Edgehalla

Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMar 3, 2021

Final· T-Mobile Arena
away
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VGK
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Goals123TShots123T
MIN0101MIN1072037
VGK1135VGK128828
MIN 59VGK 56
MIN 3.55VGK 3.67
PP goals
MIN 0VGK 0
Hits
MIN 23VGK 25
Blocks
MIN 17VGK 16
PIM
MIN 6VGK 8
MIN 46%VGK 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Minnesota Wild 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 5–1 at home. Chandler Stephenson (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN scored 1 goal on 3.55 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.

  1. Points
    Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:06.Tuch
  2. Points
    Chandler Stephenson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:02.Stephenson
  3. Points
    Mark Stone had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:53.Stone
  4. Points
    William Karlsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:30.Karlsson
  5. Points
    Nicolas Hague had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:02.Hague
  6. Luck
    MIN scored 1 goal on 3.55 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
  7. Goalie
    Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +10 against a season average of 27.5; the win.Fleury
  8. Usage
    Mark Stone (VGK) played 15:53, −3:14 down on his 19:07 season average over 54 games.Stone

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.

Shot map, MIN at VGK: 115 attempts, 65 on goal, 6 goals, 7.23 expected goals; best chance William Karlsson at 0.98 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • VGK
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · VGK 56 · MIN 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MIN at VGK: expected goals 3.67 to 3.55 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 56 to 59, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdVGKMINTMFSSKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKMINcontrol2nd3rdTuch · 1st 2:03Marchessault · 2nd 5:03Foligno · 2nd 9:58Stone · 3rd 11:08Stephenson · 3rd 16:38Karlsson · 3rd 17:41
  • 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 38% 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

Shift chart, MIN at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Marc-Andre Fleury (60:00) for VGK and Cam Talbot (59:12) for MIN, 6 goals.

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
StatMINVGK
5456
3.252.92
3.102.88
1711
65
1918
−0.053+0.053
38%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

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 2:03
    VGKAlex Tuch (Cody Glass, Nicolas Hague)snap0.18 xG
    MIN: Bonino, Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, MayhewVGK: Tuch, Kolesar, Coghlan, Hague, Glass
    MIN 0 – 1 VGK

2nd period

  1. 5:03
    VGKJonathan Marchessault (Alex Tuch, William Karlsson)snap0.07 xG
    MIN: Suter, Bonino, Cole, Spurgeon, RauVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Tuch
    MIN 0 – 2 VGK
  2. 9:58
    MINMarcus Foligno (Ian Cole, Carson Soucy)wrist0.46 xG
    MIN: Bonino, Cole, Foligno, Soucy, MayhewVGK: Tuch, Kolesar, Coghlan, Hague, Glass
    MIN 1 – 2 VGK

3rd period

  1. 11:08
    VGKMark Stone (Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.13 xG
    MIN: Bonino, Cole, Foligno, Soucy, SturmVGK: Pacioretty, Martinez, Stone, Stephenson, Whitecloud
    MIN 1 – 3 VGK
  2. 16:38
    VGKChandler Stephenson (Mark Stone, Max Pacioretty)backhand0.08 xG
    MIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala, GreenwayVGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
    MIN 1 – 4 VGK
  3. 17:41
    VGKWilliam KarlssonEN (Nicolas Hague)wrist0.98 xG
    MIN: Foligno, Zuccarello, Rask, Brodin, Dumba, KaprizovVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hague
    MIN 1 – 5 VGK

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Joel Eriksson Ek CL1000050.9414019:56——5287
Kevin Fiala LL1000-130.3101217:10——5080
Jordan Greenway LL1000-110.1110216:58——4653
Kirill Kaprizov LL2000-150.7020021:08——5456
Mats Zuccarello RL2000-120.0812019:35——4446
Victor Rask CL2000-200.0020013:51——4230
Nick Bjugstad CL3000010.0110011:59——4424
Nico Sturm CL3000-110.2210011:47——6072
Kyle Rau CL3000-110.103108:03——4235
Marcus Foligno LL4101-210.4631015:12——5740
Nick Bonino CL4000-210.0100015:05——5358
Gerry Mayhew CL4000010.102109:28——4639
Mathew Dumba DD1000-230.0612023:16——4235
Jonas Brodin DD1000-220.0502022:09——4635
Ian Cole DD2011-140.0802218:37——5245
Carson Soucy DD2011000.0020016:08——5447
Ryan Suter DD3000-200.0011019:10——5169
Jared Spurgeon DD3000-260.3320017:16——4769
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Cam Talbot(start)L27234.8522.6959:12

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
William Karlsson CL1112+221.1711018:30——6557
Reilly Smith RL1000+210.1210018:07——6766
Jonathan Marchessault RL1101+250.2011016:09——6457
Chandler Stephenson CL2112+230.1030016:02——6870
Mark Stone RL2112+210.1300015:53——5868
Max Pacioretty LL2011+261.0511015:03——6874
Alex Tuch RL3112+120.2702017:06——3521
Cody Glass CL3011000.0021014:57——2916
Keegan Kolesar RL3000000.0330012:13——2515
Tomas Nosek LL4000000.0021013:45——3343
Ryan Reaves RL4000010.0720210:44——4752
William Carrier LL4000000.231009:41——4751
Shea Theodore DD1000+110.1221225:45——4458
Alex Pietrangelo DD1000+320.0800225:22——6178
Nicolas Hague DD2022+110.0321216:02——3626
Dylan Coghlan DD2000000.0021012:33——4526
Alec Martinez DD3000+130.0904019:22——6849
Zach Whitecloud DD3000+100.0022016:46——4736
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)W37361.9733.5560:00