Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 16, 2021

Final / OTPlayoffsSunday, May 16, 2021· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
MIN	0	0	0	1	1		MIN	5	13	9	3	30
VGK	0	0	0	0	0		VGK	19	11	10	2	42

: MIN 47VGK 81
: MIN 2.70VGK 3.30
PP goals: MIN 0VGK 0
Hits: MIN 71VGK 57
Blocks: MIN 23VGK 13
PIM: MIN 6VGK 4
: MIN 38%VGK 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Vegas Golden Knights 1–0 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 1–0 in overtime at VGK. Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 42 shots and stopped 42 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 31.7; the win.

Goalie
Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 42 shots and stopped 42 (.1000), +10 against a season average of 31.7; the win.Talbot
Luck
VGK scored 0 goals on 3.30 expected goals (81 attempts), well short of its chances.
Luck
MIN scored 1 goal on 2.70 expected goals (47 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jonas Brodin (MIN) played 24:56, +6:05 up on his 18:51 season average over 6 games.Brodin
Usage
Tomas Nosek (VGK) played 14:40, +4:05 up on his 10:35 season average over 5 games.Nosek
Cats
Jordan Greenway (MIN) threw 11 hits and blocked 1 shot, a night for hits leagues.Greenway
PP1
VGK's PP1 (Smith, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault and Theodore) went scoreless in 3:54 of 5v4 time with 6 attempts.Smith Stone Karlsson Marchessault Theodore

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 128 of 128 attempts · VGK 81 · MIN 47

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 29%.

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
	49	74
	2.90	2.47
	2.83	2.43
	11	8
	1	4
	22	17
	−0.155	+0.155
	31%	29%

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

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
12:5430% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
11:5657% CF
L3Johansson – Rask – Fiala
11:5320% CF
L4Bonino – Bjugstad – Sturm
7:2250% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
20:5044% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
18:0834% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
11:2535% CF

PP1Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
2:3875% CF
PP2Suter – Johansson – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman
1:18100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
2:30
PK2FBonino – Sturm
1:49
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
3:08
PK2DCole – Brodin
2:07

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
9:5958% CF
L2Stone – Stephenson – Nosek
7:4763% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Kolesar
6:5269% CF
L4Janmark – Tuch – Roy
6:4367% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
16:4758% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
14:4354% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
14:3874% CF

PP1Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
3:54100% CF
PP2Martinez – Pietrangelo – Stephenson – Janmark – Tuch
1:34100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:50
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:34
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
1:13
PK2DMartinez – Pietrangelo
0:45

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

OT period

3:20
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Marcus Foligno, Jordan Greenway)wrist0.18 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Foligno, Brodin, Greenway, Eriksson EkVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
MIN 1 – 0 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
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.36	5	3	0	19:19	—	—	26	48
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	10	1	0	17:27	—	—	25	45
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	11	1	0	14:50	—	—	27	56
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	5	2	0	18:18	—	—	53	76
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.73	2	1	0	17:33	—	—	60	82
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.45	4	2	0	16:27	—	—	57	82
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	16:43	—	—	24	27
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	0	2	16:08	—	—	25	28
Victor Rask C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	1	0	15:14	—	—	24	24
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:15	—	—	50	48
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	10:51	—	—	39	36
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	3	0	0	8:23	—	—	50	44
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	2	0	24:56	—	—	46	64
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	4	24:16	—	—	44	60
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	4	0	24:42	—	—	37	46
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	3	1	0	23:35	—	—	35	41
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	3	0	15:09	—	—	39	69
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:34	—	—	35	63

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	42	42	0	.1000	3.30	63:20

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	-1	3	0.23	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	59	42
Reilly Smith R	L1	-1	4	0.14	1	0	0	17:13	—	—	63	39
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	-1	4	0.23	2	0	2	16:45	—	—	61	36
Mark Stone R	L2	0	1	0.35	3	0	0	22:05	—	—	62	46
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	2	0.26	3	0	0	19:50	—	—	56	32
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	14:40	—	—	54	36
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	1	0.56	6	0	0	13:07	—	—	68	84
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0.04	10	0	0	11:12	—	—	62	76
William Carrier L	L3	0	2	0.06	9	1	0	10:49	—	—	61	61
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	3	0.43	4	0	0	16:45	—	—	59	34
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	61	52
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	14:27	—	—	62	31
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	-1	4	0.10	0	1	2	24:42	—	—	58	49
Alec Martinez D	D1	-1	2	0.05	2	3	0	22:13	—	—	58	48
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	5	0.13	0	1	0	22:31	—	—	57	46
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	3	0.17	10	2	0	19:49	—	—	47	28
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	1	0.07	2	3	0	16:47	—	—	75	59
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	3	0.20	2	1	0	16:26	—	—	69	44

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	30	29	1	.967	2.70	62:49

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.