Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 18, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	1	0	1		MIN	17	10	8	35
VGK	0	2	1	3		VGK	10	12	6	28

: MIN 66VGK 63
: MIN 2.84VGK 3.21
PP goals: MIN 0VGK 1
Hits: MIN 46VGK 63
Blocks: MIN 26VGK 20
PIM: MIN 6VGK 4
: MIN 40%VGK 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 3–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 3–1 at home. Alex Tuch (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Tomas Nosek (VGK) played 1:12, −12:04 down on his 13:16 season average over 5 games.

Points
Alex Tuch had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:10.Tuch
Usage
Tomas Nosek (VGK) played 1:12, −12:04 down on his 13:16 season average over 5 games.Nosek
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 35 shots and stopped 34 (.971), +10 against a season average of 25.2; the win.Fleury
Luck
MIN scored 1 goal on 2.84 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Chandler Stephenson (VGK) played 22:13, +3:46 up on his 18:27 season average over 15 games.Stephenson
Usage
Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) played 20:30, +3:03 up on his 17:27 season average over 18 games.Marchessault
Usage
Nico Sturm (MIN) played 8:29, −3:04 down on his 11:33 season average over 6 games.Sturm
Cats
Ryan Reaves (VGK) threw 10 hits, a night for hits leagues.Reaves

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 129 of 129 attempts · VGK 63 · MIN 66

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 29% 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
	70	65
	2.69	2.27
	2.42	2.23
	14	7
	2	5
	19	23
	−0.093	+0.093
	29%	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
13:0157% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
12:2153% CF
L3Johansson – Rask – Fiala
11:2164% CF
L4Bonino – Bjugstad – Sturm
5:3227% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
19:0051% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
18:2849% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
10:5860% CF

PP1Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
1:05100% CF
PP2Suter – Johansson – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman
0:54100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:40
PK2FBonino – Sturm
0:53
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
1:40
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
0:53

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Stephenson – Tuch
13:2159% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:2158% CF
L3Janmark – Kolesar – Roy
6:2936% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
13:4746% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
12:3450% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
8:2447% CF

PP1Smith – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
1:56100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Stone – Stephenson – Theodore – Tuch
0:37100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
1:00
PK2FSmith – Karlsson
0:49
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
1:00
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:49

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:07
MINMathew Dumba (Jonas Brodin, Jordan Greenway)wrist0.02 xG
MIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson EkVGK: Janmark, Kolesar, Roy, Hague, Whitecloud
MIN 1 – 0 VGK
12:25
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)wrist0.04 xG
MIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson EkVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault
MIN 1 – 1 VGK
17:19
VGKAlex Tuch (Mattias Janmark, Alex Pietrangelo)snap0.26 xG
MIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Johansson, Hartman, FialaVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Janmark, Tuch
MIN 1 – 2 VGK

3rd period

19:07
VGKAlex TuchPP (Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone)wrist0.19 xG
MIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Eriksson EkVGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, Tuch
MIN 1 – 3 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	0	0	0	0	4	0.47	9	0	0	18:10	—	—	58	76
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:09	—	—	52	66
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	7	0	0	15:24	—	—	57	66
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	2	2	19:02	—	—	49	35
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	1	2	0	17:25	—	—	47	37
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	0	1	0	15:36	—	—	49	36
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	-1	8	0.39	5	1	0	17:09	—	—	64	68
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.31	2	0	0	16:32	—	—	61	69
Victor Rask C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.67	1	0	0	14:01	—	—	59	67
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	36	4
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	6	0	0	8:45	—	—	35	6
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:29	—	—	31	5
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	2	5	0	24:48	—	—	52	64
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	3	0	22:37	—	—	49	67
Mathew Dumba D	D2	1	0	1	0	4	0.10	0	8	2	22:26	—	—	52	46
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	22:12	—	—	48	38
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:39	—	—	56	30
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	13:33	—	—	59	38

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.27	58:44

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	5	1	0	22:13	—	—	55	50
Mark Stone R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	4	0	0	20:31	—	—	60	57
Alex Tuch R	L1	2	0	2	+1	5	0.85	2	1	0	18:10	—	—	61	69
William Karlsson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	3	1	0	21:14	—	—	50	64
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	1.15	5	0	0	20:30	—	—	46	32
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	3	0	0	18:40	—	—	56	68
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	8	0	0	12:53	—	—	31	23
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	1	0	12:00	—	—	42	60
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	11:25	—	—	37	64
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.13	1	3	2	22:57	—	—	44	65
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	6	2	19:56	—	—	42	39
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	3	2	0	24:32	—	—	53	62
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	3	0	19:45	—	—	53	51
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:45	—	—	51	22
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	1	0	13:15	—	—	45	54
William Carrier L	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	3	0	0	9:59	—	—	45	49
Ryan Reaves R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10	0	0	9:03	—	—	33	17
Tomas Nosek L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:12	—	—	100	100

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	2.84	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.