Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 17, 2019

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	0	1	2		MIN	7	10	9	26
VGK	0	2	1	3		VGK	8	12	9	29

: MIN 58VGK 59
: MIN 2.38VGK 2.60
PP goals: MIN 1VGK 0
Hits: MIN 17VGK 24
Blocks: MIN 15VGK 17
PIM: MIN 2VGK 10
: MIN 44%VGK 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Minnesota Wild 3–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 at home. Mark Stone (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Parise, Zuccarello and Dumba) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:09 together.

Points
Mark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:28.Stone
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Staal, Suter, Parise, Zuccarello and Dumba) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:09 together.Staal Suter Parise Zuccarello Dumba
New line
New look for MIN: Staal–Zuccarello–Greenway skated 11:07 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Zuccarello Greenway
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Hartman–Sturm skated 8:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Hartman Sturm
Usage
Eric Staal (MIN) played 24:03, +7:01 up on his 17:02 season average over 65 games.Staal
New line
New look for MIN: Johnson–Donato–Kunin skated 6:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnson Donato Kunin
Usage
Mats Zuccarello (MIN) played 20:25, +4:33 up on his 15:52 season average over 64 games.Zuccarello
Usage
Deryk Engelland (VGK) played 23:35, +6:09 up on his 17:26 season average over 48 games.Engelland

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 117 of 117 attempts · VGK 59 · 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 30% of the game, VGK 33%.

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
	44	61
	1.57	2.90
	1.52	2.77
	5	11
	4	4
	16	17
	−0.035	+0.035
	30%	33%

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 – Zuccarello – Greenway
11:0740% CF
L2Foligno – Hartman – Sturm
8:2571% CF
L3Parise – Rask – Fiala
6:5620% CF
L4Johnson – Donato – Kunin
6:0042% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
16:5741% CF
D2Brodin – Soucy
16:3025% CF
D3Hunt – Menell
9:3559% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Zuccarello – Dumba
5:0967% CF
PP2Hunt – Fiala – Donato – Greenway – Menell
2:36100% CF
PK1FStaal – Foligno
0:32
PK2FKunin – Sturm
0:32
PK1DBrodin – Soucy
1:03
PK2DSuter – Dumba
0:57

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:3274% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Stephenson
11:3246% CF
L3Stastny – Zykov – Tuch
7:1733% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
6:5067% CF
D1Theodore – Hague
14:1667% CF
D2Engelland – Holden
14:0544% CF
D3McNabb – Schmidt
12:2465% CF

PP1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Tuch
0:53100% CF
PP2Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Zykov – Hague
0:51100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
4:05
PK2FStastny – Nosek
1:26
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:58
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
0:37

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
Eric Staal C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	24:03	—	—	36	29
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	20:25	—	—	38	29
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	2	0	0	17:35	—	—	48	34
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	64	53
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	2	2	11:46	—	—	53	35
Nico Sturm C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	2	0	0	10:23	—	—	75	82
Zach Parise L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.35	0	1	0	19:25	—	—	19	26
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.34	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	32	29
Victor Rask C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:22	—	—	30	29
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	0	2	0	13:57	—	—	40	39
Luke Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	10:52	—	—	33	35
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	1	0	0	9:10	—	—	40	32
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.19	0	2	0	27:38	—	—	44	43
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.28	3	4	0	26:10	—	—	41	43
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	2	0	0	19:34	—	—	33	23
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	3	0	18:21	—	—	24	16
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	61	43
Brennan Menell D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	56	41

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.60	57:27

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	21:25	—	—	75	79
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.54	0	0	2	20:32	—	—	79	83
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	1	0	17:42	—	—	77	76
Mark Stone R	L2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.37	0	1	2	17:28	—	—	52	61
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.15	0	1	0	17:11	—	—	46	55
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	2	16:53	—	—	50	57
Paul Stastny C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	1	0	13:44	—	—	41	62
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	1	0	10:51	—	—	33	54
Valentin Zykov L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	9:16	—	—	31	52
Tomas Nosek L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	10:55	—	—	63	61
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:10	—	—	60	45
William Carrier L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	4	0	0	7:36	—	—	69	72
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.13	0	3	0	18:33	—	—	63	72
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	2	0	0	16:35	—	—	67	71
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	5	1	0	23:35	—	—	44	55
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	2	0	18:20	—	—	47	55
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	5	5	0	23:00	—	—	60	63
Nate Schmidt D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.27	0	1	2	18:21	—	—	71	74

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.38	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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 17, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge Minnesota Wild 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