Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver CanucksMar 7, 2025

FinalFriday, Mar 7, 2025· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	1	1		MIN	10	13	15	38
VAN	1	0	2	3		VAN	6	8	6	20

: MIN 76VAN 52
: MIN 3.05VAN 2.99
PP goals: MIN 1VAN 1
Hits: MIN 31VAN 29
Blocks: MIN 16VAN 21
PIM: MIN 11VAN 9
: MIN 63%VAN 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Minnesota Wild 3–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Minnesota Wild 3–1 at home. Filip Hronek (VAN) led the scoring with 0G 2A. VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Hronek and Pettersson) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:07 together.

Points
Filip Hronek had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:13.Hronek
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Hronek and Pettersson) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:07 together.Boeser DeBrusk Garland Hronek Pettersson
New line
New look for MIN: Shore–Trenin–Brazeau skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Shore Trenin Brazeau
Goalie
Kevin Lankinen (VAN) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +12 against a season average of 26.4; the win.Lankinen
Luck
MIN scored 1 goal on 3.05 expected goals (76 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Nyquist–Johansson–Gaudreau skated 5:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nyquist Johansson Gaudreau
Usage
Justin Brazeau (MIN) played 7:11, −4:45 down on his 11:56 season average over 75 games.Brazeau
Cats
Kiefer Sherwood (VAN) threw 7 hits, a night for hits leagues.Sherwood

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 128 of 128 attempts · VAN 52 · MIN 76

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 24%.

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
	77	48
	2.54	1.48
	2.44	1.43
	19	4
	4	5
	20	16
	+0.072	−0.071
	38%	24%

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

L1Shore – Trenin – Brazeau
5:4667% CF
L2Foligno – Hinostroza – Hartman
5:2655% CF
L3Zuccarello – Boldy – Rossi
5:0967% CF
L4Nyquist – Johansson – Gaudreau
5:07100% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
18:1470% CF
D2Spurgeon – Chisholm
15:2655% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
10:2163% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Hinostroza – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
2:56100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Gaudreau – Boldy – Rossi
0:33
PK1FFoligno – Gaudreau
2:01
PK2FNyquist – Hartman
1:04
PK1DMiddleton – Faber
2:32
PK2DBogosian – Spurgeon
1:37

Current MIN line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Joshua – Garland – Pettersson
10:1239% CF
L2Chytil – O'Connor – Lekkerimäki
9:3247% CF
L3Boeser – DeBrusk – Suter
8:0760% CF
L4Blueger – Sherwood – Hoglander
7:0038% CF
D1Myers – Pettersson
14:3445% CF
D2Hronek – Pettersson
13:5134% CF
D3Forbort – Mancini
11:5222% CF

PP1Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Hronek – Pettersson
4:0783% CF
PP2Myers – Chytil – Suter – Hoglander – Lekkerimäki
0:4633% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
1:47
PK2FSherwood – O'Connor
1:06
PK1DMyers – Pettersson
2:00
PK2DForbort – Hronek
0:43

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:14
VANElias PetterssonPP (Filip Hronek, Brock Boeser)slap0.08 xG
MIN: Nyquist, Spurgeon, Merrill, BoldyVAN: Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Hronek, Pettersson
MIN 0 – 1 VAN

3rd period

7:12
MINBrock FaberPP (Marco Rossi, Matt Boldy)slap0.11 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Hartman, Boldy, Rossi, FaberVAN: Myers, Pettersson, Sherwood, O'Connor
MIN 1 – 1 VAN
16:15
VANKiefer Sherwood (Filip Hronek)wrist0.05 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Zuccarello, Merrill, Shore, TreninVAN: Forbort, Blueger, Hronek, Sherwood, Hoglander
MIN 1 – 2 VAN
19:06
VANTeddy BluegerEN (Pius Suter)backhand0.56 xG
MIN: Johansson, Foligno, Zuccarello, Boldy, Rossi, FaberVAN: Myers, Blueger, Pettersson, Pettersson, Suter
MIN 1 – 3 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
Yakov Trenin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	2	0	2	10:54	—	—	57	70
Devin Shore C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	0	2	7:40	—	—	60	74
Justin Brazeau R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	7:11	—	—	57	97
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	5	1	0	15:46	—	—	68	79
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	5	15:40	—	—	56	67
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	63	81
Matt Boldy L	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.48	2	0	0	20:42	—	—	55	69
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.14	1	0	0	20:37	—	—	61	46
Marco Rossi C	L3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.63	2	1	0	19:24	—	—	69	67
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	6	0.26	1	0	0	16:53	—	—	64	40
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	60	55
Gustav Nyquist R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	2	1	0	16:09	—	—	64	75
Brock Faber D	D1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.18	3	1	0	27:20	—	—	69	53
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	3	0	21:50	—	—	70	56
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	6	0	21:49	—	—	50	86
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	16:09	—	—	58	89
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	0	2	13:42	—	—	58	67
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	2	0	13:38	—	—	57	76

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	19	17	2	.895	1.99	58:50

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.60	1	2	0	19:07	—	—	27	45
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	0	3	0	16:48	—	—	39	44
Dakota Joshua C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:52	—	—	35	45
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	42	31
Drew O'Connor L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	2	0	15:19	—	—	32	15
Jonathan Lekkerimäki R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	11:30	—	—	47	29
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.30	2	1	0	18:13	—	—	41	37
Pius Suter C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:52	—	—	55	33
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	50	55
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.06	7	0	7	13:54	—	—	29	37
Teddy Blueger C	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.56	0	0	0	12:15	—	—	35	37
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.45	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	37	46
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	3	1	0	22:27	—	—	46	36
Marcus Pettersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	1	0	22:20	—	—	46	23
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	1	2	2	23:13	—	—	39	35
Elias Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:38	—	—	37	28
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	4	0	17:42	—	—	35	55
Victor Mancini D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	13:55	—	—	27	46

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	3.05	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Elias Pettersson (VAN PP) 1st 16:14 · assists Filip Hronek, Brock Boeser · Forecheck turnover · 66.7 mph shot.

Elias Pettersson · 1st 16:14 · VAN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 66.7 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Type: one-timer

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Brock Faber · 3rd 7:12 · MIN PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 7 (royal road)
Shot: 83.0 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Kiefer Sherwood · 3rd 16:15 · VAN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Teddy Blueger · 3rd 19:06 · VAN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.7 mph
Distance: 178 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.