Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 3, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 3, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	2	2		MIN	12	7	8	27
VGK	1	0	0	1		VGK	10	7	11	28

: MIN 48VGK 73
: MIN 2.30VGK 3.12
PP goals: MIN 1VGK 0
Hits: MIN 23VGK 16
Blocks: MIN 26VGK 11
PIM: MIN 6VGK 6
: MIN 50%VGK 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 at VGK. Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MIN: Johansson–Bjugstad–Hartman skated 10:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:41.Eriksson Ek
New line
New look for MIN: Johansson–Bjugstad–Hartman skated 10:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Bjugstad Hartman
New line
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Stone–Glass skated 11:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Stone Glass
Luck
VGK scored 1 goal on 3.12 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Rau–Johnson–Sturm skated 5:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (11.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rau Johnson Sturm
New line
New look for VGK: Carrier–Brown–Kolesar skated 4:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carrier Brown Kolesar
Usage
Ryan Hartman (MIN) played 18:08, +3:07 up on his 15:01 season average over 50 games.Hartman
Usage
William Karlsson (VGK) played 21:49, +3:12 up on his 18:37 season average over 55 games.Karlsson

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 121 of 121 attempts · VGK 73 · MIN 48

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 28% of the game, VGK 42%.

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
	52	70
	2.22	2.72
	2.16	2.63
	7	8
	7	8
	10	8
	+0.012	−0.012
	28%	42%

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
10:5158% CF
L2Johansson – Bjugstad – Hartman
10:2457% CF
L3Bonino – Rask – Fiala
8:5848% CF
L4Rau – Johnson – Sturm
5:5511% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
16:1450% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
14:5153% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
12:5323% CF

PP1Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
2:1250% CF
PP2Suter – Johansson – Dumba – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
0:59100% CF
PK1FJohansson – Hartman
1:23
PK2FBonino – Rau
1:06
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
2:10
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
1:38

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
12:2953% CF
L2Pacioretty – Stone – Glass
11:5865% CF
L3Nosek – Tuch – Roy
8:1944% CF
L4Carrier – Brown – Kolesar
4:3567% CF
D1Pietrangelo – McNabb
14:3442% CF
D2Martinez – Theodore
14:3363% CF
D3Holden – Coghlan
9:4182% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Pietrangelo – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault
2:11100% CF
PP2Martinez – Smith – Theodore – Tuch – Glass
1:49100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:22
PK2FStone – Tuch
1:00
PK1DHolden – McNabb
1:00
PK2DMartinez – Pietrangelo
0:44

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:33
VGKTomas Nosek (Nicolas Roy, Alex Tuch)backhand0.18 xG
MIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Johansson, Bjugstad, HartmanVGK: Holden, Theodore, Nosek, Tuch, Roy
MIN 0 – 1 VGK

3rd period

6:13
MINKirill KaprizovPP (Joel Eriksson Ek, Kevin Fiala)snap0.20 xG
MIN: Suter, Rask, Fiala, Eriksson Ek, KaprizovVGK: Martinez, Stone, Theodore, Nosek
MIN 1 – 1 VGK
7:08
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Jordan Greenway, Ryan Suter)wrist0.05 xG
MIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Greenway, Eriksson Ek, KaprizovVGK: Pietrangelo, McNabb, Nosek, Tuch, Roy
MIN 2 – 1 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	0	1	+1	4	0.45	0	1	2	18:40	—	—	49	54
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.53	6	0	0	16:41	—	—	50	62
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	1	2	2	16:25	—	—	50	68
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:08	—	—	52	39
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	56	30
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	1	0	0	11:57	—	—	53	24
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.26	1	0	0	18:11	—	—	45	49
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.45	0	3	0	15:34	—	—	50	59
Victor Rask C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	46	42
Luke Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	11:34	—	—	10	9
Kyle Rau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	9:39	—	—	8	5
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	8:01	—	—	6	2
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	1	0	23:03	—	—	47	46
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	3	0	22:11	—	—	49	53
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	21:48	—	—	50	50
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	20:29	—	—	53	46
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:41	—	—	22	19
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	14:40	—	—	21	22

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	3.12	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	2	0	21:49	—	—	50	30
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	2	19:22	—	—	46	32
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.54	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	54	48
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	1	1	0	19:35	—	—	64	72
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	68	78
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	0	2	15:10	—	—	61	77
Alex Tuch R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.52	0	0	0	16:01	—	—	47	52
Tomas Nosek L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.21	0	0	2	13:03	—	—	50	53
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	11:29	—	—	50	48
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	3	1	0	10:26	—	—	84	89
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	8:22	—	—	82	91
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	5:14	—	—	70	87
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	0	1	0	27:15	—	—	40	31
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	2	0	19:12	—	—	44	33
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.29	1	0	0	22:15	—	—	61	65
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	3	0	20:10	—	—	65	73
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	4	0	0	15:55	—	—	79	68
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:02	—	—	69	68

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.30	58:33

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.