Minnesota Wild vs. Washington CapitalsApr 3, 2022

FinalSunday, Apr 3, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	1	2	5		MIN	6	6	7	19
WSH	0	0	1	1		WSH	10	6	10	26

: MIN 42WSH 54
: MIN 2.81WSH 2.00
PP goals: MIN 0WSH 0
Hits: MIN 24WSH 25
Blocks: MIN 18WSH 12
PIM: MIN 2WSH 2
: MIN 43%WSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Washington Capitals 5–1

Minnesota Wild beat Washington Capitals 5–1 at WSH. Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for WSH: Oshie–Kuznetsov–Mantha skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:25.Eriksson Ek
Points
Jordan Greenway had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 15:14.Greenway
Points
Marcus Foligno had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:59.Foligno
New line
New look for WSH: Oshie–Kuznetsov–Mantha skated 10:45 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Oshie Kuznetsov Mantha
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Backstrom–Johansson skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Backstrom Johansson
Luck
MIN scored 5 goals on 2.81 expected goals (42 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Dowd–Larsson–Hathaway skated 6:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dowd Larsson Hathaway
New line
New look for WSH: Eller–Wilson–Sheary skated 6:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Wilson Sheary

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)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 96 of 96 attempts · WSH 54 · MIN 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH 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 34% of the game, WSH 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

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	WSH
	43	53
	1.98	1.85
	1.92	1.80
	6	7
	2	7
	24	10
	−0.072	+0.072
	34%	32%

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
12:3347% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
11:5439% CF
L3Deslauriers – Bjugstad – Duhaime
8:5060% CF
L4Gaudreau – Fiala – Jost
8:3347% CF
D1Spurgeon – Middleton
15:4443% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
15:3873% CF
D3Goligoski – Kulikov
14:2536% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
2:4120% CF
PP2Foligno – Brodin – Dumba – Gaudreau – Fiala
2:13100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:05
PK2FGaudreau – Fiala
0:26
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
1:05
PK2DGoligoski – Kulikov
0:45

Current MIN line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Kuznetsov – Mantha
10:4565% CF
L2Ovechkin – Backstrom – Johansson
7:4545% CF
L3Dowd – Larsson – Hathaway
6:4245% CF
L4Eller – Wilson – Sheary
6:0278% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
15:1952% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
13:0168% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
10:2833% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:05100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Schultz – Johansson – Wilson – Mantha
0:46100% CF
PK1FDowd – Wilson
1:44
PK2FEller – Hathaway
1:19
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:40
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:10

Current WSH 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
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.61	0	0	2	18:51	—	—	50	80
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:04	—	—	52	81
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	3	0	17:26	—	—	48	76
Marcus Foligno L	L2	1	1	2	+3	1	0.05	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	38	51
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	2	1	3	+3	3	0.37	1	1	0	17:25	—	—	36	48
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	3	3	+3	1	0.09	2	1	0	15:14	—	—	41	50
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.92	3	0	0	12:10	—	—	40	5
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	10:52	—	—	62	43
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:40	—	—	60	19
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	42	29
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:53	—	—	45	41
Tyson Jost C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.23	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	47	48
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.04	1	1	0	20:55	—	—	39	59
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	3	0	18:25	—	—	40	47
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	20:59	—	—	64	52
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	0	0	20:36	—	—	73	65
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.04	2	3	0	18:14	—	—	30	34
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.12	2	4	0	17:59	—	—	33	58

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.00	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	1	0	2	18:28	—	—	67	77
T.J. Oshie R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	1	0	0	17:43	—	—	63	59
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	1	0	14:38	—	—	67	74
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.18	1	0	0	20:13	—	—	38	40
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	35	32
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	14:35	—	—	56	51
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	40	18
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:48	—	—	47	33
Garnet Hathaway R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.22	4	0	0	9:48	—	—	42	21
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	0	0	-3	0	0.07	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	47	40
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	2	0	0	14:55	—	—	71	55
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	1	0	0	11:41	—	—	73	55
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	3	2	0	22:14	—	—	52	42
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	2	0	0	20:59	—	—	48	37
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	2	1	0	21:28	—	—	69	66
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	3	1	0	18:19	—	—	68	58
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	5	0	17:56	—	—	40	47
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	1	0	16:24	—	—	48	32

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	L	18	14	4	.778	1.89	59:02

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. Washington CapitalsApr 3, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild rout Washington Capitals 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Washington Capitals