Minnesota Wild vs. Calgary FlamesMar 4, 2023

FinalSaturday, Mar 4, 2023· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	0	2	3		MIN	8	12	13	33
CGY	0	0	0	0		CGY	8	11	12	31

: MIN 63CGY 63
: MIN 2.93CGY 2.03
PP goals: MIN 0CGY 0
Hits: MIN 18CGY 23
Blocks: MIN 20CGY 15
PIM: MIN 4CGY 4
: MIN 61%CGY 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Calgary Flames 3–0

Minnesota Wild beat Calgary Flames 3–0 at CGY. Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CGY scored 0 goals on 2.03 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 15:50.Eriksson Ek
Points
Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:45.Boldy
Luck
CGY scored 0 goals on 2.03 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Gaudreau–Steel skated 10:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (63.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Gaudreau Steel
Usage
Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) played 15:50, −3:12 down on his 19:02 season average over 77 games.Eriksson Ek
Usage
Marcus Foligno (MIN) played 11:59, −3:03 down on his 15:02 season average over 64 games.Foligno
Usage
Jon Merrill (MIN) played 19:08, +4:03 up on his 15:05 season average over 72 games.Merrill
Usage
Elias Lindholm (CGY) played 15:08, −3:34 down on his 18:42 season average over 79 games.Lindholm

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)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · CGY 63 · MIN 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY 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 30% of the game, CGY 18%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CGY

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	CGY
	70	62
	3.24	1.79
	3.14	1.74
	18	10
	2	5
	18	18
	+0.069	−0.069
	30%	18%

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
14:1938% CF
L2Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
10:4264% CF
L3Foligno – Gaudreau – Steel
10:2763% CF
L4Reaves – Shaw – Dewar
8:3560% CF
D1Spurgeon – Middleton
16:2255% CF
D2Goligoski – Dumba
15:4852% CF
D3Merrill – Klingberg
15:1057% CF

PP1Johansson – Zuccarello – Klingberg – Kaprizov – Boldy
3:06
PP2Goligoski – Spurgeon – Johansson – Hartman – Gaudreau
0:2450% CF
PK1FShaw – Dewar
1:48
PK2FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
1:08
PK1DSpurgeon – Middleton
1:08
PK2DMerrill – Dumba
0:59

Current MIN line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Backlund – Coleman – Mangiapane
10:4950% CF
L2Toffoli – Lindholm – Dube
10:0638% CF
L3Lewis – Lucic – Duehr
9:4640% CF
L4Kadri – Huberdeau – Pelletier
8:4364% CF
D1Tanev – Hanifin
17:2043% CF
D2Weegar – Andersson
14:4154% CF
D3Zadorov – Stecher
14:2850% CF

PP1Backlund – Mangiapane – Hanifin – Dube – Pelletier
1:4286% CF
PP2Kadri – Toffoli – Huberdeau – Lindholm – Andersson
1:36100% CF
PK1FLewis – Coleman
1:39
PK2FBacklund – Lindholm
1:25
PK1DWeegar – Andersson
2:11
PK2DTanev – Hanifin
1:37

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:52
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Marcus Johansson, Matt Boldy)tip-in0.06 xG
MIN: Johansson, Merrill, Klingberg, Eriksson Ek, BoldyCGY: Tanev, Coleman, Lindholm, Hanifin, Dube
MIN 1 – 0 CGY

3rd period

13:49
MINMarcus Foligno (Frederick Gaudreau, Sam Steel)other0.41 xG
MIN: Foligno, Merrill, Klingberg, Gaudreau, SteelCGY: Kadri, Huberdeau, Zadorov, Mangiapane, Stecher
MIN 2 – 0 CGY
16:30
MINMatt Boldy (Joel Eriksson Ek)wrist0.02 xG
MIN: Merrill, Klingberg, Eriksson Ek, Steel, BoldyCGY: Kadri, Tanev, Huberdeau, Mangiapane, Hanifin
MIN 3 – 0 CGY

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
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	20:37	—	—	37	41
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	2	20:06	—	—	36	34
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	0	3	0	17:36	—	—	39	33
Matt Boldy L	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.30	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	63	77
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	1	1	2	+2	7	0.19	3	0	0	15:50	—	—	65	70
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.18	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	64	70
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.34	1	0	0	14:23	—	—	58	79
Sam Steel C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.16	3	0	0	13:25	—	—	62	82
Marcus Foligno L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.74	3	0	0	11:59	—	—	61	81
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	4	1	0	11:36	—	—	58	74
Mason Shaw C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	58	74
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	9:48	—	—	50	71
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	4	0	20:23	—	—	55	62
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	4	0	19:43	—	—	51	56
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	1	2	19:49	—	—	51	69
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	3	0	18:19	—	—	52	66
John Klingberg D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.07	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	60	79
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.08	0	2	0	19:08	—	—	50	68

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	31	31	0	.1000	2.03	60:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Backlund C	L1	0	5	0.24	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	55	53
Blake Coleman L	L1	-1	3	0.33	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	54	49
Andrew Mangiapane L	L1	-2	1	0.10	2	0	2	16:33	—	—	46	26
Elias Lindholm C	L2	-1	0	0.17	0	2	0	15:08	—	—	38	29
Dillon Dube C	L2	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	32	28
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	39	46
Trevor Lewis C	L3	0	2	0.07	2	3	0	14:03	—	—	36	20
Milan Lucic L	L3	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	12:27	—	—	48	34
Walker Duehr R	L3	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	11:44	—	—	46	28
Jakob Pelletier L	L4	0	4	0.20	1	1	0	15:18	—	—	58	53
Nazem Kadri C	L4	-2	4	0.13	5	0	0	14:30	—	—	52	27
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L4	-2	0	0.06	1	0	0	14:22	—	—	46	23
Noah Hanifin D	D1	-2	1	0.11	2	3	0	23:29	—	—	42	39
Chris Tanev D	D1	-2	0	0.04	0	3	0	21:29	—	—	43	31
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	2	0.04	0	2	0	21:04	—	—	53	48
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	2	0.06	3	0	0	19:30	—	—	54	36
Troy Stecher D	D3	-1	1	0.07	2	0	2	15:32	—	—	48	29
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	15:20	—	—	52	31

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	2.93	60:00

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.