Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 1, 2021

Final / SOThursday, Apr 1, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	1	0	1	0	1	3		MIN	10	16	8	3	37
VGK	1	0	1	0	0	2		VGK	9	15	8	5	37

: MIN 74VGK 74
: MIN 4.16VGK 3.97
PP goals: MIN 1VGK 0
Hits: MIN 13VGK 21
Blocks: MIN 19VGK 17
PIM: MIN 10VGK 8
: MIN 49%VGK 51%

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 (SO)

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 3–2 in a shootout at VGK. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MIN: Greenway–Eriksson Ek–Kaprizov skated 11:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 24:09.Kaprizov
New line
New look for MIN: Greenway–Eriksson Ek–Kaprizov skated 11:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Greenway Eriksson Ek Kaprizov
New line
New look for MIN: Bonino–Rask–Fiala skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Rask Fiala
New line
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Stone–Roy skated 10:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Stone Roy
Goalie
Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +6 against a season average of 30.5; the win.Talbot
Usage
Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) played 24:09, +5:58 up on his 18:11 season average over 54 games.Kaprizov
Goalie
Robin Lehner (VGK) faced 37 shots and stopped 35 (.946), +10 against a season average of 26.6; the overtime loss.Lehner
Luck
MIN scored 2 goals on 4.16 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.

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 148 of 148 attempts · VGK 74 · MIN 74

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 33% of the game, VGK 37%.

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
	61	67
	2.85	3.10
	2.69	2.91
	11	13
	4	6
	12	12
	−0.020	+0.020
	33%	37%

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 – Kaprizov
11:4638% CF
L2Bonino – Rask – Fiala
8:2631% CF
L3Johansson – Zuccarello – Hartman
7:2960% CF
L4Bjugstad – Rau – Johnson
4:2933% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
16:0838% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
15:3067% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
10:0048% CF

PP1Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
2:5175% CF
PP2Suter – Johansson – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman
1:04100% CF
PK1FJohansson – Hartman
2:08
PK2FBonino – Rau
1:24
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:13
PK2DCole – Brodin
1:03

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
13:0040% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Roy
10:3053% CF
L3Carrier – Nosek – Tuch
6:4468% CF
D1Pietrangelo – McNabb
14:4957% CF
D2Martinez – Theodore
13:2163% CF
D3Coghlan – Hague
7:4031% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Pietrangelo – Smith – Stone – Karlsson
2:1950% CF
PP2Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
1:38100% CF
PK1FNosek – Tuch
1:03
PK2FStone – Roy
0:52
PK1DMartinez – McNabb
2:47
PK2DPietrangelo – Hague
0:39

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:29
VGKWilliam Karlsson (Shea Theodore, Alec Martinez)wrist0.05 xG
MIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Bjugstad, Rau, JohnsonVGK: Martinez, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, Tuch
MIN 0 – 1 VGK
7:57
MINKirill Kaprizov (Jordan Greenway, Jonas Brodin)wrist0.25 xG
MIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Greenway, Eriksson Ek, KaprizovVGK: Martinez, McNabb, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
MIN 1 – 1 VGK

3rd period

1:39
VGKBrayden McNabb (William Carrier, Tomas Nosek)wrist0.02 xG
MIN: Bonino, Cole, Rask, Soucy, FialaVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Carrier, Nosek, Tuch
MIN 1 – 2 VGK
5:31
MINJared SpurgeonPP (Kevin Fiala, Kirill Kaprizov)slap0.11 xG
MIN: Bonino, Spurgeon, Fiala, KaprizovVGK: Martinez, McNabb, Nosek
MIN 2 – 2 VGK

Decided in the shootout: MIN 3 – 2 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	1	2	+1	6	0.57	0	0	0	24:09	—	—	46	45
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.75	1	3	4	21:16	—	—	46	49
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	2	2	0	19:33	—	—	40	39
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.14	1	0	0	18:39	—	—	42	36
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	0	2	2	18:36	—	—	27	25
Victor Rask C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.47	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	37	27
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	71	62
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	58	47
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	12:24	—	—	68	55
Kyle Rau C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	0	2	2	8:47	—	—	50	80
Luke Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.23	3	0	0	6:43	—	—	53	64
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	1	0	0	6:19	—	—	46	84
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	1	0	1	0	5	0.32	0	2	0	25:33	—	—	38	41
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	24:26	—	—	36	34
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.07	1	3	0	24:30	—	—	62	67
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	1	0	2	23:33	—	—	54	55
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	4	0	14:48	—	—	44	28
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	2	1	0	11:44	—	—	48	35

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	37	35	2	.946	3.97	64:56

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.83	0	1	0	24:01	—	—	46	42
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	0	1	0	23:08	—	—	45	36
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.35	2	2	4	21:12	—	—	39	38
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	1	0	0	25:04	—	—	47	69
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	0	1	0	23:09	—	—	58	77
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	1	0	0	17:31	—	—	54	61
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.41	0	0	0	18:21	—	—	60	48
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.16	5	0	0	17:50	—	—	60	45
William Carrier L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	2	0	0	11:56	—	—	65	60
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.35	1	4	0	29:45	—	—	52	67
Brayden McNabb D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.18	4	2	0	23:27	—	—	57	48
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.15	3	0	0	24:39	—	—	53	72
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	5	0	23:42	—	—	62	68
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	42	26
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	4	9:10	—	—	33	17
Keegan Kolesar R	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.43	0	1	0	7:21	—	—	50	60

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	O	37	35	2	.946	4.16	65:00

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.