Minnesota Wild vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 22, 2018

FinalThursday, Feb 22, 2018· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	3	1	4		MIN	6	13	6	25
NJD	1	1	0	2		NJD	18	6	16	40

: MIN 45NJD 73
: MIN 2.68NJD 3.46
PP goals: MIN 0NJD 1
Hits: MIN 15NJD 16
Blocks: MIN 13NJD 10
PIM: MIN 6NJD 4
: MIN 36%NJD 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat New Jersey Devils 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat New Jersey Devils 4–2 at NJD. Taylor Hall (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall and Wood) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:34 together.

PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Zajac, Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall and Wood) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:34 together.Zajac Palmieri Vatanen Hall Wood
Goalie
Alex Stalock (MIN) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +12 against a season average of 28.1; the win.Stalock
New line
New look for MIN: Winnik–Stewart–Eriksson Ek skated 7:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Winnik Stewart Eriksson Ek
New line
New look for NJD: Wood–Zacha–Bratt skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wood Zacha Bratt
Usage
Nick Seeler (MIN) played 18:40, +4:20 up on his 14:20 season average over 21 games.Seeler
Usage
Stefan Noesen (NJD) played 17:33, +4:19 up on his 13:14 season average over 71 games.Noesen
Usage
Jared Spurgeon (MIN) played 18:09, −6:30 down on his 24:39 season average over 60 games.Spurgeon
Usage
Kyle Palmieri (NJD) played 21:13, +3:58 up on his 17:15 season average over 61 games.Palmieri

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · NJD 73 · MIN 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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 33% of the game, NJD 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

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	NJD
	47	65
	1.68	2.95
	1.63	2.70
	6	5
	2	0
	20	10
	−0.108	+0.108
	33%	40%

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

L1Staal – Ennis – Niederreiter
10:2859% CF
L2Koivu – Zucker – Granlund
9:5224% CF
L3Cullen – Parise – Coyle
9:1747% CF
L4Winnik – Stewart – Eriksson Ek
7:0929% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
19:1543% CF
D2Spurgeon – Seeler
12:0230% CF
D3Prosser – Reilly
7:3667% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Coyle – Niederreiter
1:3467% CF
PP2Koivu – Suter – Spurgeon – Zucker – Granlund
1:12100% CF
PK1FWinnik – Eriksson Ek
1:20
PK2FKoivu – Granlund
1:19
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:20
PK2DProsser – Dumba
1:08

Current MIN line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Palmieri – Hall – Hischier
11:2262% CF
L2Zajac – Coleman – Noesen
10:3269% CF
L3Wood – Zacha – Bratt
7:3033% CF
D1Greene – Vatanen
11:5165% CF
D2Moore – Severson
9:0258% CF
D3Lovejoy – Mueller
7:1043% CF

PP1Zajac – Palmieri – Vatanen – Hall – Wood
2:34100% CF
PP2Boyle – Noesen – Severson – Butcher – Hischier
1:46100% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
1:44
PK2FPalmieri – Zacha
0:46
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
1:44
PK2DMoore – Mueller
0:58

Current NJD 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
Eric Staal C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.74	0	0	2	15:37	—	—	64	59
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.59	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	55	44
Tyler Ennis R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	57	52
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.38	1	2	0	15:59	—	—	30	33
Mikko Koivu C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:25	—	—	21	18
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	0	1	0	15:15	—	—	17	13
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	17:01	—	—	50	29
Zach Parise L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	2	0	0	15:56	—	—	48	34
Matt Cullen C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	38	22
Daniel Winnik L	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.17	1	1	0	13:50	—	—	44	47
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.07	1	1	0	12:16	—	—	43	57
Chris Stewart R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.05	0	0	0	8:26	—	—	42	55
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	3	4	2	31:40	—	—	41	41
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	2	1	0	26:45	—	—	44	46
Nick Seeler D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	1	2	18:40	—	—	31	20
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	31	13
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	48	35
Mike Reilly D	D3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.03	2	0	0	11:03	—	—	67	67

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	3.46	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	1	0	1	-2	6	0.84	1	1	0	21:33	—	—	64	86
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	1	1	-1	7	0.66	1	0	0	21:13	—	—	62	86
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.36	1	1	2	18:23	—	—	59	86
Travis Zajac C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	77	60
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	18:03	—	—	72	67
Stefan Noesen R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	2	0	0	17:33	—	—	68	49
Miles Wood L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	50	54
Pavel Zacha C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	1	0	14:42	—	—	44	53
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:50	—	—	30	31
Sami Vatanen D	D1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.29	1	0	2	22:19	—	—	63	60
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	2	0	17:46	—	—	62	59
John Moore D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	1	0	18:02	—	—	58	62
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	1	0	0	17:45	—	—	67	63
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	2	0	15:36	—	—	48	78
Mirco Mueller D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	14:01	—	—	36	70
Will Butcher D	—	0	0	0	-2	2	0.25	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	69	69
Brian Boyle C	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	1	1	0	11:31	—	—	58	48
Jimmy Hayes R	—	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	9:08	—	—	44	18

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Eddie Lack(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.07	59:22

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. New Jersey DevilsFeb 22, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat New Jersey Devils 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

New Jersey Devils

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

New Jersey Devils