Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 29, 2019

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	1	0	3		MIN	12	15	5	32
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	10	16	11	37

: MIN 55VGK 74
: MIN 2.80VGK 2.45
PP goals: MIN 2VGK 0
Hits: MIN 30VGK 28
Blocks: MIN 23VGK 13
PIM: MIN 4VGK 8
: MIN 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 at VGK. Paul Stastny (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Spurgeon, Zucker and Fiala) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 3:28 together.

Points
Paul Stastny had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:53.Stastny
Points
Eric Staal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:19.Staal
Points
Jason Zucker had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:41.Zucker
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Spurgeon, Zucker and Fiala) scored 2 power-play goals on 9 attempts in 3:28 together.Staal Suter Spurgeon Zucker Fiala
New line
New look for MIN: Greenway–Eriksson Ek–Kunin skated 11:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Greenway Eriksson Ek Kunin
New line
New look for MIN: Staal–Zucker–Read skated 10:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (59.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Zucker Read
Goalie
Devan Dubnyk (MIN) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +9 against a season average of 28.0; the win.Dubnyk
Usage
Max Pacioretty (VGK) played 22:03, +5:08 up on his 16:55 season average over 65 games.Pacioretty

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 129 of 129 attempts · VGK 74 · MIN 55

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 31% of the game, VGK 39%.

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
	50	65
	1.18	1.85
	1.16	1.79
	11	8
	4	6
	18	22
	+0.035	−0.035
	31%	39%

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

L1Greenway – Eriksson Ek – Kunin
11:0433% CF
L2Staal – Zucker – Read
10:5659% CF
L3Fehr – Foligno – Brown
8:5821% CF
L4Rask – Fiala – Donato
8:0838% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
18:5333% CF
D2Brodin – Hunt
14:2465% CF
D3Pateryn – Seeler
12:0636% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Spurgeon – Zucker – Fiala
3:28100% CF
PP2Rask – Hunt – Donato – Greenway – Kunin
1:230% CF
PK1FBrown – Kunin
1:37
PK2FFehr – Foligno
1:35
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:44
PK2DPateryn – Brodin
1:12

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
12:3878% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:1239% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Carpenter
5:1656% CF
L4Eakin – Nosek – Tuch
4:5942% CF
D1Merrill – Miller
15:0769% CF
D2Engelland – Schmidt
12:5743% CF
D3McNabb – Theodore
9:5637% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Tuch
2:33100% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Eakin – Marchessault – Theodore
0:46100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:34
PK2FStastny – Carpenter
1:02
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:32
PK2DMerrill – Schmidt
0:46

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
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	18:59	—	—	28	8
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	15:39	—	—	27	9
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	15:02	—	—	35	23
Eric Staal C	L2	1	1	2	-1	6	0.60	1	0	0	17:19	—	—	58	33
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	2	2	-1	5	0.94	0	1	0	15:41	—	—	61	38
Matt Read R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	13:24	—	—	67	48
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	52	66
Eric Fehr C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:25	—	—	42	66
JT Brown R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	3	2	0	12:50	—	—	39	46
Kevin Fiala L	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.45	0	1	2	16:34	—	—	41	31
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	11:47	—	—	33	49
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	11:11	—	—	31	28
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	1	5	0	27:17	—	—	33	23
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	3	0	0	27:00	—	—	33	23
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	5	0	18:49	—	—	68	75
Brad Hunt D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	65	74
Greg Pateryn D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.06	8	0	0	15:56	—	—	42	28
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:44	—	—	36	24

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	2.45	59:49

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Paul Stastny C	L1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.57	0	0	0	22:53	—	—	75	91
Max Pacioretty L	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.34	5	0	0	22:03	—	—	77	91
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	+2	7	0.57	2	1	0	21:47	—	—	72	90
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:08	—	—	39	40
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	5	0	2	18:04	—	—	42	43
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	43	34
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	10:05	—	—	56	37
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	8:14	—	—	55	49
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:07	—	—	60	63
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	0	1	0	14:25	—	—	56	51
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	2	1	0	13:27	—	—	55	37
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	9:05	—	—	44	34
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	22:26	—	—	68	82
Colin Miller D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	0	1	0	21:15	—	—	70	84
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	18:14	—	—	48	62
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	2	17:16	—	—	45	61
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.17	1	1	0	20:58	—	—	48	44
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	2	14:59	—	—	43	15

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	2.80	57:57

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 29, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild edge Vegas Golden Knights 3–2

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