Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 16, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	2	1	4		MIN	11	13	6	30
VGK	0	0	2	2		VGK	8	7	13	28

: MIN 58VGK 74
: MIN 3.09VGK 3.24
PP goals: MIN 0VGK 0
Hits: MIN 24VGK 41
Blocks: MIN 18VGK 15
PIM: MIN 6VGK 6
: MIN 40%VGK 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at VGK. Jason Zucker (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MIN: Koivu–Parise–Granlund skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Erik Haula had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:12.Haula
Points
Jason Zucker had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:15.Zucker
Points
David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:36.Perron
New line
New look for MIN: Koivu–Parise–Granlund skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Koivu Parise Granlund
New line
New look for MIN: Staal–Zucker–Niederreiter skated 10:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Zucker Niederreiter
New line
New look for VGK: Neal–Karlsson–Marchessault skated 10:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Neal Karlsson Marchessault
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Mitchell–Eriksson Ek skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Mitchell Eriksson Ek
Usage
Mathew Dumba (MIN) played 28:11, +4:25 up on his 23:46 season average over 81 games.Dumba

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)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 132 of 132 attempts · VGK 74 · MIN 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK 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 22% of the game, VGK 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

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	VGK
	54	61
	2.02	1.82
	1.94	1.74
	16	6
	6	5
	28	13
	−0.049	+0.049
	22%	31%

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

L1Koivu – Parise – Granlund
11:5152% CF
L2Staal – Zucker – Niederreiter
10:5246% CF
L3Cullen – Ennis – Coyle
9:1668% CF
L4Foligno – Mitchell – Eriksson Ek
6:0521% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
17:1948% CF
D2Brodin – Murphy
14:0348% CF
D3Prosser – Seeler
7:4535% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Zucker – Niederreiter – Dumba
2:45100% CF
PP2Koivu – Suter – Parise – Granlund – Dumba
2:11100% CF
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
2:27
PK2FCoyle – Eriksson Ek
2:03
PK1DSuter – Dumba
3:21
PK2DProsser – Brodin
1:07

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Perron – Tatar – Haula
10:5653% CF
L2Neal – Karlsson – Marchessault
10:5247% CF
L3Reaves – Bellemare – Nosek
9:2563% CF
L4Eakin – Carpenter – Tuch
7:4861% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
12:5856% CF
D2Merrill – Miller
10:4665% CF
D3Engelland – Theodore
10:4047% CF

PP1Neal – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
3:11100% CF
PP2Perron – Tatar – Haula – Miller – Schmidt
2:32100% CF
PK1FEakin – Karlsson
3:18
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
2:15
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:35
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
1:57

Current VGK 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
Mikko Koivu C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	2	0	0	19:54	—	—	48	63
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	1	0	0	19:54	—	—	54	70
Zach Parise L	L1	1	0	1	+1	7	1.15	0	1	4	16:19	—	—	52	72
Eric Staal C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	1	1	0	20:35	—	—	45	48
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.33	2	1	0	20:15	—	—	44	48
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.34	1	1	0	15:30	—	—	48	48
Charlie Coyle C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	0	2	0	16:27	—	—	58	65
Matt Cullen C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	11:26	—	—	65	72
Tyler Ennis R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	10:43	—	—	62	69
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	0	0	9:10	—	—	21	27
Zack Mitchell R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	7:57	—	—	22	30
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:13	—	—	25	21
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	3	2	0	29:02	—	—	51	48
Mathew Dumba D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.27	4	2	0	28:11	—	—	46	45
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	4	0	20:21	—	—	53	53
Ryan Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:17	—	—	48	52
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	12:14	—	—	32	51
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:32	—	—	45	80

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	3.24	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Erik Haula L	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.47	2	0	0	18:12	—	—	50	47
David Perron L	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.16	4	0	0	17:36	—	—	50	57
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	3	0	2	17:16	—	—	43	50
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.36	0	0	0	19:33	—	—	45	56
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	4	0	2	17:47	—	—	42	42
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.50	1	1	0	16:44	—	—	41	42
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	1	0	12:26	—	—	58	60
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.34	0	0	0	12:17	—	—	62	66
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	7	1	0	10:34	—	—	63	65
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.07	1	0	0	13:53	—	—	58	26
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	2	0	0	12:25	—	—	63	29
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.28	1	0	0	10:45	—	—	58	26
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	1	4	0	22:47	—	—	53	57
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	6	0	0	18:39	—	—	57	56
Colin Miller D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.09	2	0	0	21:49	—	—	63	37
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	3	2	13:23	—	—	57	39
Deryk Engelland D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	2	0	20:13	—	—	46	43
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.27	2	3	0	20:06	—	—	44	27

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.53	57:35

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. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 16, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Vegas Golden Knights