Minnesota Wild vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 6, 2025

FinalSaturday, Dec 6, 2025· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	0	1	2		MIN	10	6	14	30
VAN	0	3	1	4		VAN	5	6	10	21

: MIN 58VAN 48
: MIN 2.60VAN 2.45
PP goals: MIN 0VAN 0
Hits: MIN 22VAN 27
Blocks: MIN 13VAN 9
PIM: MIN 10VAN 10
: MIN 37%VAN 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Minnesota Wild 4–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Minnesota Wild 4–2 at home. Aatu Räty (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for VAN: Kane–Sherwood–Räty skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Aatu Räty had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 14:09.Räty
Points
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:43.Zuccarello
Points
Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:27.Boldy
Points
Tom Willander had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:18.Willander
New line
New look for VAN: Kane–Sherwood–Räty skated 9:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Sherwood Räty
New line
New look for MIN: Pitlick–Hartman–Ohgren skated 6:25 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pitlick Hartman Ohgren
New line
New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Karlsson–Sasson skated 6:44 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Karlsson Sasson
Usage
Conor Garland (VAN) played 23:34, +6:28 up on his 17:06 season average over 70 games.Garland

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 106 of 106 attempts · VAN 48 · MIN 58

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 35% of the game, VAN 30%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

VAN skaters (rows) against MIN skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the VAN side.

Matchup matrix

VAN xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MIN	VAN
	54	47
	2.19	2.40
	2.10	2.37
	12	2
	5	4
	19	20
	−0.088	+0.088
	35%	30%

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

L1Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
10:1774% CF
L2Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Yurov
8:5067% CF
L3Pitlick – Hartman – Ohgren
6:2538% CF
L4Tarasenko – Trenin – Sturm
5:0236% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
14:1154% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
12:2056% CF
D3Bogosian – Buium
11:5659% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Faber
1:3667% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Hartman – Buium
0:34100% CF
PK1FHartman – Boldy
0:41
PK2FJohansson – Sturm
0:34
PK1DSpurgeon – Middleton
1:15
PK2DBrodin – Faber
1:02

Current MIN line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Boeser – Garland – Kampf
12:2541% CF
L2Kane – Sherwood – Räty
9:0667% CF
L3DeBrusk – Karlsson – Sasson
6:4445% CF
L4O'Connor – Bains – Lekkerimäki
3:4313% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
13:0168% CF
D2Myers – Pettersson
7:3956% CF
D3Pettersson – Willander
3:3733% CF

PP1Kane – Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland – Hughes
0:53100% CF
PP2Boeser – Garland – Hronek – Hughes – Räty
0:41
PK1FDeBrusk – Sherwood
0:49
PK2FBoeser – O'Connor
0:41
PK1DHronek – Pettersson
0:41
PK2DMyers – Pettersson
0:34

Current VAN 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
Matt Boldy L	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.35	1	0	0	21:27	—	—	70	60
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	2	0	0	19:54	—	—	75	68
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	1	0	0	18:12	—	—	70	57
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.33	2	0	2	21:20	—	—	50	50
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	1	1	2	-2	1	0.25	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	60	37
Danila Yurov R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	1	1	0	12:25	—	—	50	39
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	0	0	15:20	—	—	50	46
Liam Ohgren L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	8:14	—	—	50	46
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	6:57	—	—	50	46
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	1	1	-2	3	0.31	4	0	0	13:23	—	—	39	38
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	0	0	12:42	—	—	48	71
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	38	34
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	3	2	25:06	—	—	58	65
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	3	0	20:07	—	—	48	52
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	2	0	18:36	—	—	55	58
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	2	3	2	18:19	—	—	47	42
Zeev Buium D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	0	0	19:40	—	—	60	34
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:15	—	—	57	36

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	2.45	57:05

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.39	0	0	0	23:34	—	—	42	43
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	2	21:15	—	—	39	39
David Kampf C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:57	—	—	42	44
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.29	5	0	0	17:41	—	—	68	79
Evander Kane L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.20	1	0	0	15:38	—	—	68	72
Aatu Räty C	L2	2	1	3	+3	2	0.77	4	0	2	14:09	—	—	71	77
Jake DeBrusk L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	14:01	—	—	47	42
Max Sasson C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	2	1	0	12:23	—	—	47	60
Linus Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:32	—	—	53	65
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	1	2	9:54	—	—	21	3
Arshdeep Bains L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:27	—	—	20	16
Jonathan Lekkerimäki R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:35	—	—	20	17
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	0	1	0	24:49	—	—	63	70
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	23:56	—	—	55	59
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	2	23:28	—	—	39	23
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	1	0	22:14	—	—	38	41
Tom Willander D	D3	1	1	2	+3	2	0.08	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	45	56
Elias Pettersson D	D3	1	0	1	+3	1	0.06	0	0	0	11:42	—	—	25	55

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Nikita Tolopilo(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	2.60	59:32

Goal anatomy

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

Tom Willander (VAN) 2nd 9:29 · assists Linus Karlsson, Jake DeBrusk · Rush · carried in · 66.6 mph shot · 4.0 s from entry to goal.

Tom Willander · 2nd 9:29 · VAN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 66.6 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 4.0 s

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Elias Pettersson · 2nd 11:46 · VAN

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.4 mph
Distance: 65 ft

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Aatu Räty · 2nd 15:12 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.3 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Aatu Räty · 3rd 5:09 · VAN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 4.7 s

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Mats Zuccarello · 3rd 17:22 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 66.5 mph
Distance: 37 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. Vancouver CanucksDec 6, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks beat Minnesota Wild 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Vancouver Canucks

Goal anatomy

Tom Willander · 2nd 9:29 · VAN

Elias Pettersson · 2nd 11:46 · VAN

Aatu Räty · 2nd 15:12 · VAN

Aatu Räty · 3rd 5:09 · VAN

Mats Zuccarello · 3rd 17:22 · MIN