddy Blueger (Conor Garland, Dakota Joshua)wrist0.20 xG
MIN: Goligoski, Maroon, Foligno, Merrill, GaudreauVAN: Cole, Blueger, Joshua, Juulsen, Garland
MIN 0 – 2 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	20:41	—	—	75	57
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	79	54
Marco Rossi C	L1	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	70	45
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	5	0.50	5	0	0	20:48	—	—	55	35
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	4	0.20	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	68	51
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:42	—	—	63	50
Marcus Foligno L	L3	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	14:40	—	—	30	15
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	-1	1	0.04	0	1	2	13:48	—	—	37	18
Patrick Maroon L	L3	-1	2	0.11	2	0	5	13:41	—	—	25	14
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	12:42	—	—	67	53
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	8:46	—	—	64	76
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	2	0.30	2	1	0	8:43	—	—	64	75
Brock Faber D	D1	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	26:00	—	—	64	55
Jonas Brodin D	D1	-1	2	0.13	0	1	0	24:14	—	—	61	58
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	23:56	—	—	76	76
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0.08	3	1	5	19:24	—	—	69	44
Jon Merrill D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:01	—	—	21	8
Alex Goligoski D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:40	—	—	35	9

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	17	15	2	.882	2.56	57:27

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.79	2	6	0	22:38	—	—	38	57
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	20:19	—	—	36	52
Nils Hoglander L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	42	56
Elias Pettersson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	2	0	17:49	—	—	48	56
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:53	—	—	44	56
Sam Lafferty C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	6	1	0	16:08	—	—	48	54
Teddy Blueger C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.33	0	1	0	15:43	—	—	50	87
Conor Garland R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.37	0	1	0	14:14	—	—	52	88
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.10	3	1	5	11:12	—	—	50	92
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	24	11
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	2	0	10:12	—	—	32	24
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:49	—	—	29	12
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	27:57	—	—	44	60
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	1	0	26:54	—	—	40	52
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	4	3	5	17:24	—	—	23	47
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	1	2	0	16:40	—	—	32	43
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	0	2	15:11	—	—	57	82
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	0	0	12:31	—	—	53	77

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	1.78	59:26

Goal anatomy

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

Nils Hoglander (VAN) 1st 18:05 · assists Brock Boeser, Tyler Myers · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 56.8 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Nils Hoglander · 1st 18:05 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 56.8 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Teddy Blueger · 3rd 2:05 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.0 mph
Distance: 3 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.